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Tuesday, July 28, 2020

WATCHMEN Leads 2020 Emmy Nominations with 26


Who watches the Watchmen?  Emmy nomination voters, apparently.

Variety has details on HBO's limited series Watchmen, based on the classic DC Comics maxi-series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, leading the nominations for the 2020 Emmy Awards with 26 total, including acting nominations for Regina King, Jeremy Irons, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jean Smart, Louis Gossett Jr., and Jovan Adepo. 

The Disney Plus series The Mandalorian earned an impressive 15 nominations for its first season, while HBO's Westworld picked up 11 nominations.  Netflix's Stranger Things and the FX supernatural comedy What We Do in the Shadows both earned 8 nominations, while CBS All Access' Star Trek: Picard earned 5 nominations.

Other recognized geek-favorite shows include Amazon Prime's Carnival Row and The Boys, Fox's The Simpsons, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, and Netflix's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Lost in Space and Mindhunter.


You can read the full list of nominations HERE, but this is the breakdown for the shows listed above...

WATCHMEN (26 Nominations)

Outstanding Limited Series
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie -- Jeremy Irons as Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie -- Regina King as Sister Night/Angela Abar
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie -- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Dr. Manhattan/Cal Abar
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie -- Jovan Adepo as Hooded Justice/Officer Will Reeves
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie -- Louis Gossett Jr. as William Reeves
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie -- Jean Smart as Laurie Blake
Outstanding Writing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special -- "This Extraordinary Being" -- Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson
Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special -- "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" -- Nicole Kassell
Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special -- "Little Fear of Lightning" -- Steph Green
Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special -- "This Extraordinary Being" -- Stephen Williams
Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special
(Original Dramatic Score) -- "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" -- Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics -- "This Extraordinary Being" / Song Title: "The Way It Used To Be" by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Outstanding Music Supervision -- "This Extraordinary Being"
Outstanding Main Title Design
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More) -- "An Almost Religious Awe"
Outstanding Casting For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special
Outstanding Cinematography For A Limited Series Or Movie -- "Little Fear of Lightning"
Outstanding Cinematography For A Limited Series Or Movie -- "This Extraordinary Being"
Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes -- "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice"
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Limited Series Or Movie -- "A God Walks into Abar"
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Limited Series Or Movie -- "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice"
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Limited Series Or Movie -- "This Extraordinary Being"
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special -- "This Extraordinary Being"
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Series Or Movie -- "This Extraordinary Being"
Outstanding Special Visual Effects -- "See How They Fly"

THE MANDALORIAN (15 Nominations)

Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series -- "Chapter 8: Redemption" -- Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance -- "Chapter 8: Redemption" -- Taika Waititi as IG-11
Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) -- Ludwig Göransson
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour) -- "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian"
Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour) -- "Chapter 7: The Reckoning"
Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes -- "Chapter 3: The Sin"
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series -- "Chapter 2: The Child"
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series -- "Chapter 4: Sanctuary"
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series -- "Chapter 8: Redemption"
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special -- "Chapter 6: The Prisoner"
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And
Animation -- "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian"
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And
Animation -- "Chapter 2: The Child"
Outstanding Special Visual Effects -- "Chapter 2: The Child"
Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Series, Limited Series Or Movie

WESTWORLD  (11 Nominations)

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series -- Jeffrey Wright as Bernard Lowe
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series -- Thandie Newton as Maeve Millay
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More) -- "Parce Domine"
Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (One Hour) -- "Parce Domine"
Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes -- "Parce Domine"
Outstanding Main Title Design
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special -- "Crisis Theory"
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) -- "Parce Domine"
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) -- "Parce Domine"
Outstanding Special Visual Effects -- "Crisis Theory"
Outstanding Interactive Extension Of A Linear Program -- "Free Will Is Not Free Interactive Experience"

STRANGER THINGS (8 Nominations)

Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series -- "Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt"
Outstanding Music Supervision -- "Chapter Three: The Case of the Missing Lifeguard"
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) -- "Chapter Eight: the Battle of Starcourt"
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) -- "Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt"
Outstanding Special Visual Effects -- "Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt"
Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Series, Limited Series Or Movie
Outstanding Interactive Extension Of A Linear Program -- "Scoops Ahoy: Operation Scoop Snoop"

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (8 Nominations)

Outstanding Comedy Series
Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series -- "Collaboration" -- Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil
Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series -- "Ghosts" -- Paul Simms
Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series -- "On the Run" -- Stefani Robinson
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour) -- "Resurrection", "Collaboration", "Witches"
Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series -- "Resurrection"
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And
Animation -- "The Return"

STAR TREK: PICARD (5 Nominations)

Outstanding Period And/Or Character Hairstyling -- "Stardust City Rag"
Outstanding Period And/Or Character Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) -- "Stardust City Rag"
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special -- "Absolute Candor"
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) -- "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2"
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) -- "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2:"

