Regular Joes Podcast

Now that everyone has had time to catch up on Netflix's Stranger Things and the CBS All Access original Star Trek Discovery the Regular Joes compare notes on the Sophomore and Freshman seasons of these two shows. One started with a very high bar, and the other had a half-century of hopes, dreams and expectations riding on it. No pressure really. So how did they do? Also, the Joes react to the fres...

After a troubled history of changes in direction, directors, and significant reshoots, Justice League opened last week to an underwhelming critical and audience reception. After a series of misses DC needed to prove the success of Wonder Woman was not a fluke. Did that happen? The Regular Joe's put Justice League under the microscope examining the good, more than you might think, the bad, there's...

For the fifth year running the Regular Joe's set up their mobile studio in the Omni Providence Hotel lobby to record live from the Rhode Island ComicCon. In the past this impromptu talk show has yielded some great interviews, but not have compared with this year's slate of drop ins. Including lengthy conversations with JASON ISAACS of STAR TREK DISCOVERY, HARRY POTTER, STAR WARS: REBELS and The OA...

Thor Ragnarok is in theaters shattering box office expectations and hammers. It's the Thunder God's third big screen outing, and Marvel Studios 17th film overall, however this time around it's a very different kind of superhero film. While Ragnarok is mostly pleasing audiences, and even garnering some critical praise, many hard-core Thor fans are not happy with this version of their hero. Find out...

None of us have finished Stranger Things, and Thor: Ragnorok is not out yet, but we still found plenty to talk about on All Hallows' Eve. First up, a triple helping of Random Topics, then, a Hot Toys Minute (seriously, has it ever been a minute) covering the long awaited Aliens: Ripley figure, and Star Wars Rogue One's Jyn Urso. There's a fledgling attempt to resurrect, our old, Who Would Win in F...

Tod was sick, Barry was grumpy, but nevertheless our stalwart ensemble pressed onward to give you another episode of the Regular Joe's Podcast. This week we tackle Fall TV. What returning shows are we interested in? What new shows seem promising? And what summer shows caught our interest? In addition to what we watch we delve into how we watch. The TV landscape is undergoing radical changes, as nu...

Blade Runner 2049 has been met with generally good reviews and smaller than anticipated audiences. Find out why two of the Regular Joes are among those enthusiastic about this long awaited follow up to Ridley Scott's 1982 classic, and the third…not so much. Does the film stand on its own, or is it a sequel in the truest sense? Can you recreate a world crafted with old school practical effects in t...

It's New York ComicCon time again and the Regular Joe's made their annual trek (some longer than others) to check out the sights, and wade through the largest ComiCon crowd of the year. Find out what they saw, what they brought home, and learn the single most useful tip for getting into the event in a timely manner. All this plus (brief) discussions of the New Star Wars trailer, another week of Ba...

After a few very narrowly focused shows this week we take some time to get caught up on all the other stuff, including some What's in the Box and Show and Tell. From the two extremes of creative endeavors, Dave recommends a $3000 tool for hardcore makers and Tod offers a tip that costs virtually nothing to implement. Barry tells how his observed Force Friday, which along with May the fourth, and a...

After an excruciating series of setbacks and delays CBS has finally launched Star Trek Discovery, the latest, and most controversial, TV installment in the 51 year old sci-fi Franchise. While there's no disputing this is very different show than those which proceeded it, is it too much a departure from the Trek we know and love? Longtime fans and reviewers are taking sides, and now the Regular Joe...

We have been threatening to do this for a while, and now it's finally happened. In this episode we offer up live commentary on what is generally considered to be the worst Trek film in the universe, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. Did it improve over time? Could it really be as bad as we remember? Why isn't Director William Shatner ever actually referred to as "Director William Shatner"? And, of...

The past weekend Fox debuted Seth MacFarland's The Orville, a show that seems custom tailored for the Regular Joes unique demographic. Or not. The Joes offer their thoughts on the pilot, and hopes for what the show could be. Next up, Barry, Dave and Tod continue the countdown to Star Trek Discovery by rating the best and worst of the Trek big screen offerings. SPOILER Khan still reigns supreme. Th...

