SPOILERS AHEAD FOR STAR TREK: PICARD [OBVIOUSLY]
On episode three of Making It So, the gang is gaining confidence in the new Trek series as they chat about the episode that finally gets... engaging, "The End is the Beginning"! How rad was it to finally see Picard board a new ship? What exactly is the point of Soji's work? What...
SPOILERS AHEAD FOR STAR TREK: PICARD [OBVIOUSLY]
On episode two of Making It So, the gang is chatting about the swing-and-a-miss second episode of Star Trek: Picard! Shouldn't this slow and meandering episode, titled "Maps and Legends," have just been rolled into a 90-ish minute pilot episode so we could get on with it already...
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On the first trip into the Nexus in 2020, the gang is chatting about two spectacularly outrageous episodes of Trek!
First on TOS, it's the spooky episode "Catspaw"! Originally airing October 27th, 1967, this episode features everything you expect in science fiction television: ghosts, a black cat, haunted castles, magic scepters, and an even bigger black cat!
Then on
On this month's high-octane episode of Animation Damnation, the gang is chatting about the silly new Netflix cartoon, Fast and Furious Spy Racers! The episode in question, "Born a Toretto," dropped December 26th, 2019—along with the rest of the first season—on Netflix. Could they make this look any more like a video game? Does Rockstar have a case for them lifting from GTA...
2020-01-24 02:52:25 +0000 UTC View PostIt's that time again!
Got a burning question for the gang? Write in below and we'll answer it in the Big Daddy Dispatch, coming to you in Early February!
Please be sure to include your first name (as you'd like it to appear in the Dispatch) and where you're writing from.
Thanks!
Steve
2020-01-20 18:24:58 +0000 UTC View Post
On this month's Gleep Glossary entry, the guys learn all about renowned, indestructible fuck machine, Emperor Palpatine! How hilarious is it that Palpatine was a loser in the Senate? Was he just playing dumb and pretending he had a lack of ambition? Would Sylvester Stallone have made a good Palpatine? And will Eric ever finish season two of Cobra Kai? PLUS: Palpatine forms legendary '8...
2020-01-17 03:50:36 +0000 UTC View Post
On this month's exclusive, full-length bonus We Love Movies episode, the gang is chatting about last year's studio smash hit, Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood! How rad is all the radio sound work here? Who among us wouldn't watch all six seasons of Bounty Law? And marvel at, and be envious of, Al Pacino's Rick Dalton Fuckin' Film Festival!...
2020-01-16 04:07:39 +0000 UTC View Post
As we head into 2020 in just a few short hours here in New York, we wanted to send a quick note of thanks to you, our loyal Patreon subscribers! Without your generous support, the show(s) would not be on the air the way they are now or, dare we say, maybe even at all.
The relationship betwe...
2020-01-01 00:40:21 +0000 UTC View Post
On the final commentary of 2019, the gang is in full-on We Love Movies mode as they sit down and watch the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic, Predator! Just look how absolutely young and handsome Arnold and Carl Weathers are here! What purpose does that face paint serve? And is this movie showing us a Predator Rumspringa? PLUS: Bring us to the universe where Arnold plays the role ...
2019-12-31 02:42:47 +0000 UTC View Post
CAUTION: SPOILERS BELOW (OBVIOUSLY)!
On the season finale of The Mandalorian Half-Hour, the gang is chatting about, well, the season finale of The Mandalorian! In the final episode of season one, "Chapter 8: Redemption," we see Baby Yoda saving the day like the true hero he is (Andrew cried, duh), Moff Gideon being terrifying as all hell because ...
On this month's very special WLM-themed episode of The Nexus, the guys are chatting about the beloved TNG film from 1996, Star Trek: First Contact! What took Geordi so long to get those contacts? How about that sweet coat Cromwell's wearing? And was anyone turned on by Data's skin patch? PLUS: Place your bets on when World War III will start, gang!
Star Trek: First ...
On this month's entry into the Gleep Glossary, it's the holiday season and we're celebrating by chatting about family—more specifically, Luke Skywalker's beloved, barbecued caretakers, Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru! Can we make the slang word "wizard"—that's Star Wars for "cool"—actually happen? What's with that Aunt Beru ghost shit? And the burning of these two beloved Star Wars<...
2019-12-21 06:49:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, loyal Patreon subscribers!
On this month's Animation Damnation, the gang gets into the holiday spirit by chatting about the beloved, stop-motion Christmas sensation, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer! Was Burl Ives' snowman facial hair modeled after Colonel Sanders? What's the big deal if Santa's fat? And what if they made a
CAUTION: SPOILERS BELOW (OBVIOUSLY)!
