552: 2024 in the Rearview Mirror
Regular Joes Podcast
This episode the Regular Joe’s roll the dice, betting that nothing fantastic will happen in the next two weeks, as they do their annual year in review show. With Brian Mix and Derryl DePriest singing back up, the Joe’s cover the greatest hits and the biggest misses from the past year. There are surprises, and some familiar favorites, as they review the movies TV, series, events, acquisitions and happenings that punctuate 2024 as it fades in the rearview mirror. Thanks for listening!
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551: Skeleton Crew
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It’s December, so there must be a new Star Wars series on Disney+. Do you like watching children getting in trouble, running, and screaming? How do you feel about pirates? Do you have fond memories of watching The Goonies (1985)? If so, Disney+ has the show for you. Surprisingly, it seems to be the show for others as well, as Skeleton Crew has landed well with critics, Star Wars fans, and yes, all three Regular Joes. There will be SPOILERS, so you should check out the first few eps before listening. If you were wondering where his last week’s show went, Dave catches you up on his most...
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550: I Watched it With Shatner
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For the landmark 550th episode the Regular Joe’s are again joined by Irregular Joes Derryl DePriest and Brian Mix. After an extremely far reaching round of Random Topics, the hosts discuss the just released Star Trek short, 765874 Unification, from OTOY studios in collaboration with the Roddenberry Archive. With callbacks to the unaired pilot, the original series, the Next Generation, the Kelvin Universe, Discovery, and Picard, the brief video is deeply routed in the Star Trek universe. For fans who were underwhelmed by Kirk’s death in Star Trek: Generations, or disappointed by the...
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549: Oz and Agatha
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It’s been a few months since a pair streaming series based on secondary characters from Marvel’s WandaVision (2021), and DC’s The Batman (2022) debuted. Expectations, and the level of excitement, was low for both of these offerings. Now that Agatha all Along and The Penguin have wrapped the Joe’s go back and review the two series as a whole. Agatha, with an eccentric ensemble cast, followed the Witch’s Road, on a surprisingly entertaining journey, which proved alternately humorous, and quite dark. While over in the seedy, and still water soaked, underbelly of Gotham City, Oswald Cobb...
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548: Coming Distractions 2024 - 2026
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This week the Regular Joes address the science (empirically provable facts) and fiction (ain’t never gonna happen) state of the last few years of Disney/Star Wars film/project/director announcements. From the reality side of the equation, they discuss recently dropped trailers for two Marvel films Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts* in the queue for the coming months. Which of these continues to gain interest, and which is slowly edging its way into the, “we’ll see“ category? If you enjoy watching social security eligible men doing risky things you’re going to be...
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547: Rhode Island Comic Con 2024
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Last week the Regular Joes (all the Regular Joes) travelled from up and down the east coast to gather in Providence RI, for the Rhode Island Comic-Con, AKA the biggest con in the littlest state. After spending a day and a half, roaming the sales floor and checking out the show’s guests, the Joes took their traditional Sofa in the lobby of the Omni Providence, to share their experience with you. Who they saw, what they picked up, and why Barry actually bought comics at a comic con. They had a few celebrity guests stop in along the way, including Michelle Ang, Omega from Star Wars: The Bad...
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546: American Werewolf with Tom Spina
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As impossible as it might seem, until quite recently, Barry had never seen An American Werewolf in London. This week, the Regular Joe’s, joined by Tom Spina of Regal Robot, take a look at the 1981 John Landis horror/dark comedy cult classic. Tom shares his first-hand experience with one of the screen used props, and recounts his own meeting with John Landis. Groundbreaking in many ways, the film earned Rick Baker the first ever Academy award for best makeup. In addition to an unforgettable transformation sequence, American Werewolf also has early 80s era Jenny Agutter, and that’s never a...
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545: The RICC Sniff Test 2024
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As the Regular Joe’s annual outing to the Rhode Island Comic Con draws near it’s time for the Joe’s review of the guest list for the convention. While normal folks may be contemplating which celebrity guests they are most interested in getting autographs from, the hosts have their own, sometimes humorous, and other times awkward, way of articulating their own preferences. Yes, it’s time again for Sign, Smell or Pass, where the Joes ID who they want to get autographs from, or who they just want to get in close proximity to. Really, it’s not as creepy as it sounds. There’s also...
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544: Gone Too Soon?
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Remember that TV show, the one with that guy, that woman, and the (fill in plot device here.) Remember how great it was, and then it was just gone? This week the Regular Joe’s pay tribute to the one hit wonders. Single-Season TV shows, that captured our interest, but never really sprouted roots. Most faded into obscurity. Some like Firefly and Battlestar Galactica gained cult status. While others have survived only in the collective consciousness, or on cable rerun channels. The Joes run down several of their favorite short run shows going back to the 70s. And, along the way, realize that,...
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543: In Space, No One Can Hear You … Sew
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This week the Regular Joe’s sit down with Adam Ezekiel, costume designer and maker, who operates the website, nostromocrew.com. Adam’s niche, and passion, is crafting meticulously accurate replicas of the patches, insignia and crew uniforms from the film Alien (1979). He explains how he got started, and the incredible effort he put into recreating the screen used wardrobe. Also, his interesting connections to Allen Romulus, the most recent entry in the Alien franchise. Adam’s work is truly amazing. Among his customers are Adam Savage, Dave and Tod … who placed an order while they...
info_outlineThis week the Joes address the side effects of a lifetime of collecting. At some point you need to go through the accumulated detritus to find that overlooked box containing the Ark of the Covenant, and decide whether or not to keep that old sled marked “Rosebud.” In May the Fourth news, there also another Trailer for the Star Wars: The Acolyte, which may represent a bold new direction for the Star Wars franchise … or possibly not. Barry and Tod address the series ending of clone era saga, The Bad Batch, which leaves a big animated hole in the Star Wars universe. And, in passing, they talk about this week’s Discovery Episode (SPOILER: Burnham takes yet another bonding field trip) which might otherwise have been completely forgotten by now. And of course, there’s also the usual Random Topics. Thanks for listening!