In their second “What You Should Be Watching” episode, Ivan & Red cover BBC’s Sherlock, created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, and starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. We talk comparisons to House MD, the third greatest Conan,…
Kelly joins Ivan & Red as they set media against media in an effort to determine the supremacy of either the book or the tv version of Railroad’s Game of Thrones. WHO IS BETTER? Book Tyrion vs Show Tyrion, Book Daenerys vs Show Daenerys…
SPECIAL ONE-OFF TV CLUB, Misfits edition. Having suffered a last minute cancellation, Ivan & Red introduce E4’s Misfits, a show that can be described as the anti-“Heroes”. Ivan and Red cover calling “Hero Academy” “Academy of Heroes” (l…
Ivan and Red bring our first book covered to a close, covering pp 772-807 (Jon, Cat, Daenerys). Jon (and Red) get Tarly’d, Jon Snow is slowed down by his brooding, oath-breakin’ food, the plural for Pegasus, Robb in the third Person chapters, babies in…
I and R cover pp 741-771 (Sansa, Daenerys, Tyrion). They discuss The Darkness, Red conveys a half remembered NPR story about the missing Apollo 11 tapes, Ser Marc Meryn, Joffrey the pick-up artist, Daenerys the Enthusiastic and Determined, Mirri …
Ivan and Red cover Daenerys, Arya, and Bran (702-740). They talk about Jorah’s poor fashion sense, Arya going Oliver Twist, Bran noting people don’t fight very well, Bran suggesting a two man Power Ranger-like assemblage of himself and Hodor, and The K…
Sean Keane (@LLCoolS) joins Ivan and Red covering pages 665-701 (Daenerys, Tyrion, Catelyn). We discuss beheadings, the Bechdel test, Mercy Men, Khal Dr(Ogo), Shea, Tyrion Halfman, Robb’s chapter, and more. Next week we cover pages …
Ivan & Red march toward Neds end, covering pages 618-664. We discuss the Steve Jobs of Westeros, Horror & Slobber, Thoros of Myr, Carl Vance, mispronouncing “sigil”, the Kingsguard becoming ornamental, faces exploding into moths and more.…
Kelly’s back with Ivan and Red to cover 568-617 (Bran, Daenerys, Catelyn, and Tyrion). We cover some Karstarks, wine tasting in Dothrak, russian arms dealer Robb, Bran’s bowls turning to water, and Tywin chatting up some hill people. Listen until…
This week Ivan & Red are all over 523-567 (Eddard, Arya, Sansa, Jon). They discuss Cantonese vs Mandarin, remembering to follow “the right of the game”, Ivan drops a string of impressive sounding bands, Stark learns he lacks the upper hand, Syrio i…
