THE FANDOM ZONE 106: "Twenty-Sided, Die" is Up!

"Booyah!  How do you like ol' Earl now, you damn, dirty lich?!"

– Clive Babineaux, iZombie: "Twenty-Side, Die"

That's right, Karen and I are back with a new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Gotham 3x20: "Pretty Hate Machine"

Lucifer 2x18: "The Good, The Bad, and The Crispy"  (Season Finale)

iZombie 3x09: "Twenty-Sided, Die"

Iron Fist 1x10: "Black Tiger Steals Heart"

This week, Karen and I talk about things like me being proud of my unprofessionalism, Nine Inch Nails, Bruce being brainwashed by the Court of Owls, fan speculation about Bruce becoming Owlman instead of Batman, Hugo Strange always finding a way out, Lee going to Hot Topic, Jim Gordon in the Kill Bill coffin, the return of Fish Mooney, wondering why Chloe still doesn't get that Lucifer is actually the devil, Trixie playing doctor and telling Lucifer that lollipops aren't for wusses, Rachel Harris as Dr. Linda, Lucifer's unexplained angel wings, Peyton being a snob about playing Dungeons & Dragons, the return of Sketch Bitch and Vampire Steve, great D&D character names, Clive admitting he's a fan of The Flash, the harsh reality of D&D dorks all fixating on the one girl in their group, Karen's husband Sean painting pewter miniatures, Don-E overdosing on World War II brain, Karen's issues with her husband's role-playing dice collection, Joy working the Rand Enterprises board to being reinstated, Colleen's awkward moment finding out her sensei is evil, Davos the Steel Serpent, Orson Randall the Golden Age Iron Fist, some Gotham feedback from Justina, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Karen and I review the two-part season premiere of Fear the Walking Dead, the two-part season finale of Gotham, Episode 11 of Iron Fist, and a new episode of iZombie, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 085: "The Lie of the Land" is Up!

"Why do you put up with us, then?"
"Because, in amongst seven billion, there's someone like you.  That’s why I put up with the rest of them."
-- Bill Potts and the Twelfth Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Lie of the Land"

That's right, my partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  In this episode, Jesse and I review "The Lie of the Land", the eighth episode from Series Ten, starring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, Pearl Mackie as Bill Potts, Matt Lucas as Nardole, and Michelle Gomez as Missy!

This time, Jesse and I discuss things like the Monks Trilogy working better as a two-parter, the Doctor psyching everyone out with a faked regeneration, George Orwell's 1984, Bill's out-of-nowhere decision to shoot the Doctor, the Doctor using regeneration energy for something else besides a regeneration, the Doctor punishing Bill for making a deal with the Monks, whether Missy is honestly trying to reform for her past deeds, Superman's arch-enemy Lex Luthor, the best Doctor and Master pairings, Jesse being criticized for not making the bed properly, Bill finding redemption for her deal with the Monks, me being totally screwed if the Monks find out I have comic books, my Reverse the Polarity segment, a recorded conversation between Jesse and Ken Schaefer at Steak & Shake, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Jesse and I review "Empress of Mars", the ninth episode from Series Ten, starring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, Pearl Mackie as Bill Potts, and Matt Lucas as Nardole!  Look for more of Next Stop Everywhere on iTunes, Google Play Music, YouTube, Libsyn, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

GHOSTWOOD 007: "The Return, Parts 3 & 4" is Up!

"Albert, I hate to admit this, but I don't understand this situation at all."

-- Gordon Cole to Albert Rosenfield, Twin Peaks: "The Return, Part 4"

It is happening again...My co-host with the most Xan Sprouse and I are back once again with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we review "The Return, Parts 3 & 4", the first two episodes of the Showtime revival of Twin Peaks!

LET'S ROCK!

In our seventh HUGE episode, Xan and I discuss things like Cooper in space, the attempt on Jason David Frank's life, the nightmare fuel of the woman with no eyes, the return of Phoebe Augustine, Gillian Anderson as David Bowie, Cooper and Doppelganger Cooper's garmonbozia, Dougie wearing the Black Lodge ring, thanking Mr. Jackpots, the cameo from Eugene from The Walking Dead, Cooper fumbling around like the Old Waiter, South Park garmonbozia, Dougie the Golden Snitch, the interrogation of Doppelganger Cooper, yrev vs. very, Tammy being frustrated by Gordon and Albert, wondering what the hell is up with Albert, every office having a Chad, Lucy being freaked out by cell phones, Lucy's chocolate bunny confession, Mr. Anti-Establishment Bobby Briggs joining the establishment, Doppelganger Cooper murdering Major Briggs, the terrible scene with Michael Cera as Wally Brando, Crack Mom yelling "1-1-9!", Stephen King's novel Doctor Sleep, the Roadhouse Band of the Week, the official Ferris Bueller's Day Off soundtrack, the Black Lodge fragmenting your soul, some feedback from listener Hunx Lam, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Xan and I review "The Return, Part 5", the next episode of the Showtime revival of Twin Peaks!  Look for more of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast on iTunes, YouTube, Libsyn, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

