Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis

You’re a young movie fan. It’s 1981. STEVEN SPIELBERG is teaming up with FREAKING GEORGE LUCAS (!?!?!) to make a movie with HAN SOLO…can you imagine how hyped you’d be?? Marvel Comics legend Brian Michael Bendis joins us to recount the colossal impact of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK in this rollicking adventure of an episode. Jewish mysticism and weird Nazi stuff! Alfred Molina getting covered with a bunch of live spiders! Karen Allen coming up with an incredibly detailed backstory for Marion and Spielberg being like, “sure, whatever”! Danny DeVito almost being cast as Saleh?!?! You bet we’re getting into it, snakes and all. Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won’t want to miss out on.: https://blankcheckpod.substack.com/we... Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes.   / blankcheck   Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter - http://x.com/blankcheckpod Instagram -   / blankcheckpod   Threads - https://www.threads.net/@blankcheckpod Facebook -   / blankcheckpodcast   Buy some real nerdy merch https://kinshipgoods.com/blankcheck Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit   / blankies   Discord   / discord   For anything else, check out http://www.BlankCheckPod.com