Once a week the Regular Joes get together to talk about stuff. This week this statement is even more accurate. In an episode with no clearly apparent theme or direction Barry, Dave and Tod discuss recent announcements regarding the future of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, and in particular, who is in and who is out at the moment. As the Countdown to Star Trek Discovery continues the J...

After 6 seasons of intrigue, random nudity, and graphic acts of violence, Game of Thrones 7th season has taken a abrupt turn toward closure that many long time fans find disconcerting. Find out where the Regular Joes, and special guest Derryl DePriest, come down on the new Westeros order. Also, Dave Boldly Goes to ... Ticonderoga New York and gives a report on his visit to the Star Trek Set Tour....

Netflix has just released Marvel's The Defenders and the Regular Joe's discuss the series strengths and challenges in a mostly spoiler free way. Next, counting down to the September 24 release of Star Trek Discovery the Joes pick their second favorite Original Series episode. Also Random Topics and round two of "If You Could" wherein Barry gives us the choice of witnessing any event in history. Th...

In this episode we revisit three films that should have excited us, but barely registered a blip on our collective radar. With Alien: Covenant, Kong Skull Island, and Ghost in the Shell available on disc and to stream the Regular Joes take a second look. How do the franchise films measure up to their predecessors? How does the live action adaptation stack up to the anime that spawned it? Which of...

This is it! More than four years in the making, the stupendous, the amazing, the mind-blowingly awesome 200th (or there abouts) episode of the Regular Joe's Podcast! OK. To be honest, what you're really getting is a whole lot like the last 199 episodes. Good friends getting together to talk about and share the stuff they enjoy with each other and you. For this bicentennial episode Barry Dave and T...

The 2017 San Diego Comic Con has come and gone. Without a single reference to actual comic books, the Regular Joe's give a rundown of the most interesting aspects, to them anyways, of the world's premier pop culture event. What film and TV trailers and teasers have caught their interest, and what toys and collectibles are they looking most forward to? SPOILER it's going to be an expensive year for...

Continuing the Regular Joe's quest to record despite geographical obstacles, this week Tod remotes in from an undisclosed location on the northern tip of the Bermuda Triangle. Hint: there is lots of rum there. First up there a healthy shot of Random Topics, encompassing both Barry's fears about Star Wars ep 8 and Tod's unsustainable optimism about Star Trek Discovery, followed by a chaser, in the...

It been a week since Spider-Man Homecoming swung into theaters, so, really, you should have seen it by now. The Regular Joes give their thoughts on the third big screen interpretation of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's enduring, and endearing, wall crawler. How Does Tom Holland stack up against his predecessors? How does this Spidey, now under the creative wing of Marvel, mesh with his MCU brethren? An...

This weekend the Regular Joes met up at Eternal Con on Long Island. Find out who they saw, what they bought and what their general impressions were of the show. In honor of the Independence Day holiday (as opposed to the 1996 film) the guys talk about what would have been a "Patriotic Film'" Desert Island DVD pick if the segment ever came together. Next up, a round of What's in the Box, followed b...

The Regular Joes use this week's episode to catch up on accumulated Random Topics, including their thoughts on director Ron Howard (Apollo 13) taking the pilot seat for the Han Solo film. They offer up an RJ Pick, sharing something that is useful, particularly if you are 60's era Batman. Revisiting Desert Island DVD, they choose Films with a toy association, some of which may surprise you. There's...

Considering this podcast was founded over a love of toy collecting, it's been a while since we devoted an entire episode to toys, but in this episode we do. First up we check in on the status of Hot Toys. Which upcoming offerings hold the most interest, what we've been waiting for seemingly forever, and which figures Barry has just added to his legion of Stormtroopers. On the B side Tod gives an u...

On this week's episode, Dave, Barry and Tod discuss auctions, more precisely prop actions such as the currently running Profiles in History auction. Dave offers some advice from personal experience and everyone gives their "cost is no option, bidding list." But first the Joes remember sixties icon Adam West, his defining role as Batman, and how he made a career of playing a version of his public p...

Got it in Four. With the release of Wonder Woman the DC cinematic universe finally has a film that is a hit with fans, critics, and legions of little girls everywhere. As the first big budget superhero film to feature a female lead, and the largest opening ever for a film directed by a woman, Wonder Woman has already made history, now we find out where Barry, Dave and Tod come down on it. Does it...