THE FANDOM ZONE 280: "1893" Is Up!

 
"We find Renslayer, we find Miss Minutes."
"That’s going to be an awkward reunion. Face-to-face with the woman who tried to kill us both."
"Well, maybe she got it out of her system."
-- Loki Laufeyson and Mobius M. Mobius, Loki -- "1893"

Hello again, everyone! We're back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, DJ Nik and I discuss "1893", the third episode of Loki Season 2, featuring Tom Hiddleston as Loki Laufeyson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Ravonna Renslayer, Jonathan Majors as Victor Timely, and Tara Strong as the voice of Miss Minutes!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like wishing Nik's sister Katarina a happy birthday, more love for composer Natalie Holt, my wife Lori's reaction to the episode cliffhanger, some comics background on Victor Timely, some background on the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the bootstrap paradox of young Victor Timely being given a TVA Guidebook, Miss Minutes wanting to ensure that Victor Timely becomes He Who Remains, Miss Minutes being jealous of Ravonna working for He Who Remains, Miss Minutes convincing Victor to literally cut Ravonna loose, Miss Minutes adopting a black-and-white "Steamboat Willie" look, Miss Minutes going off the rails while asking Victor while he never gave her a real body, the remains of He Who Remains, wondering if Tara Strong will play a live-action Miss Minutes, wondering if Miss Minutes will become Marvel Comics character Jocasta, Jonathan Majors talking way too slow when delivering his speech at the World's Fair as Victor Timely, the nod to Wallace and Gromit, Victor's plea to Sylvie to not kill him for something he hasn't done yet, my explanation to Nik of Cracker Jack, wanting the Screen Actor's Guild strike to end, our favorite quotes of the episode, my cheesy Owen Wilson impression, Nik joining me for the upcoming 300th episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week when DJ Nik and I discuss "Heart of the TVA", the fourth episode of Loki Season 2, on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 299: "The Day of the Doctor: Revisited" Is Up!

 
"You know the sound the TARDIS makes? That wheezing, groaning? That sound brings hope wherever it goes."

"Yes. Yes, I like to think it does."

"To anyone who hears it, Doctor. Anyone, however lost. Even you."

-- The Moment and The War Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Day of the Doctor"

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're joined by special guest companion Dave Proctor as we watch "The Day of the Doctor", the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special from 2013, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald, David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, and Sir John Hurt as the War Doctor!

In this episode, Jesse, Dave and I discuss things like Jesse being excited about his Texas Rangers, Dave being let down by his Denver sports teams, Jesse and I originally discussing "The Day of the Doctor" way back in Episode 50, Matt Smith not being Dave's favorite Doctor, wondering why we haven't received the airdates for the 60th Anniversary specials yet, wondering what previous Doctor Who episodes will be available on Disney+, Sir John Hurt's War Doctor being a replacement for Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor, wondering how UNIT knew where the TARDIS was going to be to pick it up with a helicopter, the War Doctor being the Doctor the other incarnations don't talk about, the barn on Gallifrey where the Doctor spent time as a child, Billie Piper's The Moment flirting with the War Doctor, the return of the Zygons for the first time since 1976's "Terror of the Zygons", the great screen chemistry between Matt Smith and David Tennant, Osgood being popular with Doctor Who fans, the Eleventh Doctor thinking of the War Doctor when he regenerated into the Twelfth Doctor, stopping everything in its tracks so the Tenth Doctor could marry Queen Elizabeth I, Matt Smith and David Tennant's synchronized sitting, the Zygon subplot teaching the Doctors that there's another way, Ten and Eleven finding respect for the War Doctor, Tom Baker being an aged Fourth Doctor in "Shada", wondering if Christopher Eccleston will come back to Doctor Who when he's 90, the unique Doctor Who theme arrangement in the closing credits, new feedback from Sandi from Oregon, my warning for Jesse's Texas Rangers making the World Series, and more!

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And hey, if you'd like to pick up our classic logo Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, you can also find it on TeePublic right HERE!  Help support the show and feel free to post pictures on our Facebook page of you or some other cool person you know wearing the shirt!

Be sure to come back in two weeks for the big 300th episode of Next Stop Everywhere as Jesse and I are joined by special guest companion DJ Nik as we discuss "An Unearthly Child", the very first Doctor Who serial from 1963, introducing William Hartnell as the First Doctor, William Russell as Ian Chesterton, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright, and Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman!

