NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 167: "Orphan 55" Is Up!

"Oh, it’s brewing.  At least 3/8th of a plan, right here.  2/8ths.  I’ll be honest, all I’ve got is the letter ‘P’, but sometimes that’s all I need."
-- The Thirteenth Doctor, Doctor Who: "Orphan 55"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back to discuss "Orphan 55", the third episode of Doctor Who Series 12, featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Laura Fraser as Kane, Gia Ré as Bella, and Lewin Lloyd as Sylas!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like IMDb ratings for Doctor Who Series 12, returning writer Ed Hime, younger viewers not getting the concept of science fiction being based on science, the heavy-handed climate change message, the original Twilight Zone, Door on the Neverwhere miniseries, Roger on His Dark Materials, Graham jumping at the opportunity for a free vacation, Jesse and Graham just wanting a place to sit on vacation, the Doctor still being upset over what happened to Gallifrey, the Doctor and the Fam actually getting along with one another, Ryan flirting really badly with Bella, Kirk Douglas not being jealous of his son Michael winning an Oscar, Nevi failing to recognize that his son Sylas has mechanical talent, Bella having serious mommy issues with Kane, Ryan being horribly socially awkward, Ryan contracting a Hopper virus from a vending machine, wondering why the Doctor is traveling to an alternate future Earth, Charlton Heston from Planet of the Apes, Kane's plan to turn Orphan 55 into a "fake-cation" resort, the worst episodes of the modern era, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Adrienne from Wisconsin, Holly Mac and David K. Proctor, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse and I discuss "Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror", the fourth episode of Doctor Who Series 12, starring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham O'Brien, Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair, and Mandip Gill as Yasmin "Yaz" Khan!

SUPERMAN & LOIS Gets Series Order from The CW

The Man of Steel and The World's Greatest Reporter are back on TV!

Deadline is reporting that The CW has given a straight-to-series order for Superman & Lois, an upcoming DC Comics Arrowverse drama starring Tyler Hoechlin as Superman/Clark Kent and Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois Lane.  The series is expected to begin airing sometime during the 2020-21 TV season.

The series was first announced in the works back in October, with the pickup given in lieu of a pilot order, after the pilot script had been receiving strong early buzz.  

It remains unclear how this pickup will affect Green Arrow and the Canaries, the proposed Arrow spinoff series starring Katherine McNamara, Katie Cassidy and Juliana Harkavy reprising their roles.  According to the article, The CW may go with one new DC series for next year but a final decision will be made after the network executives review all their pilots.

Here's the official description for the new series:

SUPERMAN & LOIS stars Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch as the world’s most famous Super Hero and comic books’ most famous journalist as they deal with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today’s society. Both Hoechlin and Tulloch have already appeared as these iconic characters in multiple episodes of The CW’s DC Super Hero series, including this season’s Crisis on Infinite Earths Crossover event, which concludes tonight. Based on the characters from DC created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, “SUPERMAN & LOIS” is written and executive produced by Todd Helbing (“The Flash”) and executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Geoff Johns. The series is from Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Hoechlin, 32, made his Arrowverse debut as Superman in the 2016 Supergirl episode "The Adventures of Supergirl".  He's also known as Derek Hale on the MTV series Teen Wolf and also appeared in the films Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed, Everybody Wants Some!!, Solstice, and Road to Perdition.  In addition, he's appeared on episodes of the TV series Castle, Lincoln Heights, CSI: Miami, and 7th Heaven.

Tulloch, 38, made her Arrowverse debut as Lois Lane in the 2018 The Flash episode "Elseworlds, Part 1".  She's also known as Juliette Silverton/Eve on the NBC series Grimm, has appeared in the films Concussion and The Artist, and on episodes of Portlandia, Tyranny, Outlaw, Moonlight, House, Cold Case, and The West Wing.

Hoechlin's Superman and Tulloch's Lois Lane are currently appearing in the CW Arrowverse crossover event, "Crisis on Infinite Earths", which concludes tonight with Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow.

GHOSTWOOD 066: "This Is the Chair" Is Up!

"I...am...not...your...foot."
-- Jerry Horne's foot, Twin Peaks: "This Is the Chair"

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 "This Is the Chair", a.k.a. "The Return, Part 9", from the 2017 Showtime revival of Twin Peaks, featuring Dana Ashbrook as Deputy Bobby Briggs, David Patrick Kelly as Jerry Horne, Matthew Lillard as William Hastings, and introducing Tim Roth as Gary "Hutch" Hutchens!

LET'S ROCK!

