Regular Joes Podcast

One of the Joes favorite shows from last year, Amazon Prime's The Boys, the dark, and often just wrong, adaptation of the Garth Ennis comic about Superhero's as corporate created and controlled celebrities is back for its sophomore season. For this week's podcast Tod forced Barry and Dave to watch THREE ENTIRE EPISODES. Curiously, Amazon's decision to drop the first three episodes at launch and th...

Do you remember how Leonardo da Vinci went back and touched up the Mona Lisa? Or how about when Mozart decided The Magic Flute could be just a bit more magical? Yeah, those things never happened. Nevertheless, Star Wars the ground breaking film by George Lucas, has been periodically tweaked and revised by someone who is, arguably, the same guy who created it. You can no longer see the film that de...

It's a very special episode. No, not the one where the guys stage an intervention over Barry's "Stormtrooper problem." 350 episodes in the hosts sit down with four long time friends who all, to one degree or another, manifest "Collector's Syndrome." You may be familiar with these symptoms, when acquiring one of something rapidly leads to having a dozen or more of them, or the empty, hollow feeling...

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been around almost as long as The Regular Joes Podcast. Last week, after seven wildly inconsistent seasons, the serially reanimated Agent Phil Coulson and his stalwart squad of Agents, former Agents, and not quite Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. finally bid adieu. It's been a bumpy ride. But, for those dedicated, or just stubborn, watchers who stuck it out the 12 episode...

It's a sort of "catch up" week for the Regular Joe's. Last week the episode was postponed due to a 5 day long power outage for one of the hosts. On the plus side Dave is now able to personally recommend a 4500 lbs (approx. curb weight) battery charger. And, since packages have been stacking up, they catch up on What's in the Box, throw in some RJ Picks, and even a round of What's on my Workbench....

Star Trek has been around long enough to be a legitimate topic of historical study. While names Like Roddenberry, Shatner, and Nimoy immediately come to mind, the show's unique position within the cultural zeitgeist would not have been possible without less often cited contributions from names like Fontana, Jefferies and yes, Trimble. On this weeks' episode Barry, Dave and Tod, joined by Brian Mix...

The Old Guard is one of the hottest flix on NetFlix right now. Based on a comic by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández, it stars Charlize Theron, with Chiwwtel Ejiofor (Mordo in Doctor Strange) and a lot of other people you will only sort of recognize, like the bad guy …. who was Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter films. Like a bazillion or so other people the Regular Joes checked it out and give you...

This week the Joes acknowledge the 40th Anniversary of Saturn 3, Their second favorite Sci Fi film with Farrah Fawcett in the cast (Note: there were only two.) Conceived in the mind of visionary Star Wars set designer John Barry, Saturn 3, underwent management changes mid stream resulting in a what the late Roger Ebert described as "awesomely stupid, totally implausible," and "a shameful waste of...

With everything that's going on and everything that's not, sometimes it's nice to just have some time to kick back and hang out with your friends. This was one of those weeks. Joined by Derryl DePriest, and Brian Mix, Barry, Dave and Tod cover a wide range of topics from the genius of the late Carl Reiner, the glacial pace vs. the conceptual brilliance of 2001 a Space Odyssey, and why Agents of S....

You know how the last several weeks episodes have been very focused and thematic, yeah well, this one is not that. With no particular agenda the Regular Joes catch up on Random Topics, bid adieu to Sir Ian Holm and the guy who thought putting nipples on the bat suit was a good idea. Then there's some Shirt Up, because that's still apparently a thing, and a round of What's in The Box. In lieu of an...

Ok, let's try this again. This week the Regular hosts, plus adjunct Joe Derryl DePriest take a look at another of Barry's long-time sentimental favorite films Flash Gordon (1980). In what might seem a set up doomed to repeat "The Willow incident" the gang actually find several things they like about the film ... in addition to the several aspects they did not so much go for. It's all good. The rel...

Auctions can be very dangerous. Back in March The Prop Store held an auction that included screen used items from the JJ Abrams, or Kelvin universe, series of Star Trek films. While we understand these films aren't universally embraced by Star Trek fans, they are one of the rare things that all three Regular Joe's agree they like. Which makes an auction like this, yes, very dangerous. For this wee...

