Regular Joes Podcast

Several weeks into the fall 2019 TV season the Regular Joe's take stock of what new TV shows they've picked up and stayed with and which they have let slide. Among these are Batwoman, Evil, Stumptown, Watchmen and yes, Nancy Drew. Each of which, interestingly, has a female lead. They also Follow up on the show everyone seems to be talking about, Disney+'s flagship offering, the Mandelorian. Which,...

Several weeks into the fall 2019 TV season the Regular Joe's take stock of what new TV shows they've picked up and stayed with and which they have let slide. Among these are Batwoman, Evil, Stumptown, Watchmen and yes, Nancy Drew. Each of which, interestingly, has a female lead. They also Follow up on the show everyone seems to be talking about, Disney+'s flagship offering, the Mandelorian. Which,...

This week the year's most eagerly awaited Star Wars offering premiered. Or at least the most eagerly awaited . . . until next month. The Mandalorian is both the highest profile original content on Disney's shiny new streaming service and the first live action Star Wars created for the small screen since the infamous 1978 Christmas special. SPOILER, it is MUCH better than the Christmas special. Whi...

At this time each year the Regular Joes meet up for the biggest comic con in the smallest state. This time around they were joined by old and new friends Derryl DePriest and Brian Mix. in addition to the traditional recap they get the chance to chat with the men behind two fan favorite characters from the Star Wars universe, Tim Rose aka Admiral Akbar and Mike Quinn who has played Nien Nunb in fou...

One week after an encouraging final trailer for The Rise of Skywalker the Disney+ folks drop a last preview of the soon to released streaming series The Mandalorian. Which, the Regular Joes unanimously agree, looks freakin awesome. Over in the Star Trek universe the Trouble with Edward, the most recent Short Treks installment, demonstrates that a) Trek can be funny as long as you are not hung up o...

Regardless of what you might think of the last two Star Wars films it's pretty much impossible to watch the just dropped final trailer for The Rise of Skywalker and not get excited. The Regular Joes, two of whom endured football to see the trailer ... and one who watched seconds before they recorded, give their thoughts and impressions as they begin the countdown to Episode 9. Next up they cover R...

There is an informative, in depth and well made documentary on the making of Alien (1979) it just doesn't happen to be Memory: The Origins of Alien which they all watched this week. If you can find a copy of The Beast Within: The Making of Alien you should watch that one. While they're on a roll they take on two new CW fall series, Batwoman and Nancy Drew. Since Tod is reputed to automatically lik...

Last week Barry, Dave, Tod and more than 150,000 total strangers met up for the annual New York Comic Con. They saw a dizzying array of stuff, celebrities, and yes, even a few comics. Along the way the got to meet the legendary Rick Baker and step on board the Rocinante from The Expanse. They also stood in unreasonably long lines to get bad hotdogs and take a pee. But that's all part of the NYCC e...

Unparalleled in its superfluity, epic in its lack of direction, this week's episode reaches new heights in its utter uncompromising randomness. We do some random topics, discuss the pitfalls of wearing a black tee shirt to a Comic Con, but never quite resolve an alternative. We reflect on the merits of ABC's Stumptown, give passing mention to Evil on CBS and Prodigal Son on Fox. Also, without spec...

Barry was out of Town and Tod managed to break himself, but they still found time to squeeze out an episode ... eventually. This week the Regular Joes feast their coveting eyes on the Prop Store Entertainment Memorabilia Treasures from Film and Television Auction catalog. Have you ever felt owning a screen worn 1989 Batman costume would make your life complete? How a about that original Star Wars...

It's fall. The days get shorter, the nights get colder and once more we abandon any pretense of physical activity in favor of hitting the couch to ingest unhealthy quantities of processed TV product. On the menu this fall are the usual (perennial?) returning favorites along with a bevy of newish offerings to help fill the long nights to come. As they do each year at this time, the Regular Joe's ha...

This week the Regular Joes take a look a the What We Left Behind (2019) Ira Steven Behr's sort of documentary ... but mostly tribute to, Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Not unlike its subject, this crowd funded project is both quirky and hard to follow ... but some of you may want to watch it anyway. We will tell you who, and why. Now that we are all caught up on the first season of Amazon's The Boys a...