In our latest episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan's Babu Frik impression, Xan and I getting the new Twin Peaks: From Z to A blu-ray set, writing Twin Peaks off on your taxes, The Laughing Ogre vs. Packrat Comics, my new David Lynch's Dune Funko figures, Xan appreciating the Dougie scenes more the second time around, wondering why Mr. C's shirt wasn't shredded by the Woodsmen after he was resurrected, wondering why Gordon Cole didn't get a Cochlear implant, Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hudsucker Proxy, Naomi Watts being good at accents, wondering what happened in the six years after Mr. C left the Black Lodge, more on the Dale Cooper progress bar, people thinking "America the Beautiful" is our national anthem, Ike "The Spike" getting busted by the Fuscos, Andy and Lucy buying a living room chair, Peter Davison being the Sexy Doctor of the classic era, Charlotte Stewart returning as Betty Briggs, Jerry Horne vs. his foot, Chad being kicked out of the conference room, Jack Rabbit Slim's vs. Jack Rabbit's Palace, Gordon Cole getting turned on by Diane's cigarette, William Hastings' emotional breakdown, Ben Horne rebuffing Beverly's advances, the worst performance in the Roadhouse, the skankiest character in Twin Peaks: "The Return", the hottest member of Au Revior Simone, Xan needing to claim being the voice of Jerry's foot, some new feedback from listener Mark Zatylny, the 4 1/2 hour YouTube video "Twin Peaks Actually Explained (No, Really") by Twin Perfect, the greatness of HBO's Watchmen, ten hours of Babu Frik going "Hey Heyyyy!", and more!

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Be sure to come back in one month for Episode 067, as Xan and I discuss the new Twin Peaks: From Z to A blu-ray box set!  Look for more of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Libsyn, Stitcher, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 166: "Spyfall, Part Two" Is Up!

"If this is your plan, it is fraught with risk."
"Where there’s risk, there’s hope."
-- Ada Gordon (Lovelace) and The Thirteenth Doctor, Doctor Who: "Spyfall, Part Two"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back to discuss  "Spyfall, Part Two", the second episode of Doctor Who Series 12, featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Sacha Dhawan as the Eighth Master, Sylvie Briggs as Ada Lovelace, and Aurora Marion as Noor Inayat Khan!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse catching up on the Marvel Netflix shows, my upcoming work trip to Cleveland, Quantum Leap's quantum kisses, Ada and Noor being Almost Companions, that awkward moment when Steven Moffat brings Gallifrey back only to have Chris Chibnall ruin it again, the first mention of The Timeless Child, the return of the New Who overarching storyline, the Doctor's obscure Jodrell Bank reference, the Doctor talking to himself/herself, the Thirteenth Doctor finally facing an enemy that can challenge her, the Doctor's anguish upon returning to Gallifrey, some background on Ada Lovelace and Noor Inayat Khan, why Ada was transporting to the Hair Follicle Dimension, the Doctor channeling Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Daniel Barton being a total dick, the Fam's public reputations being completely destroyed, the Fam finally confronting the Doctor about who she is, Daniel Barton's horrible plan to turn humanity into hard drives, the Kasaavin losing their edge, the Doctor making telepathic contact with the Master, wondering what the Doctor did with the Master's TARDIS once she was done with it, Chekov's Gallifrey, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac, David K. Proctor, and Hannah Skorapa, and more!

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In honor of our 5th anniversary, we now have a NEW Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt with our current logo, which you can find on TeePublic right HERE!  This spiffy new shirt looks great when you're listening to your favorite Doctor Who podcast and travelling through time and space!  Or your could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!

And hey, if you'd like to pick up our classic logo Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, you can also find it on TeePublic right HERE!  Help support the show and feel free to post pictures on our Facebook page of you or some other cool person you know wearing the shirt!

Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse and I discuss "Orphan 55", the third episode of Doctor Who Series 12, starring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham O'Brien, Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair, and Mandip Gill as Yasmin "Yaz" Khan!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 165: "Spyfall, Part One" Is Up!

"Hi, it’s me.  I’m at MI6 with C.  Crisis.  Big crisis.  Serious crisis.  Big, serious crisis."
-- The Thirteenth Doctor (calling O), Doctor Who: "Spyfall, Part One"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I start 2020 off in a big, serious way as we discuss  "Spyfall, Part One", the first episode of Doctor Who Series 12, featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Stephen Fry as C, Lenny Henry as Daniel Barton, and introducing Sacha Dhawan as the Eighth Master!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like entering the new decade, my being a James Bond geek, the idea of James Bond being a Time Lord, Sacha Dhawan as Davos the Steel Serpent on Iron Fist, Lenny Henry being the first black Doctor in a 1985 Doctor Who parody sketch, Stephen Fry in Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time, BBC America's stupid decision to make the dedication to Terrance Dicks practically unviewable, a guest appearance by Krypto the Superdog, Yaz's sister being interested in Ryan, Ryan and Graham winning at roulette, Graham getting a medical checkup, the Doctor's fondness for motorcycles, Ryan not being cut out for spycraft, Chris Chibnall finally reaching the level of Russell T. Davies and Steven Moffat, Yaz being affected by the transport to the alien dimension, C not being aware that the Doctor was currently a woman, the Master overestimating his own ability to keep himself in charge, Sacha Dhawan's debut as the Master, our reactions to the Master revelation, hoping that Jodie Whittaker's Doctor gets to face off against Michelle Gomez's Missy at some point, wondering if Thirteen's TARDIS has a swimming pool, Daniel Barton being a James Bond villain, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac, David K. Proctor, Paul Beck and Hannah Skorapa, Jesse and DJ Nik talking The Phantom on Happiness in Darkness, and more!

