After going through the entire Toy Story franchise, the Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast has decided to do a little house cleaning. The Odyssey will come in due time. But until then (and the end of the first leg of their next series), they review the latest film in one of the site’s most acrimonious series. The DC series. After being released to huge fanfare last year (and despite Garrett’s negative review of it) James Gunn’s highly successful Superman film ended with a scene that immediately set up this summer’s Supergirl film. A prospect that excited Adam, and left Garrett in despair. All that anticipation was cultivated in the latest DC film that was released and…dropped with a thud. To say the box office take of the Milly Alcock starring superhero film was a disappointment would be an understatement. But did it live up to all of Adam’s expectations? What about Garrett, whose only exposure to Supergirl consisted of Helen Slater, Laura Vandervoort, Melissa Benoist, and a three minute appearance in 2023’s Flash movie? And how about Matt, who is just looking for something different in all these DC movies? This podcast, may be the most surprising Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast of the year. And be sure to listen to it until the end, where they reveal the latest series they are going to tackle. Hint: Be sure to have your boxing gloves ready!

For the 3rd time in this retrospective, the three co-hosts ask the same question: why and how do we have another Toy Story movie? But this time, Matt, Adam, and Garrett are seeing and reviewing it at the exact same time. That’s right. It’s time to finally conclude the Toy Story retrospective with this review of Toy Story 5! Listen to the podcasters talk about their theatrical experiences, go detail by detail through the film’s plot, and finally reveal what they’re doing next. Here’s a hint: bring your short shorts and prepare to run on the beach! Thanks to everyone who listened to this fun and unexpectedly emotional podcast series. Stay tuned this week for our next retro, as well as solo podcasts from both Matt and Garrett!!

Conceived and released between Toy Story 4 and 5, 2022’s Lightyear is the first film released within the Toy Story universe to be considered a flop. Rejected by audiences and critics alike, there is no reason two people who hadn’t seen it before would come away liking it. But that, as they say, is why we record the podcast. Listen to this review of Lightyear as both Garrett and Adam watch it for the very first time. Is Lightyear’s derision deserved? What about Matt, who did actually see Lightyear when it was released to theaters? Listen to the full review below, as well as every host’s anticipation going into next week’s review of Toy Story 5

Toy Story 3, for all intents and purposes, was the perfect end to the original Toy Story trilogy (well, maybe not in Adam’s eyes if you listen to that podcast). Woody and company were in safe hands with Bonnie, Andy was completely out of the picture while earning a college degree, and John Lasseter was ousted from the company under creepy circumstances. No, I’m not going to recap those here. So the question has to be asked that we seem to always ask on this podcast. How, the hell, do you follow up the billion plus dollar conclusion to Pixar’s most prized franchise? Disney executives were not afraid to ask that question, as they see as many dollar signs as Woody sees dust bunnies in this film. All of us have brought such different perspectives to each of these movies, and part 4 is no different. In contrast to when we originally did this series seven years ago (attached to this movie as a matter of fact), Adam is seeing a child of his off to college, and I have seven extra years of life experience. How will this film affect us, and can Disney do it again?? That is, make a billion dollars for their golden goose? So much to discuss, as well as how we feel about the 2019 film itself, all building up to a review of this year’s Toy Story 5 in a couple weeks. Listen to 4 and get ready for our next podcast series, to be announced soon!!

In what is going to become a theme for this entire series, no one thought there was any way Toy Story 2 could have a sequel. Just the work alone in getting that film done and out to the masses, only to become a massive hit, meant Pixar would be playing with fire if they decided to make a Toy Story 3. But with all the resources at their disposal (no employee with a copy on their hard drive would be needed to save the film this time) Toy Story 3 came out in 2010 and crossed the billion dollar mark upon its arrival. While Matt, Adam, and Garrett have been steadily agreeing on the first two episodes of this series, they finally find it in them to start having some disagreements on this episode. Someone on this podcast was not a huge fan upon seeing the film for the first time, and he makes his opinion known. So download the 90 minute plus episode below, and be sure to come back as we are leading up to a review of this year’s Toy Story 5!!