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: 1984 (4 Nominations)

Outstanding Period And/Or Character Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) -- "The Lady in White"
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special -- "True Killers"
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special -- "Camp Redwood"
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Series Or Movie -- "Camp Redwood"

CARNIVAL ROW (3 Nominations)

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music -- Nathan Barr
Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes -- "Aisling"
Outstanding Main Title Design

THE SIMPSONS (3 Nominations)

Outstanding Animated Program -- "Thanksgiving of Horror"
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance -- "Better Off Ned" -- Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, and Todd Flanders
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance -- "Frinkcoin" -- Hank Azaria as Professor Frink, Moe Syzslak, Chief Wiggum, Carl Carlson, Cletus Spuckler, Kirk Van Houten, and Sea Captain

BLACK MIRROR (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series -- "Smithereens" -- Andrew Scott as Chris Gillhaney

BOB'S BURGERS (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Animated Program -- "Pig Trouble in Little Tina"

THE BOYS (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) -- "The Name of the Game"
 
THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Children's Program

DOCTOR WHO (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Derivative Interactive Program -- "The Runaway"

LOST IN SPACE (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Special Visual Effects -- "Ninety-Seven"

MINDHUNTER (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (One Hour) -- "Episode 6"

RICK AND MORTY (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Animated Program -- "The Vat of Acid Episode"

STAR TREK: SHORT TREKS (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series

STAR WARS: RESISTANCE (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Children's Program


The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards is scheduled to air Sunday, September 20th on ABC.

Monday, December 23, 2019

THE FANDOM ZONE 174: "See How They Fly" Is Up!


"She is clearly a raging narcissist whose ambition knows no limits.  It’s hubris, literal hubris.  Anyone who seeks to attain the power of a god must be prevented at all costs from attaining it.  But believe me, that girl will not rest until she has us all prostrate before her, kissing her tiny blue feet."
"Raging narcissist, hunh?"
"Opus esse uno, unum cognoscendi -- It takes one to know one."
-- Ozymandias and Laurie Blake, Watchmen: "See How They Fly"

Hello again, everyone!  My co-host Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, we discuss "See How They Fly", the season finale of the HBO series Watchmen, featuring Regina King as Angela Abar, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Doctor Manhattan, Jeremy Irons as Ozymandias, and Hong Chau as Lady Trieu!

In this episode, Jesse and I talk about things like both of us being off for Christmas vacation, our thoughts on whether the Watchmen season finale stuck the landing, the debate over Watchmen having a second season, the Beatles' song "I Am the Walrus", the abandoned mind-control aspect for the season finale, the other two possible endings for the season finale, Adrian killing eight years waiting for Lady Trieu to rescue him from Europa, Bian artificially inseminating herself with Ozymandias' sperm, Lady Trieu meeting her father in Antarctica, Adrian's humbling space message to his daughter, Lady Trieu's need for an audience being her downfall, the Russian Doll of Angela being almost killed during the White Night, the end of the 7th Kavalry, Joe Keene Jr. turning into a pile of red goo, the return of Looking Glass, Adrian's using frozen squids to defeat Lady Trieu, the return of Archie, Adrian finally being arrested for murdering three million people, Jon saying goodbye to Angela, Angela finally coming clean to her family about her secret identity, Will telling Angela that Dr. Manhattan could've done more, Angela making the decision to eat the egg, the Sopranos-esque fade to black, why the ambiguous ending was a good call by Damon Lindelof, Dale Petey being revealed as Lube Man, our favorite quotes of the episode, the critics doing a coordinated hit-job on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and more!

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Be sure to come back next month, as Jesse and I joined once again by DJ Nik from The Whiskey & Cigarettes Show to discuss the final two parts of "Crisis on Infinite Earths", the sixth annual Arrowverse crossover event, based on the classic 1985-86 DC Comics maxi-series and featured in episodes of Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow!

Monday, December 16, 2019

THE FANDOM ZONE 173: "A God Walks into Abar" Is Up!


"The way I experience time is unique, and for you, particularly infuriating."
-- Doctor Manhattan to Angela Abar, Watchmen: "A God Walks into Abar"

Hello again, everyone!  My co-host Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, we discuss "A God Walks into Abar", the eighth episode of the HBO series Watchmen, featuring Regina King as Angela Abar, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Doctor Manhattan, Jeremy Irons as Ozymandias, and Louis Gossett Jr. as Will Reeves!