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And hey, if you'd like to pick up our classic logo Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, you can also find it on TeePublic right HERE!  Help support the show and feel free to post pictures on our Facebook page of you or some other cool person you know wearing the shirt!

Be sure to come back later this week, as Jesse and I discuss "Spyfall, Part Two", the second episode of Doctor Who Series 12, starring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham O'Brien, Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair, and Mandip Gill as Yasmin "Yaz" Khan!

Your 2020 Geek Movie & TV Calendar

Once again, the new year brings us closer to The Films and TV Shows You've Been Dying to See for, Like, Forever.  If you enjoy sci-fi, fantasy and comic book based entertainment as I do, you already have several must-see flicks and television programs in the pipeline for 2020.  With that in mind, I thought I'd go ahead and give a helpful chronological rundown of which geek movie and TV goodness arrives when.  Some of these TV shows and films will be worth the long wait, others you wouldn't watch even if they were on Netflix, but each have their audiences and key target demographics.  Start planning your work vacation/sick/personal days accordingly.

JANUARY

1 - Doctor Who (TV)

9 - Star Trek Short Treks: Children of Mars (TV)

14 - Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow (Crisis on Infinite Earths Parts 4 & 5) (TV)

15 - The Magicians (TV)

19 - Batwoman, Supergirl (TV)

20 - Black Lightning (TV)

23 - Star Trek: Picard (TV)

24 - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV)

FEBRUARY

February 2020? - Last Week Tonight, The Umbrella Academy (TV)

4 - The Flash (TV)

7 - Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (Movie)

14 - Fantasy Island (Movie)

21 - Bloodshot (Movie)

23 - The Walking Dead (TV)

MARCH

March 2020? - American Gods, Stargirl, What We Do in the Shadows (TV)

27 - Mulan (Movie)

APRIL

April 2020? - Harley Quinn, Star Trek: Discovery, Westworld (TV)

3 - The New Mutants (Movie)

8 - No Time to Die (Movie), Twin Peaks 30th Anniversary

MAY

May 2020? - Dune: The SIsterhood, Lucifer (TV)

1 - Black Widow (Movie)

9 - Artemis Fowl (Movie)

JUNE

June 2020? - Doom Patrol, Wynonna Earp (TV)

5 - Wonder Woman 1984 (Movie)

JULY

July 2020? - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Boys, Pennyworth (TV)
3 - Free Guy (Movie)
10 - Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Movie)
17 - Tenet (Movie)
31 - Morbius (Movie)

AUGUST

August 2020? - Mindhunter (TV)
21 - Bill and Ted Face the Music (Movie)

SEPTEMBER

September 2020? - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, The Simpsons, Stranger Things, Titans (TV)
18 - The King's Man (Movie)

OCTOBER

October 2020? - Castle Rock, The Walking Dead (TV)
2 - Venom 2 (Movie)

NOVEMBER

November 2020? - The Mandalorian (TV)
6 - The Eternals (Movie)
20 - Godzilla vs. Kong (Movie)

23 - Doctor Who 57th Anniversary

DECEMBER

18 - Dune (Movie)
25 - The Tomorrow War (Movie)

SOMETIME IN 2020 - BizarroTV, Helstrom, Invincible, Jupiter's Legacy, The Sandman, Strange Adventures, WandaVision (TV)

DAMN Good Movies -- STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

It's time to take one last look...at our friends.

That's right, I'm back once again with another of my movie takes, this time on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the final film in the Star Wars Skywalker Saga.  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...the Force will be with you...always.

After Rian Johnson's successful but highly controversial previous installment, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, toxic Star Wars fandom was at an all-time high and behind-the-scenes production at Lucasfilm wasn't fairing much better.  Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow left the production in September 2017, with the go-to explanation "creative differences", after failing several attempts to deliver a satisfactory script to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy.  J.J. Abrams, director of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, was quickly announced as Trevorrow's replacement, which many saw as an attempt to placate fans and get the final trilogy back on track after some of Johnson's unpopular creative choices.  Abrams and co-writer Chris Terrio reportedly met with creator George Lucas, then rewrote the script while the film's release date was pushed back from May 2019 to December.

