Looking for the Ocean: A Pixar Journey

At-least-five-time-Tomorrowland-viewer Evan Rowe joins Mark and Danny to talk about that time Brad Bird spent 200 million dollars to complain about negative people. It went great! You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean , Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod , and Twitter @pixarjourney . You can also listen to episodes on our website lookingfortheoceanpixar.podbean.com. You...

Mark and Danny have a chill holiday time talking about the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Christmas special Holiday Time, the one where Santa asks Buzz and the gang to help him save Christmas. They spend most of the time discussing Poor Things, Wonka, Paddington, Asteroid City, The Matrix Resurrections, The Holdovers, The Muppets’ Christmas Carol, and The Square. You can follow us on social media...

Caleb Bunn, Alex Bryson, and Steven Jensen from Star Wars Therapy join Mark and Danny to watch Gary Rydstrom’s George Lucas’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. They also talk about sexual awakenings and the Pixar lamp, queering the text, and Crimp from Trolls. You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean , Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod , and Twitter @pixarjourney . You can also...

Mark and Danny go back in time to 2014 to watch Steve Purcell’s (Sam & Max, Brave) Toy Story Christmas special, featuring the Battlesaurs, a cat ornament with a trumpet, and beautiful Christmas fight choreography. You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean , Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod , and Twitter @pixarjourney . You can also listen to episodes on our website lo...

Mark and Danny made it through the Planes sequel and are here to talk about another famous film which does not feature a younger version of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s character from the Hunger Games series. You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean , Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod , and Twitter @pixarjourney . You can also listen to episodes on our website lookingfortheoc...

Mark and Danny celebrate Turkey Day with Chicken Run, the highest grossing stop-motion animated film and what would be one of the major episodes of a podcast about Mark’s childhood movie-watching, Looking for the Aardman. You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean , Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod , and Twitter @pixarjourney . You can also listen to episodes on our websit...

Danny, Mark, and Julius discuss James Ford Murphy's Lava, the most hated Pixar short of all time. Is it a natural disaster or a misunderstood masterpiece? Danny gets drunk and becomes British, Julius threatens to start a podcast guest union, and Mark stops everything to talk about The Northman. You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean , Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod ,...

Mark and Danny almost cancel each other after watching two short films by Erica Milsom, director of the future SparkShort Loop, and Kevin Nolting, the editor of Up and future director of a short featuring one of the characters from Soul. What do these people do when not working for Pixar? You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean , Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod , and T...

In 2014, Pixar president Ed Catmull released his book on good management based on his experiences, and Danny and Mark read it for the bit. What are Braintrust sessions like? Which actors from Succession would be in the Pixar biopic? Will Steve Jobs’ legacy be the iPhone or Cars 2? You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean , Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod , and Twitter @...

Femtober 2023 is Here!: https://letterboxd.com/essgeekay/list/femtober-vi-the-bite-of-87/ Sarah has trapped Danny and Mark in her Saw Trap™, and that means it’s time once again to talk about horror movies directed by women. They play a game! Sarah talks about how, in its sixth year, she’s run up against the limits of online availability and the gender binary, but has been able to complete the mont...

Danny and Mark watch the ABC Halloween special about the Toys’ night in a creepy motel and Jessie’s struggle with claustrophobia. Who owns the future of Bluey? Will Mark’s Spirit Halloween costume be wealthy poultry-stealing son-in-law? Why didn’t this children’s TV movie from 2013 reference popular memes featuring Carl Weathers’ hand? You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingforthe...

Mark and Danny discuss the short attached to Muppets Most Wanted in theaters and, finally, the final Cars Toon. How sacred are the laws of the Monsters world? They also talk about what Danny likes in a comedy (rimshots), MC etiquette, and Your Mom's House. You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean , Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod , and Twitter @pixarjourney . You can al...

We have a special announcement! We'll be taking a brief hiatus. It's currently indefinite, but WE WILL BE BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. More details in the pod. Thank you for listening!

