PATREON EXCLUSIVE - Whatever This Is - 2023 Recap FULL EPISODE

I would be curious to see what you both thought of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century the 1979 pilot and subsequent series starring Gil Gerard and Erin Gray.

1 - Being focused on ST now, will you start to dive into behind-the-scenes Star Trek stuff? 2 - Black background is kind of blah. Josh is a floating head, not that there is anything wrong with that. 3 - Would you do limited series?, I am thinking "Chernobyl", amazing series.

Can definitely see how starting something else would be problematic with the sheer amount of star trek. Definitely happy to watch the rest with you guys! Also, i really enjoy the interaction you two have throughout the episodes, and i love how you guys are able to predict so much right before it’s about the happen. Season 1 of TNG is definitely memorable, it’s not as well written as the later seasons, but i always thought it served as a great bridge between TOS and the more in depth TNG that is coming. Highly recommend that you guys check out “William Shatner’s: Chaos on the Bridge” and “Trekkies” when you guys are finished with TNG. Some fascinating insights on both.

With Marvel there was this what we now know was an illogical devotion to a company we weren't shareholders in, "I see all Marvel stuff". But just like that the fever can break and suddenly nothing interests you. At this point I say "Oh, its Marvel? This can't be good." Just for the record I turned Echo off after 10 minutes, I just don't care anymore. It would be interesting to see you do an Echo reaction just to witness the indifference.

I can reassure Alex that I subscribed and became a Patreon precisely because I enjoy both of your reactions and reflections on what you watch. You both have a smart and fun style of discussion and it is clear that you sincerely enjoy ST (instead of cynically just pretending you do). That genuineness, as well as the astuteness of your opinions and not taking ST or yourselves TOO seriously is what makes you stand out from so many other reaction channels.

The Good Place: Josh, you made a great call at ending it with season 1! I watched the rest and it never lived up to the first season imo. But what a great twist in that!

The Bear. I don’t watch many new shows, but I am actually finishing up the 1st season of this right now. It’s a pretty intense show.. and you are right, Jeremy Allen White is fantastic! There is an episode that was done with one take.. I never seen anything like it, but it was mind blowing! 😳 Another new show I just watched and recommend is Sylvester Stalone’s Tulsa King.

Thanks for answering the question on your daily jobs. I definitely get it! Work isn’t something that many of us wants to think about and you guys found such a great outlet from it with your channel! It’s a very relatable deal that most of us have in common.. May your channel one day grow enough to where you can do this full time instead 🙂

I hadn't heard of The Holdovers, but now I'm definitely going to watch it.

For what it's worth, I'm here for the other stuff too, not 'just' Trek. I apologize that I don't always have something to say (or find a way to articulate it) in a comment to give back in that way... but I just want to say on this return of Whatever This Is, that I'm in that crew that'll watch all your shit, so just do your thing. We're parasocial bros now lol

00:01:51 is when dollar bill confetti should have started falling from the ceiling, as you keep a straight face and keep talking....

1:51:30 You should add Lexx to your list to watch. ;-) You know, you don't have to do full watches/reactions for everything you guys take in. You can do group episode or whole season reactions for some shows (e.g. Buffy).

1:49:15 It's funny you should say that. I have NEVER watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I can't get past the title! My impression is it's a "lolcat oh the character's name is so ironic ha ha ha lolcat 90s" show and I have zero interest in it. I also expect more than my tolerable share of teen-drama-angst in it, which is anything above zero. I love a good story, I love well-reasoned sci-fi and technobabble, but I can't stand soap operas or drama for drama's sake. No Jerry Springer, no Maury, no white trash, no pro wrestling (sorry guys—at least you recognize how ridiculous it is on some level) and nauseatingly-cutesy satantic-inspired bullshit.

1:46:30 Actually, watching 20 episodes of Star Trek a week is really easy. TNG, at least, is a pretty binge-worthy show. But it's a LOT easier to just watch 20 episodes than it is to film yourself watching and reacting to 20 episodes in one week... can't blame you there. :-)

You may have answered this earlier or put it on a patreon movie list....but you mentioned never having even heard of The Omega Man, what about Colossus: The Forbin Project? That's a short 90 minute movie you would enjoy if you guys have not already viewed it.

I agree with you guys about Guardians of the Galaxy 3. It is my favorite of the 3 GotG films and such a great final chapter in their saga. Oddly enough, to me it had the most serious tone of all of the GotG films and less comedy, something which GotG is known for. One of my biggest complaints about the recent MCU films and TV shows is the amount of humor being injected into the scripts vs being more serious. How do you expect the audience to take anything about the crisis at hand (e.g., universe being destroyed) seriously if your main characters are cracking jokes every 4th line. As for Gen V, kudos to Alex for sticking through the whole season. I am a fan of The Boys, but after I watched the 1st episode of Gen V, I said "I'm out." Too much of the same as The Boys, not just corporations are bad, but taken to another level of pushing the shock-envelope for the audience and depravity. I don't need that much of "heroes are shit" in my life. One show is enough, thank you very much.

1:41:00 You know we're all picturing a sperm donation clinic... ROTFL!!

1:22:44 I think you'll end up appreciating Quantum Leap more if you keep up with it. I'm not a huge fan myself, but from what I've seen of you guys, I believe you would appreciate the series as a whole.

I'm sorry about any unfortunate aspect of your upbringing Josh, but you seem really well adjusted now and it's great you can find humor in it.

Fall of The House of Usher i quite enjoyed. I thought Mark Hammill was EXCELLENT in it (along with the rest of the cast). Nothing with ever live up to Midnight Mass in my opinion. PS: I really also enjoyed The Midnight Club too, which I'm sure I'm in the minority for.

Glad you liked The Good Place, Josh. But the show actually did top the end of the first season. Here's my completely spoiler free mini review of the series: Season 1: Awesome with a great twist Season 2: Even better and went in a very unexpected direction Season 3: The first few episodes were okay but I didn't love them, but the show made it work and the second half of the season was as good as the first two. Season 4: Similar to season 3 a slightly slower start but it ended very strong and the series finale it one of my favorite episodes ever, I cried like a baby. It's up there with TNG's series finale in terms of quality and being memorable.

38:40 What?? Nicolas Cage is one of the worst actors in Hollywood. He's "the same" in everything! He's probably the most wooden actor I've ever seen. He couldn't act his way out of a home invasion!!

So glad you guys brought up Godzilla Minus One. I used to watch Godzilla movies all the time as a kid and had most of them on VHS. Shin Godzilla and the Legendary series brought me back into the fold. Minus One is my most anticipated movie of the year, I'm just waiting for it to come to streaming somewhere.

Don't worry. New Star Trek is just as bad (if not worse) than new Star Wars. Cling on (heh heh) to the classics while we can.