THE FANDOM ZONE 326: "The High Cost of Living" Is Up!

 
"His story is over now, but all stories come to an end...if only so a new one can begin. So, if you miss my brother, if you don't want to forget him, tell his story. Let it inspire yours. Everyone loves a good story. I know my brother did."
-- Death, The Sandman -- "A Tale of Graceful Ends"

Hello again, everyone! DJ Nik and I are back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast! This time, we discuss "Long Live the King", "A Tale of Graceful Ends" and "Death: The High Cost of Living", the final three episodes of The Sandman Season 2, Tom Sturridge as Dream/Morpheus, Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Death, and introducing Jacob Anderson as Dream/Daniel Hall!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like both of us anticipating the third episode of Alien: Earth, Nik being surprised that we got an adaptation of Death: The High Cost of Living, the fast pacing of "The Kindly Ones" storyline, wishing we could've had a third season so we could've had adaptations of the "A Game of You" and "World's End" storylines, some differences from events in the comics, losing Merv Pumpkinhead on top of losing Fiddler's Green, Titania being reluctant to let Dream go back to the Dreaming, Dream choosing to not kill Lyta Hall, Matthew leaving with Dream to confront the Fates, Dream asking Matthew to bring Death to him, the original version of The Crow being the only Crow movie you need to watch, Nuala slicing Lyta's head off as Death claims her brother, Delirium realizing that her brother is gone, the brilliance of Sandman letterer Todd Klein, DC Comics superheroes attending Dream's funeral in the comics, Morpheus' funeral being far more majestic in the comics, Hob learning that Morpheus has died, the second Corinthian not realizing that people may not appreciate his dark sense of humor, the new Dream's attempt to bring back Fiddler's Green, sacrifices becoming pointless when characters are brought back from the dead, the Winter Soldier being far more popular now than he was as Captain America's sidekick Bucky, Lucienne's look of disdain at Lyta's entrance into the funeral service, the Endless speaking at funeral, Morpheus' cosmic Viking funeral sendoff, the new Dream being merciful to Lyta, Tom Sturridge's final scene as Morpheus, the new Dream meeting his family, that awkward moment when Sexton meets Death before trying to kill himself, Death telling Sexton who she really is, Sexton getting taken captive by Mad Hettie, echoes of It's a Wonderful Life, Jackie telling Sexton about her own suicide attempt, that awkward moment when Death gets only one day off every 100 years and she gets locked in a storeroom with Sexton, Sexton finding something in common with Jackie, our favorite quotes of the episodes, new Fandom Zone feedback from Jesse Jackson, my joining Nik on Gold Standard: The Oscars Podcast to discuss David Fincher's Seven, our upcoming discussions of Peacemaker Season 2, and more! 

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Be sure to come back in one week when DJ Nik and I discuss "The Ties That Grind", the first episode of Peacemaker Season 2, on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 352: "Planet of the Ood" Is Up!

 
"It's a brain, a hind brain. The Ood are born with a secondary brain. Like the amygdala in humans, it processes memory and emotions. You get rid of that, you wouldn't be Donna anymore, you'd be...well, like an Ood, a processed Ood."
"So, the company... cuts off their brains."
"And they stitch on the translator."
"Like a lobotomy. I spent all that time looking for you, Doctor, because I thought it would be so wonderful out here. I wanna go home."
-- The Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble, Doctor Who: "Planet of the Ood"

Hello again, everyone! My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back for another new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast! This time, we discuss "Planet of the Ood", the third episode from Doctor Who Series Four in 2008, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Catherine Tate as Donna Noble, Tim McInnerny as Klineman Halpen, and Adrian Rawlins as Dr. Ryder!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like recording a day early so Jesse can go to a Texas Rangers game, both of us splurging on Superman (2025) merchandise, celebrating our eleventh anniversary, Jesse feeling like he was watching "Planet of the Ood" again for the first time, Classic Who director Graeme Harper directing New Who, Tim McInnerny as Lord Percy on Black Adder, Adrian Rawlins as Harry Potter's dad, Andor being Star Wars for grown-ups, the three times the Tenth Doctor encountered "fake snow", original plans for Ida Scott from "The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit" to appear in "Planet of the Ood", Halpen's transformation into an Ood originally being far more graphic, original plans for Halpen appearing at a Friend of the Ood demonstration, Donna making her first trip into outer space, the Tenth Doctor and Donna having to insist they're not a couple, the Doctor regretting that he didn't think about the Ood being enslaved, the Ood's hind brains being replaced with translation spheres, Solana Mercurio deciding to rat on the Doctor and Donna to the security guards, karma coming for Solana Mercurio and Commander Kess, the Watchmen TV series, Halpen being tricked into using "hair tonic" by Ood Sigma, the sequence where Halpen rips off his own face to reveal he's transformed into an Ood, the Ood's song being recycled later as "Song of Freedom" in "Journey's End", Ood Sigma's ominous prophecy that the Tenth Doctor's song will be ending soon, our favorite quotes from the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new listener feedback from Holly Mac, my discussion of Seven on Gold Standard: The Oscars Podcast, regenerating our discussion of "Spearhead from Space", 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 "Planet of the Ood", the third episode from Doctor Who Series Four from 2008, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble!