DAMN Good Movies -- WONDER WOMAN

That's right, it's time once again for another of my movie takes, this time on the film Wonder Woman, the fourth film in the DC Extended Universe.  As always, if you haven't seen the movie yet and you don't want it spoiled for you, then please step back from your computer or whatever electronic device you're reading this on and stop reading now.  If, however, you're wise enough to know that movie reviews with spoilers are always more interesting than the ones without them...well...To the war!

It's only taken 76 years since her creation, but Wonder Woman has finally made it to the big screen. Okay, okay, more like 21 years, ever since development began in 1996 with Ghostbusters' Ivan Reitman attached as producer and hopes that Sandra Bullock would star.  In 2005, Joss Whedon was announced as the new writer and director, but after two years, Whedon never managed to write a finished draft and left the project to direct a little movie you may have heard of called The Avengers.  After a couple of script revisions that moved the setting of the project from World War II to modern times, the project officially kicked off in 2015 when Patty Jenkins signed on as director, with a screenplay from Allan Heinberg.

The pressure to get Wonder Woman right was considerable, especially after less-than-super movies such as Supergirl, Elektra, and the unholy abomination of Halle Berry's Catwoman. And while the new DC Extended Universe has never had a box office bomb (quite the opposite in fact), DC's shared film universe was in desperate need of something resembling critical acclaim.  Comics fans and film critics derided Man of Steel for director Zack Snyder's disturbing fetish for destruction porn and for having Superman snap General Zod's neck, then turned the internet hate machine up to eleven with Suicide Squad and Snyder's follow-up, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. That film was a bleak and depressing nightmare for DC Comics fans, darkened with drab, grey and brown filters, and riddled with unnecessary angst simply to make Batman and Superman fight.  The single bright ray of hope in the darkness?  You guessed it, the introduction of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, which leads us to her solo movie.

We open in modern-day Paris, with Diana still working in the Louvre's antiquities department as we saw in Batman v Superman.  She receives the familiar photographic plate from her time in World War I from Bruce Wayne, which triggers a long origin flashback.  Diehard Wonder Woman fans are immediately rewarded with the breathtaking sight of Themyscira, the island of paradise that's home to the Amazons and was created by the Greek gods to protect humanity against Ares, the god of war.  (Two guesses who the film's Big Bad is and the first one doesn't count.)

We're introduced to young Diana, all of eight years old and played as all kinds of precocious by Lilly Aspel.  Diana, it seems, wants to train as an Amazon, but her helicopter parent mom, Queen Hippolyta, forbids it.  Fortunately for Diana (and us), her aunt Antiope helps her disobey and train in secret.  Of course, the two are soon found out, but Hippolyta shrugs and finally gives in, because there's just no way against a kid fixated on a sword called The Godkiller.  As Diana reaches the age where Gal Gadot can finally step back into the role, she discovers that crossing her gauntlets in battle creates a finishing-move shockwave, hinting that there's more to her genesis than simply being formed from clay by her mom.

To the surprise of no one, paradise is quickly ruined by the arrival of man, or specifically, a pilot named Steve Trevor.  Steve's plane crashes just off the coast, which forces Diana to execute a perfect cliff dive so she can rescue him.  After Steve is brought ashore, Themyscira is soon invaded by German soldiers (Not Nazis, this is just World War I, remember) who were chasing Steve.  Attacking an island filled with warriors...Great plan, Germans.  So yes, we get a solid action sequence where the better-armed Germans start fighting the better-at-everything-else Amazons and quickly get their Deutschland asses handed to them. Unfortunately though, Antiope becomes the film's Uncle Ben and is killed off while protecting Diana.  

With great magic lassos come great responsibility, so Steve is interrogated using the Lasso of Truth.  It turns out Steve is a spy for the Allies, and he gives Diana and the Amazons the 411 that outside their perfect paradise, "The War to End All Wars" is going on and innocent people are dying.  A notebook stolen from German scientist Doctor Poison reveals the Doc has been researching a deadlier form of mustard gas for an ambitious general named Ludendorff.  Having been brought up hearing that Ares is the worst thing ever all her life, Diana naturally assumes it's all his fault and she leaves Themyscira with Steve to take Ares out, ending the war. 

