NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 143: "The Fires of Pompeii" is Up!


"Some things are fixed, some things are in flux.  Pompeii is fixed."
"How do you know which is which?"
"Because that’s how I see the universe.  Every waking second I can see what is, what was, what could be, what must not.  That’s the burden of the Time Lord, Donna, and I’m the only one left."
-- The Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble, Doctor Who: "The Fires of Pompeii"

Hello again, Whovians!  OG partner in time Jesse Jackson returns to Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast to help me discuss "The Fires of Pompeii", the second episode from Doctor Who Series Four in 2008, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Catherine Tate as Donna Noble, Peter Capaldi as Lobus Caecilius, and Phil Davis as Lucius Petrus Dextrus! 

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse thowing me off my rhythm, the Doctor using the phrase "fixed points in time", Peter Capaldi and Karen Gillan appearing on Doctor Who before they became the Twelfth Doctor and Amy Pond, that awkward moment when you think you're arriving in Rome only to end up in Pompeii on Volcano Day, more of Jesse's growing appreciation of Donna, Donna being a check on the Tenth Doctor's godlike arrogance, how Donna views the Tenth Doctor compared to how Rose views him, the symbiotic relationship between the Doctor and his/her companions, the Doctor's "come with me if you want to live" moment, the Sybilline Sisterhood's powers of prophecy, the origin of the handshake, the HBO series Rome, wondering why the Pyroviles had centurion helmets, the Pyroviles' big plan to turn everyone in Pompeii into Pyroviles, the Doctor being revealed as the one responsible for Mount Vesuvius' eruption, the explanation of why the Twelfth Doctor looks like Lobus Caecilius, Invisible Kid from the Legion of Super-Heroes, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, Jesse donating his Set Lusting Bruce episodes to the Bruce Springsteen Archives, and more!

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Be sure to come back later this week as special guest companion DJ Nik from the Whiskey & Cigarettes Show makes his Next Stop Everywhere debut to help me discuss "The Enemy of the World", the fourth serial from Doctor Who Season Five in 1967-68, starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor and Ramon Salamander, Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon, and Deborah Watling as Victoria Waterfield!  Look for more of Next Stop Everywhere on iTunes, Google Play Music, YouTube, Libsyn, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

THE FANDOM ZONE 153: "Krypton Season One Review" is Up!


"Kal-El, my future grandson.  This is the story of the House of El.  Our ending has yet to be written, but this is how it began.  Ours is a story of sacrifice and triumph, how the House of El led a revolution against tyranny.  The story of your family isn't how we died, but how we lived."
-- Seg-El, Krypton: "Pilot" 

Hello again, everyone!  After far too long, The Fandom Zone Podcast is finally back!  In this brand-new episode, I'm joined by new co-host Jesse Jackson to discuss the characters and first season of the Syfy series Krypton, based on the mythos of DC Comics’ Superman!

In this episode, Jesse and I talk about things like welcoming Jesse to the Fandom Zone, Jesse and I moving over from TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast, an update on previous (and hopefully future) co-host Karen Lindsay, both of us being big fans of Superman, Seg-El being based on Sieg-El from DC Comics and named after Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel, Krypton's Brainiac being influenced by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank's take on Brainiac from the comics, Krypton making a series about a doomed planet actually matter, Cameron Cuffe being a comics geek, Jesse holding off on Deadwood so we could discuss Krypton Season One, Adam Strange needing his helmet and jet pack, Jayna-Zod killing Seg-El's parents, Seg-El being raised as someone in touch with the common people as opposed to an elite scientist, the Marty McFly family photo-like Superman cape, Adam Strange's Doctor Strange joke, Brainiac's collection of Kandor causing Krypton's destruction, Daron-Vex being a total weasel, DC Comics' new 3-page Krypton comic story, the cancellation of Swamp Thing, our upcoming reviews of each Krypton Season 2 episode, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse and I review "Light-Years from Home", the Season 2 premiere of the Syfy series Krypton, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

Posted on June 11, 2019 .

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 142: "The Brain of Morbius" is Up!