The Rise of Skywalker opens one year after The Last Jedi's Battle of Crait, which left the Resistance against the First Order at its lowest point.  Following a broadcast by the late Emperor Palpatine, suddenly not dead after being killed off in 1983's Return of the Jedi, Supreme Leader Kylo Ren obtains a Sith Wayfinder device on the planet Mustafar, leading him to the uncharted planet Exegol.  There, he finds Palpatine, who explains he literally created former Supreme Leader Snoke as a puppet to control the First Order and lure Kylo to the dark side of the Force.  Palpatine unveils his secret armada of Star Destroyers (Surprise!) and tells Kylo to find and kill his sort-of-creepy love interest Rey, who's continuing her Jedi training under Kylo's mom, General Leia Organa.  

From there, the film launches into a fast, albeit initially uneven pace as Finn and Poe Dameron deliver intel from a spy that Palpatine is on Exegol.  And after rescuing the ancient Jedi texts from Rian Johnson, Rey has learned that a Sith Wayfinder can lead them there.  Even better, Leia reveals that there's an ally on new planet Pasaana who may be able to help.  So off we go, with Rey, Finn, Poe, Chewbacca, BB-8, and C-3PO blasting off in the Millennium Falcon while poor R2-D2 stays behind going "Hey!  What about me?".

On Pasaana, the group encounters old smoothy and cape fetishist Lando Calrissian, who points them to the Wayfinder's last suspected location.  Using their creeptacular Force bond, Kylo learns where Rey is and heads there with his old crew, the Knights of Ren.  Rey and the others discover the remains of a Sith assassin named Ochi, his ship, his little wheely droid D-O, and a dagger inscribed with Sith text, which C-3PO's programming forbids him from interpreting even though hey, that's his primary function.  Sensing Kylo is nearby, Rey goes to confront him because the Reylo shippers demand it.  The First Order captures the Falcon, Chewbacca, and the dagger, while Rey, attempting to rescue Chewbacca, accidentally destroys a First Order transport with Force lightning.  D'oh!  The group escapes on Ochi's ship, understandably thinking that Chewbacca died in the explosion, and looks over at Rey in a very awkward moment.

It's around the second act that the film finds its footing, as Poe suggests traveling to another new planet, Kijimi, to have the Sith text extracted from C-3PO's memory with help from a tiny droidsmith named Babu Frik.  The process wipes C-3PO's memory, with the obvious comedic ramifications, but reveals coordinates to a Wayfinder on Kef Bir, an ocean moon of Endor (Yes, that Endor).  Rey eventually senses that Chewbacca is alive, so congrats on not killing one of Star Wars' most popular characters, and the group mounts a rescue mission.  While Kylo searches for Rey, the group infiltrates his Star Destroyer with the help of Zorii Bliss, a mysterious acquaintance of Poe and an even longer acquaintance of J.J. Abrams.  Rey recovers the dagger and has visions of her not-nobody parents being killed with it.  

Kylo decides to drop some long-awaited truth on Rey, informing her that she's not a Skywalker like many of us thought, but the granddaughter of (dun-dun-dun) Sheev Palpatine.  It turns out Grampa Palpy ordered Ochi to recover Rey as a child, but her parents hid her on Jakku to protect her, just as Obi-Wan did with Baby Luke on Tattooine.  And in a surprising-but-not-that-surprising sequence, General Hux saves Poe, Finn, and Chewbacca from execution, revealing himself as the spy that gave Finn and Poe intel.  He allows the group to escape on the Falcon, but then gets himself executed for treason.  (Insert Price Is Right fail horn here)

The group arrives on Kef Bir and meets Jannah, an ex-First Order stormtrooper and current Resistance sympathizer like Finn, who leads them to the remains of the second Death Star, where Rey locates the Wayfinder.  Kylo, having tracked the group to Kef Bir, destroys Rey's Wayfinder and asks her to help him take Palpatine off the board.  A climactic lightsaber duel follows, with Leia calling to Kylo through the Force and distracting him at a key moment, allowing Rey to impale him.  The effort causes Leia's death, however, but Rey heals Kylo and takes his ship to exile herself on Luke Skywalker's secret crib on Ahch-To.  After torching Kylo's ship, Rey is confronted by Luke's Force ghost, who encourages her to face Palpatine and gives her Leia's lightsaber and his X-wing from his time in the Rebellion.  Rey leaves for Exegol, using the Wayfinder from Kylo’s ship, while Kylo has an unexpected conversation with a memory of his father, Han Solo.  Kylo finally turns his back on the dark side, throwing away his lightsaber and reclaiming his identity as Ben Solo.

