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 Aug 11, 2023
62. Mor’du, Da Ba Dee Da Ba Dai: The Legend of Mor’du / The Blue Umbrella
Friday Aug 11, 2023
Friday Aug 11, 2023
Mark and Danny discuss the first and so far only Pixar film directed by pod-favorite Saschka Unseld (Oli-Schau) and the short accompanying Brave's Blu-Ray and DVD releases. Danny imagines Mor’du's live action Disney villain movie, Mark explains why he finds film weather so important, and they have a friendly debate about movie theater etiquette. For those who like serious episodes!
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 Aug 04, 2023
61. The Bear and the Beau: Brave w/ Sarah Knauf and Scott Coventry
Friday Aug 04, 2023
Friday Aug 04, 2023
Mark and Danny are joined by two special guests! Sarah Knauf of Femtober and The Snub Club and her Scottish boyfriend Scott Coventry are here to discuss Brave, which was supposed to be Pixar’s first movie with a woman as lead director. The gang talks about Brave’s place in the history of blockbusters directed by women, the work of Billy Connolly, and the iconic line that might not actually be in the movie.
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 Jul 28, 2023
60. 2 Barbie 2 Oppenheimer: Air Mater / Time Travel Mater / Partysaurus Rex
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Friday Jul 28, 2023
LIVE FROM BARBENHEIMER NEW YORK! Danny is in town for the cinema event of the summer, and Mark has just finished Fast and Furious 1-7, the Paul Walker movies (we drop our rankings). This episode also marks the end of the Mater Disney Channel shorts, and the boys watch the short that came with the re-release of Finding Nemo! Get your pink pumps and #14 welder’s glass goggles ready!
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 Jul 21, 2023
59. DETOUR! Laser Sword And Sandal: John Carter
Friday Jul 21, 2023
Friday Jul 21, 2023
Andrew Stanton, director of Finding Nemo and Wall-E, followed those classic films by helming the biggest box office flop of all time! Mark brings in his knowledge of the original novel, and Danny uses the box office to support a new theory about why the movie died like a Zoldangan struck by the explosive round from a Thark rifle!
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 Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Danny goes on a thrilling adventure to interview his parents about Mission: Impossible! His mom talks about her favorite blockbuster franchise, and his dad provides valuable insight as a big fan of the original TV show - before it was a movie directed by Pixar’s Brad Bird! Danny explains why Babe could be the greatest film of all time, The Fast and the Furious changes Mark’s life, and Danny’s Mom and Dad talk about their favorite childhood movie memories.
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 Jul 07, 2023
57. CARS 2: Cars 2 w/ Luke Hayden
Friday Jul 07, 2023
Friday Jul 07, 2023
“Cars 2 is art in the way bad stuff can be art.” Teacher and director Luke Hayden joins Mark and Danny to watch the best Cars - 2! It’s 2 movies smashed together like the car that gets killed in the first five minutes. Luke shares his formula one knowledge, Danny’s laptop explodes (for real this time), and Mark confuses his colonels. It’s the bomb!
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 Jun 30, 2023
56. The Belt Buckle is Alive: Hawaiian Vacation / Small Fry
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
This week Mark and Danny are watching the first two Toy Story Toons which played before Cars 2 and Jason Segel’s The Muppets. Mark learns that Medieval Times only sells chicken, Danny airs his grievances against the people who put Toy Story 2 gags in a Toy Story 3 short, and they both make a pitch for the future of the Muppets. If you neither love nor hate Barbie then who knows, man.
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 Jun 23, 2023
55. Omni-Shrek: Mater’s Tall Tales Class of 2010 / La Luna
Friday Jun 23, 2023
Friday Jun 23, 2023
Mark and Danny try to make it through as many Mater shorts as they can fit in an episode! They also watch La Luna, the short made by the director of Luca. They also talk about the Black Swan/Wrestler pairing, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Danny’s serious, respectful review of Mater Private Eye. More goofy Javier Bardem!
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.