TITANTALK 038: "Rose" is Up!

"Look, Rach, it doesn’t matter what you’re called, it matters what you do.  We’re training for whatever’s next.  There’s never a shortage of people out there who wanna screw things up for the rest of us.  You know what they say – 'All it takes for evil to succeed—'"
"'Is for good men and women to do nothing.'"
"That’s Titans.  Good men and women not doing nothing."
-- Dick Grayson and Rachel Roth, Titans: "Rose"

Hello again, Titans fans!  My fellow TitanTalker Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast!  This time, we discuss "Rose", the second episode from Season 2 of the DC Universe series Titans, featuring the introductions of Chelsea Zhang as Rose Wilson, Michael Mosley as Doctor Light, and Hanneke Talbot as Shimmer!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like the Doctor Who episode "Rose", Titans writer Richard Hatem, Jesse not remembering Shimmer from The New Teen Titans, wondering if we'll see the other three members of the Fearsome Five, my appreciation for Jesse's Set Lusting Bruce podcast, enjoying Dick and Bruce Wayne's relationship, hoping the writers have finally figured out Dick Grayson, Dick bringing home stray superheroes, Dick using Jason Todd's ego to get more out of him, Dick being a coffee addict, more of Rose as a substitute for Terra, how Rose lost her eye in the comics, Donna Troy and Starfire fighting crime in a van, Kory annoying the crap out of Donna with nonstop '70s music, Donna and Kory working together to take down Shimmer, Roy Harper existing in Titans continuity, Kory getting tazed by Faddei, Hank and Dawn on a horse ranch in Wyoming, Dove breaking up a bad meth lab, Hank's ultimatum for Dawn to quit being Dove, Doctor Light being more formidable than in the comics, Brad Meltzer turning Doctor Light into a serial rapist, Rachel falling asleep while studying Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Raven's physical changes in the comics to set up Trigon's return, our favorite quotes of the episode, a new Tell it to TitanTalk email from Steven Marshall, our being tempted to discuss the new Watchmen TV series on The Fandom Zone Podcast, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week for Episode 039 as Jesse and I discuss "Ghosts", the third episode from Season 2 of the DC Universe series Titans!  Look for more of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, YouTube, Libsyn, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

GHOSTWOOD 061: "...Brings Back Some Memories" is Up!

"WHAT ARE YOU GETTIN' AT, DENISE?"
"Well, I know your profile, Gordon.  Beautiful agent, barely thirty..."
"I'M OLD SCHOOL, DENISE.  YOU KNOW THAT.  BEFORE YOU WERE DENISE, WHEN YOU WERE DENNIS AND I WAS YOUR BOSS, WHEN I HAD YOU WORKING UNDERCOVER AT THE D.E.A., YOU WERE A CONFUSED AND WILD THING SOMETIMES.  I HAD ENOUGH DIRT ON YOU TO FILL THE GRAND CANYON, AND I NEVER USED A SPOONFUL BECAUSE YOU WERE AND ARE A GREAT AGENT.  AND WHEN YOU BECAME DENISE, I TOLD ALL YOUR COLLEAGUES, THOSE CLOWN COMICS, TO FIX THEIR HEARTS OR DIE."
-- Gordon Cole and Denise Bryson, Twin Peaks: "...Brings Back Some Memories"

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're back with our commentary track for "...Brings Back Some Memories", a.k.a. "The Return, Part 4", from the 2017 Showtime revival of Twin Peaks, featuring the return of David Duchovny as Denise Bryson, and the introductions of Naomi Watts as Janey-E Jones, Robert Forster as Sheriff Frank Truman, and Michael Cera as the infamous Wally Brando!

LET'S ROCK!

