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 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.



Friday Jun 16, 2023
54. DETOUR! Tom and Gerri: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman Ep. 84
Friday Jun 16, 2023
Friday Jun 16, 2023
For Fetch’s 84th episode, the contestants received a mission via “video chat” with EPCOT’s Turtle Talk’s Crush. And after they spent all their money on Pixar, they pranked a child for cheap! Danny shares some more of his horrifying formative experiences, and Mark explains the difference between Jim Conroy and Tim Conway. If you’re here because you accidentally misspelled “feet,” welcome! We can also tell you what it is about!
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 09, 2023
53. The CHS Cinema Club’s Eleven-Year Reunion: Toy Story 3 w/ Mikaela Meyer
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Mark and Danny are joined by statistician, former cinema club co-president, and real job-haver Mikaela Meyer to discuss Toy Story 3, the first Pixar movie mandated by the Disney buyout. They also talk about high school club drama, the great films of 2010 such as Jonah Hex, and explaining who Richard Kind is. There’s also a dog.
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 02, 2023
52. DETOUR? Schrodinger’s Episode: It’s Tough to Be a Bug! / Leonardo
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Beware this CURSED EPISODE. Mark and Danny fight their way through Discord updates and laptop malfunction to talk about an indie short by Jim Capobianco and a terrifying 4-D Broadway-musical-inspired ad for a Bug’s Life. Can the lads talk about terrifying mascots, Beauty and the Beast’s ballroom scene, and Guardians of the Galaxy 3 before their computers explode?

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.