Off to London we go, where Gadot and Chris Pine show some terrific on-screen chemistry together.  Diana is introduced to Steve's comic-relief secretary Etta Candy, constrictive frilly dresses, and the joy of vanilla ice cream, giving the movie some welcome humor.  One particular highlight is a great homage to Richard Donner's Superman, where the gender roles are reversed as Diana protects Steve from an assassin's bullet in an alleyway.  We're also introduced to a character named Sir Patrick Morgan, a bushy-mustached bureaucrat who serves as one of Steve's superiors and helps Diana and Steve infiltrate the Western Front in Belgium. Once there, Steve recruits some help from local mercenaries Sameer, Charlie and Chief, and Diana ends up witnessing the horrific toll on war refugees.

War, and its tragic price, becomes the film's central theme in a way that Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger never captured.  Raised in a peaceful society, Diana is outraged by the Allied bureaucrats' inability to end the war, and she hits her breaking point upon finding a "No Man's Land" battlefield stalemate where neither side has been able to gain any ground for months.  A powerful sequence follows, where Diana, garbed in her battle gear of primary colors, plows her way across the battlefield toward enemy lines and ends this particular conflict once and for all.  

The film heads into the Third Act with the "What a twist!" revelation that Ares wasn't posing as General Ludendorff, he was posing as the benign Sir Patrick all along.  Ares pins the blame for the carnage squarely on human nature, saying that humanity is corrupt and all he did was point them in the right direction.  Steve proves him wrong, though, by hijacking the bomber carrying Doctor Poison's deadly gas and taking himself off the board to save others. Inspired by the selfless act, Diana recreates the shockwave from early in the movie and toasts Ares, which ends World War I as promised.  We then jump back to the present, where Diana thanks Bruce for the photographic plate and sets up her return in Justice League.

A solid film, with most of the cast being given at least one good moment to shine. Here are some of the things that stood out:

WONDER WOMAN/DIANA PRINCE -- Gal Gadot was pretty much the best thing in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and it's no surprise she's the best thing in her own movie. Her Diana is everything a Wonder Woman fan could want -- formidable, charming, adventurous, and loving.  She also has a bit of a humorous streak at times, which makes her far more relatable than in her Batman v Superman debut.  I'm guessing a lot of people are suddenly calling themselves Wonder Woman fans who weren't before, and most of the credit rightfully goes to Gadot.

STEVE TREVOR -- As Diana's love interest, Chris Pine brings some of his time as James T. Kirk into the role of Steve.  He's cocky and a little headstrong, but never arrogant or chauvinistic and complements Gadot's Wonder Woman perfectly.  Instead of Steve being the dude in distress for Diana to constantly rescue, he and Diana are a partnership, with each watching out for the other.  I was surprised to see him killed off, but it needed done to move Diana along to a contemporary setting, just like Steve Rogers being separated from Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger.

ARES/SIR PATRICK MORGAN -- If there's one misfire in this movie, I think it had to be David Thewlis as Ares.  Ares, at least the way I see him, needs to be intimidating and Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter films is a long way away from that.  In an attempt to address this, Thewlis is covered up in CGI-enhanced armor for the climactic showdown sequence, but the decision to leave his bushy Sir Patrick mustache during close-ups is a head shaker.  

DOCTOR POISON/DR. ISABEL MARU -- One character I wanted to see more of was Elena Anaya as Doctor Poison.  With her face covering giving off a serious Phantom of the Opera vibe, Doctor Poison was enigmatic and surprisingly vulnerable when Steve attempted to work some information out of her.  Hopefully, Doctor Poison invents a formula that preserves her for a rematch with Wonder Woman in the 21st century.

QUEEN HIPPOLYTA -- Connie Nielsen was an interesting choice for Hippolyta, especially after Nicole Kidman dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.  Hippolyta was understandably frustrating early on to give Young Diana an obstacle to overcome, but I couldn't help feeling disappointed when her cynical parting words to Diana were "They don't deserve you."  Kevin Costner's Jonathan Kent, anyone?

GENERAL ANTIOPE -- Continuing a strange career path, Robin Wright has gone from Princess Buttercup to Claire Underwood to general of the Amazon army.  She really seems to relish the chance to have a heavy physical role, and you can pretty much feel her smiling to herself as she does so.  Ultimately though, as a mentor to a superhero, Antiope has to give her life to provide motivation, but it was fun watching her while it lasted.