"You thought I was dead, didn't you?"
"Mmm!"
"You're always making that mistake."
-- The Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith, Doctor Who: "The Brain of Morbius"

Hello again, Whovians!  Special guest companion John Takacs returns to Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast to help me discuss "The Brain of Morbius", the fifth serial from Doctor Who Season 13 in 1976, featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, Philip Madoc as Dr. Mehendri Solon, and the introduction of the Sisterhood of Karn!

In this episode, John and I discuss things like John's fondness for Season 13, Doctor Who fandom in Ohio, Robert Holmes rewriting Terrance Dicks as "Robin Bland", how great Vincent Price would've been on Doctor Who, nods to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the Doctor's sheer contempt for the authority of the Time Lords, Sarah Jane being smarter than the Doctor after Solon gives them both drugged wine, the Doctor killing Solon with cyanogen, the mindbending battle between the Doctor and Morbius, explaining those mysterious faces hinted as previous incarnations of the Doctor before the First Doctor, the various "Brain of Morbius" home video releases, wondering why Solon only took Condo's left arm, Condo being too dumb to die, blind Sarah Jane being an homage to the blind girl in Frankenstein, wondering how the brain of Morbius hooked up with Dr. Solon, John's first reaction to Morbius' fishbowl-head creature form, the notorious Mary Whitehouse, the Sisterhood of Karn falling out with the Time Lords, Maren releasing the Sisterhood needed to change, Tom Baker almost being set on fire, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly from Wisconsin, David K. Proctor and Paul from Australia check in with updates, John showing off his Seal of Rassilon ink, the Judoon returning for Series 12, and more!

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Be sure to come back later this week as OG partner in time Jesse Jackson returns to help me discuss "The Fires of Pompeii", the second episode from Doctor Who Series Four in 2008, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Catherine Tate as Donna Noble, Peter Capaldi as Lobus Caecilius, and Phil Davis as Lucius Petrus Dextrus!  Look for more of Next Stop Everywhere on iTunes, Google Play Music, YouTube, Libsyn, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

Robert Pattinson Officially Confirmed as THE BATMAN


It's the Michael Keaton casting all over again.

Variety is one of a number of news outlets reporting that Warner Bros. has officially selected Robert Pattinson as the new Batman/Bruce Wayne in Matt Reeves' upcoming DC Extended Universe film The Batman, based on the classic DC Comics superhero.

Deadline also confirmed the news, reporting that "Pattinson had been considered a frontrunner because the filmmaker liked him, but the studio was torn between him and Nicholas Hoult, and wanted both of the actors on tape because this is such a big decision on a cornerstone Warner Bros.' DC franchise.  Those meetings happened yesterday."

They added that Warner Bros. still needs to "work out a deal that will clearly include options on at least two more films, but this is considered a formality in a drawn out process."

Reeves assumed the role of director on The Batman from Ben Affleck in January 2017, and will produce the film with his Planet of the Apes collaborator Dylan Clark.

Pattinson, 33, is an English actor best known as Edward Cullen in the Twilight film series and as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.  His other films include Water for Elephants, Remember Me, Cosmopolis, The Lost City of Z, Damsel, and High Life.  He's also slated to appear in Christopher Nolan's upcoming film Tenet.

Pattinson will be the ninth actor to portray Batman/Bruce Wayne in film, after Lewis Wilson in the 1943 Batman movie serial, Robert Lowery in the 1949 Batman and Robin movie serial, Adam West in Batman (1966), Michael Keaton in Batman (1989) and Batman Returns, Val Kilmer in Batman Forever, George Clooney in Batman & Robin, Christian Bale in Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, and Ben Affleck in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad and Justice League.

The Batman is currently scheduled to arrive in theaters on June 25, 2021.

Posted on May 31, 2019 .

GHOSTWOOD 055: "The Endgame of Windom Earle" is Up!