In this episode, Jesse and I talk about things like Bootstrap Paradoxes and "the chicken or the egg" debate, Jeff Jensen writing Team Titans for DC Comics, Yahya Abdul-Mateen taking over as Doctor Manhattan, Lex Luthor not imagining that Superman would pretend to be human, Jon introducing himself to Angela in a Saigon bar, Angela thinking Jon is cosplaying Doctor Manhattan, the moment Jon falls in love with Angela, Doctor Manhattan passing his powers onto someone else, why it doesn't matter to Doctor Manhattan that he took over Calvin's body, young Jon and his father taking refuge in an English manor house during World War II, young Jon witnessing sex for the first time, Dave Gibbons working with the Watchmen TV series, Angela taking on the 7th Kalvary by herself, the first Watchmen post-credits scene, the answer for why baby squids are randomly raining down on Earth, Adrian's ego wanting people to know that he was responsible for the giant squid hoax in 1985, Adrian creating the Doctor Manhattan amnesia device 30 years ago, learning how Adrian ended up on Europa, the awkward moment where Angela indirectly caused the murder of Judd Crawford, our favorite quotes of the episode, Jesse not being able to talk, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse and I review "See How They Fly", the ninth (and possibly final) episode of HBO's Watchmen, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

THE FANDOM ZONE 171: "An Almost Religious Awe" Is Up!


"I’m tired, Joe.  I’m tired of all the…silliness.  You want me to ask you why I’m strapped to a chair in an abandoned J.C. Penney, or what that cage is for?  Fine.  Just know that I don’t give a shit."
-- Laurie Blake to Senator Joe Keene, Watchmen: "An Almost Religious Awe"

Hello again, everyone!  My co-host Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, we discuss "An Almost Religious Awe", the seventh episode of the HBO series Watchmen, featuring Regina King as Sister Night/Angela Abar, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Cal Abar, Hong Chau as Lady Trieu, and Jean Smart as Laurie Blake!

In this episode, Jesse and I talk about things like Hall & Oates vs. Paul Young, Jesse being unsure if he wants another season of Watchmen, more of my wondering about Cal's mysterious "accident", Dr. Manhattan's reaction to Vietnamese soldiers surrendering to him, the Batmanish origin of Sister Night, that awkward moment where young Angela's grandmother dies before she's able to bring Angela back to the American mainland, young Angela's obsession with watching the Sister Night VHS tape, Lady Trieu using mnemodialysis to help Angela recover from her overdose of her grandfather's Nostalgia pills, Bian asking Angela why she hides her activities as a cop from her kids, that awkward moment when Angela learns she's getting memory dialysis from an elephant, Angela learning that Lady Trieu's Dr. Manhattan phone booths are a data mining operation, my argument that Lady Trieu is Ozymandias' daughter, Jane confessing to Laurie that she's part of the Seventh Kavalry conspiracy, Laurie falling through a trap door in Jane's living room, Senator Joe Keene's racist statement about the system being rigged against white people, the 7K's plan to turn themselves into Doctor Manhattan, wondering why Lady Trieu didn't want Cal to come inside, Damon Lindelof cleverly ducking questions by telling people which specific episodes things do or don't happen, my ruining The Sixth Sense for my wife Lori and our friend Tom, Angela taking a claw hammer to Cal's forehead, Ozymandias farting in his trial, our favorite quotes of the episode, racists on social media being upset when a non-white actor is cast as a traditionally white character, Watchmen not helping Tulsa's tourism industry, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse and I review "A God Walks into a Bar", the eighth episode of HBO's Watchmen, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

Saturday, November 30, 2019

THE FANDOM ZONE 170: "This Extraordinary Being" Is Up!


"I believe there is a vast and insidious conspiracy at play in the city, and I have evidence that a secret plan is being developed by—"
"A new crime boss who calls himself Moloch the Magnificent.  Now, this villain is planning to harness the sun’s energy into a deadly solar weapon, threatening every man, woman and child in New York.  So, if you’ll excuse us, fellows, the Minutemen have a city to save.  But first, let’s talk about your savings and our good friends at National Bank…"
-- Hooded Justice and Captain Metropolis, Watchmen: "This Extraordinary Being"

Hello again, everyone!  My co-host Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, we discuss "This Extraordinary Being", the sixth episode of the HBO series Watchmen, featuring Jovan Adepo as Hooded Justice/Will Reeves, Jake McDorman as Captain Metropolis/Nelson Gardner, Regina King as Angela Abar, and Louis Gossett Jr. as Old Will Reeves!