Mark and Danny watch the top grossing film from Disneytoon, Disney Animation’s direct to video branch which also produced A Goofy Movie and The Return of Jafar - and it’s from World of Cars! They also discuss underappreciated childhood classics and what makes for good DVD bonus features. You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean , Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod , and Tw...

This week Mark is joined by a quarantined Danny and Sam Muraski to discuss Monsters, Inc.’s surprisingly mature and visually stunning prequel. They discuss its similarities to There Will be Blood, experiences with college staff on campus tours, and once again why Speed Racer is and has always been a modern classic. You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean , Instagram @lo...

Mark and Danny get a nice surprise when they discover that Madeline Sharafian, director of the Oscar-nominated Pixar short Burrow, has three student films online! And they’re amazing! The lads also watch more Cars Toons and talk about Steven Soderbergh’s diary and their own college movies. Go watch Omelette! You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean , Instagram @lookingfo...

Mark and Danny discuss the first and so far only Pixar film directed by pod-favorite Saschka Unseld (Oli-Schau) and the short accompanying Brave's Blu-Ray and DVD releases. Danny imagines Mor’du's live action Disney villain movie, Mark explains why he finds film weather so important, and they have a friendly debate about movie theater etiquette. For those who like serious episodes! You can follow...

Mark and Danny are joined by two special guests! Sarah Knauf of Femtober and The Snub Club and her Scottish boyfriend Scott Coventry are here to discuss Brave, which was supposed to be Pixar’s first movie with a woman as lead director. The gang talks about Brave’s place in the history of blockbusters directed by women, the work of Billy Connolly, and the iconic line that might not actually be in t...

LIVE FROM BARBENHEIMER NEW YORK! Danny is in town for the cinema event of the summer, and Mark has just finished Fast and Furious 1-7, the Paul Walker movies (we drop our rankings). This episode also marks the end of the Mater Disney Channel shorts, and the boys watch the short that came with the re-release of Finding Nemo! Get your pink pumps and #14 welder’s glass goggles ready! You can follow u...

Andrew Stanton, director of Finding Nemo and Wall-E, followed those classic films by helming the biggest box office flop of all time! Mark brings in his knowledge of the original novel, and  Danny uses the box office to support a new theory about why the movie died like a Zoldangan struck by the explosive round from a Thark rifle! You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean...

Danny goes on a thrilling adventure to interview his parents about Mission: Impossible! His mom talks about her favorite blockbuster franchise, and his dad provides valuable insight as a big fan of the original TV show - before it was a movie directed by Pixar’s Brad Bird! Danny explains why Babe could be the greatest film of all time, The Fast and the Furious changes Mark’s life, and Danny’s Mom...

“Cars 2 is art in the way bad stuff can be art.” Teacher and director Luke Hayden joins Mark and Danny to watch the best Cars - 2! It’s 2 movies smashed together like the car that gets killed in the first five minutes. Luke shares his formula one knowledge, Danny’s laptop explodes (for real this time), and Mark confuses his colonels. It’s the bomb! You can follow us on social media at Facebook at...

This week Mark and Danny are watching the first two Toy Story Toons which played before Cars 2 and Jason Segel’s The Muppets. Mark learns that Medieval Times only sells chicken, Danny airs his grievances against the people who put Toy Story 2 gags in a Toy Story 3 short, and they both make a pitch for the future of the Muppets. If you neither love nor hate Barbie then who knows, man. You can follo...

Mark and Danny try to make it through as many Mater shorts as they can fit in an episode! They also watch La Luna, the short made by the director of Luca. They also talk about the Black Swan/Wrestler pairing, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Danny’s serious, respectful review of Mater Private Eye. More goofy Javier Bardem! You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean , Instagram...

For Fetch’s 84th episode, the contestants received a mission via “video chat” with EPCOT’s Turtle Talk’s Crush. And after they spent all their money on Pixar, they pranked a child for cheap! Danny shares some more of his horrifying formative experiences, and Mark explains the difference between Jim Conroy and Tim Conway. If you’re here because you accidentally misspelled “feet,” welcome! We can al...