"What are we doing here?"
"You and I have an appointment at the end of the world."
-- Annie Blackburn and Windom Earle, Twin Peaks: "Beyond Life and Death"

It is happening again...My co-host with the most Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we discuss the final episodes of the Windom Earle saga, including our commentary for "Beyond Life and Death", the original Twin Peaks series finale, featuring Kenneth Welsh as Windom Earle, Kyle MacLachlan as Dale Cooper, Heather Graham as Annie Blackburn, and Don S. Davis as Major Garland Briggs!

LET'S ROCK!

In our latest episode, Xan and I discuss things like Windom Earle being way over his head in the Black Lodge, the passing of Peggy Lipton, hoping that Big Ed and Norma aren't included in Twin Peaks Season 4 if it ever happens, Heidi's real life cancer battle, Windom Earle creeping on Donna at her home, Xan's dead-on impression of Shelly Johnson acting like an airhead beauty contestant, Cooper's first meeting with Annie, Kahn in King of the Hill, Windom Earle taking haloperidol to fake a mental illness, Windom Earle creeping on Audrey in the library, Xan's Log Lady symbol, Ted Raimi as Rusty Tomasky, Cooper taking Annie out on a nature study, Leo's only remotely decent thing, the "dart in your neck" line from Sealab 2021, Cooper and Annie's music during sex, Game of Thrones being the perfect metaphor for life, Windom Earle trying to kill Leo with tarantulas, Windom Earle figuring out fear is the key to the Black Lodge, Andy being like Inspector Clouseau from the Pink Panther movies, Windom Earle's Log Lady cosplay, Annie being announced as Miss Twin Peaks, Xan getting the spiffy new vinyl edition of the Twin Peaks Season 2 soundtrack, the Breaking Bad series finale, the grand theft auto of Pete's pickup truck, Windom Earle's creepy flashlight, Nadine and Mike's head injuries, that awkward moment when Nadine regains her memory, Ben telling everyone that Donna is his daughter, Cooper's strobelight stare, Jimmy Scott singing "Under the Sycamore" tree, Dell Mibbler in Twin Peaks Savings & Loan, Strong Bad techno, Sheryl Lee's incredible reversed screaming, that awkward moment when you're trying to take Dale Cooper's soul only to have BOB take yours instead, Cooper wasting toothpaste, the exact moment when Twin Peaks fans have their heart ripped out, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 056, as Xan and I review the new Criterion Collection blu-ray release of David Lynch's classic film Blue Velvet, starring Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, and Laura Dern!  Look for more of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast on iTunes, YouTube, Libsyn, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

TITANTALK 035: "Ezekiel Patrol" is Up!


"So, my timing might be shit here, but I, for one, am grateful a disembodied Chumbawamba has brought us all back together."
-- Cliff Steele, Doom Patrol: "Ezekiel Patrol"

Hello again, Titans and Doom Patrol fans!  My fellow TitanTalker Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast!  This time, we discuss "Ezekiel Patrol", the Season One finale of the DC Universe series Doom Patrol, featuring Alan Tudyk as Mr. Nobody, Curtis Armstrong as Ezekiel the Cockroach, Alimi Ballard as Joshua Clay, and the return of Admiral Whiskers!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse's son Chris walking around in just his boxer shorts, The Painting That Ate Paris from Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol run, comic book TV shows needing to reach a larger audience than just comic book fans, being able to magnify digital comics, the Chief experimenting on the Doom Patrol to research immortality, wondering exactly why Mr. Nobody wanted revenge on The Chief, the (sort of) introduction of Dorothy Spinner, Dorothy's powers of imagination, Joshua Clay in the Ant Farm, my calling General Immortus as the Big Bad of Doom Patrol Season 2, wondering if The Chief is bothered that the Doom Patrol knows he's responsible for their respective accidents, Silas laying into the Chief about compassion, Larry and Rita getting their own place, Jane shooting up in the Doom Bus while Cliff watches over her, wondering if Cliff has an on/off switch to let him sleep, Rita getting trolled by a high-schooler in her drama class, Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping" bringing the team back together, the Brotherhood of Dangerous Animals, Mr. Nobody getting pwned by the Chief's daughter, Admiral Whiskers big makeout scene with Ezekiel the Cockroach, the teeny-tiny Doom Patrol, Cliff's love of F-bombs, our favorite quotes of the episode, the Chief losing at Monopoly, new Tell It to TitanTalk feedback from Holly in Wisconsin, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week for Episode 036 as Jesse and I are joined by none other than DJ Nik for our big Doom Patrol Season One wrap-up special!  Look for more of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast on iTunes, Google Play Music, YouTube, Libsyn, and the official Southgate Media Group website!
Posted on May 29, 2019 .