In this episode, Jesse and I talk about things like finally getting on track for reviewing Watchmen, the series finally winning people over, the great decision to make Hooded Justice an African-American cop instead of a German wrestler, the recent Murphy Brown reboot, Hollis Mason's description of Hooded Justice in his biography Under the Hood, Fred Trump's reported ties to the KKK, Angela reliving her grandfather's memories, Will releasing there's only one way to take out the Cyclops conspiracy, hypnosis and mesmerism, Hooded Justice's Caucasian makeup vs. Sister Night's black makeup, the double meaning of the Minutemen not accepting Hooded Justice if they knew who he was, Captain Metropolis betraying Hooded Justice's plea for help with the Cyclops conspiracy, the original Watchmen comic book series being groundbreaking for comics as an artform, Laurie trying to keep Angela grounded in her own memories, the big revelation of how Judd Crawford was hanged, our favorite quotes of the episode, the news vendor reading Action Comics #1, some "Crisis on Infinite Earths" CW crossover news, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse and I review "An Almost Religious Awe", the seventh episode of HBO's Watchmen, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

Monday, November 25, 2019

THE FANDOM ZONE 169: "Little Fear of Lightning" Is Up!


"I’m gonna show you something, and after you see it, you’re gonna walk out of here, and you’re never gonna be afraid of big teleporting aliens ever again.  Because I’m gonna set you free.  In return, I’m gonna ask you to do me a favor.  Call it a squid pro quo."
-- Senator Joe Keene to Wade Tillman, Watchmen: "Little Fear of Lightning"

Hello again, everyone!  My co-host Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, we discuss "Little Fear of Lightning", the fifth episode of the HBO series Watchmen, featuring Tim Blake Nelson as Looking Glass and James Wolk as Senator Joe Keene, and introducing Paula Malcolmson as Renee!

In this episode, Jesse and I talk about things like my being on the disabled list, Damon Lindelof not assuming Watchmen will get a second season, actress Paula Malcolmson being everywhere, Jules Verne's 20,000 League Under the Sea, young Wade Tillman as a Jehovah's Witness spreading the word of God in New Jersey, Roxie manipulating young Wade in the mirrored funhouse, the origin of Looking Glass, finally getting to see the Squid in live-action, Wade's cover as a marketing researcher, Michael Imperioli's cameo, Wade being severely paranoid, the horrible moment when Wade's ex incinerates an imperfect dog clone, Wade as a Squid support group advisor, Steven Spielberg's fictional Pale Horse film, Senator Keene working with the 7th Kavalry, wondering where the 7K got the portal technology from, Wade learning that Ozymandias was behind the squid hoax and arranged for Robert Redford to become President, Adrian finally piercing the barrier of his prison, Looking Glass betraying Sister Night to Laurie, Sister Night downing the entire bottle of her grandfather's Nostalgia pills, Laurie pulling a Columbo move, our favorite quotes of the episode, news about Stargirl airing episodes on the CW one day after airing on DC Universe, not needing superheroes to have a great superhero show, and more!

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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

THE FANDOM ZONE 168: "If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own" Is Up!


"Well, people who wear masks are driven by trauma.  They’re obsessed with justice, because of some injustice they suffered, usually when they were kids.  Ergo, the mask.  It hides the pain."
"I wear the mask to protect myself."
"Right.  From the pain.  So, did nuns murder your parents?  Or were you raised by nuns after your parents were murdered?  No judgment, I used to dress up and fight bad guys too."
-- Laurie Blake and Sister Night, Watchmen: "If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own"

Hello again, everyone!  My co-host Jesse Jackson and I have returned with another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, we discuss "If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own", the fourth episode of the HBO series Watchmen, introducing Hong Chau as Lady Trieu, and featuring Regina King as Sister Night and Jean Smart as Laurie Blake!

In this episode, Jesse and I talk about things like the Chinua Achebe novel Things Fall Apart, Lady Trieu's mini-me "daughter" Bian, Lady Trieu offering the Clarks a baby for their house and land, the nod to Superman and the Kents, Lady Trieu's Millennium Clock being more than a clock, Lady Trieu being an acolyte of Ozymandias, Will Reeves working with Lady Trieu, Lady Trieu talking Vietnamese with Sister Night, Lady Trieu possibly being the new Big Bad, Laurie psychoanalyzing Sister Night's reasons for wearing a mask, Cal telling his kids that heaven is pretend, Angela trying to pick a fight with Cal by spoiling the ending of Things Fall Apart, Cal lying for Angela even though he hates to lie, Cal's mystery accident, Sister Night claiming her car that was dropped from the sky, Angela giving Wade the Klan robe she found in Judd's closet, Angela learning about her great-grandparents, Senator Keene dropping the fact that he knows Sister Night's real name, Sister Night chasing after Lube Man, the cop connection between Judd's grandfather and Will Reeves, the Thermodynamic Miracle, Adrian fishing for baby Mr. Phillips and Ms. Crookshanks, wondering how Adrian has an aging machine, Adrian being completely insane and psychotic, Adrian plotting to escape his mystery prison, our favorite quotes of the episode, Max Allan Collins' Road to Perdition, news about the end of the Hulu series Runaways, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse and I review "Little Fear of Lightning", the fifth episode of HBO's Watchmen, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!