THE FANDOM ZONE 234: "Girl...You'll Be a Woman, Soon" Is Up!

 
"Dad, loosen up! You're dancing like the Tin Man."
"Yeah, well, that's how you're supposed to dance. Spaghetti arms are bad. See, I learned that from Patrick Swayze."
"Who?"
-- Sarah Cushing and Kyle Cushing, Superman & Lois: "Girl...You'll Be a Woman, Soon"

Hello again, everyone! It's time for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, DJ Nik and I discuss "Girl...You'll Be a Woman, Soon", the fifth episode of Superman & Lois Season 2, featuring Tyler Hoechlin as Superman/Clark Kent, Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois Lane, Sofia Hasmik as Chrissy Beppo, and Inde Navarrette as Sarah Cushing!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like Nik feeling separation anxiety during our three-week hiatus, sending out our thoughts to the people of Ukraine, Generation X offering Cold War advice to Millennials and Gen Z, the great writing on Gilmore Girls, finally getting some connectedness to Season 2, wondering if we're going to see the Bizarro World, Dr. Faulkner being taken off the board before she could become Rampage, the surprising gruesomeness of Faulkner's corpse, wondering how the pendant got from Tag to Ally Allston, wondering if Bizarro will team up with Superman to stop Ally Allston, wondering if Lt. General Anderson already has powers and killed Dr. Faulkner, Superman and Bizarro's fire-and-ice battle, Tyler Hoechlin's physical performance as Bizarro, Ally drugging Chrissy's tea to do her "ascension" without her consent, a shoutout to the Polka-Dot Man from The Suicide Squad, Lois and Chrissy's awkward car ride home, Lois' instinct being her superpower, the flashback where young Ally Allston first gets the pendant, wondering how Bizarro got the pendant when he first emerged if he's there to stop Ally, The Shinning from The Simpsons, Nik's full first name, waiting for the Jon vs. Jordan superfight, wondering if we'll see Superboy's comic book enemy Match, that awkward moment when Kyle talks to his ex-girlfriend Tonya about how they were going to get married which gets overheard by Sarah and Jordan, Sarah's emotional breakdown during her daddy/daughter dance with Kyle, Lana insisting that Sarah go through with the rest of her quinceanara, getting a Sophie Cushing life check, our favorite quotes of the episode, my upcoming appearances on Nik's Gold Standard: The Oscars Podcast and Happiness in Darkness: The Superhero Movie Podcast, Xan Sprouse and I discussing Superman II on Drunk Cinema, and more!

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DRUNK CINEMA 023: "Superman II" Is Up!

 
"General, would you care to step outside?"
"Come to me, son of Jor-El! Kneel before Zod!"
-- Superman and General Zod, Superman II

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we watch Superman II, the 1981 superhero film directed by Richard Lester, featuring Christopher Reeve as Superman/Clark Kent, Margot Kidder as Lois Lane, Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor, and Terence Stamp as General Zod!

In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like celebrating my Dad's 87th birthday, Xan's mom sleeping through House of Gucci, Superman II being a sentimental favorite, the Salkinds replacing Richard Donner as director with Richard Lester, Richard Lester and the Salkinds thinking East Houston, Idaho is somewhere in redneck Texas, Clifton James as Sheriff J.W. Pepper in two James Bond movies, the lower production values compared to Superman (1978), how the Phantom Zone portal ended up in Earth's solar system, wondering how Clark's pants survived getting struck by a taxi cab, wondering how Lex Luthor doesn't get noticed in the prison spotlight, Xan not liking the Magic Fingers bed, Luthor picking the exact crystal that gives him information on the Phantom Zone criminals, Clark rescuing Lois from a raging river without revealing his secret identity, the passing of Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman, Clark being beaten up in the diner by Rocky, wondering how Clark didn't get frostbite walking back to the Fortress of Solitude, Superman using Lex Luthor to trick General Zod, Xan calling out Margot Kidder's bad ear piercings, Drunk Mail from Doom Patrol stunt coordinator Thom Williams and Christine Peruski, Xan continuing her watch with Superman III, my upcoming appearances on Gold Standard: The Oscars Podcast to discuss the first two Godfather films, Xan loving white trash metal as a guilty pleasure, Portsmouth, Ohio being the town that can't pronounce its own name correctly, discussing 28 Days Later because Cillian Murphy is Irish, and more!

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Be sure to come back in four weeks for Episode 024, as Xan and I watch 28 Days Later, the 2002 zombie apocalypse film directed by Danny Boyle, featuring Cillian Murphy as Jim, Naomie Harris as Selena, Brendan Gleeson as Frank, and Christopher Eccleston as Major Henry West!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 256: "The Dominators" Is Up!