We're back! Barry and Dave have returned from parallel family vacations to California. Most notable among their west coast adventures were trips the Galaxy's Edge the recently added Star Wars attraction at Disneyland. Find out whether their experience lives up the the hype, or at least, their expectations. What did they see, what did they try, and what did they buy, or... acquire through "other me...

With their milestone 300th episode behind them the Regular Joes settle back into the normal routine. They catch up on the usual Random topics, including first reactions the the nasty break up of Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios. When these things happen it's always the kids that suffer, and in this case it's Spider-Man. They also work in a round of What's in the Box and ponder the very heavily rum...

We have been threatening to do this forever and it has finally happened. For our 300th episode we take on Indiana Jones And the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull rewatching the film, in some cases fo the first time since 2008. Long time listeners will recall that the term "Crystal Skulling" began with Barry's one time effort to convince us that Crystal Skull is "not that bad." You can listen along as w...

We gave you a whole month to watch, so if we are spoiling Stranger Things season 3 it is your own fault. Netflix perennial young adult, horror, fantasy favorite is back, and we might argue, back on track. This summer the Duffer Bros. take on 1980's otherworldly weirdness adds a Mall and Russians. So really, how could they go wrong? We also take a quick look at the various other summer series we ar...

Barry, Dave, Derryl and Tod the four Regular Joes sit down together (in four separate locations) on the twentieth anniversary of the day they all met. After some fond reflections of decades past they get down to business taking a first look at Amazon's Prime Video's mid-summer hit, The Boys. While they do their best to keep their comments SPOILER FREE it's clear why this dark take on a world where...

Once again it's San Diego ComicCon time. And, once again the Regular Joe's stayed on the East Coast and read about it online. This of course does not stop them from talking about it at great length. They were major announcements regarding the Marvel Cinematic ... and soon to be, Streaming Universe. Just weeks after the conclusion of MCU's Stage 3 we have the very ambitious roadmap for 2020 to 2021...

As a follow up to this week's regular show all about Apollo 11 on the 50th anniversary of the historic mission, from deep in our archive we pull out this interview that Barry did with Buzz Aldrin in May of 1999, just before Hasbro released the Buzz Aldrin GI Joe figure to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. Enjoy this ride in the way-back machine..and as always, thanks for l...

From the day in 1962 When John F. Kennedy famously spoke the words, "We choose to go to the moon ... " to the moment Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Micheal Collins were safely back upon the deck of the U.S.S. Hornet, N.A.S.A., and the eyes of the world, were focused on the now seemingly impossible undertaking accomplished 50 years ago this week. The regular Regular Joes are excited to have guest...

If you don't get the title of this week's episode you should stop now and go see Spider Man Far From Home before listening. Because yes, there will be SPOILERS. Far From Home is the 2nd collaboration between Sony Pictures (who owns the Wall Crawler's cinematic rights) and Marvel Studios (who duh, makes better Marvel films than anyone). It is also the MCU Spider Man's second Solo film ... sort of....

Last week we talked about 1989's Batman at 30. This week we take a look a several other films that are hitting similarly noteworthy milestones, including Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989), The Matrix (1999) and Star Trek (2009). When nostalgia seems to be one of the dominant driving forces in Hollywood, just what is it that makes a film leave an indelible mark on the cinematic landscape wh...

In this episode the four Regular Joes assemble once more as Derryl DePriest stops in to talk about the first endeavor from Blue Milk, a creative consortium focused on high quality collector publications. Their inaugural project, Star Wars The Vintage Collection Archive Edition Book is currently up on Kickstarter, and is blowing through stretch goals like a Jedi through battle droids. Find out how...

As every longtime listener knows, we love robots. From Maria in Fritz Lang's Metropolis to Star Wars BB-8, we have always been fascinated by these anthropomorphized machines. This episode's guest, West Coast based maker Brian Mix, has taken his interest much farther, actually building life sizes replicas of some of the most significant automations in Hollywood history. You'll learn all about these...

In this week's episode we talk ... until we stop. Which is, more or less similar to our previous episodes though at times there is more of an actual plan. After an opening salvo of Random Topics we have a round of What's in the Box that sent one the Joes off to search for something he did not know he needed, but now can't live without. In a Hot Toys Minute (when was this ever a minute?) the guys e...