Regular Joes Podcast Dave Pisani, Barry Kay and Tod Pleasant

While not every Star Trek fan knows the name Trimble, every true Star Trek fan should. This past week we lost John Trimble, husband of BJo (Betty JoAnn) Trimble, two SciFi fans who stepped up in big way in the 1960’s and had a galaxy sized impact on the things we love. As a tribute we replay our 2020 interview with John and Bjo, from episode 347: The Trouble with TrImbles, where we sit down with them and longtime friend Brian Mix to get the story behind the legend right from the source. Thanks for Listening!

This week, the Regular Joe’s wrap up their brief return to the crowded (by walkers and spin offs) landscape of The Walking Dead to discuss the now completed six episode run of Walking Dead: Those Who Live. Do Rick and Michonne get a happily ever after? More importantly, do we really care? And also, which Regular Joe (rhymes with  Scary Way) bailed out, and couldn’t make it through a lousy six episodes? They also take a moment to talk about the fourth episode of the 5th and final season of Star Trek Discovery, which Tod “did not hate.” So that’s something. Lastly, because there has to be something good, they take a look at the just dropped Deadpool Wolverine trailer … which includes almost no references to cocaine. There’s also the usual random topics in the rare round of What’s on my Workbench as we catch up on Dave’s recent experience carving up bodies in his basement. Thanks for Listening!

This week, the regular Regular Joe’s are joined by Irregular Joes, Darryl DePriest and Brian Mix to catch up and touch on a number of random topics. They start off with a rundown of some recent auction acquisitions, then wade in their collective stream of consciousness until it’s time for What’s in The Box. Unless this is your first episode, you know the drill. Thanks for listening!

Star Trek: Discovery is back and the reviews are in. “It’s so much better than Strange New Worlds.“ - Tod  “This could make me forget about sex and pizza.” - Dave “Who needs Star Wars, give me more Disco!” - Barry.  Wait … sorry. April Fool’s was Last week. Star Trek: Discovery is back. And it’s the final season … so that’s something. Now that Dave and the rest of the world is caught up, the Joes wrap up 3 Body Problem, Netflix concise adaptation of Liu Cixin’s novel Three Body Problem. The only question that remains is, will we have to wait 400 years to see what happens next? There’s also the usual Random Topics and another round of What’s in the Box. Thanks for listening!

In 1979 Ridley Scott combined, sci-fi, suspense, and a the nightmares of H. R. Giger  to create the groundbreaking film Alien. Seven years later James Cameron doubled down, giving us the sci-fi, action thriller, Aliens. After these two films Alien(s) fans eagerly awaited the next bold, innovative pivot, they would see in this franchise. They’re still kind of waiting. This August the folks at 21st Century Fox (recently consumed alive by Disney) take another turn at bat with, Aliens: Romulus, which reportedly falls in between the two watchable films. The Regular Joe’s take a look at the trailer and chart their hopes and fears. In Aliens, Carter Burke was such a perfect soulless, corporate hack that audiences cheered when he died horribly. Recently Marvel, the current license holder for the Aliens comics, released a “What if Carter Burke had lived? story. Because they continue to cling for hope that something good will float to the surface in the oily, stagnant pool of the Alien franchise the Joes read it and let you know what they think. There’s also the usual, Random Topics and a round of What’s in the Box. Thanks for listening?

As few mortals can consume media at Tod’s pace this week the Regular Joes take a SPOILER FREE pass at two recent film that two of the three have seen. First is Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire the newest entry in the recently resuscitated 1980’s franchise. Next is Dune Part II, the somewhat more honestly titled, follow up to Dune (2021). But first, they address the alien in the room. Three Body Problem, the novel by Chinese author, Liu Cixin, was considered by many to be unadaptable for film or TV. Despite this, there are actually two adaptations, a Chinese made version, Three Body (2023), spanning 30 episodes that you can stream on Peacock, and the far more approachable 8 episode version that is at the top of the Netflix charts this week. Created in part by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, the duo behind Game of Thrones (for better or worse) this epic story may prove every bit as challenging to scale down to the small screen … but, three episodes in, it’s pretty good. There’s also the usual Random Topics and yet another round of What’s in the Box. Thanks for listening!