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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · 6d

A genre show returns from a years-long break and canon changes as we watch the first ep of DC's Peacemaker season two. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk alternate Earths, team try-outs, big naked parties, and definitive nicknames. #peacemaker boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/10/02/p...

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · 13d

We’re left with more questions and cliffhangers than conclusions as we watch the season finale of Alien: Earth. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk non-Predators, robot fighting, escapes, exoskeletons, and the two year wait. #alienearth boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/09/24/a...

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · 21d

It’s time to get loose as we watch the penultimate episode of Alien: Earth, Emergence. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk body moving, sheep math, headcrabs, marked graves, tamed xenos, and ripped jaws. #alienearth boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/09/17/a...

Wendy reaches out to the bloody xenomorph

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · 22d

It’s up!

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · 22d

Another space bug takes the stage as our watch of Alien: Earth continues with episode six, The Fly. With apologies for the delay, @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk corrosive blasts, improper lab protocols, project timelines, and xenowhispering. boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/09/16/a...

Kavalier with his dirty ass feet on the negotiating table

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Maginot crew meet their implied fates as we watch Alien: Earth episode five, In Space, No One… @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk bug boba, space creeps, saboteurs, ambient chains, and man bites xenomorph. #alienearth boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/09/03/a...

The engineer apprentice, scientist, and engineer sitting at the dining table with a thermos

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Sep 3

He’s still scared!!

Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Aug 28

The Ocellus will see you now, as we cover episode four of Alien: Earth, Observation. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk eye exams, therapy sessions, spare lungs, cross-species communication, and first forms. #alienearth boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/08/27/a...

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Aug 21

It's time to get in the lab as we watch Alien: Earth episode three, Metamorphosis. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk xenobiology, human zip drives, high kicks, fast runs, and spare organs. #alienearth boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/08/20/a...

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Aug 19

We're continuing our Alien: Earth watch with episode two, Mr. October. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk the bear, Arcturian tang, hitting a pose, egg-facing, the Alien community, and stinkfists. #alienearth boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/08/18/a...

alex lawther putting his face right up to the alien egg

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Aug 19

it's gonna happen!!

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Aug 14

btw we're looking to cover the rest of the series so we'll be releasing two more eps next week to catch up

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Aug 14

The xenomorph is here and he is not taking it well, as we watch Noah Hawley work his adaptive magic in FX's Alien: Earth. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk synth evolution, phallic imagery, Ice Ages, and all the eggs you can eat. #alienearth boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/08/14/a...

the xenomorph on top of a bunch of alien specimen boxes

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hawaii finally gets its ethnic historical biopic as we watch Apple TV+'s Jason Momoa vehicle Chief of War. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk toothy clubs, impending colonialism, man-boy kings, real prophecies, and big brown butts. boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/08/12/c...

jason momoa looking intimidating at the camera

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Aug 5

It's time to enroll in weird kid school as as we watch MGM+'s far too late Stephen King adaptation The Institute. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk nepo psychics, old teens, good Bens, big piercings, bad black ops, and a little nightknocking. boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/08/05/t...

the kid from the institute hooked up to a machine

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Jul 29

The TV pitch so good it couldn't stay dead returns as we watch Paramount+'s Dexter: Resurrection. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk killer killers, absent Dinklages, corporate corruption, bad Spanglish, music moratoriums, and a big bag of bodies boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/07/29/d...

dexter leaning against a subway platform pillar

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Jul 22

It’s a bird/plane/successful reboot of a cinematic comic book universe as we watch James Gunn’s Superman. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk Lois and Clarks, Justice Gangs, Kryptons, superdogs, semi-canons, and international metaphors. #superman boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/07/22/s...

Superman and Lois looking at each other in front of some debris

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Jul 15

Fire... fire is... a podcast subject, as we watch Apple TV+'s arson drama Smoke. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk captive Egertons, definitions, small town Macs, burning chips, flame watching, filmed exercise, and writers writing writers. boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/07/15/s...

taron egerton and jurnee smollet in front of a fire truck

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Jul 8

The MCU attempts an Iron Man legacy character without Iron Man as we watch Disney+'s Ironheart. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk hoods, suits, gangs, mixing villains, deans, homerows, tech worker morals, and a big glob of canon. boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/07/08/i...

Riri in a kitchen with her armor in the background

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Jul 2

It's a skip week for the pod, but feel free to leave suggestions for what we should cover. Current prospects are Ironheart, Smoke, Countdown, and Nautilus, so hit us with anything else you'd like to see @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com discuss.

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Jun 24

As the television industry lays dying, an old face returns from the grave as we watch Syfy's comics adaptation Revival. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk the living dead, Image, genre cops, scythes, healing factors, and Canadian royalty. boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/06/24/r...

Romy Weltman and Melanie Scrofano looking at the camera intensely

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Jun 17

JJ Abrams attempts to escape the shadow of Star Wars with a period car stunt spectacular as we watch HBO Max's Duster. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk vehicle flips, payphones, van explosions, Chads, and the velvet tones of Keith David. boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/06/17/d...

josh holloway on a payphone in front of a car

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Jun 10

Mediocre copaganda is back on the menu as we watch Netflix's Dept. Q. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk bitter cops, Danish origins, foreign overqualification, odd living situations, and footie. boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/06/10/d...

three cast members of department q standing in the department

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Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Jun 6

oh my god they made an entire video game to relitigate the last season

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · Jun 6

Game of Thrones: War For Westeros, coming 2026 on Steam

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Red Scott @redscott.com · Jun 3

am really happy with how this conversation turned out, also hear my thoughts on being the worst red dead redemption 2 player in existence

Boars, Gore, and Swords @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social · Jun 3

With the conclusion of Andor, we're doing a season two retrospective of one of the great entries in Star Wars canon. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk Big Tony Gilroy, Ghorman false flags, no lightsabers, rebel factions, and fascist fates. boarsgoreandswords.com/2025/06/03/a...

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