THE FANDOM ZONE 325: "The Kindly Ones" Is Up!

 
"I have never seen anybody lead a perfect life. The best any of us can do is...enjoy what little time we have, and try not to ruin it for anybody else. And whatever mistakes you've made or think you've made, maybe it's not too late to fix them."
-- Hob Gadling to Dream, The Sandman -- "Fuel for the Fire"

Hello again, everyone! DJ Nik and I are back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast! This time, we discuss "Time and Night", "Fuel for the Fire" and "The Kindly Ones", the seventh, eighth and ninth episodes of The Sandman Season 2, featuring Tom Sturridge as Dream/Morpheus, Razane Jammal as Lyta Hall, Freddie Fox as Loki, and Jack Gleeson as Puck!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like both of us counting the days until Alien: Earth, Nik finally caving into temptation by watching one episode ahead, Tom Sturridge having a babyface, "The Kindly Ones" not being my favorite Sandman story arc in the comics, various differences from the original comics, Morpheus' future not being written, Dream bringing the Kindly Ones an offering, Loki and Puck becoming a power couple, Dream's parents being complete jerks, Dream telling Nuala that she should go back to Faerie for her safety, the return of Rose Walker, the easter egg where Dream removes a city inside a glass jar from a chest, Dream waking up his Despair's realm, Puck leaving some sand behind to frame Dream for Daniel's kidnapping, Morpheus interrupting Johanna Constantine's sex dream, wondering if Jenna Coleman was made up to look like the comic book version of Death, Puck and Loki getting into a fight over Daniel, Hob Gadling being like the Highlander, Dream releasing Alex Burgess from his prison, Loki convincing Puck not to give back Daniel and then putting Daniel on a lit fireplace, Dream creating a new Corinthian, the decision to replace Thessaly's role with Mad Hettie, Loki burning Mrs. Shore to death, Puck breaking up with Loki, Loki vs. the new Corinthian, Sandman's Thor being more faithful to Norse mythology than Marvel's Thor, that awkward moment when Titania summons Morpheus to Faerie, the Kindly Ones killing Fiddler's Green, our favorite quotes of the episodes, my joining Nik on Gold Standard: The Oscars Podcast to discuss David Fincher's Seven, wrapping up our discussions of The Sandman, and more! 

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Be sure to come back in one week when DJ Nik and I discuss "Long Live the King", "A Take of Graceful Ends" and "Death: The High Cost of Living", the final three episodes of The Sandman Season 2, on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 324: "Brief Lives" Is Up!

 
"I would remind you both...Those that seek Destruction usually find it."
-- Destiny to Dream and Delirium, The Sandman -- "The Song of Orpheus"

Hello again, everyone! DJ Nik and I are back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast! This time, we discuss "Brief Lives", "The Song of Orpheus" and "Family Blood", the fourth, fifth and sixth episodes of The Sandman Season 2, featuring Tom Sturridge as Dream/Morpheus, Esme Creed-Miles as Delirium, and introducing Ruairi O'Connor as Orpheus and Barry Sloane as Destruction!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like stepping on the gas this week, the introduction of Destruction, some differences from the original comics, Wanda from the storyline "A Game of You" that wasn't adapted by the TV series, Dream being very emo and making it rain throughout the Dreaming because he was dumped by Nada, Lucienne being the Alfred to Dream's Batman, Delirium asking for Dream's help in finding their missing brother, Wanda giving Dream and Delirium her backstory about being trans, Ishtar blaming Dream for breaking up her and Destruction, Desire calling out Dream for his hypocrisy, Delirium realizing the Dream was lying to her, how you can see what Delirium looked like when she was Delight, the reason why Destruction walked away from the his responsibilities, getting to see Delirium's realm, Dream's social awkwardness with his own siblings, getting to see Destiny's realm, the flashback to 1700 BC Greece when the Endless attended Orpheus' wedding to Eurydice, that awkward moment when Orpheus becomes immortal but then is forced to live on as a severed head, my cats Delirium and Desire embodying their namesakes from The Sandman, the flashback to 1794 France when Lady Johanna Constantine retrieved Orpheus' living head, Destruction bidding Dream and Delirium farewell, the important scene of Dream granting his son's boon to kill him, the Kindly Ones swearing vengeance, our favorite quotes of the episodes, my joining Nik on Gold Standard: The Oscars Podcast to discuss David Fincher's Seven, next week's discussion of "The Kindly Ones" storyline, and more! 