On this week's edition of The Mandalorian Half-Hour, the guys are recapping the seventh and penultimate chapter of the Disney+ sensation's first season, "Chapter 7: The Reckoning!" In this cliffhanger episode, we see Baby Yoda getting his force choke on, Mando assembling a badass team, Cara Dune electric rope-fighting some guy...
2019-12-19 19:01:56 +0000 UTC View Post
CAUTION: SPOILERS BELOW (OBVIOUSLY)!
On this week's edition of The Mandalorian Half-Hour, the guys are recapping the sixth episode of the Disney+ Star Wars show, The Mandalorian! With "Chapter 6: The Prisoner," one wonders why it took Mark Boone Junior so long to join the Star Wars family? How did Mando and Xi'an break up—and ...
2019-12-15 23:39:41 +0000 UTC View Post
On this month's massive, nearly 3-hour bonus episode, the gang continues celebrating We Love Movies month with a super-sized chat about The Empire Strikes Back! How cruel is the fate of Rogue 2? What's with that brunch setup when Vader captures them on Cloud City? And what if Burt Reynolds (or Al Pacino?) actually voiced Yoda? PLUS: George Lucas—exotic pet enthusias...
2019-12-13 05:44:24 +0000 UTC View PostHey Folks!
It's that time again, we're looking to answer your question for this month's Dispatch that'll run at the beginning of next month in the Dispatch posted in your email and on this website.
So, ask away! Special preference to something holiday-ish, end of the year-ish, or so.
Please sign your query with how your name would like to appear in t...
2019-12-11 19:35:32 +0000 UTC View Post
CAUTION: SPOILERS BELOW (OBVIOUSLY)!
On this week's edition of The Mandalorian Half-Hour, the guys are recapping the fifth installment of the premiere season, "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger." In this episode, we're treated to a ton of the great Amy Sedaris, a lot of cool speeder ridin' across Tatooine, useless prequel-era droids no one asked for, a return to the bel...
CAUTION: SPOILERS BELOW (OBVIOUSLY)!
On this week's edition of The Mandalorian Half-Hour, the gang is together for a rare in-studio convo, chatting about the show's fourth installment, "Chapter 4: Sanctuary"! In this episode we're finally introduced to Gina Carano's bad-ass Cara Dune, watch Baby Yoda adorably drink some (probably disgusting) soup, see Donkey Dou...
This month on our Trek-tacular trip into The Nexus, we're chatting about a totally baller episode of TOS, followed by one of the absolute worst episodes of TNG humanity has ever seen!
First on TOS, it's "The Doomsday Machine!" Originally airing October 20th, 1967, this episode features Spock facing off against a batshit crazy Commodore, Kirk threatening to hol...
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CAUTION: SPOILERS BELOW (OBVIOUSLY)!
On this episode of The Mandalorian Half-Hour, the gang is chatting about the third installment of the all-new Star Wars series, The Mandalorian! In "Chapter 3: The Sin," the guys are settling into this new Star Wars world where Werner Herzog is incredibly happy to meet (dissect?) Baby Yoda, the Mandalorian is g...
We'll be slowly adding some of the (worthwhile) pre-Patreon commentaries to our Patreon so subscribers new and old have a chance to (re-)visit some of these gems!
The first one out of the gate is the commentary we did to sync along to Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith! Where does this land in the order of terrible prequels? Who thought that, "NOOOO!" was a good...
Hello There Loyal Big Daddies!
Anybody want their Question in next month's Dispatch? Shout it out in the comments below, Holiday/End of the Year themed q's are more preferable.
Reminder, keep it relatively short and direct and please sign it with how you'd like your name to appear and where you're from.
Thanks!
Steve
On this episode of The Mandalorian Half-Hour, the gang is chatting about the second installment of the all-new Star Wars series, The Mandalorian! In "Chapter 2: The Child," the guys marvel at all the hilarious Jawa comedy, laugh at all the totally great Nick Nolte Ugnaught stuff, and seriously contemplate what that egg tastes like! PLUS: Fans of Lone Wolf and Cub 2019-11-18 20:52:45 +0000 UTC View Post
On this month's bonus WLM episode, the gang is chatting about James Cameron's 1984 science fiction horror masterpiece, The Terminator! Does the Arnold puppet stand the test of wretched Father Time? Does the Terminator actually kill Bill Paxton's character? And is that confirmation on Arnold's... package deal? PLUS: Michael Biehn appears at a lonely New York Comic Con ...
2019-11-15 03:19:16 +0000 UTC View Post
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