 
"Ohhh, no! You're not thinking of what I think you're thinking of, are you?"
"That, I think, Jamie, depends upon what you think I am thinking."
-- Jamie McCrimmon and the Second Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Dominators"

Hello again, everyone! My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  This time, we discuss "The Dominators", the first serial from Doctor Who Season Six in 1968, featuring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon, Wendy Padbury as Zoe Heriot, and Ronald Allen as Rago!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like the Cincinnati Bengals giving the Cleveland Browns another shot to win the first Ohio Super Bowl, why we're discussing "The Dominators" instead of "The Ice Warriors" as planned, adjusting the recording schedule for my Dad's 87th birthday, Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines having figured out their rhythm, the great balance of having Jamie come from the past and Zoe from the future, Zoe being a prototype Hermione Granger, Jesse wanting to go back and discuss stories we've already discussed, Arthur Cox appearing in both the classic and modern eras, more of David Tennant in PBS' Around the World in 80 Days, "The Dominators" being cut from 6 episodes to 5 at the last minute, writers Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln refusing to write for the series again, the first appearance of jelly babies on Doctor Who, the Quarks being created as an attempt to have the same merchandise potential as the Daleks, the pacifist Dulcians being a satire of 1960s hippie subculture, Patrick Troughton being absent from all of the location filming sessions, wondering if Doctor Who will ever do an episode where the TARDIS team has a decent day as planned without facing any monsters or threats, the Dominators assuming the Doctor is a human just like Jamie, the Doctor pretending to be stupid to fool the Dominators, enjoying Zoe's chemistry with the Doctor and Jamie, Zoe calling out the Dulcian's impractical fashions, Cully's side hustle of taking people to see The Island of Death, the Dulcians being aliens with bad fashion choices, Cully being a decent guy who gets crap from his father and the other Dulcians because he played pranks, the Dulcian council proving the perils of pacifism, the Doctor not being a pacifist in the purest sense, Rago being pissed at Toba for wanting to kill everyone, the Quarks having a really poor design, Toba's failed coup attempt, the best thing about the Quarks, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac, Holly Mac joining us for "Journey to to the Centre of the TARDIS", and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for the next episode of Next Stop Everywhere as Jesse and I are joined by special guest companion Holly Mac to discuss "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS", the tenth episode from Doctor Who Series Seven in 2013, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald, Ashley Walters as Gregor van Baalen, and Jahvel Hall as Tricky van Baalen!

Fox Developing BLOOM COUNTY as Animated TV Series

Time to pull those old Billy and the Boingers t-shirts out of storage.

The Hollywood Reporter has word that Fox is developing Berkeley Breathed's classic comic strip Bloom County into a primetime animated series.

According to the article, the show is described as "Bloom County centers on a collapsed lawyer, a lobotomized cat and a penguin in briefs and fruit headwear living in the world’s last boarding house in the world’s most forgotten place deep in the dandelion wilds of FlyWayWayOver country. To wit, today’s America at a glance."

Breathed said in a statement, "At the end of Alien, we watched cuddly Sigourney Weaver go down for a long peaceful snooze in cryogenic hyper-sleep after getting chased around by a saliva-spewing maniac, only to be wakened decades later into a world STUFFED with far worse. Fox and I have done the identical thing to Opus and the rest of the Bloom County gang, may they forgive us."

The show will be produced by Fox Entertainment, Bento Box Entertainment, Miramax, Spyglass Media Group and Project X Entertainment, with Breathed co-writing and executive producing. "I was introduced to the brilliance of Berkeley Breathed and Bloom County as a teenager," said Michael Thorn, president of Fox Entertainment. "His signature blend of satire, politics and sentiment hooked me. Plus, I love Opus. Today, Berkeley’s smart and hilarious take on American culture is more relevant than ever. And, together with Bento Box, we’re thrilled to bring his unique ensemble of characters and social commentary to broadcast television."

Debuting on December 8, 1980, the Bloom County comic strip examined politics and pop culture, featuring such characters as Opus, Bill the Cat, Steve Dallas, Michael Binkley, and Oliver Wendell Jones before the strip ended on August 6, 1989. A Sunday-only spinoff strip called Outland ran from September 3, 1989, to March 26, 1995, and was later followed by another Sunday-only strip, Opus, which ran from November 23, 2003, to November 2, 2008. Bloom County returned via Facebook on July 13, 2015 and continues to this day.

This will be the second animated project based on Bloom County, after Opus 'n Bill: A Wish for Wings That Work, a CBS animated special that aired on December 18, 1991 and featured Michael Bell as Opus, John Byner as Bill, Alexaundria Simmons as Ronald-Ann, and Dustin Hoffman (uncredited) as Milquetoast the Cross-Dressing Cockroach.