In our latest episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan's atrial fibrillation, Ray Wise and Sheryl Lee attending the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival, Xan not being able to meet P.J. Soles, Twin Peaks producer Sabrina S. Sutherland's cameo, Russ Tamblyn's selfie with Steven Spielberg on the set of the West Side Story remake, Xan being all about the slot machine quarters, Ethan Suplee as Willam in Mallrats, David Dastmalchian in Mulholland Dr., Dougie/Cooper getting a sack of money, Dougie's house needing a chevron driveway to go with the red door, nobody thinking Dougie needs to go to a hospital, Janey-E not wondering how Dougie lost a bunch of weight in three days, turning on your wife by bringing home a sackful of money, Richard Chamberlain in The Thorn Birds, Gordon sticking up for Denise at the FBI, Denise Bryson being a pioneering trans character on TV, Lucy obsessing over the thermostat but not being able to grasp cell phones, the growth of the Twin Peaks Sheriff's Department, Bobby Briggs leaving "killed a guy" off his police application, Andy and Lucy being the most successful romance on Twin Peaks, nobody wanting Chad around, Bobby's reaction to seeing Laura Palmer's photograph, Bobby having depth to his character, wanting to see Wally Brando as Jor-El in the 1978 Superman movie, Xan being more patient with "The Return" the second time around, Dougie/Cooper relearning how to urinate, Lynch giving Cooper fans a glimmer of hope with Dougie, my insistence that bacon always accompany pancakes, Cooper turning into the Old Waiter, hoping that Albert and Constance stayed together, Gordon apologizing in advance for Albert, Gordon interrogating Mr. C, blue filters for a Blue Rose scene, David Lynch as an actor, Au Revoir Simone being a bit of a letdown, Dune and Simpsons Halloween Special Funko figures, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 062, as Xan and I provide our commentary on "Case Files", the fifth episode of Showtime's third season of Twin Peaks from 2017!  Look for more of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Libsyn, Stitcher, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

Hailee Steinfeld in Talks for HAWKEYE's Kate Bishop

Kate Bishop.  She's pretty much an Avenger.

Variety is reporting that Hailee Steinfeld has been offered the role of Kate Bishop in the upcoming Disney+ TV series Hawkeye, based on the Marvel Comics character.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe series will star Jeremy Renner, reprising his role of Hawkeye/Clint Barton from the Avengers films, and is expected to be six to eight episodes, debuting sometime in Fall 2021.  Hawkeye is reportedly set after the events of Avengers: Endgame, hinting that Clint Barton may pass on the mantle of Hawkeye to Kate Bishop.

Steinfeld, 22, is an actress and singer best known as Mattie Ross in the 2010 film version of True Grit, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and also as Charlie Watson in the Transformers spinoff movie Bumblebee.  She recently voiced the Gwen Stacy Spider-Woman for the animated movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and has appeared in the films Pitch Perfect 2 and 3, Ender's Game, Barely Lethal, Ten Thousand Saints, and 3 Days to Kill.  

Created in 2005 by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung, Kate Bishop first appeared in Young Avengers (vol.1) #1 as the youngest daughter of a rich Manhattan family.  Although her father Derek was an emotionally distant publishing magnate, Kate admired him, and tried to gain his attention and approval during her summer breaks from boarding school.  Her mother Eleanor was estranged from her father, and frequently absent on vacations until she died while on trip in Boulder, Colorado when Kate was still young.

When she was still little, Kate secretly witnessed her father beating up another person late at night in his study.  She quickly became disillusioned with Derek, and decided to further investigate his activities.  Following him to a meeting with the supervillain El Matador, Kate was caught after Derek had left the location.  El Matador held her for ransom, but Kate managed to attempt an escape.  When one of Matador's men was about to catch her, an arrow flew past him, distracting him and saving Kate.  The Avengers had arrived to the scene, after the archer Hawkeye had kept an eye on El Matador for some time, and they defeated the villains.  Kate was impressed by the Avengers, but especially Hawkeye, for being a regular human with no powers but only skill. With the recent disillusion from her father, Kate made Hawkeye her new role model.

At some point prior to her sister Susan's wedding, Kate was sexually assaulted while walking in Central Park.  The event initially left Kate traumatized and even more isolated. However, the ordeal eventually motivated her to learn several forms of combat fighting and self-defense.  She quickly became proficient in swordplay, archery, and martial arts.

