Regular Joes Podcast

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...

For this week's Episode, Barry, Dave and Tod traveled to the ultra-secret undisclosed location of the Regal Robot / Tom Spina Designs studios (which Tod could not find even with a GPS) to see some amazingly cool stuff they can't talk about and spend quality time hanging out with maker / props-smiths Tom Spina, Gordon Tarpley and David Woodruff. Inevitably, there is lots of Star Wars talk, which is...

On this week's show, the Regular Joes discus how their favorite shows have wrapped up their seasons…which ones stuck the landing, which stumbled and which missed their mark worse than an imperial Stormtrooper with a faulty blaster. They also take a look at the summer series they are most looking forward to, but first they lay down their usual batch or Random Topics and they wrap up with a round of...

For the last time ... maybe ever, we travel back to Westeros to visit the smoldering ruins of a once great city, and HBO series. If anything can be said about The Game of Thrones finale, it has people talking. After one last pass at GOT the Joes move on to the topic of Prequels. Why do they exist, what's the appeal, and are there any that live up to or surpass their predecessors…or is it post-eces...

This week the Regular Joe's catch up on a few segments that have gotten squeezed out of recent episodes. There's a random topic round up, and Endgame centric Hot Hoys Minute, a quick peek at What's on My Workbench and the, inevitable as Thanos, round of What's in the Box. The Joes also take time out to reflect on the current national obsession, the shockingly divisive penultimate episode of Game o...

The game is on! No, not Avengers Endgame. It's Game of Thrones. The long-awaited final season of the water cooler obsession is here. And, now that Dave has finally caught up, we dig into the characters and conflicts that make HBO's hugely successful fantasy offering so good. It's a season like no other on a show like none other and it all ends so very soon. But first we take a look at Disney's pre...

The wait is over. Avengers: Endgame has made it to the theaters, and the record books. As you might guess it is impossible to talk about this movie without SPOILERS. And, at one point, we even specifically address SPOILERS. In fact, there is so much to SPOIL in this film that we even created a new SPOILER WARNING bumper to tip you off that there are, yes, SPOILERS. Now that that is out of the way....

The guys are back from a Midwest city far far away but still have their minds in the stars. First up it's a look at the now wrapped Second season of Star Trek Discovery. How was it over all? What're does the show go from here ... and what Star Trek show are they most interested in seeing next. Shifting focus, and Galaxies, the guys dig deeper into Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker and the Disney str...

It's Celebration time when the Star Wars faithful from around the Galaxy gather to ... er, celebrate the franchise they hold near and dear. Also, this time Tod goes too. Hear the Joes reaction to the teaser/trailer for Ep 9 The Rise of Skywalker. Was it enough to get Dave optimistic again? They also got a first look at the Mandalorian. SPOILER it's gonna be Awesome!. But before they get to all tha...

The Caped Crusader is 80. Whether your personal Batman is the 1960' Bat-Zooka wielding crime stopper, the 1989 Neo-Noir interpretation, or Christopher Nolan's breathy voiced urban legend, everyone seems to have a favorite. In this ep the Regular Joes weigh in, saluting Bob Kane and Bill Finger's enduring creation, and citing their preferred incarnation, and of course their go to choice of Batmobil...

In this corner, weighing in at just over three hours, with 21 wins backing it up, Avengers Endgame, Marvel Studios closing chapter on the first two phases of their expansive Cinematic Universe is poised to be the hardest hitting blockbuster of the year. One month out, find out what the Regular Joes are expecting are predicting as well how they are as preparing for what is certain to be the most ep...