THE FANDOM ZONE 279: "Breaking Brad" Is Up!

 
"Stop trying to be a hero, man! You're a villain. You're good at it. Do that."
"Thank you, Brad...very much. I really am touched. You know, you're right. I have done some terrible, awful things. Yeah, maybe that is who I am, and who knows? It's the real me. A loser. Always have been, always will be. And perhaps I've been...holding something back. Perhaps I've just been biding my time. Perhaps I've just been waiting for a moment like this, so I can do terrible, awful things to you."
-- Brad Wolfe and Loki Laufeyson, Loki -- "Breaking Brad"

Hello again, everyone! We're back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, DJ Nik and I discuss "Breaking Brad", the second episode of Loki Season 2, featuring Tom Hiddleston as Loki Laufeyson, Owen Wilson as Mobius M. Mobius, Sophia Di Martino as Sylvie, and Rafael Casal as Hunter X-5/Brad Wolfe!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like expressing our sympathies to those affected by the recent Hamas massacre, being initially thrown by the disjointed opening and wondering if we missed an episode since last week, Casey geeking out with Ouroboros, our love of the Loki theme music, some comics background on Zaniac and Brad Wolfe, the Easter Egg posters at the Leopold Theater, the Phone Ranger, Loki becoming very comfortable working for the TVA, Brad being an abusive douchenozzle, Loki and Mobius having slices of key lime pie that isn't supposed to be green, the great reminder that Loki still has darker, villainous tendencies, the great interrogation scene of Loki and Brad, wondering whether Loki enjoyed torturing Brad or not, the possibility that Mobius could be from Florida, Loki and Mobius failing miserably at using the TVA Handbook, our plea for sponsorship from McDonald's, Loki and Sylvie's reunion since the season finale of Season 1, General Dox pruning all the branched timelines, Sylvie being a nomad by nature, Loki and Sylvie both deciding if they have to be what people expect them to be, our favorite quotes of the episode, both of us looking forward to The Marvels, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week when DJ Nik and I discuss "1893", the third episode of Loki Season 2, on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 278: "Ouroboros" Is Up!

 
"You heard about how if you fall into a black hole, you turn into spaghetti?"
"No."
"Good. The less you know about that, the better."
-- Ouroboros/O.B. and Loki Laufeyson, Loki -- "Ouroboros"

Hello again, everyone! We're back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, DJ Nik and I discuss "Ouroboros", the first episode of Loki Season 2, featuring Tom Hiddleston as Loki Laufeyson, Owen Wilson as Mobius M. Mobius, Wunmi Mosaku as Hunter B-15, and introducing Ke Huy Quan as Ouroboros/O.B.!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like the recent passing of my Mom, talking Loki again after over fifty episodes of The Fandom Zone, this Loki episode feeling a lot like a Doctor Who episode, what the word "ouroboros" means and how it connects to the concept of time, the Easter Egg of Casey listening to the "Staying Awake" podcast from Moon Knight, some comics background on Broxton, Oklahoma, the poor girl in the elevator horrified by Loki's Time Slipping, getting a tease of future events, the transformation of Loki into a protagonist you root for from an antagonistic villain, Mobius having some "skin" in the game, Mobius probably getting to use a jet ski at some point, Mobius putting so much faith in Loki, my love for the retro decor of the Time Variance Authority, why Miss Minutes should hook up with Mr. DNA from Jurassic Park, my being a fan of Ke Huy Quan as Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and as Data in The Goonies, Ke Huy Quan hitting it out of the park in his debut as O.B., the Bill & Ted moment of Present O.B. pulling out out a Temporal Aura Extractor he just invented as Past O.B., the very suspicious flickering lights in the TVA, being grateful that Ouroboros isn't just a "socially awkward nerd" stereotype, Liz Carr as Saraqael in Good Omens 2, Hunter B-15 being vehemently opposed to pruning timelines, nobody paying attention to the Sleeping Judge, wondering if Hunter X-5 is General Dox's son, Sylvie wanting a life as a worker in the McDonald's in 1982 Broxton, our favorite quotes of the episode, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week when DJ Nik and I discuss "Breaking Brad", the second episode of Loki Season 2, on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 298: "The Name of the Doctor" is Up!

