Mike Ryan (Uproxx) joins Griffin and David to discuss Revenge of the Sith’s deleted scenes and special featurettes: The Chosen One and Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III. Together, they ...
2015-11-16 17:25:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Jonathan Braylock (Black Men Can’t Jump (In Hollywood) podcast) joins Griffin and David on this week’s episode to cover the entirety of the 2003-2005 animated television shorts Star Wars: The C...
2015-11-07 00:08:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This week Griffin and David complete their performance reviews of the Phantom Menace trilogy with special guest Chris Gethard (The Chris Gethard Show, Iron Man 3). Together they examine Revenge of ...
2015-10-30 18:53:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Griffin and David welcome another amazing guest this week, Sonia Saraiya (Salon, AV Club). Together, they examine the life and death of Padmé, including her pregnancy with half a baby, losing the ...
2015-10-23 22:41:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Joining Griffin and David on today’s episode is special guest Mike Drucker (The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon). Together, they discuss the MANY missteps of the Jedi council throughout the Phanto...
2015-10-19 19:10:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A Naboo Senator. Then a Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. But WHO is this Phantom Menace? Could it really be the uptight Palpatine pulling all the strings?
YUP! And guess what heâ€...
2015-10-02 20:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This week Griffin and David, whilst yelling into microphones, dive right into the river of ham that is Anakin’s origin story and the main crux of the Phantom Menace series: turning to the dark si...
2015-09-28 16:40:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The year was 2005. George Lucas returned with the third (and final) film in the Star Wars series: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Again, taking in the criticism from the previous two productions...
2015-09-21 20:23:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In 1992, the original Fantastic Four movie was produced by Constantin Film solely to retain the rights of the franchise. Shot in 22 days, the low budget film was never to be officially released (un...
2015-09-14 18:21:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Once again, Griffin and David in a very special bonus episode watched Attack of the Clones (for probably the last time) and recorded their commentary. So cue up that blu-ray and listen along with t...
2015-09-08 16:32:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Griffin and David welcome another amazing guest this week, Chase Mitchell (The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon). Together, they discuss deleted scenes like: Anakin hanging out with Padmé’s father...
2015-08-28 18:51:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Joining Griffin and David this week is special guest J.D. Amato to discuss the behind-the-scenes making of this film, including, a featurette entitled: “Star Wars State Of The Art: The Pre-Visual...
2015-08-24 17:21:00 +0000 UTC View Post
7 episodes in and hosts David and Griffin are waning. This week, while attempting to discuss Senator Palpatine’s rise to power as Darth Sidious (the titular Phantom Menace), Count Doku pulling st...
2015-08-10 21:14:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In the sixth installment of the only podcast that exclusively talks about Attack of the Clones (formally just the Phantom Menace until discovering this sequel), Griffin and David once again examine...
2015-07-29 23:04:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, Griffin and David with special guest Morgan Evans pick up where they left off last episode (right after Anakin murders men, women and children) and take you, the listener, off to the bug...
2015-07-20 18:13:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Joining Griffin and David this week is friend of the show, Rachel Lang, to discuss the steamy romance that develops between Anakin and Padmé. Playing a major part in a film thats about a war happ...
2015-07-13 15:56:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Well he’s a teenager now: not in control of his emotions, hormone fueled, and in desperate need of discipline/a good spanking! So what does the Jedi council do? Well they put young Anakin in char...
2015-07-06 19:10:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It was a dark and stormy night on planet Kamino. Detective Kenobi was far far away from home. He wondered to himself in the rain: why did Sifo-Dyas place an order for a clone army 10 years ago? Why...
2015-06-30 21:56:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The year was 2002. It had been 3 years since the Phantom Menace. George Lucas returned with his second Star Wars release: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. But did ol’ George learn his lesson an...
2015-06-22 18:43:00 +0000 UTC View Post
One year ago acclaimed actors Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall appeared together in the film The Judge. The movie is about a big city lawyer returning to his childhood home where his father, the...
2015-06-08 17:56:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Griffin and David in a bonus episode for all you GDP die hards, watched the Phantom Menace (one more time!) and recorded their commentary. So get out that blu-ray and listen along with the hosts as...
2015-06-01 17:21:00 +0000 UTC View Post
All great investigations must at some point come to an end, and the case study of the Phantom Menace has (finally) reached it’s conclusion.
Listen in as hosts Griffin and David share some l...
2015-05-26 19:49:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s week nine into the investigation and the case is not coming together. Sooo, Griffin and David have decided to dig deep and explore the strange world of Phantom Menace fan fiction.
Perh...
2015-05-19 20:23:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Toys. Kids love them. And so do Griffin and David.
This movie’s entire production was funded by the sale of exclusive rights to the merchandising. And manufacturer Hasbro, pulled out all th...
2015-05-11 15:39:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The podrace sequence is the one part of this movie viewers seem to complain about the least. Griffin and David this week tackle all the elements of the Boonta Eve Classic including who are these ra...
2015-05-04 17:52:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This week Griffin and David delve into the character we all know and love: Jar Jar Binks. How does an outcast of the Gungan society go on to save his people? The answer might just be tasteless come...
2015-04-28 17:39:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In the fifth installment of the only podcast that exclusively talks about the Phantom Menace, Griffin and David look to the movie’s cast and rate all the major players–actor by actor. From find...
2015-04-20 16:52:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Joining Griffin and David this week is host of the George Lucas Talk Show, Connor Ratliff, to discuss the commentary special feature included with the initial DVD release of the Phantom Menace. Tog...
2015-04-13 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This week Griffel and Simsbert discuss the Jedi Order. What are these mystical warriors all about? What is the Force? Why is Qui-Gon Jinn rigging chance cubes so that he can steal a child and casua...
2015-04-06 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Queen elect, high school dropout, hand maiden?
This week Griffin and David look at Queen Amidala and the history of the royalty of Naboo. Why was actress Natalie Portman widely trashed for he...
2015-03-30 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post