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Be sure to come back in one week when DJ Nik and I discuss "Time and Night", "Fuel for the Fire" and "The Kindly Ones", the seventh, eighth and ninth episodes of The Sandman Season 2, on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 351: "The War Games in Colour" Is Up!

 
"All these evils I have fought, while you have done nothing but observe! True, I am guilty of interference, just as you are guilty of failing to use your great powers to help those in need!"
"Is that all you have to say?"
"Well, isn’t it enough?!"
-- The Second Doctor and Goth, Doctor Who: "The War Games"

Hello again, everyone! My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back for another new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast! This time, we're joined by special guest Holly Mac to discuss "The War Games in Colour", the recut and colorized version of the seventh serial from Doctor Who Season Six from 1969, featuring the final regular story of Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon, and Wendy Padbury as Zoe Heriot!

In this episode, Jesse, Holly, and I discuss things like Jesse having Hot Doctor Opinions, keeping Holly in the TARDIS library since our last episode, "The War Games in Colour" cutting way too much of the original even for Jesse, Classic Who veteran Philip Madoc, the character names for the unnamed Time Lords, our original discussion of "The War Games" in Episode 028, the new edit's deviations from the original serial, the meaning of the TARDIS year-o-meter error code 03-NYRDWAM-6F[2], "The War Games" showcasing one of the best TARDIS teams ever, the Doctor calling out the Time Lords for not helping those in need, why "The War Games in Colour" looks better than "The Daleks in Colour", Holly's theory that the War Chief is the Celestial Toymaker, why we don't buy the theory that The War Chief is an incarnation of The Master, the War Lord's plan to use the survivors of the various war zones to make an army capable of conquering the galaxy, the Doctor's first trial of a Time Lord, the Time Lords erasing the War Lord from existence, the Time Lords putting the Doctor in a time-out until he defeated Omega, the decision to add New Who Doctors as the Second Doctor's regeneration choices, the new scene showing the Second Doctor regenerating into Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor, our annoyance that the original serial wasn't included with the home video release, my favorite quotes from the serial, my Reverse the Reverse the Polarity segment, new listener feedback from Dave Proctor, Jesse joining Xan Sprouse and me on Drunk Cinema to watch Office Space, our upcoming discussion of "Planet of the Ood", 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 "Planet of the Ood", the third episode from Doctor Who Series Four from 2008, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble!

THE FANDOM ZONE 323: "More Devils Than Vast Hell Can Hold" is Up!

 
"I gave it back to its creator."
"Did you? Well done!"
"Are you disappointed?"
"That you gave God the Key? I wish I had thought of that."
"You swore to destroy me."
"I was angry at God. God's a cunt."
-- Dream and Lucifer Morningstar, The Sandman -- "More Devils Than Vast Hell Can Hold"

Hello again, everyone! DJ Nik and I are back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast! This time, we discuss "More Devils Than Vast Hell Can Hold", the third episode of The Sandman Season 2, featuring Tom Sturridge as Dream/Morpheus, Umulisa Gahiga as Nada, and introducing Jack Gleeson as Puck and Ruta Gedmintas as Titania!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like waiting on Nik to watch Fantastic Four: First Steps, the God of Thunder not being happy with me, the TV adaptation of the "Brief Lives" storyline sticking the landing, Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon on Game of Thrones, some background on William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, some background on differences from the comics, Azazel getting disappointed to Dream's indifferent reaction to his threat about Nada, Lucienne wondering who Dream can trust with the Key to Hell, Dream having to set aside his personal wishes for the greater good, Nuala encountering Dream while exploring the castle, Nuala reassuring Dream that he'll make the correct decision, A Midsummer Night's Dream being the first play that Shakespeare writes for Dream, the flashback to Shakespeare's acting troupe performing the play for Queen Titania and her faerie court, Puck swapping places with the actor playing him, Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel Small Gods, that awkward moment when Azazel threatens Dream while inside the Dreaming, that awkward moment when Cluracan informs his sister Nuala that she's remaining with Dream as a gift, Ann Skelly getting to use her natural Irish accent, Lucifer sitting on the dock of the bay wasting time, Nada slapping Dream and telling him that she's not interested in rekindling their romance after he imprisoned her in Hell for ten thousand years, our favorite quotes of the episode, new Fandom Zone Fan Mail from Dave Proctor, our stepping on the gas to finish the rest of The Sandman Season 2 in time for Peacemaker Season 2, and more! 

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Be sure to come back in one week when DJ Nik and I discuss "Brief Lives", "The Song of Orpheus" and "Family Blood", the fourth, fifth and sixth episodes of The Sandman Season 2, on The Fandom Zone Podcast!