Watchers In The Bar

It's finally happened, and we watched it.  Join us in a discussion of the most wild things that Zac Snyder had planned for a follow up to his epic version of the Justice League. Martha Manhunter, check. Batman and Lois have an affair, check.  Lois and Superman have a kid named Bruce Kent....also check.

Throw on your vibranium foil hats and join us to discuss some of the wildest theories that did and didn't come true on Marvel's Wandavision. Who is Ralph? Is Al Pacino Mephisto? What are the twins up to in Hell? We'll give you the answers!

Four new cast members were announced for the upcoming House Of The Dragon Game Of Thrones spinoff. Join as we discuss the roles being played by Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, Eve Best and Sonoya Mizuno plus a bit of prognosticating on what the show might be about.

The Watchers crew are joined by our pal Mike Vanderbilt to talk about the continued rise of drive-ins, direct to video releases, Mandalorian and more.

The watchers crew gives you some unexpected movie picks to spice up your holiday viewing season.

Everyone's favorite green child is back and we reminisce about season one of The Mandalorian and talk about some of our predictions for things we might see in season two.

A young George Clooney, a cavalcade of shady producers, the mysterious disappearance of a 16ft tall animatronic bear and a 50,000 person concert behind the iron curtain are just some of the tales surrounding a lost movie from 1983 called Grizzly II Revenge which was recently finished and has hit the festival and drive-in circuit.

We are joined by Mike Vanderbilt one of the programmers for this year's Music Box Of Horrors at the Drive-In to talk about the switch to drive-in programming for this year's festival, Grizzly II: Revenge, The Being and so much more.

As the Watchers crew steadily plows through their first viewing of Avatar The Last Airbender over on YouTube we take a look back at our favorite moments from Book One: Water.

The Watchers crew takes a look at the current state of theaters as we move into the fall of 2020 and discuss if Tenet was the movie theater savior that was promised.

The Watchers In The Bar discuss the upcoming season 2 of the Boys plus we put on our producer's hats, jump in a time machine and go back in time to cast a boys show/movie circa 2006.

The Watchers crew discus some of the stories you you may not have heard surrounding Michael Jordan's "The Last Dance" and the legendary "Space Jam".

Watchers hosts Morgan Drase, Sean "TankTop" and Dustin Drase dive into some recent casting updates for House of the Dragon, the Game of Thrones spinoff as well as blast from the days of future past X-Men cast predictions from Wizard Magazine circa 1995.

With Illinois now in phase 4 of Covid response, the Watchers Crew talk about what it's like going back to work as bar industry professionals.

The Watchers In The Bar sat through the new erotic film 365 Days on Netflix so that you don't have to. Don't say we never did anything for you.

The Watchers In The Bar crew of Dustin Drase, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase delve into the announcement of the Zack Snyder director's cut of Justice League being released on HBO Max.

The Watchers in the Bar are joined by one of our favorite local drag performers Dutchesz Gemini to discuss the recent Season 12 of Ru Paul's Drag Race and the state of performing drag amidst Covid-19 and ongoing Black Lives Matter police protests in Chicago and Minneapolis.

Watchers In The Bar hosts Dustin Drase, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase are joined by good friend Maddie Kay Ray to talk about Ewoks: The Battle For Endor.

The Watchers In the Bar crew tackle the Ewok movie Caravan of Courage from 1984.

Everything is chaos. Join the Watchers crew as we put on our finest tinfoil hats and dive into some ridiculous pandemic conspiracy theories.

The Watchers Crew go full boomer and take a bunch of Facebook style quizzes to discover their stripper and Vagina names. Plus we learn about the ballad of Renegade Fred, Sean TankTop marries a mosquito and Morgan almost gets murdered by a serial killer.

The Watchers In The Bar crew watch the latest Tiger King "reunion special" and talk about their favorite bingeable shows including Battlestar Galactica, Deadwood, Married at First Sight, Westworld and Rock of Love.

We had to do it. The Watchers crew tackles the worldwide phenomenon documentary of Joe Exotic: Tiger King.

Join the Watchers In The Bar hosts Dustin Drase, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase for the final installment of their season one recap series of Picard.

Episode 69 of the Watchers in the Bar podcast. The crew had a Virtual VOD movie date to watch The Hunt, and discuss other critically maligned movies such as Starship Troopers and Dark Pheonix. Morgan chimes in with her unexpected love for the Jumanji franchise and Happy Death Day.

As we near the conclusion of the first season of Picard, the Watchers In The Bar crew straps in to recap an action packed episode.

The Watchers In The Bar hosts Dustin Drase, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase dive into season one, episode eight of Picard.

The Watchers crew are still quarantined, and give you some of the things they are watching or playing to soothe their anxiety in these troubled times. 