TITANTALK 034: "Penultimate Patrol" is Up!


"We’ve all been working very hard on ourselves."
"Work?  You’ve sat around in a circle and whined like a C-team Breakfast Club.  Cliff stole a watch from an alligator.  Mr. Electricity here finally came out of the closet…at the tender age of 95.  Jane crawled as deep into herself as she could and almost committed mind suicide or some shit.  You call that work?  Please."
-- Rita Farr and Mr. Nobody, Doom Patrol: "Penultimate Patrol"

Hello again, Titans and Doom Patrol fans!  My fellow TitanTalker Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast!  This time, we discuss "Penultimate Patrol", the fourteenth episode of the DC Universe series Doom Patrol, featuring Devan Chandler Long as Flex Mentallo, Alan Tudyk as Mr. Nobody, Tommy Snider as The Beard Hunter, and the return of Danny the Street!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse's struggle with the word "penultimate", more of Arrow's Bruce Springsteen episode titles, more nods to the 1960s and Grant Morrison eras of Doom Patrol comics, Doom Patrol comics creators receiving Special Thanks from the TV series, Mr. Nobody carrying the Box of Shame and getting dumped by the Brotherhood of Evil and his girlfriend Millie, Brotherhood of Evil member Monsieur Mallah, Dr. Harrison psychoanalyzing Mr. Nobody, the Beard Hunter becoming a Dannyzen, Flex Mentallo accidentally giving the Doom Patrol and all the Dannyzens a collective orgasm, the White Space between comic book panels, how far Rita has come since the beginning of Season One, our big debate about whether Vic was justified being upset that Silas let him take all the blame for his mother's death, The Chief's horrible Groundhog Day experience reliving the Doom Patrol's death over and over, the Chief's big revelation that he was responsible for each of the Doom Patrol's accidents, our favorite quotes of the episode, some news about the upcoming Deathstroke animated series, new Tell It to TitanTalk feedback from Holly in Wisconsin, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week for Episode 035 as Jesse and I discuss "Ezekiel Patrol", the Season One finale of the DC Universe series Doom Patrol, featuring Alan Tudyk as Mr. Nobody, Curtis Armstrong as Ezekiel the Cockroach, Alimi Ballard as Joshua Clay, and the return of Admiral Whiskers!  Look for more of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast on iTunes, Google Play Music, YouTube, Libsyn, and the official Southgate Media Group website!
Posted on May 24, 2019 .

TITANTALK 033: "Flex Patrol" is Up!


"I look incredible.  Kind of like that hunk on that cereal box."
"If he’d been stabbed in the face repeatedly."
-- Flex Mentallo and Cliff Steele, Doom Patrol: "Flex Patrol"