GHOSTWOOD 108: "Tron" Is Up!

 
"You're getting brutal, Sark. Brutal and needlessly sadistic."
"Thank you, Master Control."
-- The Master Control Program and Sark, Tron

It is happening again...My co-host with the most Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we continue our retrospective of Twin Peaks Actors in Other Films by discussing Tron, the 1982 science fiction action-adventure film directed by Steven Lisberger, starring David Warner as Edward Dillinger/Sark/MCP, Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn/Clu, Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley/Tron, and Cindy Morgan as Lora Baines/Yori!

LET'S ROCK!

In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like the cabinet version of the Tron videogame, Steven Lisberger's Animalympics, Xan and I both being Tron geeks, The Shining not having a soundtrack album, Tron composer Wendy Carlos being an expert at the Moog synthesizer, Xan being a Wendy Carlos fan, David Warner having fought and been the Devil, David Warner appearing on Star Trek and Doctor Who, Xan going to see Tron: Legacy with a fever because she promised Bruce Boxleitner, Bruce Boxleitner as Captain John Sheridan on Babylon 5, Jeff Bridges' Starman never being broadcast on television, the fabulous theme to It's Garry Shandling's Show, Barnard Hughes as Merlin on the Mr. Merlin TV show, Peter Jurasik as Londo Mollari on Babylon 5, Dan Shor as Billy the Kid in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Tron getting screwed over by the Academy because they thought using computers was "cheating", Disney thinking Tron was a bomb despite Generation X loving it, Tron being geared towards boys, Kevin Flynn entering The Grid through a reverse 3D printer, Kevin Flynn playing Jai alai on The Grid, why you need to see Tron on the big screen if you have the chance, the MCP's catchphrase "End of line", Kevin Flynn replacing Ed Dillinger as the CEO of ENCOM, celebrating Tron's 40th anniversary, making the ENCOM helicopter look like it was a CGI helicopter, David Cross pointing out that people can be violent without playing videogames, my parents making me going to my bedroom to play my Atari 2600, girls being pressured not to play with toys after the age of 12, Tron: Legacy being more inclusive than Tron, Lora Baines' male coworkers being very accepting of her skills and talents in 1982, Xan hearing our Drunk Cinema theme song on Sirius XM, David Dastmalchian as the Polka-Dot Man in The Suicide Squad, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks, as Xan and I continue our retrospective of Twin Peaks Actors in Other Films by discussing The Suicide Squad, the 2021 supervillain film directed by James Gunn, starring David Dastmalchian as the Polka-Dot Man, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Idris Elba as Bloodsport, and John Cena as Peacemaker!

THE FANDOM ZONE 233: "The Inverse Method" Is Up!

 
"My mom always said it's never stupid to try and help someone."
-- Clark Kent, Superman & Lois: "The Inverse Method"

Hello again, everyone! It's time for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, DJ Nik, Jesse Jackson and I discuss "The Inverse Method", the fourth episode of Superman & Lois Season 2, featuring Tyler Hoechlin as Superman/Clark Kent, Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois Lane, Rya Kihlstedt as Ally Allston, and the return of Jenna Dewan as Lucy Lane!

In this episode, DJ Nik, Jesse and I talk about things like Nik's good recovery from Date Night, Jesse catching up on his TV binging, wondering Jenna Dewan's Lucy Lane is the same Lucy she played on Supergirl, some comics background on Lucy Lane, Superman's connection to Bizarro, Nik's theory about Bizarro coming from an alternate universe, Mitch Anderson having more expendable members of his Supermen of America, Lois and Lucy's schism five years ago, how the two Jenna Dewan Lucy Lanes could be reconciled, Ally Allston setting things up to shatter Chrissy's faith in Lois, my theory that Chrissy may be pretending to swayed by Ally and actually going deep undercover, Jesse's argument that Superman & Lois isn't very layered in its storytelling, Jordan's CCTV fail while thwarting some shoplifters, Jon's horrible girlfriend Candice pushing Yellow Mist inhalers on him to keep up with his football rival, Nik and Sam Lane playing Candy Crush, Sam offering to train Jordan as long as it's done in secret, Mayor Dean threatening to expose Kyle's past as an alcoholic, Kyle reaching out to his former bartender, our favorite quotes of the episode, new Fandom Zone Fanmail from Bizarro Jesse Jackson and Dave Proctor, waiting three weeks for the next new episode of Superman & Lois, Urge Overkill's cover of Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon", and more!

