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.
Podcast Description
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



Aug 28, 2023
Aug 28, 2023
1hr 45 min
This week Mark is joined by a quarantined Danny and Sam Muraski to discuss Monsters, Inc.’s surprisingly mature and visually stunning prequel. They discuss its similarities to There Will be Blood, experiences with college staff on campus tours, and once again why Speed Racer is and has always been a modern classic.
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.



Aug 18, 2023
Aug 18, 2023
1hr 1 min
Mark and Danny get a nice surprise when they discover that Madeline Sharafian, director of the Oscar-nominated Pixar short Burrow, has three student films online! And they’re amazing! The lads also watch more Cars Toons and talk about Steven Soderbergh’s diary and their own college movies. Go watch Omelette!
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.



Aug 11, 2023
Aug 11, 2023
1hr 55 min
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.



Aug 4, 2023
Aug 4, 2023
1hr 57 min
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.



Jul 28, 2023
Jul 28, 2023
1hr 26 min
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.



Jul 21, 2023
59. DETOUR! Laser Sword And Sandal: John Carter
Jul 21, 2023
Jul 21, 2023
2hr 10 min
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.



Jul 14, 2023
Jul 14, 2023
1hr 52 min
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.



Jul 7, 2023
57. CARS 2: Cars 2 w/ Luke Hayden
Jul 7, 2023
Jul 7, 2023
1hr 8 min
“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.

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.