Hello again, Titans and Doom Patrol fans!  My fellow TitanTalker Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast!  This time, we discuss "Flex Patrol", the thirteenth episode of the DC Universe series Doom Patrol, featuring Devan Chandler Long as Flex Mentallo, Haley Strode & Susan Williams as Dolores Watson, Ethan McDowell as Charles Forsythe, and Ed Asner as the Hospital Patient!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like no one blinking an eye at everyone's immortality, Ed Asner as Lou Grant and Granny Goodness, another update on Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man, more nods to Grant Morrison and Richard Case's Doom Patrol comic book run, Flex Mentallo's mysterious muscle powers, Cliff punching out another TV, Cliff's acting cameo on the soap opera Secret Hearts, Superman (1978) being my all-time favorite superhero movie, Flex rescuing a kitten from a tree, Flex's tragic reunion with Dolores, Jane using Cliff's talent for annoying people to get Flex to recover his memory, the Doom Patrol needing to get a DVR, Larry telling Flex there's no point in escaping the Ant Farm, Larry's 5-hour limit of surviving without the Negative Spirit, Rita finally telling the story of why babies upset her, Rita finally stepping up to the plate, Mr. Nobody rocking Doom Patrol merchandise, wondering why Mr. Nobody is trying to turn the Doom Patrol into better superheroes, my
 favorite quotes of the episode, Secret Hearts' Dr. Winslow marrying the Takumi-3000 Japanese sex robot, new Tell It to TitanTalk feedback from Holly in Wisconsin, the passing of Peggy Lipton, me wondering what Jesse wants to talk about after Doom Patrol ends, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week for Episode 034 as Jesse and I discuss "Penultimate Patrol", the fourteenth episode of the DC Universe series Doom Patrol, featuring Devan Chandler Long as Flex Mentallo, Alan Tudyk as Mr. Nobody, and the return of Danny the Street and Tommy Snider as The Beard Hunter!  Look for more of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast on iTunes, Google Play Music, YouTube, Libsyn, and the official Southgate Media Group website!
Posted on May 17, 2019 .

BATWOMAN First Look Trailer Introduces Alice, Jacob Kane & Luke Fox


Kate Kane isn't about to let a man take credit for a woman's work.

The CW has released a first look trailer for Batwoman, their upcoming series based on the DC Comics superhero, introducing Batwoman's arch-enemy Alice, Jacob Kane and Luke Fox.

Apparently set before last fall's "Elseworlds" crossover event, the two-minute, 55-second trailer opens in Gotham City at night, as we see a Crows Security vehicle and hear the voice of the security firm's commander, Jacob Kane (Dougray Scott).  "Crows represent order," he says to his team, "security, safety."

We then see Catherine Hamilton-Kane (Elizabeth Anweis), Kate's stepmother, delivering a speech at the Gotham Art Museum as the Bat Signal shines in the night sky.  "Batman gave up on us," she remarks as her daughter Mary Hamilton (Nicole Kang) records video on her phone.  "The Bat's not coming back."

We get a decent look at the Wayne Enterprises building, followed by Jacob, who is overseeing the event's security, speaking into his hand radio.  "Something's up.  Eyes everywhere," he tells his team.

On a rooftop, one Crows Security guard, Sophie Moore (Meagan Tandy), catches sight of a man in a white rabbit mask running away and follows after him.

The pilot episode's big bad supervillain, Alice (Rachel Skarsten), cleans an ornate dagger with her handkerchief then addresses the crowd.  "'Hello', said Alice.  Shall we believe the Crows will protect us?"

Sophie gets into a fight with the man in the white rabbit mask, as Jacob radios, "Agent Moore, do you copy?  Do you copy?"

Mary calls Kate Kane (Ruby Rose), telling her.  "Sophie's missing.  I thought you should know."

Kate rides a motorcycle into Gotham, reuniting with her father.  "We're gonna find her," he tells Kate.

"Then let me help," she replies.

"Bad idea."

Later, Kate somehow obtains some video footage of the kidnapping, with her father asking her, "What happened to staying out of it?"

In a separate scene, Kate looks at a picture of Sophie as she receives a Crows Security certificate of achievement from Jacob.

We flashback to Kate and Sophie in a military academy, where the two fall in love despite regulations.  "Is there something you'd like to report to your squad?" their commander asks.

Kate does some investigating on her own and gets attacked by the White Rabbit.  "You ran in without proper backup," her father tells her in a separate scene.

"I do not want her getting in the way," Alice tells one of her henchmen as a bound and gagged Sophie is unloaded from a van.

We see Kate's impressive fighting skills, until she gets captured and brought before Alice.  "Curiouser and curiouser," says Alice as she studies Kate, who is hanging by her jacket from a hook.

"What do you want?" asks Kate.