Heading into the final act of the Skywalker Saga, Palpatine, in a display of total dickishness, has a Star Destroyer obliterate Kijimi, while at the Resistance base on Ajan Kloss, R2-D2 restores C-3PO's memory with his most recent backup.  The Resistance follows Rey's coordinates to Exegol, where she confronts Sith Zombie Palpatine, who demands she kill him so he can transfer his spirit into her and presumably, admire himself in the mirror.  With Poe's plan to attack a crap-ton of Star Destroyers with a small fleet not being very well thought out, the Resistance fighters get pretty much owned until Lando shows up with a lot of reinforcements from across the galaxy.  Ben arrives to help Rey, overpowering his former frat bros in the Knights of Ren.  

Recognizing Rey and Ben as a rare Force dyad, Palpatine drains their power to rejuvenate himself without any need for botox.  He attacks the Resistance fleet with a huge surge of Force lightning and hurls Ben into a chasm so he knows how it feels.  Still weakened, Rey finally hears the voices of past Jedi, who lend her their strength.  Palpatine attacks her with his lightning, but Rey deflects it using Luke and Leia's lightsabers, disintegrating him and sacrificing herself in the process.  After climbing out of the chasm, Ben revives Rey by transferring his life force into her.  Rey wakes up and kisses him as the Reylo shippers squee with delight, but the effort costs Ben his life.  He dies, as both he and his mother Leia become one with the Force.

The Resistance destroys the remainder of Palpatine's Star Destroyer armada, then heads back to Ajan Kloss to celebrate.  Lots of hugging -- seriously, so much hugging -- follows, with some last looks at the surviving cast.  The Skywalker Saga closes with Rey, as she visits the abandoned Lars homestead on Tatooine, where Luke grew up.  Having built her own lightsaber, she buries Luke and Leia's lightsabers in the sand, the first tribute to her former masters.  In the second, she tells a passing old woman that her full name is Rey Skywalker, allowing the Skywalker legacy to continue.  Abrams' final shot, with John Williams' closing theme, brings the entire film saga full circle, as Rey and BB-8 stare off into the distance at Tattooine's binary sunset.  THE END.

So what about the performances from the cast and the characters they portrayed?  Well, as you might expect, I have a few thoughts...

REY SKYWALKER -- If this is the last we see of Daisy Ridley as Rey, at least she went out on a high note.  So much of this movie rides on her performance, which is easily her most physical, and Ridley definitely steps up when needed.  The revelation that Rey is the Emperor's granddaughter is obviously a big one, but it works better than the theory that she was Luke's daughter with or without a midichlorian immaculate conception.

KYLO REN/BEN SOLO -- Adam Driver finally got to play Ben Solo and we're all better for it.  Kylo Ren was the ultimate Darth Vader wannabe, right down to following his redemption arc, but it was Ben Solo's Force dyad connection to Rey that distinguished him.  As much as it would've been nice to see Kylo Ren pay for murdering his father Han Solo, Ben's redemption made Han and Leia's deaths more meaningful.

POE DAMERON -- As the Han Solo-esque Poe Dameron, Oscar Isaac gets to deliver more quippy one-liners than his previous outings, but it's his history with Zorri Bliss that interested me the most.  For once, we had a hero with an ex-girlfriend who didn't get back together with his ex by the movie's end.  On a completely different note, Isaac was able to give Poe some depth in a great scene as he questioned his own ability to lead the Resistance after Leia's passing.

FINN/FN-2187 -- If there's one character who felt incomplete at the end of this trilogy, it's probably John Boyega's Finn.  It sure seemed like Finn wanted to express his feelings for Rey on a couple of occasions, but he failed to do so before the clock ran out and the movie ended.  Meanwhile, his would-be romance with Rose Tico in The Last Jedi completely vanished, and suddenly, there's Jannah, an ex-stormtrooper exactly like him, who seemed like a solid match.  Time for a Disney+ spinoff series, maybe?

DARTH SIDIOUS/SHEEV PALPATINE -- In (presumably) his final outing as Palpatine, Ian McDiarmid's return made perfect sense, especially given his connection to Rey.  Palpatine was Big Bad of Return of the Jedi and later the prequels, so only now, at the end, do we truly understand.  

LANDO CALRISSIAN -- Billy Dee Williams' Lando was a character fans wanted to see return ever since The Force Awakens, so this was definitely a case of better late than never.  Still rocking his cape after all these years, Lando brought some Original Trilogy swagger to Rise of Skywalker and even got a big fist-pumping moment when he showed up with the Resistance allies in the nick of time.

GENERAL LEIA ORGANA -- Ever since Carrie Fisher's untimely death at the end of 2016, Star Wars fans have been dreading the moment when we would need to say goodbye to Leia as well.  Even with only having unused footage from The Force Awakens, Abrams and Terrio gave Leia a tasteful demise that mattered and was emotionally resonant.  We felt Leia's death, as did the characters, and it brought a true sense of closure for many of us.