Kate first encountered the Young Avengers when they attempted to save her and two hundred other guests at her sister's wedding in St. Patrick's Cathedral.  Unfortunately, the Young Avengers were only successful in starting a fire and became hostages themselves.  It was Kate who saved them, using one of Patriot's throwing stars.  The Young Avengers were able, however, to escape the scene before the police arrived.  After the attack, at the hospital, Kate was approached by Cassie Lang, daughter of the Avengers' Ant-Man. Together, the girls tracked down the Young Avengers to the ruins of the Avengers Mansion, where the girls confronted the team and invited themselves on as members.

Along with the rest of her team, Kate sided with Captain America and the Secret Avengers against the Superhuman Registration Act, which led to the Superhero Civil War.  Afterward, Kate unwittingly berated a resurrected Clint Barton for donning the Captain America uniform and bearing the Captain America's Shield.  She stated that she took on the codename "Hawkeye" to honor the original Hawkeye, and not to mimic him nor disgrace his memory.  It was her words that convinced Clint to condemn Iron Man for his behavior, and go his own path.

After the Young Avengers disbanded, Kate was recruited as a partner of Clint, in his street-level crime-fighting in Brooklyn.  The two maintained a close friendship, even after Kate decided to go solo and set up her own detective agency, Hawkeye Investigations, in Los Angeles.

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 153: "The Time Meddler" is Up!

"What do you think of that, now, eh?  A Viking helmet!"
"Maybe."
"What do you mean, 'Maybe'?!  What do you think it is, a space helmet for a cow?"
-- The First Doctor and Steven Taylor, Doctor Who: "The Time Meddler"

Hello again, everyone!  Special guest companion DJ Nik returns to Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast to help me discuss "The Time Meddler", the ninth serial from Doctor Who Season 2 in 1965, starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, Maureen O'Brien as Vicki, Peter Purves as Steven Taylor, and introducing Peter Butterworth as The Monk!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I discuss things like DJ Nik bringing a cosmopolitan feel to the podcast, the Monk being a prototype Master, the first time we meet someone from the Doctor and Susan's home planet of Gallifrey, the Doctor and the Monk's clash of time travel ethics, Steven and Vicki replacing Ian and Barbara, my rocking the official Whiskey & Cigarettes Show t-shirt, the recovery of all four episodes of "The Time Meddler", the missing 12 seconds, Hartnell and Troughton era cast members taking a week off for vacation, Saxon wife Edith greeting everyone with tons of food and supplies, Edith being the brains of the Saxons, Doctor Who co-creator Verity Lambert's last story, the Doctor as Ulysses and being a new kind of hero that fights with his brain, the Doctor being welcoming to Steven compared to his distrust of Ian and Barbara, Steven's initial skepticism of being in a time machine, Steven's stuffed panda mascot HiFi, the Monk's plan to shore up King Harold so he doesn't lose the Battle of Hastings, the Monk's really elaborate checklist scroll, #MonkLife selfies with historical figures, The Monk being the Mr. Mxyzptlk to The Master's Lex Luthor, the Monk making a huge English breakfast for the Doctor, the Monk's Mark 4 TARDIS vs. the Doctor's Type 40 TARDIS, the Doctor's decision to maroon the Monk in 1066, our favorite quotes of the story, my Reverse the Reverse the Polarity segment, new listener feedback from Holly Mac, my finally getting to discuss a Peter Davison story, our tribute to the late, great Terrance Dicks, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as special guest companion John Takacs returns to Next Stop Everywhere to help me discuss "Warriors of the Deep", the first serial from Doctor Who Season 21 in 1984, featuring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka, Mark Strickson as Vislor Turlough, and the return of the Silurians and the Sea Devils!

TITANTALK 037: "Trigon" is Up!