Watchers hosts Dustin Drase, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase report a snapshot of their lives in Covid-19 home quarantine zones recorded on Friday the 13th of March, just days before Illinois issues an order to close bars and restaurants.

Episode 66 of the Watchers In The Bar podcast with Dustin Drase, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase. The crew talks Max Von Sydow, under the radar shows Outsider and Succession and the current lull of of content on Disney + and the DC Universe.

Watchers In The Bar hosts Dustin Drase, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase are mad about Hugh in the latest recap episode of Picard.

Watchers in the Bar hosts Dustin Drase, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase open the lid on the sixth episode of Star Trek Picard

Watchers in the bar hosts  Dustin Drase, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase tackle a hijinks-filled episode of Picard.

In February 2019, four party-hardened bar workers decided to take their nerdy after hours conversations to the airwaves and launch a podcast.  Close to seventy episodes later, hosts Dustin Drase, Max Hensgen, Morgan Drase and Sean "TankTop" celebrate their anniversary by telling recent bar antics and reminiscing on their favorite episodes.

Things are heating up on Picard and our stalwart former captain/admiral has finally gotten his rag-tag crew together for a hopeless mission. The Watchers crew dives in for a raucous discussion of a truly fun episode.

Watchers hosts Dustin Drase, Max Hensgen, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase discuss Oscar in memoriam omissions (justice for Sid Haig), Joaquin Phoenix winning for Joker, Brad Pitt finally getting his Academy recognition and the monumental win by the Korean language movie Parasite. We also express our excitement about the rumors of Sam Raimi stepping in to direct the upcoming Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and the coincidental timing of Morgan's Stardew Valley pig, Ham Raimi, giving birth.

The Watchers crew review the newly renamed Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey movie and go in-depth on absolutely excellent animated Harley Quinn cartoon from the DC Universe streaming service.

The Watchers in the Bar hosts Dustin Drase, Max Hensgen, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase dive in for a recap discussion of season 1, episode 3 of Star Trek: Picard.

Inspired by the new Nicolas Cage film Color Out Of Space, the Watchers In The Bar crew stare deeply into the mouth of madness and discuss some of their favorite film and television depictions of characters going mad.

The Watchers in the Bar hosts Dustin Drase, Max Hensgen, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase dive in for a recap discussion of season 1, episode 2 of Star Trek: Picard.

On this week's episode of the Watchers in the Bar, hosts Dustin Drase, Max Hensgen, Morgan Drase and Sean "TankTop" tackle characters and properties that are defined (both good and bad) by their moral codes.

The Watchers in the Bar hosts Dustin Drase, Max Hensgen, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase dive in for a recap discussion of season 1, episode 1 of Star Trek: Picard.

With the dawn of a new year, we take a look back at the tropes of 2019 that we'd like to see less of and talk about what upcoming shows & movies we're excited to see in 2020.

The Watchers In The Bar are back for 2020 with your hosts Dustin Drase, Max Hensgen, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase.  We dive in to discuss two tales of kittens in peril; the documentary Don't Fuck With Cats and the movie-musical Cats.

In our last episode of the year, the Watchers crew revisit their predictions for the Rise Of Skywalker and give their overall impressions of the film.

The Watchers crew give their predictions for what might happen in the upcoming Rise of Skywalker, discuss Dan & David's involvement with a new HP Lovecraft adaption and swap bar stories about holiday revelry.

The Watchers in the bar crew take a deep dive into the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special.  Join hosts Dustin Drase, Max Hensgen, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase as they celebrate the Star Wars universe.  Featuring Daniel Knox's cover of "Happy Life Day" by Carrie Fisher.

Watchers in the Bar hosts Dustin Drase, Max Hensgen, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase recount their earliest memories of Star Wars in anticipation of the upcoming Rise Of Skywalker movie.

We're three episode into the new Mandalorian on Disney+ and there's only three episodes left of HBO's Watchmen. Join hosts Dustin Drase, Max Hensgen, Morgan Drase and Sean "TankTop" as they take a deep dive into their thoughts on the respective series' and talk a bit of turkey.

It's Disney's world and we just live in it. Join hosts Max "Hollywood" Hensgen, Dustin Drase, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase for a deep dive into the newly launched Disney+ streaming service.  We also get an update from Max's travels to Los Angeles for the Adult Swim festival to see Dethklok.

Join hosts Dustin Drase, Max Hensgen, Sean "TankTop" and Morgan Drase for a discussion of casting news surrounding the upcoming Matt Reeves Batman film starring Robert Pattinson. We also briefly tackle Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe's new movie The Lighthouse and Reeves' Planet of the Apes trilogy.