LUKE SKYWALKER -- After being killed off in The Last Jedi, Mark Hamill's final appearance here as Force Ghost Luke Skywalker was a more fitting end.  Hamill gets to deliver a sly jab at Rian Johnson's treatment of Luke's lightsaber in the beginning of The Last Jedi, then has a wonderful sequence as he finally raises his X-wing fighter from the water, just as Yoda showed him was possible in The Empire Strikes Back.  And in a lovely moment as the film ends, we see Luke reunited with his sister Leia as Force ghosts, watching over Rey as she continues the Skywalker legacy.

CHEWBACCA -- You know a Star Wars film is emotional when even Chewie's tugging on your hearstrings.  Joonas Suotamo's Chewbacca had older fans gasping when we thought Rey had accidentally (and rather stupidly) killed him with Force lightning, but it was Chewie's powerful cry of loss that had everyone reaching for the napkins as he learned that Leia had died.  This has been a hard trilogy for Chewie, but like the Millennium Falcon, he's a survivor.

C-3PO -- Anthony Daniels, the only actor to appear in all nine Skywalker Saga films, delivers another solid and funny performance as everyone's favorite chatty protocol droid.  And in another heartstring-pulling moment, Threepio sacrifices his memory so that his fellow Resistance members can receive a Sith message forbidden to his programming.  Thankfully, his best friend and droid life partner R2-D2 is able to reload most of his memories.

R2-D2 -- Once again, Jimmy "Bannakaffalatta" Vee reprises Artoo, who gets to be the only one to actually watch Leia die in her final attempt to reach Ben.  In addition to restoring most of Threepio's memory, Artoo fills in for BB-8 in Poe's X-wing for the final assault.

BB-8 -- Surprisingly, BB-8 doesn't get to do all that much this time out.  After Rey accidentally drops a tree on him, he's primarily used to introduce D-O to the others.  He does, however, get to share the final scene with Rey on Tattooine.

ZORRI BLISS -- Keri Russell, one of J.J. Abrams' go-to actresses, plays new character Zorri Bliss, who looks and feels like someone who would be right at home on The Mandalorian.  Some of us wondered if Zorri was going to be revealed as Rey's mom, but instead, she turns out to be Poe's old spice runner girlfriend.  She was cool though, and I wouldn't say no if she landed her own Disney+ spinoff TV series.

JANNAH/TZ-1719 -- Naomi Ackie plays another new character, Jannah, who turns out to be a former stormtrooper like Finn.  She gets partnered up with Finn, primarily because Rey is off doing Jedi stuff and Poe is off doing Resistance stuff, but the two have a fun chemistry.  We don't get to learn that much about her, unfortunately, but Lando makes a kind gesture to help her do just that, so...Disney+ series?

BABU FRIK -- Baby Yoda's new competition for Cutest Star Wars Character Ever is Babu Frik, the tiny droidsmith who operates on C-3PO.  Voiced by Shirley Henderson, who played Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter films (I know, right?), Babu Frik steals every Frikkin' scene he's in, even in the Battle of Exegol, where he suddenly turns up in Zorri Bliss' cockpit for no damn reason whatsoever.

D-O -- Voiced by J.J. Abrams himself, D-O is introduced as BB-8's new sidekick.  He doesn't do a whole lot apart from react to things, but he gets some nice scenes such as when Rey fixes his squeaky wheel.

GENERAL ARMITAGE HUX -- Finally, someone puts Domhnall Gleeson's Hux down once and for all.  The weaselly First Order general finally flips on the First Order, not because he's suddenly decided to become a good guy, but simply because he doesn't want Kylo Ren in charge.

ALLEGIANT GENERAL PRYDE -- Richard E. Grant is the guy we have to thank for taking Hux off the board.  As General Pryde, he's essentially a considerably more competent version of Hux, a character needed because Hux had become such a joke by this point.  A shame Richard E. Grant didn't have more screen time, he's a great actor.

ROSE TICO -- After being such a key character in The Last Jedi, Kelly Marie Tran's Rose Tico almost completely vanishes into the void here and it's a damn shame.  The Skywalker Saga's sole character of Asian descent is reduced to Resistance administrative support, showing up briefly here and there as Leia and other Resistance base characters react to things.  I knew the toxic Star Wars fans hated Rose, but I didn't think Abrams and Terrio did as well.

MAZ KANATA -- Lupita Nyong'o only had a quick cameo as Maz in The Last Jedi, but she's gets a little more to do here, as she explains Leia's actions and mourns for her upon her death.  She gets a very welcome scene, however, at the end celebration where she gives Chewbacca Han's old medal, a callback to the final scene of the original Star Wars film in which Luke and Han received medals and Chewbacca didn't for some inexplicable reason.