"What the fuck is that?  And why is it wearing Dick’s costume?"
-- Donna Troy, Titans: "Trigon"

Hello again, Titans fans!  My fellow TitanTalker Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast!  This time, we reopen Titans Tower to discuss "Trigon", the first episode from Season 2 of the DC Universe series Titans, featuring Seamus Dever as Trigon, and introducing Iain Glen as Bruce Wayne and Esai Morales as Deathstroke!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse and I spending our summer talking Krypton and The Boys on The Fandom Zone Podcast, "Trigon" originally being the Season 1 finale, the need to do Season 1 housekeeping in Season 2, Ser Friendzone as an older Bruce Wayne, Esai Morales making a good-looking Slade Wilson, Wintergreen being Deathstroke's Alfred, the nod to the Dark Titans from the New Teen Titans comics, Dick Grayson's nod to The Shining, Hank shooting Dawn up with heroin, Kory giving in to killing Rachel, Donna reliving the apartment fire that killed her father, Donna throwing an arsonist out of a high-story window, my new Sting Funko figure, Raven finally getting her forehead jewel, Gar finally changing into something besides a tiger, Dick and Rachel's affection for one another, Trigon killing birds and grass just by walking around, the Titans going their separate ways, Deathstroke seeing Jason Todd announce that the Titans are back, finally getting a Deathstroke with greyish-white hair, Dick and Bruce having their most adult conversation ever in any medium, Jason getting demoted to the Titans, Hank and Jason butting heads because they're so alike, Dick reopening Titans Tower in San Francisco, the slight retcon of making a previous incarnation of the Titans, the dedication to Warren Appleby, my love for Sassy Donna, our favorite quotes of the episode, Jesse needing to follow an AFC football team instead of an NFC team, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week for Episode 038 as Jesse and I discuss "Rose", the second episode from Season 2 of the DC Universe series Titans!  Look for more of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast on iTunes, Google Play Music, YouTube, Libsyn, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

GHOSTWOOD 060: "Call for Help" is Up!

"When you get there, you will already be there."

-- American Girl, Twin Peaks: "Call for Help"

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're back with news of the upcoming Twin Peaks: From Z to A boxed set, along with our commentary track for "Call for Help", a.k.a. "The Return, Part 3", from the 2017 Showtime revival of Twin Peaks, featuring Kyle MacLachlan as Dale Cooper, Mr. C & Dougie Jones,, and introducing Chrysta Bell as FBI Special Agent Tammy Preston & Nae Yuuki as Naido!

LET'S ROCK!

In our latest episode, Xan and I discuss things like Symbicort frying my throat and vocal chords, Xan's cats having health problems, the details of the upcoming Twin Peaks: From Z to A limited edition box set, wondering if the Season 3 musical acts played sets of 2 or 3 songs when filming, Señorita Dido's goodness cosmically balancing out BOB's evil, my theory that the money from the From Z to A boxed set will help fund Twin Peaks Season 4, our goal to get 25,000 listeners, Cooper landing on Planet Caladan, Xan's nightmares about being stuck in the middle of water, the debut of Naido, our need to discuss David Duchovny on The X-Files, Mother being The Experiment, Cooper's 2001: A Space Odyssey experience, Major Briggs doing Eraserhead cosplay, American Girl resetting Buckaroo Banzai, cigarette lighters in cars being used for charging your phone these days, my having a stronger stomach than Xan, the realtor who comes in the next day and finds Dougie's vomit, Nafessa Williams in Black Lightning, Jade giving two rides, Dougie being addled before he became Cooper, feeling horrible for 1-1-9 Crack Mom's kid, running down who we feel sorry for the most on Twin Peaks, the Double-R Diner getting in on doughnut catering, Lucy's mild racism toward Hawk, older Las Vegas casinos smelling like cigarettes from the 1970s, the Red Room slot machine emoji, Gordon Cole not caring about ordinary FBI cases, Jean-Michel Renault being great at booking Roadhouse musical acts, the great performance by the Cactus Blossoms, wondering what Eric Da Re is up to these days, limited editions being manufactured collectability, the positives of the "Cooper as Dougie" storyline, some feedback from Chris Lassiter in Raleigh and Goldie Brown on Facebook, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 061, as Xan and I provide our commentary on "...Brings Back Some Memories", the fourth episode of Showtime's third season of Twin Peaks from 2017!  Look for more of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Libsyn, Stitcher, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

New TITANS Season 2 Trailer Introduces Doctor Light & Shimmer

Titans Tower is back open for business.