ETTA CANDY -- Another character that would've benefited from more screen time, Lucy Davis' Etta Candy is a great foil for Diana as she adjusts to life outside Themyscira.  Davis first hit my radar when she played Dianne in Shaun of the Dead, so I knew she had the comedic skills to pull off Etta.  Part of me though, would've liked at least one use of Etta's Golden Age catchphrase "Woo-Woo!" to come out at a really inappropriate moment.

GENERAL ERICH LUDENDORFF -- As fans of American Horror Story know, Danny Huston was a great pick to throw everyone off about who Ares was disguising himself.  Huston can turn on a very sinister vibe when he wants to, and the scenes of Ludendorff juicing up with roid rage played into the deception well.  Given the choice though, Huston would've been a much more effective Ares than Thewlis, IMHO.

SAMEER -- Saïd Taghmaoui deserves a shoutout as the lead mercenary that helps Steve and Diana in Belgium.  His Sameer is an admitted showman, turning on the charm as needed, and brings much-needed life to the dark war-torn surroundings.  He's also the only one of the mercenaries that actually feels like more than just a one-note character.

All in all, Wonder Woman is the Wonder Woman movie we've wanted for far too long.  What makes this film special isn't that it features a female superhero, because we've had those, it's that it's a good movie featuring a female superhero that's about something.  And yes, it's worth noting that this is the first DC Extended Universe film that manages to stick the Third Act landing, so I guess fourth time's the charm.  I'm not yet convinced that Justice League will do the same, but if nothing else, at least I'm looking forward to seeing Wonder Woman in action again.

And for those who may be wondering, here's the updated list of my Top 20 Comic Book Films:

1. Superman (1978)
2. The Dark Knight (2008)
3. The Avengers (2012)

4. Batman Begins (2005)

5. Logan (2017)

6. Captain America: Civil War (2016)

7. Man of Steel (2013)

8. Doctor Strange (2016)

9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

10. Wonder Woman (2017)

11. Spider-Man 2 (2004)

12. Spider-Man (2002)

13. Iron Man (2008)

14. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
15. Watchmen (2009)
16. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

17. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

18. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

19. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

20. X-Men: First Class (2011)

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 084: "The Pyramid at the End of the World" is Up!

"We know you."
"Then you’ll know there is a line in the sand, and I’m the man on the other side of it.  You wanna keep me that way."
-- A Monk and the Twelfth Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Pyramid at the End of the World"

That's right, my partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  In this episode, Jesse and I review "The Pyramid at the End of the World", the seventh episode from Series Ten, starring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, Pearl Mackie as Bill Potts, and Matt Lucas as Nardole!

This time, Jesse and I discuss things like more fun with Skype (shakes fist), the graphic novels Justice League: The Nail and Watchmen, the latest almost-companion Erica, the Doctor's arrogance and/or denial over being blind, Bill's thoughts about Donald Trump, the return to the fictional country Turmezistan, the Monks wanting Earth to surrender itself willingly, keeping Jesse entertained with musical discussion topic titles, Bill and Penny's date interruptions, Bill's really bad deal with the Monks, enjoying the Doctor when his back is against the wall, my Reverse the Polarity segment, why the TARDIS didn't translate Italian in "Extremis", some feedback from Holly from Wisconsin, and more!

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THE FANDOM ZONE 105: "Finish Line" is Up!

"When I think of H.R., I'm reminded of a story that John Lennon once told.  When Lennon was five years old, his teacher asked him to write down what he wanted to be when he grew up.  Lennon wrote 'Happy'.  His teacher said that he didn't understand the assignment, and Lennon said that they didn't understand life.  H.R. understood life.  He wasn't a genius, and he didn't have super speed, but when we needed him most, he was our hero.  He was my hero."

– Iris West, The Flash: "Finish Line"

You guessed it, Karen and I are back with another HUGE new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  So huge, in fact, we're splitting it up into two parts!