HAN SOLO CAMEO -- Speaking of Han, Harrison Ford makes a surprising appearance as the film's best cameo.  Presented as Kylo's "memory" of Han, Ford gets to urge Kylo Ren to finally do the right thing and come back to the light side.  There's a terrific nod to Han's death scene in The Force Awakens, where Kylo Ren recreates his line about knowing what he has to do but not being sure sure if he has the strength, while Han touches his face just as he did when he died.  This scene makes Han's death a little more meaningful, knowing that eventually, Han's son makes the right choice.

WEDGE ANTILLES CAMEO -- Denis Lawson reprises Wedge for a quick cameo after destroying the Supreme Star Destroyer.  People might confuse him for Anthony Daniels.

WICKET WIDGET WARRICK CAMEO -- Warwick Davis turns up in a quick moment on Endor at the film's end with his son Harrison Davis as Pommet Warrick.

JOHN WILLIAMS CAMEO -- The legendary Star Wars composer turns up as a Kijimi bartender named Oma Tres, an anagram of O Master.

VOCAL CAMEOS -- During the climatic showdown on Exegol, Star Wars fans will have lots of fun identifying the voices of Andy Serkis as Supreme Leader Snoke, James Earl Jones as Darth Vader, Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, Olivia d'Abo as Luminara Unduli, Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano, Jennifer Hale as Aayla Secura, Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu, Ewan McGregor and Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Frank Oz as Yoda, Angelique Perrin as Adi Gallia, Freddie Prinze Jr. as Kanan Jarrus, and Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn.

All in all, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is the conclusion we needed to the Skywalker Saga.  It's not going to please everyone, because Star Wars fans now exist in three different generations with their own preferred trilogy and their own ideas of how Star Wars ought to be.  What the film does, well enough in my opinion, is bring a story that began in 1977 to a close -- the story of how George Lucas' sci-fi adventure film defined one generation and created an enduring legacy for the others that followed.  It took 42 years to tell, but was definitely worth it.

And for those who may be wondering, here's my personal ranking of the Star Wars films:

1. Star Wars (1977)
2. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
4. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
5. Return of the Jedi (1983)
6. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
7. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
8. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
9. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
10. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
11. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 164: "A Christmas Carol" Is Up!

"Ah.  Yes.  Blimey.  Sorry.  Christmas Eve on a rooftop, saw a chimney, my whole brain just went 'What the hell'."
-- The Eleventh Doctor, Doctor Who: "A Christmas Carol"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I decided to give Doctor Who fans a 2019 Christmas Special as we discuss "A Christmas Carol", the 2010 Doctor Who Christmas Special, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams, Michael Gambon as Kazran Sardick, and Katherine Jenkins as Abigail Pettigrew!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse being War on Christmas Guy, "A Christmas Carol" being Jesse's first true Doctor Who Christmas Special, our original plan to record "A Christmas Carol" for Episode 129, actor Michael Gambon, the Eleventh Doctor's sense of childlike wonder, the Doctor rewriting Kazran Sardick's timeline, Kazran's changing memories, why the Doctor doesn't just use the TARDIS to materialize on board the crashing space cruise liner, the Doctor using the flying fish to gain young Kazran's confidence, the moment when old Kazran is about to strike his younger self, Amy and Rory's roleplay sex, the Doctor building multiple snowmen, wondering why the Doctor doesn't go into the future and bring back a cure for Abigail, the Eleventh Doctor and young Kazran wearing fezzes and Fourth Doctor scarves, the Eleventh Doctor being really clueless about women, the Eleventh Doctor getting engaged to Marilyn Monroe, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac, David K. Proctor and Hannah Skorapa, Next Stop Everywhere returning to a weekly schedule for Series 12, and more!

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In honor of our 5th anniversary, we now have a NEW Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt with our current logo, which you can find on TeePublic right HERE!  This spiffy new shirt looks great when you're listening to your favorite Doctor Who podcast and travelling through time and space!  Or your could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!

And hey, if you'd like to pick up our classic logo Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, you can also find it on TeePublic right HERE!  Help support the show and feel free to post pictures on our Facebook page of you or some other cool person you know wearing the shirt!

Be sure to come back next week, as Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast begins 2020 by discussing "Spyfall, Part 1", the first episode of Doctor Who Series 12, starring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham O'Brien, Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair, and Mandip Gill as Yasmin "Yaz" Khan!

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

"She is clearly a raging narcissist whose ambition knows no limits.  It’s hubris, literal hubris.  Anyone who seeks to attain the power of a god must be prevented at all costs from attaining it.  But believe me, that girl will not rest until she has us all prostrate before her, kissing her tiny blue feet."

"Raging narcissist, hunh?"

"Opus esse uno, unum cognoscendi -- It takes one to know one."

-- Ozymandias and Laurie Blake, Watchmen: "See How They Fly"

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

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

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

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 163: "The Long Game" Is Up!