DC has released a new trailer for the second season of the DC Universe series Titans, based on the DC Comics superteam.  The two-minute trailer features even more footage than the previous trailer that was released three weeks ago, while giving us our first look at new Season 2 villains Doctor Light and Shimmer.

The trailer opens with footage from the Season One episode "Asylum", where Richard "Dick" Grayson (Brenton Thwaites) burned his Robin uniform after giving up his superhero identity.  We hear a voiceover from Donna Troy (Conor Leslie), who says, "You burned the suit, you're not Robin anymore, so what now?"

We cut to Hank Hall (Alan Ritchson) and Dawn Granger (Minka Kelly), who are having an intense conversation inside a log cabin somewhere.  "Being Hawk and Dove was dangerous for both of us," Hank tells Dawn.  "I stopped, but if you can't, we're done."

Next, we cut to another intense conversation, this time between Aqualad (Drew Van Acker) and Donna Troy as another woman looks on.  "You're asking me to choose between your destiny and you," Donna tells him, hinting that the two may have had a relationship in this TV continuity.

Aqualad replies, "Maybe they're the same thing."

We then see Raven (Teagan Croft) talking on the phone to someone while emotionally upset and drained.  "I'm so tired," she says to the person on the other end.

Dawn confronts Dick inside their new/old Titans Tower headquarters, giving him an ultimatum.  "End your little experiment or I will burn this place down myself."

"There's ghosts in this place," Donna remarks to Dick in a separate scene.  "Tell them what happened."

In the next scene, we see Jason Todd, the second Robin (Curran Walters), getting up in Dick's grill as Raven and Garfield Logan (Ryan Potter) watch in the background.  "Look, I don't take orders from you anymore, man," Jason tells Dick.

"Get out of my way," Dick threatens in response.

"You're in my way," counters Jason.

We shift to stately Wayne Manor, where Dick asks his former mentor Bruce Wayne (Iain Glen), "Would you do it again?  Devote all that time and trouble to someone who just wants to leave?"

"I would do everything exactly the same," Bruce responds in a voiceover.

In a separate scene, cut with Hawk and Dove fighting some criminals, Dick tells Raven, "I'm not sure if it's the right thing to do."  Raven responds, "I don't think you have a choice."

Another scene, this time with Starfire (Anna Diop), who asks Dick, "You ready for this, Grayson?"  Dick replies, "Yep."

We then see Dick training Gar how to swordfight, with Dick completely blindfolded.

Next, we see Donna using her magic lasso on the supervillain Shimmer, snagging her by the hands and yanking her forward so that Starfire can knock her out with a punch.  "What is the deal with you and Shimmer, anyway?" Starfire asks in a voiceover.

Donna replies, "Well first, her name is Shimmer and that's just annoying."

In the next scene, Superboy (Joshua Orpin) grabs the gun of a criminal in an alley and bends it upward, then meets Krypto the Superdog after the two escape Cadmus Labs.  "Okay, Krypto," he tells the Superdog while reading a nametag on a borrowed uniform, "I guess I am...Conner."  He then grabs his familiar black t-shirt with the red Superman logo from a street vendor in Metropolis.

Rose Wilson, the daughter of Deathstroke, is brought to Titans Tower after losing her left eye.  "Hey, what the hell is this place, anyway?" she asks Dick.

"This is a place where people like you can learn how to the be the best version of who you are," explains Dick as we see him sparring with Rose, now sporting a black eyepatch like her father, who severs Dick's wooden staff in two with her sword.

"I hope I haven't broken this place," remarks Rose.