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Be sure to come back in three weeks for Episode 234 as DJ Nik and I discuss "Girl...You'll Be a Woman, Soon", the fifth episode of Superman & Lois Season 2, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

DRUNK CINEMA 022: "Airplane!" Is Up!

 
"Can you fly this plane and land it?"
"Surely you can't be serious."
"I am serious...and don't call me Shirley."

Dr. Rumack and Ted Striker, Airplane!

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we watch Airplane!, the 1980 air disaster comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams and the Zucker Brothers, featuring Robert Hays as Ted Striker, Julie Hagerty as Elaine Dickinson, Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack, and Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey!

In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan and I enjoying a winter stormy night, Stephen Stucker in The Kentucky Fried Movie, Jive being the '70s version of AAVE, the Zucker Brothers making Airplane! a comedic version of the 1957 movie Zero Hour!, the Airport film series, Robert Hays as Tony Stark in the 1994 Iron Man animated series, Leslie Nielsen being the breakout character and his portrayal of Frank Drebin in Police Squad! and The Naked Gun, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar being a really interesting person, the Red Zone vs. the White Zone, William Shatner in Airplane II: The Sequel, the flashback parodies of Saturday Night Fever and From Here to Eternity, the cameo appearance of James Hong, Elaine giving oral to Otto the balloon autopilot, the line to slap Mrs. Hammen, Xan liking Miller High Life, where the phrase "Win one for the Gipper" comes from, Howard Hesseman as Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati, Airplane! being pitched as "Animal House on a plane" to get studio execs to understand it was a comedy, alternate casting for Ted Striker and Dr. Rumack, my accidentally spoiling The Book of Boba Fett for Xan, Xan and Chris celebrating the Romanian holiday Mărțișor, Xan and I celebrating Valentine's Day by discussing Superman II, Xan watching Catholic School Girls in Trouble, General Zod being Terence Stamp's best role, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 023, as Xan and I watch Superman II, the 1981 superhero film directed by Richard Lester, featuring Christopher Reeve as Superman/Clark Kent, Margot Kidder as Lois Lane, Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor, and Terence Stamp as General Zod!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 255: "Out of Time 2: The Gates of Hell" Is Up!

 
"Couldn't you have parked it closer to the Catacombs?"
"It's a 20th century British police box. It would've stood out."
"We parked that thing in Louvre and no one batted an eyelid."
"That was you-know-who and he was more reckless. I mean, that scarf was a trip hazard if ever I saw one."
-- The Tenth Doctor & The Fifth Doctor, Doctor Who: "Out of Time 2: The Gates of Hell"

Hello again, everyone! My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  This time, we discuss "Out of Time 2: The Gates of Hell", the second audio drama from Big Finish Productions' Doctor Who: Out of Time series released in 2021, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Mark Gatiss as Joseph Delon, and Nicholas Briggs as the voice of the Cybermen!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse and I facing winter storms, my being selective about Big Finish audios to discuss, "Out of Time 2: The Gates of Hell" being the second coming of "Time Crash", Mark Gatiss as Professor Richard Lazarus and Captain Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart, "Out of Time 2" happening because of the Coronavirus, David Llewellyn's script being inspired by a trip to the Paris Catacombs, Denis Diderot's novel The Indiscreet Jewels and its connection to Madame de Pompadour, the Fifth and Tenth Doctors remembering their previous encounter in "Time Crash", the Tenth Doctor geeking out over the Fifth Doctor's TARDIS interior, the Tenth Doctor letting the Fifth Doctor use his Sonic Screwdriver, the Fifth and Tenth Doctors actually enjoying each other's company, my entertaining Jesse with our topic titles, Tina Drake being a Time Agent from Captain Jack's 51st century, Tina being a hybrid of River Song and Captain Jack Harkness, Tina calling out the Fifth Doctor for "Doctorsplaining", the Fifth Doctor telling Tina that her alias "Madame de Pamplemousse" means grapefruit, the Cybermen playing a long game by having Charles VI plant a golden orb outside the city gates in 1388 for an invasion in 1882, the Cybermen using Transits of Venus and using Joseph Delon as part of their invasion plan, Marcel Delon thinking his son Joseph should work in his brewery instead of going to university, Joseph changing his own destiny by being angry over his father's death, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac and Dave Proctor, Jesse talking to the executive producer on Billions, Jesse talking Babylon 5 with Karen Lindsay, finally talking "The Ice Warriors" in our next episode, why David Tennant is not going to be the Fourteenth Doctor, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for the next episode of Next Stop Everywhere as Jesse and I discuss "The Ice Warriors", the third serial of Doctor Who Season Five from 1967, featuring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon, Deborah Watling as Victoria Waterfield, and the first appearance of the Ice Warriors!