"I need you to send your father a message," Alice remarks as she takes out a cricket bat and smashes Kate upside her head with it.

In a different scene, Jacob tells Kate, "You're all I have left, Kate, and I don't want to lose you too."

Kate goes to Wayne Enterprises and busts into Bruce Wayne's office, which has been vacant for some time.  Luke Fox (Camrus Johnson), son of Lucius Fox, points a gun at her.  "Wayne Security," he says as she raises her hands.  "You owe my boss a new door."

"Your boss is my cousin," Kate tells him.

Kate finds a secret door by turning a display of Martha Wayne's pearl necklace.  "You...You don't want to go anywhere near that," Luke tells her as she heads towards an elevator.  "You are seriously not supposed to know what's down there."

"So I have this thing with rules," she replies, lowering herself down into the Batcave.  We see that the Batcave has come under considerable neglect as a colony of flying bats reveals the Batman costume.

"I need you to fix his suit," Kate tells Luke.

"The suit is literal perfection," he replies.

"It will be," Kate says with determination, "when it fits a woman."

We go to the rooftop of a building under construction, with Alice's henchmen being taking out one by one by ropes before Kate steps into view as Batwoman.  At this point, however, she doesn't have her long red wig or her traditional red-and-black uniform.  Alice throws a dagger at her.

Cutting back to the scene with Kate and Jacob, Jacob tells her, "You're a female Bruce Wayne."

Kate smiles at the thought.  "Awesome, hilarious, handsome."

We then see a glimpse of Batwoman alongside Sophie as she removes Sophie's gag and touches her finger to Sophie's lips.

Batwoman stands at the edge of the rooftop as a young girl tells out, "Look!  It's Batman!"

"They think I'm him," Kate tells Luke in the final scene.  "I'm not about to let a man take credit for a woman's work."

If you'd like to view the new trailer, you can check it out below thanks to the official CW Network account on YouTube...




Batwoman is expected to debut on The CW sometime in October 2019.

Posted on May 16, 2019 .

TITANTALK 032: "Cyborg Patrol" is Up!


"Vic wouldn’t want us involving his father.  He doesn’t trust him."
"I agree.  Silas is a grade-A douchenozzle.  Is it possible this will just work itself out?  Vic’s not like us, he’s fucking Cyborg!  A real superhero.  He can use his computer thingie, bust himself free, I don’t know…send a text to Batman!"
-- Rita Farr and Cliff Steele, Doom Patrol: "Cyborg Patrol"

Hello again, Titans and Doom Patrol fans!  My fellow TitanTalker Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast!  This time, we discuss "Cyborg Patrol", the twelfth episode of the DC Universe series Doom Patrol, introducing Devan Chandler Long as Flex Mentallo, and featuring Phil Morris as Silas Stone, Jon Briddell as Darren Jones, and Mac Wells as Dirk Ellis!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like the passing of Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew, wrestler Mick Foley, more nods to the Grant Morrison and Richard Case Doom Patrol comics, the Doom Patrol not knowing if they can trust Silas, Mr. Nobody manipulating Vic into murdering his father, Rita being the linchpin to Silas' plan, Cliff being considered for scrap by Lab Tech Lee, Jane calling out Dirk Ellis for ripping off the Reservoir Dogs torture scene, Tracey Ullman's obscure Top 40 hit "They Don't Know", wondering if Lab Tech Lee was killed by Cliff's body landing on top of her, the introduction of Flex Mentallo as 722, the irony of the Bureau of Normalcy being into really weird shit, the Operators and the Ant Farm, 
our favorite quotes of the episode, new Tell It to TitanTalk feedback from Holly in Wisconsin, Jesse looking forward to the upcoming movie Blinded by the Light, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week for Episode 033 as Jesse and I discuss "Flex Patrol", the thirteenth episode of the DC Universe series Doom Patrol, featuring Devan Chandler Long as Flex Mentallo!  Look for more of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast on iTunes, Google Play Music, YouTube, Libsyn, and the official Southgate Media Group website!
Posted on May 9, 2019 .

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 141: "The Girl Who Waited" is Up!