"The thing is, Adam, time travel is like visiting Paris.  You can't just read the guide book. You've got to throw yourself in, eat the food, use the wrong verbs, get charged double and end up kissing complete strangers -- or is that just me?  Stop asking questions.  Go and do it!"
-- The Ninth Doctor to Adam Mitchell, Doctor Who: "The Long Game"

Hello again, everyone!   Special guest companion Hannah Skorapa makes her debut on Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast to help me discuss "The Long Game", the seventh episode from Doctor Who Series One in 2005, starring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor, Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, Bruno Langley as Adam Mitchell, and Simon Pegg as The Editor!

In this episode, Hannah and I discuss things like how Hannah got into Doctor Who, Hannah's favorite Doctor and her thoughts on Jodie Whittaker, more on the sense of fan entitlement, Yaz being replaced by a potted plant in Series 11, fan-favorite actor Simon Pegg, Christine Adams on Black Lightning, Russell T. Davies originally wanting to write "The Long Game" from Adam's perspective, Rose being really quick to drop her boyfriends, the creepiness of the Ninth Doctor and Rose as a couple, Rose grounding the cosmic nature of the Doctor, the Ninth Doctor giving Adam unlimited money, Adam's plan to transmit really important information from the far future into his 2012 answering machine, wondering why the Doctor left Adam with the future forehead window for people to find, the IDW Publishing 50th anniversary comic series Doctor Who: Prisoner of Time where Adam becomes a bad guy, fans wanting the previous showrunner back after constantly griping about them, wondering why the Doctor kicked out Adam but kept Rose after "Father's Day", Cathica being pissed off she was never promoted, Suki having a secret identity as a freedom fighter, Simon Pegg chewing the scenery as The Editor, The Editor being the Jagrafess' handler, wondering why the TARDIS doesn't translate the Jagrafess, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac and David K. Proctor, our Next Stop Everywhere Christmas Special, and more!

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In honor of our 5th anniversary, we now have a NEW Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt with our current logo, which you can find on TeePublic right HERE!  This spiffy new shirt looks great when you're listening to your favorite Doctor Who podcast and travelling through time and space!  Or your could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!

And hey, if you'd like to pick up our classic logo Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, you can also find it on TeePublic right HERE!  Help support the show and feel free to post pictures on our Facebook page of you or some other cool person you know wearing the shirt!

Be sure to come back in next week, as Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast attempts to fill the void of not having a 2019 Christmas Special by discussing "A Christmas Carol", the 2010 Doctor Who Christmas Special, starring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams, Michael Gambon as Kazran/Elliot Sardick, and Katherine Jenkins as Abigail!

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

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

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

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

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

THE FANDOM ZONE 172: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Parts 1, 2 & 3" Is Up!

"Keep riding the lightning, son.  I know you'll make us all proud."
-- The Flash (Earth-90) to The Flash (Earth-1), The Flash: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three"

Hello again, everyone!  My co-host Jesse Jackson and I are back with a very special episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, we're joined by DJ Nik from The Whiskey & Cigarettes Show to discuss the first three parts of "Crisis on Infinite Earths", the sixth annual Arrowverse crossover event, based on the classic 1985-86 DC Comics maxi-series and featured in episodes of Supergirl, Batwoman and The Flash!

In this episode, Jesse, Nik and I talk about things like DJ Nik making his debut on The Fandom Zone Podcast, rereading the original Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman and George Perez, Crisis being adapted for television on The CW, former original TitanTalk member and Supergirl writer Jay Faerber, all the great cameos from previous DC Comics movies and TV shows, the destruction of Argo City and Earth-38 Superman and Lois sending their son Jonathan to Earth in an escape pod, Oliver passing on the Green Arrow mantle to his daughter Mia and his death scene, Kevin Conroy's amazing Batman voice, Brandon Routh reprising Superman, Kevin Conroy playing an older Batman who murdered criminals and Superman, Supergirl and Batwoman as the new Flash and Green Arrow, Heat Wave babysitting Jonathan, Tom Welling and Erica Durance reprising Smallville's Clark Kent and Lois Lane, John Constantine meeting Lucifer Morningstar, Oliver becoming the new Spectre, Black Lightning stepping up after learning his entire family has been destroyed, antimatter cannons being very bad for Flashes, John Wesley Shipp getting a heroic ending as the Flash from Earth-90, the Danny Elfman theme from The Flash, our favorite quotes of all three episodes, listener David K. Proctor being turned on to Watchmen, and more!

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And if that isn't enough for you, you can also check us out on YouTube, Soundcloud, and the official Southgate Media Group website!  Oh, and if you're interested in an officially official Fandom Zone Podcast t-shirt that all the cool kids are wearing, you can get those on TeePublic HERE as well!  Feel free to post a picture on our Facebook page of you or some other cool person you know wearing the shirt!

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