Starfire is then confronted in the street by an unknown man who appears to be from her home planet of Tamaran.  "Hello, Miss Koriand'r," says the man.

"Who else did they send?" asks Kory.

"Just me," replies the man.  He then tazes Kory with a device and she slumps unconscious into his arms.  "Sorry about that, your highness."

We cut to Doctor Light (Michael Mosley), who is wearing what appears to be a prototype armored costume and is unleashing his light-based powers on innocents.  "I'm glad you could make it!" he shouts.

As the second Robin interrupts a TV news broadcast to say "The Titans are back, bitches!", we see that Slade Wilson (Esai Morales), a.k.a. Deathstroke, is watching the broadcast.

"Slade Wilson is why we shuttered this place..." Donna begins telling someone off-camera, hinting that Deathstroke may have killed Aqualad during the previous incarnation of the Titans.  We see Deathstroke aiming a sniper rifle at someone as Donna continues, "...Sooner or later, he'll come knocking."

As one of Deathstroke's assassination targets drops to the floor, Hank remarks in a voiceover, "He's gonna kill how many more now?"

As Donna, Hank, Dawn and Dick stand beside one another and watch something off-camera, Dawn tells Dick, "Now's the time.  Be Batman."

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




Titans returns to DC Universe for Season 2 on September 6, 2019.

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 152: "Colony in Space" is Up!

"Look at all those planetary systems, Doctor.  We could rule them all!"

"What for?  What is the point?"

"The point is that one must rule or serve.  That is the basic law of life.  Why do you hesitate? Surely, it's not loyalty to the Time Lords, who exiled you on one insignificant planet?"

"You'll never understand, will you?  I want to see the universe, not to rule it."

-- The First Master and the Third Doctor, Doctor Who: "Colony in Space"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  This time, we discuss "Colony in Space", the fourth serial from Doctor Who Season 8 in 1971, starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Katy Manning as Jo Grant, Roger Delgado as the First Master, and Bernard Kay as Caldwell!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse wanting to discuss a classic story with Jo Grant, the Third Doctor finally getting to leave Earth for a little bit during his exile, Roy Skelton being one of the first Cyberman voices, Terrance Dicks hating the premise of the Doctor being exiled on Earth, "Colony in Space" essentially being two separate stories in one, Jo's initial reluctance about travelling in time and space, the Third Doctor's wanderlust overriding Jo's wishes to return to Earth, the Time Lords manipulating the Doctor to stop the Master from getting the doomsday weapon, the Interplanetary Mining Corporation trying to drive the colonists off planet by scaring them with images of a giant lizard, Wilfred Norton acting as an undercover agent for the IMC, the Uxarieus colonists trusting that the Ajudicator will side with them over the IMC, the Master having his own agenda of getting the doomsday weapon, the Master being a Bond villain to Jon Pertwee's James Bond, getting to see the inside of the Master's TARDIS, Ashe sacrificing himself to save the other colonists, our favorite quotes of the story, the Doctor's French Drop coin magic trick, my Reverse the Reverse the Polarity segment, the Guardian's freaky little baby body, new listener feedback from Holly Mac and Terri Stevens, Jesse butchering more quotations, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as special guest companion DJ Nik returns to Next Stop Everywhere to help me discuss "The Time Meddler", the ninth serial from Doctor Who Season 2 in 1965, starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, Maureen O'Brien as Vicki, Peter Purves as Steven Taylor, and introducing Peter Butterworth as The Monk!

THE FANDOM ZONE 164: "The Boys Season One Review"

"See, people love that cozy feeling Supes give them, but if you knew half the shit they get up to...Fuckin' diabolical.  But then, that's where I come in -- to spank the bastards when they get out of line."

-- Billy Butcher, The Boys: "The Name of the Game"

Hello again, everyone!  My co-host Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, we review Season One of the Amazon Prime Video superhero drama The Boys, featuring a discussion of each episode, standout characters and actors, differences between the TV series and the original Dynamite Entertainment comic book series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, and more!