 
"What I did, I did without choice."
"I know."
"In the name of peace and sanity."
"But not in the name of the Doctor!"
-- The War Doctor and the Eleventh Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Name of the Doctor"

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're joined by special guest companion Holly Mac as we discuss "The Name of the Doctor", the thirteenth episode from Doctor Who Series Seven in 2013, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald, Alex Kingston as River Song, and the introduction of Sir John Hurt as the War Doctor!

In this episode, Jesse, Holly and I discuss things like our podcast going anywhere and everywhere, building some excitement for the upcoming 60th anniversary of Doctor Who, "The Name of the Doctor" being the end of Clara's "The Impossible Girl" storyline and the last appearance of River Song according to her timeline, the surprise debut of Sir John Hurt as the War Doctor, finally getting a new trailer for the 60th Anniversary specials, Neil Patrick Harris being confirmed as the Toymaker, Jemma Redgrave returning as Kate Stewart, wondering how Avengers Tower was moved to London to become UNIT's new headquarters, Richard E. Grant as the almost Ninth Doctor in Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka and the conceited Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death, "The Name of the Doctor" featuring the First Doctor prior to stealing the TARDIS, my explanation for how Susan invented the acronym TARDIS, the Eleventh Doctor going to Trenzalore to save the Paternoster Gang from the Great Intelligence, Steven Moffat trying too hard to be clever with some of his scripts, the horrible 1998 Lost in Space movie, Clara realizing that the Doctor had more secrets that she thought, Sylvester McCoy's literal cliffhanger in "Dragonfire", our initial reactions to the War Doctor, how to explore more about the War Doctor, that awkward moment when River finds out that Clara is the Doctor's new companion, wanting to see more of the Strax Fight Club, Vastra killing Strax after Jenny dies, Vastra outsmarting Clara with the drugged letter, River's final conversation with the Eleventh Doctor, the Great Intelligence's brilliant plan to rewrite the Doctor's entire history...at the expense of the Great Intelligence's existence, wanting to see the Whisper Men again, the total cop out of having River whisper the Doctor's real name off camera, "Daleks" becoming a slur word, our favorite quotes of the story, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Sandi from Oregon and Dave Proctor, Holly having some technical issues, wanting everyone to keep Xan Sprouse in their thoughts, and more!

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We have a Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt with our previous logo, which you can find on TeePublic right HERE!  This spiffy shirt looks great when you're listening to your favorite Doctor Who podcast and travelling through time and space!  Or your could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!

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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 Dave Proctor as we watch "The Day of the Doctor", the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special from 2013, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald, David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, and Sir John Hurt as the War Doctor!

DRUNK CINEMA 052: "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" Is Up!

 
"Do you think that if you were falling in space...that you would slow down after a while, or go faster and faster?"
"Faster and faster. And for a long time you wouldn't feel anything. And then you'd burst into fire...forever. And the angels wouldn't help you."
-- Donna Hayward and Laura Palmer, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we're watching Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, the 1992 psychological horror film directed by David Lynch, featuring Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer, Ray Wise as Leland Palmer, Moira Kelly as Donna Hayward, and Kyle MacLachlan as Special Agent Dale Cooper!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like my mom passing away, Fire Walk With Me being the source of a lot of our pop culture references, Fire Walk With Me being our first David Lynch film on Drunk Cinema, people who went to see Fire Walk With Me in theaters without watching Twin Peaks first, my being jealous of Xan's copy of Julee Cruise's Floating into the Night on vinyl, the theory that "Lil" was Diane Evans in disguise, Sam Stanley being very literal, hearing about that little girl who got murdered, my surprise at there being music in Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" music video, our sadness at never learning what happened to Special Agent Chester Desmond after he finds the mound of dirt, not having an explanation of how James and Laura hooked up, our old Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast game "BOB or Leland?", the Log Lady's ominous message to Laura, giving credit to Sheryl Lee for making out with Walter Olkewicz, Xan being triggered by Frank Silva as BOB, the angels abandoning Laura, new Drunk Mail from Aaron Case, my favorite female Bond villain, and more!

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Be sure to come back soon as Xan and I watch Never Say Never Again, the 1983 unofficial James Bond film directed by Irvin Kershner, starring Sean Connery as James Bond, Klaus Maria Brandauer as Maximillian Largo, Kim Basinger as Domino Petachi, and Bernie Casey as Felix Leiter!