THE FANDOM ZONE 316: "Sic Semper Systema" Is Up!

 
"So, what now? Every day Bullseye goes to the chow hole, eats his slop, you know he gets to breathe the same air that you breathe. You feel good about that?"
"He got life!"
"How 'bout old Foggy? He get life?"
-- Frank Castle and Matt Murdock, Daredevil: Born Again -- "Sic Semper Systema"

Hello again, everyone! DJ Nik and I are back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast! This time, we discuss "Sic Semper Systema", the fourth episode of Daredevil: Born Again Season 1, featuring Charlie Cox as Daredevil/Matt Murdock, Vincent D'Onofrio as The Kingpin/Wilson Fisk, the debut of Muse, and the return of Jon Bernthal as The Punisher/Frank Castle!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like writer David Feige not being related to Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige, Matt taking another step to donning the Daredevil uniform once again, wondering what condition Matt will be in mentally when he becomes Daredevil again, "Sic Semper Systema" being a play on the phrase "Sic Semper Tyrannis", some comics background on the Punisher, Angela del Toro and Muse, Jon Bernthal originally quitting Daredevil: Born Again but agreeing to return after Dario Scardapane was brought in to oversee the creative overhaul, wanting to see documentaries on the original version of the show, Angela calling out Matt for not doing anything about her uncle Hector's murder, wondering if Angela will get her hands on the White Tiger amulet, Leroy Bradford getting busted by the NYPD for stealing Fiddle Faddle from a bodega, the great social commentary of pointing how cities will pay far more to prosecute poor people stealing food than actually feeding them, Matt's clever use of his powers to track down the bullet casing, Frank Castle being a recluse, Frank calling out Matt for Bullseye getting life in prison while Foggy's dead, everything feeling more intense because Bernthal is so intense, Matt getting some sweet lovin' down by the fire, Matt deciding to leave Heather in his bed to go play with his billy club, BB Urich getting Daniel Blake drunk at a club, Sheila Rivera being the naysayer for Mayor Fisk's Red Hook project, Mayor Fisk identifying with Daniel Blake, Mayor Fisk's personal hell of having to sit and listen to kids singing Starship's "We Built This City", Heather asking Vanessa if she feels safe around Wilson, our being surprised that Adam is still alive, my identification of who's playing Muse, Daredevil: Born Again not approaching the Hannibal TV series in terms of art, getting two episodes of Daredevil next week, our favorite quotes of the episode, new Fandom Zone Fan Mail from Dave Proctor, Jesse Jackson and Aaron Case, teasing my upcoming return to Gold Standard: The Oscars Podcast, and more! 

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Be sure to come back next week when DJ Nik and I discuss "Sic Semper Systema", the fourth episode of Daredevil: Born Again Season One, on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

DRUNK CINEMA 076: "The Royal Tenenbaums" Is Up!

 
"Anybody interested in grabbing a couple of burgers and hittin' the cemetery?"
-- Royal Tenenbaum, The Royal Tenenbaums

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we pay tribute to the late Gene Hackman as we watch The Royal Tenenbaums, the 2001 comedy-drama directed by Wes Anderson, featuring Gene Hackman as Royal Tenebaum, Ben Stiller as Chas Tenenbaum, Gwyneth Paltrow as Margot Tenenbaum, and Luke Wilson as Richie Tenenbaum!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like Gene Hackman's death changing our plans to watch Strange Brew, the strange circumstances surrounding the death of both Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa, the look of Wes Anderson films, Danny Glover being too old for this shit, Ben Stiller as Mr. Furious in Mystery Men, needing to watch Idiocracy, the score by DEVO's Mark Mothersbaugh, Gene Hackman being a better actor than Spencer Tracy, the hand seen with the BB lodged in it belonging to Luke and Owen Wilson's brother Andrew Wilson, wondering how Margot kept her smoking habit secret for decades, Pagoda being a rat, Royal's emotional gaslighting, Xan loving the Tenenbaums being a dysfunctional family, the great slapstick of Henry walking into a hole, what an unforced error in tennis means, the Tenenbaums' amazing board game closet, Royal Tenenbaum being a combination of Lex Luthor and Archie Bunker, Richie's suicide attempt, wondering why Richie wasn't under a psychiatric evaluation hold that kept him from leaving the hospital, Royal being a good person to ask for something weird and gross, wondering why Dudley constantly hangs out with Raleigh St. Clair, the two BB gun salute, Royal's gravestone epitaph being a metaphor, new Drunk Mail from Dave Proctor and Christine Peruski, our second attempt to watch Strange Brew for our next episode, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks as Xan and I finally watch Strange Brew, the 1983 comedy directed by and starring Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as their SCTV characters Bob and Doug McKenzie, Max von Sydow as Brewmeister Smith, and Paul Dooley as Claude Elsinore!