In this episode, Jesse and I talk about things like my being a fan of The Boys comic book series and Jesse coming into the TV series cold, Garth Ennis balancing the superviolence with dark humor, what interested Jesse in checking out the TV series, The Boys TV series essentially being a superhero version of the Preacher TV series, why changes to the original comic book source material make the TV show more unpredictable, changes to the Homelander and other characters, the Deep becoming the superhero of Sandusky, Ohio, Simon Pegg being cast as Hughie's dad instead of Wee Hughie, Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, Erin Moriarty as Starlight, A-Train being a stereotypical wide receiver, Butcher taking Hughie to an underground Supes club, Butcher manipulating Hughie using Translucent's death, Karen Fukuhara as The Female, Frenchie's friendship with The Female, Homelander and Queen Maeve's big airplane rescue fail, the brilliant casting of Haley Joel Osment as Mesmer, Butcher's pathological hatred of Supes, Annie realizing her mom has been lying to her for years, Jesse and I jumping over to TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast to discuss Titans Season 2, and more!

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After Jesse and I review Titans Season 2 on TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast, be sure to come back as we review more great comic book TV shows, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER D23 Special Look Teases Sith Lord Rey

Your Skywalker Saga journey nears its end.

Disney has released the special look footage of the upcoming film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which debuted this past weekend at the Disney D23 Expo in Anaheim, California.

After some brief highlight clips from the original Star Wars trilogy, the prequel trilogy and The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, the new footage begins around the 1:12 mark.

We see Rey (Daisy Ridley), Finn (John Boyega), Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac), C-3PO (Anthony Daniels), and Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) come across a crowded alien village, followed by a quick glimpse of General Leia Organa (the late Carrie Fisher).

Next, we glimpse a group of remaining Rebel fighters and a large fleet of Star Destroyers above a planet having a thunderstorm.  Finn and new Resistance ally character Jannah (Naomi Ackie) stare at them from inside a ship.

C-3PO raises up, now sporting red eyes, which is followed by something offscreen firing a destructive energy weapon at a planet below.

In a forest, Rey seems upset about something and hurls her lightsaber, which spins around and cuts a nearby tree in half before it returns to her hand.

As we see Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) leaving his TIE silencer on Planet Thunderstorm and activating his lightsaber, we hear the voice of Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) begin saying "Your journey..."

We cut to Kylo Ren and Rey having another lightsaber fight (their last?) aboard some sort of freighter in the middle of a raging ocean, while Palpatine finishes saying, "...nears its end."

Finally, we hear of familiar breathing of Darth Vader and see Rey in a black hooded cloak and costume, looking very much like a Sith Lord.  She holds a two-pronged lightsaber with red energy blades, which she snaps into a dual-edged lightsaber similar to Darth Maul's from Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace.  

Has Rey succumbed to the Dark Side?  Is Palpatine's spirit possessing her body?  Or is this just some vision of what might happen if Rey isn't careful?

You can check out the D23 special look footage below, thanks to the official Star Wars account on YouTube...




Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is scheduled to arrive in theaters on December 20, 2019.

THE ETERNALS Casts Kit Harington as The Black Knight & Gemma Chan as Sersi

It seems Kit Harington's watch is eternal.

CBR has word from Disney's D23 Expo in Anaheim, California, where it was announced that actors Kit Harington, Gemma Chan and Barry Keoghan are joining the cast of the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe film The Eternals, based on the Marvel Comics characters.  They will play the characters The Black Knight/Dane Whitman, Sersi and Druig, respectively.

The three join Angelina Jolie as Thena, Richard Madden as Ikaris, Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo, Lauren Ridloff as Makkari, Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos, Salma Hayek as Ajak, Lia McHugh as Sprite, and Don Lee as Gilgamesh.  The full roster of the Eternals were presented at D23 along with each character's costume, which can be seen in the picture above.

The Eternals are a fictional species of humanity that resulted from an offshoot of the evolutionary process that created sentient life on Earth.  The original instigators of this process, the alien Celestials, intended the Eternals to be the defenders of Earth, which leads to the inevitability of war against their destructive counterparts, the Deviants.

