Ep 493: Battle of the (Streaming Service) Stars
Regular Joes Podcast
It’s another one of those weeks, when fortune, or scheduling executives at Disney+ and Paramount+, favors us with new episodes of both a Star Trek and Star Wars series. Star Trek Lower Decks, the animated series that only the most uptight Star Trek fans can’t find room in their hearts for, is back for a fourth season. This time around Mariner, Boimler and the other ensigns get a rank upgrade, and a new crew mate. Because any good Trek recipe can be improved by adding a little Vulcan. At the other end of the galaxy, Star Wars Ahsoka seems to have finally hit its stride....
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Ep 492: The Greg Jein Collection
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This week the Regular Joes take a look at the Greg Jein collection of Sci Fi movie and TV props, production models, costumes and other memorabilia which Heritage Auctions will be putting on the block starting October 14. To call this auction unprecedented is a gross understatement. The trove of objects the late special effects wizard amassed in his life time is simply astounding. The scope and quality of items is almost beyond belief. The Regular Joes guide through this once in a lifetime offering is their own Brian Mix, a friend of Mr. Jein and first hand witness to the...
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Ep 491: Far, Far Away
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The Regular Joes have been AWOL for a few weeks but Barry has a good excuse. This week he fills us all on on his secret trip to a certain ranch … far, far away. On a similar theme, it’s time to talk Ashoka. The latest Disney+ series faces the daunting task of fusing elements of the live action and animated Star Wars universes. Does it stand on its own? How do the Rebels series characters translate to a live action, post original trilogy setting? The hosts offer differing perspectives from different backgrounds as the twin tracks of Dave Filoni’s efforts converge. There’s also...
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Ep 490: Hit or Miss
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The teeming juggernaut that is Disney has a whole lot of projects in the hopper right now. If recent history has demonstrated anything not everything they announce actually comes to pass. Anyone still waiting for Patty Jenkin’s Rogue Squadron? With a couple of recent big budget commercial failures to reflect on rumor has it Disney honcho Bob Iger is having some second thoughts. Always helpful, the Regular Joes weigh in giving Bob some feedback on where he might trim the fat. As we ease into the dog days of Summer the Joes offer some advice on how you might use the remainder of your TV...
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Ep 489: Sub-Par Rhapsody?
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After last week’s overwhelmingly positive appraisal of Star Trek Strange New Worlds season two it was perhaps inevitable that the most ambitious, or was it, misguided? episode of the year might not be received as well. Fans are divided on the first ever Trek musical episode, Sub-Space Rhapsody, and not surprisingly, so are the Regular Joes. With Brian Mix filling the fourth seat It’s a split decision. Dave recounts taking in an event that everyone should have on their to-do list. Then Tod poses a question that has been stuck in his frontal lobe since Secret Invasion concluded. “Did...
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EP 488: Going Boldly and Going Nowhere
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The Disney+ Marvel series have been hit or miss. When they are good (WandaVision) they use their extended runtime to experiment with concepts and formats, expanding and developing characters in ways impossible within the limits of a film. When they are bad (Falcon and the Winter Soldier) they flail about wasting time while underutilizing established characters. Secret Invasion the most recent MCU series, manages to kill two characters, completely discredit another, and dismiss any notion that its protagonist, Nick Fury, is in any way effectual, or even interesting. Meanwhile in the distant...
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Ep 487: Our Man in San Diego
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With the ongoing Writer’s Guild of America strike expanding to encompass the Screen Actors Guild this year’s SanDiego Comic Con was like no other. Who better to navigate the celebrity barren landscape than our man Brian Mix, veteran of more than 30 previous SDCCs. Find out what cool stuff he actually did see as he explored this strange new reality. Speaking of strange and new, for the benefit of road warrior Brian, and other folks with clearly misplaced priorities, there’s also some spoiler free response to the Star Trek Strange New Worlds / Lower decks crossover released early during...
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Ep 486: Run, Tom, Run!
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This week the seventh Mission Impossible film finally reached theaters, proving that, a quarter century on, this franchise and Tom Cruise can’t be stopped. If you were a fan of this series, as Dave believes everyone should be, Mission impossible: Dead Reckoning Part I is everything you’ve been waiting for. You get to see Tom run, a lot, as well as survive all manner of death defying stunts that would easy kill any other 60 -year-old man. But this is Tom Cruise, so things like gravity and age really don’t factor in. Also, this time around he has Hayley Atwell along for the ride … it...
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Ep 485: Droidsmith
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A farm boy dreams of a life of adventure and finds his place in a Galaxy Far, Far Away. We could be talking about Luke SkyWalker, but it is actually this week’s guest Micheal McMaster, droid builder extraordinaire. You may not know his name but you have seen his work in the recent Star Wars Films and series on Disney+. Micheal sits down with the Regular Joes and mutual friend Brian Mix to talk about his journey, his robots, and what it takes to bring animated characters like Pixar’s WALL-E, and Chopper from Rebels, to real life. With Mouse Droids, Astromechs, even a full scale probe droid,...
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Ep 484: It’s Not The Years . . .
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is in theaters. The artifact at the center of this James Mangold directed sequel teases the possibility of rewriting history, which is not much different than than goal of this fifth and final Indy film. After the much panned Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) will audiences warm up to this second, or arguably, third pass at closing out the Indy saga? Can the old formula of frantic street chases, Nazi punches, and near death escapes that made Raiders of the Lost Ark the greatest adventure film ever, bring it home one last time? As always the odds are...
info_outlineIf you missed your weekly dose of Regular Joe's last week you were not alone. While Tod wallowed at home in a pool of his own self-pity Barry and Dave whooped it up at Star Wars celebration in sunny Orlando Florida. Hear about the sites, the panels, the merchandise, and costumes you, and Tod missed at historic Star Wars 40th anniversary event. Also, the usual Random Topics and the near weekly fretting over Star Trek Discovery. For the full interactive experience check out the companion gallery in the OTHER STUFF tab on Regularjoes.com. Thanks for listening!