THE FANDOM ZONE 315: "The Hollow of His Hand" Is Up!

 
"Well then...Here's to a man who cooks, a well-won case, and Foggy Nelson. May God hold them all in the hollow of His hand."
-- Heather Glenn, Daredevil: Born Again -- "The Hollow of His Hand"

Hello again, everyone! DJ Nik and I are back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast! This time, we discuss "The Hollow of His Hand", the third episode of Daredevil: Born Again Season 1, featuring Charlie Cox as Daredevil/Matt Murdock, Vincent D'Onofrio as The Kingpin/Wilson Fisk, Kamar de los Reyes as White Tiger/Hector Ayala, and Nikki M. James as Kirsten McDuffie!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like Matt still not donning his Daredevil costume, some comics background on the mantle of the White Tiger being passed on, "The Hollow of His Hand" being a reference from The Bible, additional scenes written by Dario Scardapane, the Easter egg with the Pingo Doce bus stop advertisement, wondering why White Tiger didn't get a nicer costume, Hector sharing his memories of Puerto Rico and the Coqui tree frog, Powell confronting Matt in the men's room, Nicky Torres committing perjury instead of testifying against the NYPD, Matt reneging on an agreement with the court, Matt going through a crucible, Matt outing Hector as White Tiger and his determination of winning Hector's case no matter what, Matt being in a denial over giving up his life as a superhero, Matt using a whiskey bottle as a reminder that the system works, the show addressing the real-life situation of the police co-opting the Punisher skull symbol, the chaos being created by Wilson and Vanessa not being unified, Mayor Fisk using BB Urich to push forward his anti-vigilante crusade, our favorite quotes of the episode, new Fandom Zone Fan Mail from Dave Proctor, Jesse Jackson and Aaron Case, waiting for Episode 4, and more! 

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Be sure to come back next week when DJ Nik and I discuss "Sic Semper Systema", the fourth episode of Daredevil: Born Again Season One, on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 337: "Galaxy 4" Is Up!

 
"Women?"
"Yes, feminine. Uh...female."
"Oh, we have a small number of men, as many as we need. The rest we kill. They consume valuable food and fulfill no particular function."
-- Maaga and the First Doctor, Doctor Who: "Galaxy 4"

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 "Galaxy 4", the first serial from Doctor Who Season 3 in 1965, featuring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, Maureen O'Brien as Vicki Pallister, Peter Purves as Steven Taylor, and Stephanie Bidmead as Maaga!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse's recurring family joke "Do the Cowboys suck or what?", finally closing on the sale of my parents' house, the original recording of "Galaxy 4" only surviving with Episode 3, Jesse's thoughts if "Galaxy 4" was worthy of being reconstructed with animation, recent animated reconstructions being done cheaply in order to make them profitable, the "Galaxy 4" animation looking like it was drawn in 1965 when the original serial was aired, Angelo Muscat as the Butler in the classic TV series The Prisoner, the Episode 4 cliffhanger setting up "Mission to the Unknown," wishing science-fiction TV shows still accepted unsolicited script submissions, writer William Emms not being happy that the male Drahvins were made female by producer Verity Lambert, the cast not being happy with the script and Hartnell being threatened if he didn't follow it, Episode 3 being discovered in 2011 after being purchased at a school fundraiser in the 1980s, Chumblie being a combination of the words "chum" and "friendly," Jesse's thoughts on the live-action footage that he watched, Steven trying to get the Doctor to go swimming, the recent "Tales of the TARDIS" short with Maureen O'Brien and Peter Purves reprising their roles as Vicki and Steven, Hartnell's Doctor softening by his third season, the First Doctor being less over-protective of Vicki than he was of Susan, the twist that the ugly Rills were the nice aliens while the prettier Drahvins were the villains, the Chumblies being another failed attempt to recreate Dalekmania, Steven being surprised that the Rills have no problem letting them go, Maaga vs. MAGA, Maaga being clearly insane, the Drahvins not needing men being very progressive for 1965, our favorite quotes of the story, new listener feedback from Holly Mac and Sandi from Oregon, trying to get Jesse back on The Fandom Zone Podcast, our next episode recording on the actual 20th Anniversary of "Rose", and more!

