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



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.



Monday Nov 18, 2024
86: Bully-Coded: Lou / Marine Life Interviews / Gary the Gull
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Mark and Danny talk about two shorts and a VR game! They also cover bullies, John Cena at the 2024 Oscars, and where Luca ranks in Danny’s list of the top Pixar movies.
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 01, 2024
Friday Nov 01, 2024
See all the Movies of Femtober VII (2024)!: https://letterboxd.com/essgeekay/list/femtober-vii-all-of-them-witches/
For the third year in a row, Looking for the Ocean talks to Sarah Knauf about Femtober, her annual attempt to watch 31 horror movies directed by women in October, now in its seventh year! Is The First Omen a flop or a bop? What made Danny watch Tarot (2024) on his own time? Which was better for women, Horizon Pt. 1 or Megalopolis?
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.



Monday Apr 01, 2024
85. The Coke Zero’s Journey: Pixar’s Sodas
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Danny and Mark are breaking their hiatus to talk about a lesser-known Pixar project that was discovered, restored, and released on the Episode 1 podcast in September 2023.
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 Feb 23, 2024
84. DETOUR! Mark’s Madness 2: Storks w/ Brad Dragun
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Brad and Danny once had a movie theater all to themselves to watch this film, the first feature from the guy who brought us Presto. They LOVED it. The gang also discusses the Zucker Abrahams Zucker movies and film school. We also have a podcast update!
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 Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Mark’s actor pals Matt and Bridget are here to talk about what was, at the time, the highest grossing animated movie ever made, and what is, at this time, and for all time, perhaps, an underrated sequel with great gags for the kids, pleasant jokes for the parents, and plenty of touching moments so you can cry when you’re on a plane.
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 Feb 09, 2024
82. DETOUR? Dwayne Johnson is San Andreas: Piper / A Love Story
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Saschka Unseld is back! This time he’s made a Chipotle ad. The boys also discuss a cute bird movie, and Mark predicts which Academy Award nominee will be the newest member of the Snub Club.
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.