"I’m gonna pull time apart for you."
-- Older Amy Pond to Rory Williams, Doctor Who: "The Girl Who Waited"

Hello again, Whovians!  Special guest companion Lee Leonard returns to Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast to help me discuss "The Girl Who Waited", the tenth episode from Doctor Who Series Six in 2011, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams, and Imelda Staunton as the voice of Interface! 

In this episode, Lee and I discuss things like time travel geek porn, Rory's horrible dilemma of having to choose which version of his wife he wants to save, director Nick Hurran making a complicated story flow smoothly, Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, Rory waiting 2,000 years for Amy compared to Amy waited just 36 years, hearing Harry Potter villain Dolores Umbridge as Interface, Karen Gillan's Older Amy makeup prosthetics, Karen Gillan's lack of skill with a katana, Older Amy's resentment towards the Doctor, Older Amy getting the raw end of the deal not once but twice, Rory calling out the Doctor and question traveling with him, wondering what happened to the Blinovitch Limitation Effect, Lee's defense of Older Amy as the "real" Amy Pond, how Nebula could've changed the outcome of Avengers: Endgame, comparisons to the video game Portal, wondering who designed the Handbots to look so hostile and menacing, Tim Burton style sculpted hedges, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, some feedback from Holly from Wisconsin, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as special guest companion John Takacs returns to help me discuss "The Brain of Morbius", the fifth serial from Doctor Who Season 13 in 1976, featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, Philip Madoc as Dr. Solon, and the introduction of the Sisterhood of Karn!  Look for more of Next Stop Everywhere on iTunes, Google Play Music, YouTube, Libsyn, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

GHOSTWOOD 054: "The Opening Moves of Windom Earle" is Up!


"Breathtaking wasn’t she?  A truly beautiful woman, Caroline.  Funny, isn’t it?  After all this time, after all that happened in Pittsburgh, I still love her and I know that you do too.  Now, Dale, listen carefully...It’s your move."
-- Recording from Windom Earle to Dale Cooper, Twin Peaks: "Slaves and Masters"

It is happening again...My co-host with the most Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we discuss the backstory of the villainous Windom Earle and his early appearances in Twin Peaks Season 2, featuring Kenneth Welsh as Windom Earle, Kyle MacLachlan as Dale Cooper, Eric Da Re as Leo Johnson, and Jack Nance as Pete Martell!

LET'S ROCK!

In our latest episode, Xan and I discuss things like my Basement of Solitude, Charles being filled with seeeecrets, teenage creeping in Twin Peaks, Xan's David Lynch-themed birthday, Xan's cat coming back in style on her chevron rug, Xan sucking at adulting, Xan and I not being able to share a Stranger Things-like childhood, Xan adjusting to the Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast show agenda, coming so close to feeling bad for Leo Johnson, Luke Perry in the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie, Xan's issue with Pete Martell being described as a checkers player, the origins of Windom Earle's name, Windom Earle's backstory before meeting Dale Cooper, why Tammy Preston shouldn't hope for Twin Peaks Season 4, Windom Earle recruiting Cooper into the FBI, Cooper being more interested in the result than the process, Cooper and Caroline Earle having sweet lovin' down by the fire, Windom Earle pushing Cooper and Caroline together to fulfill his paranoid delusion, Windom Earle's obsession with finding the Black Lodge, "Institutionalized" by Suicidal Tendencies, Xan missing the story concept of characters leaving messages for other characters in newspaper classified ads, defunct Columbus free newspaper The Other Paper, the movie The Birds, Windom Earle's fondness for disguises, the horrible security at the Great Northern Hotel, bad things happening to anyone in Cooper's proximity, some Ghostwood Mail feedback from Matt C., getting Dana Ashbrook to autograph a deflated football, the passing of Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 055, as Xan and I finish our discussion of the Windom Earle saga, including our commentary for the original series finale, "Beyond Life and Death"!  Look for more of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast on iTunes, YouTube, Libsyn, and the official Southgate Media Group website!
Posted on May 8, 2019 .