Looking for the Ocean: A Pixar Journey

Join two friends Danny and Mark as they re-watch the entire Pixar catalog. That means features, shorts, tech demos, documentaries, and more. They’ll talk about the history of the company and its style and themes as well as their personal connections to the films they watch as cinema lovers who grew up in the early 2000s.
Episodes
Episodes



Friday Mar 07, 2025
94. Looking Across the Pond (3/3): Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE BRUTALIST
You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean and Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod. You can also listen to episodes on our website lookingfortheoceanpixar.podbean.com.
You can find Mark at @myounginsta on Instagram and Danny at @blankments on Letterboxd.



Friday Feb 21, 2025
Friday Feb 21, 2025
We talk about which Wallace and Gromit characters would be good in Andor.
You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean and Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod. You can also listen to episodes on our website lookingfortheoceanpixar.podbean.com.
You can find Mark at @myounginsta on Instagram and Danny at @blankments on Letterboxd.



Friday Feb 07, 2025
92. CARS 3: Cars 3 w/ Drew Hayden
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Drew has promised not to talk about Racing Stripes.
You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean and Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod. You can also listen to episodes on our website lookingfortheoceanpixar.podbean.com.
You can find Mark at @myounginsta on Instagram and Danny at @blankments on Letterboxd.



Friday Jan 24, 2025
91. Looking Across the Pond (1/3): Wallace and Gromit Shorts
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Mark wants to talk about something besides Pixar. Danny wants to talk about Deadpool 3.
You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean and Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod. You can also listen to episodes on our website lookingfortheoceanpixar.podbean.com.
You can find Mark at @myounginsta on Instagram and Danny at @blankments on Letterboxd.



Friday Jan 10, 2025
90. Bye Bye to 2024: Mufasa: The Lion King
Friday Jan 10, 2025
Friday Jan 10, 2025
Happy New Year! We talk about Mufasa, famous of course for his super powerful sense of smell.
You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean and Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod. You can also listen to episodes on our website lookingfortheoceanpixar.podbean.com.
You can find Mark at @myounginsta on Instagram and Danny at @blankments on Letterboxd.



Friday Dec 27, 2024
89. It's That Time of Year: Olaf’s Frozen Adventure
Friday Dec 27, 2024
Friday Dec 27, 2024
Coco is one of the most beloved films Pixar has ever made, and what better than to pair it with one of the most controversial “short” films Disney ever released?
You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean and Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod. You can also listen to episodes on our website lookingfortheoceanpixar.podbean.com.
You can find Mark at @myounginsta on Instagram and Danny at @blankments on Letterboxd.



Sunday Dec 15, 2024
88. The Toys are Back in Town: Dante’s Lunch and Pixar’s Marketing
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
Happy belated anniversary! Pixar teasers usually contain original animation so Mark and Danny watched them all. That includes Dante’s Lunch, a Coco teaser short about an enchanted bone which brought Pixar’s audience to Yahoo Movies in Spring of 2017. This episode was recorded so long ago you get to hear Mark learn about the gimmick of Here (2024).
You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean, Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod, and Twitter @pixarjourney. You can also listen to episodes on our website lookingfortheoceanpixar.podbean.com.
You can find Mark at @myounginsta on Instagram and Danny at @blankments on Letterboxd.



Friday Nov 29, 2024
87. Ridley Scottsgiving: Gladiator
Friday Nov 29, 2024
Friday Nov 29, 2024
Mark and Danny attempt to celebrate Turkey Day with Gladiator, Ridley Scott's most successful attempt at both criticial and commercial acclaim. However, they discover quickly they have no real memories of it and the episode becomes more of a free-for-all than usual. It's a fun one!
You can follow us on social media at Facebook at Lookingfortheocean, Instagram @lookingfortheoceanpod, and Twitter @pixarjourney. You can also listen to episodes on our website lookingfortheoceanpixar.podbean.com.
You can find Mark at @myounginsta on Instagram and Danny at @blankments on Letterboxd.

Our Mission Statement
Mark Young (left) and Danny Vincent (right) are aiming to watch every single Pixar "thing" ever made. That includes features, shorts, tech demos, TV shows, documentaries and more. Moreover, our goal in watching these pieces of media is to discover just why Pixar has captured our mind, and track our own personal growth with Pixar as our timestamps in life.