This week The Regular Joes dive into a duo of new series and a returning show that at one time was an RJP favorite…The CW's Star Girl, TNT's Snow Piercer and ABCs Marvels Agents of Shield. Did the new shows spark any interest? Will the Joes keep watching or give up after the pilot? And how does the premiere of the final season of Shield hold up to the best and worst of the show? We also serve up o...

This week The Regular Joes welcome back restorer of iconic props, and creator of cool things Tom Spina of Regal Robot and Tom Spina Designs to talk about two shows on Disney + that are not the Mandalorian...sort of. First up it's Disney Prop Culture which takes a reverent look at many of the surviving props from several of the memorable films in Disney's pantheon, including Mary Poppins, The Chron...

For seven years Barry, Dave and Tod have been getting together, more or less, each week to record the Regular Joes Podcast. This week is whole lot like the other 337. They start with a plan, and then get somewhat sidetracked during random topics. Next they get caught up on current projects with What's on My Workbench. Then, on Barry's recommendation everyone checked out Amazon Prime's Upload. Ok,...

In this week's episode the Regular Joe's take a look at the wrap ups of two very different premium cable series. After nine years and eight seasons, Showtime's Homeland takes a bow. At this point fans who have stuck with this show have spent nearly a decade with Clare Dane's bipolar CIA operative Carrie Mathison. We've been with her through highs, and lows, and some even lower lows. Nevertheless,...

This week the Regular Joes have a full house as the regular Regulars are joined by Derryl DePriest and Brian Mix to observe the annual Star Wars holiday/marketing ploy. They have a lot to talk about as Disney+ has just wrapped up the Clone Wars for a third and seemingly final time. Warning, there will be SPOILERS, but really, if you haven't watched Clone Wars previously nothing they talk about wil...

Ok, so whether you have watched a single episode, or seen all 787 installments in the Star Trek franchise, it will come as no surprise that everyone has an opinion about the quintessential American Sci Fi series. This week the Regular Joes wade in to the nerdiest of nerd exercises and run down their individual top ten lists of favorite characters from the eight TV shows and three film series. As y...

Taking some time out from simply talking about what they are watching on TV, the Regular Joes sit down with Bill Nedrow who recently published The Joy of JoeCon, a collection of essays reflecting on the history and resonance of the long running International G.I. Joe Collectors Club Convention or JoeCon. After that they talk about stuff they bought (What's in the Box) and reviving their very first...

Yes, It's our landmark 333rd episode, we are half way to the rather ominous episode 666 and a third of the way to being one episode from 1000. For this week's episode we do what we have done most weeks over the last six years. Just three friends sitting down and talking. We cover some random topics, catch up on our most recent projects in What's on My Workbench, and because we have taken it upon o...

Val Kilmer films are like ice cream, everyone has a favorite flavor. And, as some might say, there's no accounting for taste. This week our five hosts, yes that's five, as Brian Mix is back and Derryl DePriest drops in to discuss three of Val Kilmer's very different films. Note: Mr. Kilmer was invited but was unable to attend due to a prior engagement, and ... likely his dignity. First on deck is...

The first season of CBS All Access' Star Trek Picard has wrapped and the Regular Joe's call in their west coast correspondent (and positronics expert) Brian Mix to help assess the series. This is Trek unlike anything we have ever seen, but is it good Trek? Opinions vary. You will be surprised at who rates it the lowest. They also take a post series look at Apple TV's For all Mankind, the alternate...

This week the Regular Joes take a look at the first episodes of three very different series airing right now. First up is season Eight of Showtime's Homeland. Is it worth returning "home" if you, like so many, dropped the long running spy thriller after, or during the abysmal 6th season? Then we move on to the oddly close to home reality of Epix War of The Worlds (not to be confused with (The War...

With not much else to do but watch TV, the Regular Joes share some of their recommendations for a good Binge Watch, while practicing the art of social distancing of course. As usual, they don't entirely agree with each other, but what fun would it be if they did! All this, plus the usual round of Random Topics and What's in the Box. As always, thanks for listening, and stay safe out there!

The Rolling Stone just released a list of the top 50 films of the 1970's. Does it make our hosts grumpy old men to say people who were not even born in the 1970s probably shouldn't be picking out the best films from that era? Needless to say the Regular Joe's disagree. Truthfully, they don't entirely agree with each other, but at least they didn't try to shoehorn a bunch of pretentious crap in the...