THE FANDOM ZONE 336: "Self-Tape" Is Up!

 
"You suck, Joe Pantoliano. Baby's Day Out is garbage. Even that dumb baby couldn't make you funny."
-- Simon Williams to Joe Pantoliano, Wonder Man -- "Self-Tape"

Hello again, everyone! DJ Nik and I are back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast! This time, we discuss "Self-Tape", the second episode of the Marvel TV miniseries Wonder Man, featuring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Simon Williams, Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery, Arian Moayed as Agent Cleary, and Joe Pantoliano as Joe Pantoliano!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like the 2026 Winter Olympics opening in Milan, Joe Pantoliano as Cypher in The Matrix, Agent Cleary appearing in Spider-Man: No Way Home and the Ms. Marvel TV series, the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Joe Pantoliano, Wonder Man being a self-contained story under the Marvel Spotlight banner, some comics background on Damage Control, some background on the 1985 Ben Kingsley film Turtle Diary, Ben Kingsley really appearing on the British soap opera Coronation Street, the "I'm walkin' here!" crosswalk from Midnight Cowboy, learning that Agent Cleary from Damage Control is the one putting the squeeze on Trevor, Trevor caring so much about his craft, Janelle Jackson not being happy that her client auditioned for Wonder Man without her knowledge, Simon creating a big hole in his wall, the show not bogging everything down with exposition, Trevor taking his time before texting Simon back, Simon and Trevor bonding as friends, Marcy at Ahoy Tapes insisting on reading the lines for Simon's self-tape video, Trevor's one-sided rivalry with Joe Pantoliano, the criticism of some actors acting for the paycheck, Trevor placing the ring device to hack Simon's laptop, Trevor discovering the major chunk missing from Simon's wall, our favorite quotes of the episode, new Fandom Zone Fanmail by Jesse Jackson and Dave Proctor, our next episode meeting Simon's family, and more! 

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Be sure to come back next week when DJ Nik and I discuss "Pacoima", the third episode of Wonder Man, introducing Shola Adewusi as Martha Williams and Demterius Grosse as Eric Williams!