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And just in time for the new era of Doctor Who, we now have a BRAND NEW Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, 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 you could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!

Be sure to come back in two weeks for the next episode of Next Stop Everywhere as Jesse and I celebrate the 20th anniversary of New Who as we regenerate our discussion of "Rose", the first episode from Doctor Who Series One in 2005, introducing Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor, Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, and Noel Clarke as Mickey Smith, and featuring the return of the Autons!

THE FANDOM ZONE 314: "Heaven's Half Hour" Is Up!

 
"It’s hard to come to terms with a violent nature. Hating the power that it has over us."
"I was raised to believe in grace. That we can be touched by the divine and transformed into a better person. So, if you say to me that you’re a new man, I say 'Fine.' But you should know, I was also raised to believe in retribution. So, if you step out of line, I will be there."
-- Wilson Fisk and Matt Murdock, Daredevil: Born Again -- "Heaven's Half Hour"

Hello again, everyone! DJ Nik and I are back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast! This time, we discuss "Heaven's Half Hour" and "Optics", the first two episodes of Daredevil: Born Again Season 1, featuring the return of Charlie Cox as Daredevil/Matt Murdock, Vincent D'Onofrio as The Kingpin/Wilson Fisk, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, and Elden Henson as Franklin "Foggy" Nelson!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like Daredevil: Born Again getting a creative relaunch after Kevin Feige and other executives felt the first six episodes of the series weren't working, fans of the Netflix Daredevil series wanting Born Again be a continuation of the original series, my original Fandom Zone co-host Karen Lindsay and I discuss the original Netflix series, some comics background on Heather Glenn, Kirsten McDuffie and the "Mayor Fisk" storyline, Nik not wanting to be spoiled that the Punisher will appear in Born Again, the creative overhaul bringing back Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, and Wilson Bethel as Bullseye, the shocking death of Foggy Nelson, the aspect ratio changing when Matt's super-hearing was used, the returning tradition of a continuous tracking shot with a stairwell fight, Daredevil traumatizing Karen further when Bullseye's body lands on the pavement, the Born Again credits theme music by the Newton Brothers not being as strong as the original Netflix theme, using Foggy's death to transition Matt into Born Again's new setting and legal partnership with Kirsten McDuffie, wanting Deborah Ann Woll to return as Karen Page later in the series, my relief that Matt didn't kill Bullseye when he threw him off the roof, Matt trying to redeem himself by giving up his Daredevil identity, Kirsten being Matt's wingman by matchmaking him up with Heather Glenn, Vanessa not being happy to have Wilson back in her life again, the great diner faceoff between Matt and Wilson, the introduction of White Tiger, the parallels with people being falsely accused of crimes in real life, Commissioner Gallo calling out the Kingpin at a police funeral, Mayor Fisk blackmailing Gallo and telling him that his police union gets nothing, everyone knowing that Wilson Fisk crushed a guy's head in a car door but still voting for him as mayor of New York City, wondering when the Kingpin will learn that Matt is dating his couples counselor, our favorite quotes of the episodes, new Fandom Zone Fan Mail from Aaron Case, and more! 

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And if that isn't enough for you, you can pick up an officially official Fandom Zone Podcast t-shirt that all the cool kids are wearing from TeePublic HERE as well! Feel free to post a picture on our Facebook page of you or some other cool person you know wearing the shirt!

Be sure to come back next week when DJ Nik and I discuss "The Hollow of His Hand", the third episode of Daredevil: Born Again Season One, on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 336: "The Bells of Saint John" Is Up!