This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Supergirl 2x22: "Nevertheless, She Persisted"  (Season Finale)

Gotham 3x19: "All Will Be Judged"

Lucifer 2x17: "Sympathy for the Goddess"

The Flash 3x23: "Finish Line"  (Season Finale)

iZombie 3x08: "Eat a Knievel"

Arrow 5x23: "Lian Yu"   (Season Finale)

Iron Fist 1x09: "The Mistress of All Agonies"

This week, Karen and I talk about things like my new John Constantine action figure, Cat Grant finally admitting she knows Kara is Supergirl, the big Superman vs. Supergirl fight, wondering if Mongul will appear, teasing Reign, Mon-El's cliffhanger wormhole, Cat Grant never seeing Star Wars, the Penguin and the Riddler making a good buddy comedy, more of the pronunciation of shaman, the importance of Martha Wayne's pearls, Lee Thompkins' horrible plan to inject herself with the Tetch Virus, the big Mazikeen vs. Lucifer fight, Dr. Linda finally telling Lucifer want she really thinks about him, Barry volunteering to enter the Speed Force, wondering if Wally will become The Flash, H.R. impersonating Iris, wondering if Tracy and Harrison will hook up, Savitar's big timeline fail, Emo Barry's plan to splinter himself across time, the current Wonder Woman comic series by Greg Rucka, '70s daredevil stuntman Evel Knievel, Liv and Justin's fun with lawn darts, Blaine getting his groove back, Liv posing as a living human and Ravi posing as an American, hoping we've seen the last of the Arrow flashbacks, retconning Oliver's Season 1 trauma after being marooned on Lian Yu, the return of Manu Bennett as Deathstroke, nobody caring about Artemis, Bane vs. Thea, the awkwardness of Thea stepping on a landmine, the last of John Barrowman as Malcolm Merlyn, Prometheus planning for every contingency, the cliffhanger island explosion, more Bane vs. Thea, Harold Meachum returning from the dead as Frankenstein, the joy of hot dogs, death by ice cream scooper, Harold manipulating Ward by threatening Joy, Ward's no-win scenario in the psychiatric hospital, Bakuto teaching Iron Fist to be Iron Fist, Davos' tin foil throwing stars, the elegance of vanilla, new feedback from Justina, Wally West Flash comics, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Karen and I review the season finale of Lucifer, Episode 10 of Iron Fist, and new episodes of Gotham and iZombie, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

SUPERGIRL Casts Odette Annable as Reign

At last, Supergirl is facing off against one of her own villains instead of raiding Superman's gallery of rogues.

The Hollywood Reporter has word that the CW series Supergirl has cast Odette Annable in the series regular role of DC Comics supervillain Reign.

Reign was teased at the end of the Season 2 finale, "Nevertheless, She Persisted".  In a flashback from 35 years ago, around the same time Kara Zor-El escaped Krypton, another group of Kryptonians, this one cloaked and hooded, prepared an escape pod for a newborn baby.  As they bless the baby with blood, calling the baby "It", an unnamed person told the others that the baby was destined to reign as Earth's future ruler before the pod left the doomed planet.

Annable, 32, is probably best known as Nola Longshadow on the Cinemax series Banshee and as Dr. Jessica Adams on the Fox series House.  Her film appearances include Cloverfield, Transformers and Kindergarten Cop, while her other TV appearances include episodes of the US version of Life on Mars, Pure Genius, The Astronaut Wives Club, Two and a Half Men, Rush, Anger Management, Breaking In, Brothers & Sisters, Monk, and October Road.

"Greg [Berlanti] and I have wanted to work with Odette for years," said executive producer Andrew Kreisberg said in a statement.  "We are beyond excited to have her join our cast in the scary, powerful and heartbreaking role of Reign."

Created in 2012 by Michael Green, Mike Johnson and Mahmud Asrar, Reign first appeared in Supergirl (vol.6) #5 as a Worldkiller, a biological weapon created on Krypton but eventually outlawed by the Kryptonian Science Council. Reign and other four Worldkillers were created by Supergirl's father Zor-El, who later came to regret the creation of the bloodthirsty, super-powerful monsters. Reign and her partners survived Krypton, but her origin remained a mystery even to her.  All she knew about herself was her name and her being Worldkiller, and that Krypton and Earth held the answers to her origin. 

Reign attempted to get to Krypton, but found out that it was dead.  She found Supergirl, however, and followed her back to the remains of Argo City, hoping to find anything about her origin.  Reign faced and beat Supergirl down, but Kara Zor-El couldn't provide any answers, so Reign left Supergirl for dead and headed back to Earth to conquer the planet. 

Her rampage through New York City was stopped by Supergirl's return to Earth.  Reign thought Supergirl would join her, but the young Kryptonian refused.  Reign and three of her Worldkillers partners fought an exhausted Supergirl, but the young hero managed to hurt one of them.  Unwilling to risk losing one of her soldiers, Reign chose to retreat and leave Earth, vowing to fight Supergirl again and warning that she and her three partners aren't the only Worldkillers.

Supergirl returns to The CW for Season 3 this fall.