Harrington, 32, is an English actor best known as Jon Snow on the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones.  His other films include Pompeii, How to Train Your Dragon 2, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Spooks: The Greater Good, Brimstone, and Silent HIll: Revelation.

Created in 1967 by Roy Thomas, John Buscema and George Tuska, the Black Knight first appeared in The Avengers (vol.1) #47 as Dane Whitman, the original Black Knight's descendant and the supervillain Black Knight's nephew.  Whitman inherited the Ebony Blade, a mystical sword that carried a curse, and took the Black Knight name to help restore honor.  The Black Knight has been a member of various incarnations of the Avengers, as well as the Defenders, Ultraforce, Heroes for Hire, and MI: 13.

Chan, 36, is an English actress best known as Astrid in the film Crazy Rich Asians, and as Minn-Erva in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Captain Marvel.  Her other films include Mary Queen of Scots, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Transformers: The Last Knight, and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.  Her television roles include the Doctor Who special "The Waters of Mars" as Mia Bennett, the Sherlock episode "The Blind Banker", and as Anita/Mia in the series Humans.

Created in 1963 by Jack Kirby, Sersi first appeared in Strange Tales (vol.1) #109 as a fourth generation member of the Eternals, an evolutionary offshoot of the human race.  She is the daughter of the Eternals Helios and Perse, and was probably born in Olympia, Greece, some time after the Great Cataclysm that destroyed the continents of Atlantis and Lemuria, during an extended ice age known as the Hyborean Age.  As a sorceress, Sersi first met Avengers members Captain America and Thor, then later joined the team along with the Black Knight.

The Eternals is scheduled to arrive in theaters on November 6, 2020.

Spider-Man to Exit Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sony Pictures Blames Kevin Feige's Workload

With not-great movie studio impasses comes great Spidey fan heartbreak.

Deadline and Variety are reporting details regarding Sony Pictures and Disney's inability to reach new terms to continue their shared involvement in making movies based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man.  The impasse means that Spider-Man will no longer appear in future Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films going forward, and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige will no longer be involved in guiding Sony's future Spider-Man films.

According to the articles, the central dispute between Sony Pictures and Disney is Disney's demand that future Spider-Man films be financed on a 50/50 basis between the two studios, with Feige remaining in a consulting producer capacity.  Sony declined to share half of its valuable franchise, wanting to keep the current arrangement terms, which have Marvel receiving about 5% of first-dollar gross and all merchandising revenues.  If Sony had agreed, Marvel and Feige wouldn't have withdrawn from future Spider-Man films.

Sony attempted to place the blame on Kevin Feige's workload, saying in a statement, "Much of today’s news about Spider-Man has mischaracterized recent discussions about Kevin Feige’s involvement in the franchise.  We are disappointed, but respect Disney’s decision not to have him continue as a lead producer of our next live action Spider-Man film.  We hope this might change in the future, but understand that the many new responsibilities that Disney has given him – including all their newly added Marvel properties – do not allow time for him to work on IP they do not own.  Kevin is terrific and we are grateful for his help and guidance and appreciate the path he has helped put us on, which we will continue."

The "newly added Marvel properties" Sony mentioned refer to the movie rights to Marvel's Fantastic Four and X-Men characters that Disney now has as a result of their recent 21st Century Fox acquisition.

In 2015, Disney, Marvel and Sony announced a deal to share the Spider-Man film rights, which led to Tom Holland portraying a younger version of Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home.  Sony distributed the two solo Spider-Man films, while Disney distributed the others.

Sony is believed to be developing two more Spider-Man movies, with Holland reprising his role, but has not officially announced those titles.  However, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home director Jon Watts is not signed to return for a third film.  This week, Spider-Man: Far From Home became Sony Pictures' all-time highest-grossing film, surpassing the James Bond film Skyfall, while Spider-Man: Homecoming made over $880 million worldwide.