 
"This whole world is swimming in wi-fi. We're living in a wi-fi soup! Suppose something got inside it. Suppose there was something living in the wi-fi, harvesting human minds, extracting them. Imagine that. Human souls trapped like flies in the World Wide Web, stuck for ever, crying out for help."
"Isn't that basically Twitter?"
-- The Eleventh Doctor and Clara Oswald, Doctor Who: "The Bells of Saint John"

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 "The Bells of Saint John", the sixth episode from Doctor Who Series 7 in 2013, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald, Celia Imrie as Rosemary Kizlet, and the return of Richard E. Grant as the Great Intelligence!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse having mixed emotions during the Mavericks/Lakers game, finally getting the premiere date of Doctor Who Series 15/Season 2, annoying internet rumors that Ncuti Gatwa and Russell T Davies have been fired from Doctor Who, Alan Cumming returning to Doctor Who as the voice of Mr. Ring-a-Ding, more on Steven Moffat trying to be too clever with his script, the title "The Bells of Saint John" being a reference to the phone built into the TARDIS' police box disguise, Steven Moffat trying to get kids frightened of wi-fi, the only other time the TARDIS' police box phone has rung, the Doctor not being aware that the Great Intelligence was behind everything, the original plan to have a female voice on the TARDIS phone implore the Doctor to trust Clara and take her with him, the prequel to "The Bells of Saint John", the Eleventh Doctor becoming a monk in 1207 Cumbria, the Summer Falls tie-in book written by James Goss as Amelia Williams, Missy giving Clara the Doctor's phone number so she could call him for tech support, Matt Smith looking better in the purple coat than the tweed jacket, Clara's rushed first time entering the TARDIS, wondering why the Doctor doesn't have access to money when in modern-day London, Rosemary Kizlet as a tragic villain, the Doctor defying gravity with his motorbike, Moffat's fucked-up revelation that Kizlet was taken by the Great Intelligence as a child and wakes up in a much older adult body, our favorite quotes of the story, new listener feedback from Dave Proctor, Holly Mac and Sandi from Oregon, watching the animated reconstruction of "Galaxy 4", the order for watching David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks, and more!

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And just in time for the new era of Doctor Who, we now have a BRAND NEW Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, 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 you could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!

Be sure to come back in two weeks for the next episode of Next Stop Everywhere as Jesse and I discuss "Galaxy 4", the first serial from Doctor Who Season 3 in 1965, featuring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, Maureen O'Brien as Vicki Pallister, Peter Purves as Steven Taylor, and Stephanie Bidmead as Maaga!

DRUNK CINEMA 075: "For Your Eyes Only" Is Up!

 
"The Chinese have a saying -- 'Before setting off on revenge, you first dig two graves.'"
-- James Bond to Melina Havelock, For Your Eyes Only

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 For Your Eyes Only, the 1981 James Bond series espionage film directed by John Glen, featuring Roger Moore as James Bond, Carole Bouquet as Melina Havelock, Chaim Topol as Milos Columbo, and Julian Glover as Aristotle Kristatos!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like Xan and her husband Chris saying goodbye to the Barnes & Noble where they met, Amazon securing the rights to the James Bond franchise, the decision to adapt Moonraker first to cash in on the popularity of Star Wars before adapting For Your Eyes Only, the movie being based on Ian Fleming's short stories "For Your Eyes Only" and "Risico", our personal Top 5 James Bond theme songs, Christopher Cross' "Arthur's Theme (The Best You Can Do)" beating Sheena Easton's "For Your Eyes Only" for Best Original Song, Roger Moore having a face that doesn't look like it can take a punch, Carole Bouquet being perfect as Marvel's Elektra, Desmond Llewelyn being the definitive Q, Charles Dance's cameo as Emile Locque's henchman, why "Blofeld" in the beginning pre-credits sequence isn't credited as Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Xan not liking Lotus Esprits, Q not settling for a piece of crap dot matrix printer, bikes with spikes, preferring Bond girls who are more than just eye candy, the parrot waiting for someone to feed it, Aristotle Kristatos creeping on Bibi Dahl, Bond's "detente" solution, new Drunk Mail from Dave Proctor and Christine Peruski, our original plans to watch Strange Brew for our next episode, and more!

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Be sure to come back in four weeks as Xan and I pay tribute to the late Gene Hackman as we watch The Royal Tenenbaums, the 2001 comedy-drama directed by Wes Anderson, featuring Gene Hackman as Royal Tenebaum, Ben Stiller as Chas Tenenbaum, Gwyneth Paltrow as Margot Tenenbaum, and Luke Wilson as Richie Tenenbaum!