THE FANDOM ZONE 198: "What I Know" Is Up!

 
"So, it's just business then, is it?"
"When in history, Mr. Butcher, has it ever been about anything else?"
-- Billy Butcher and Stan Edgar, The Boys: "What I Know"

Hello again, everyone!  It's time for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, my co-host DJ Nik and I discuss "What I Know", the Season 2 finale of The Boys, featuring Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, Antony Starr as Homelander, Aya Cash as Stormfront, Claudia Doumit as Victoria Neuman, and Giancarlo Esposito as Stan Edgar!

In this episode, Nik and I talk about things like our reviews of The Boys Season 2 already being over, the original comic book story "What I Know" from The Boys #39, Stormfront getting stomped on in the comics and in the TV series, more on the decision to have The Boys know that Annie is Starlight earlier than in the comics, an update on Nik reading The Boys comics, Hughie telling Annie why he's so fond of Billy Joel, no one on the TV series having a wholesome family, wondering what happened to Annie's father, the almost-reconciliation of Hughie and Annie, Starlight being welcomed back to the Seven after being declared a traitor, my custom The Boys Season 2 soundtrack, Stormfront quickly filling Ryan's head with racist propaganda, Starlight, Kimiko and Queen Maeve vs. Stormfront, Stormfront being outed as a former Nazi, wondering if Stormfront is still alive, Quentin Tarantino's film Death Proof, Butcher almost killing Ryan, the awkward moment when Queen Maeve tells Homelander she has video footage of the plane crash they abandoned, Homelander masturbating while atop the Chrysler Building, wondering if Ryan will turn into Homelander, Victoria Neuman being revealed as a Supe, speculating who's the missing seventh member of The Seven, The Deep having enough of Fresca, our favorite quotes of the episode, the revealed cast of the upcoming Hawkeye TV series, new Fandom Zone Fanmail from Dave Proctor, the return of Jesse Jackson, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Nik, Jesse and I discuss the pilot episode of The Flash (1990), right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 197: "Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker" Is Up!

 
"Opposition’s gonna have a field day with him.  Disgruntled ex-Supe?  I’m fairly sure he's fucked half the Sacred Heart cheerleading squad.  But yeah, he'll be a good witness.  It's not enough, though."
"Not enough?  If torturin' and burnin' a bunch of mentals on Vought's say-so ain't enough for you muppets, then what the fuck are you good for, hunh?  A strongly-worded Tweet?"
-- Sen. Victoria Neuman and Billy Butcher, The Boys: "Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker"

Hello again, everyone!  It's time for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, my co-host DJ Nik and I discuss "Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker", the seventh episode of The Boys Season 2, featuring Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, John Noble as Sam Butcher, Lesley Nicol as Connie Butcher, and Shawn Ashmore as Lamplighter!

In this episode, Nik and I talk about things like probably needing to plan something for our upcoming 200th episode, pretending to be surprised with The Boys Season 2 finale, John Noble as Denethor in Lord of the Rings and Dr. Walter Bishop on Fringe, Lesley Nicol as Mrs. Patmore on Downton Abbey, watching Elementary after burning through all the Sherlock episodes, John Doman as Carmine Falcone on Gotham, the original The Boys spinoff comic book limited series Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker, Lamplighter making Hughie awkward by constantly watching superhero porn movies, Lamplighter and Hughie debating which of them is the cuck, Starlight being outed as a traitor to the Seven, Lamplighter being fatalistic and immolating himself, Starlight's mom naively ratting her out to Vought, my DAMN Good Coffee...and HOT reference in DC Comics' Cartoon Network Action Pack, Queen Maeve freaking Ashley out by having a threesome with two dudes, Stormfront stoking public fear of foreign superpowered terrorists, Nik's stratospheric hatred of Stormfront, Butcher's mom lying about his father's death to stage a reunion, Sam Butcher telling Billy he made him the man he is today and the cycle of abuse, the Daredevil comics storyline "Born Again", A-Train going along with the Church of the Collective just to get back into the Seven, our favorite quotes of the episode, new Fandom Zone Fanmail from Dave Proctor, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Nik and I discuss "What I Know", The Boys Season 2 finale, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 196: "The Bloody Doors Off" Is Up!

 
"Never go into shark-infested waters without chum."
-- Billy Butcher to Hughie Campbell, The Boys: "The Bloody Doors Off"

Hello again, everyone!  It's time for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, my co-host DJ Nik and I discuss "The Bloody Doors Off", the sixth episode of The Boys Season 2, featuring Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, Erin Moriarty as Starlight, Tomer Capon as Frenchie, Dominique McElligott as Queen Maeve, and introducing Shawn Ashmore as Lamplighter!

In this episode, Nik and I talk about things like giving my podcast co-hosts some love on Twitter, the original The Boys comic book storyline "The Bloody Doors Off", the 1969 film The Italian Job, Love Sausage in the comics, the Frenchie flashbacks, wondering if we've ever seen Frenchie sober, Nik being a drummer in a glam-rock band, Frenchie being an idealist, the introduction of Lamplighter, animosity between Frenchie and Grace Mallory, Starlight working with The Boys, the Sage Grove Center facility, Love Sausage's elongated dick, Starlight and Butcher bonding and agreeing that neither of them is good for Hughie, Stormfront and Homelander getting turned on by Homelander crushing a bank robber's head, Stormfront revealing to Homelander that she used to hang out with Heinrich Himmler and Joseph Goebbels back in World War II, Xan Sprouse liking Fresca, our favorite quotes of the episode, the Black Lightning TV series getting replaced by a Painkiller spinoff, the 57th anniversary of Doctor Who, new Fandom Zone Fanmail from Dave Proctor, Nik listening to Drunk Cinema while he was out shopping, my forgetting to start the record button, and more!

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THE FANDOM ZONE 195: "We Gotta Go Now" Is Up!

 
"Don't be a pussy.  Laser my fucking tits."
-- Stormfront to Homelander, The Boys: "We Gotta Go Now"

Hello again, everyone!  It's time for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, my co-host DJ Nik and I discuss "We Gotta Go Now", the fifth episode of The Boys Season 2, featuring Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, Erin Moriarty as Starlight, Antony Starr as Homelander, Aya Cash as Stormfront, and the return of Butcher's bulldog, Terror!

In this episode, Nik and I talk about things like lockdowns during the pandemic, Aerosmith's song "Dream On", the original "We Gotta Go Now" storyline from The Boys comic book series, Garth Ennis and Mark Millar, Katie Couric's daughter writing the episode, Butcher needing to lay low and reunite with his dog Terror, why showrunner Eric Kripke decided to not include Terror as a regular character on the show, Butcher's Aunt Judy being played by an actress named Barbara Gordon, Aunt Judy thinking Butcher has taken to Hughie like Butcher's brother Lenny, Black Noir being Homelander but without his ego and arrogance, Cherie using Kimiko as a hitwoman, the Russian Tracksuit Mafia from Marvel's Hawkeye series, the Joss Whedon rewrite of Dawn of the Seven, Homelander using Elena as leverage on Queen Maeve, A-Train wanting to rewrite his exit from the Seven film franchise, Homelander's PR nightmare, Homelander's fantasy of burning a bunch of protestors with his heat vision, Starlight calling out Stormfront for talking to her mom, Stormfront hooking up with Homelander and having superpowered sex, our favorite quotes of the episode, WandaVision finally getting a premiere date, Peacemaker casting The Vigilante, new Fandom Zone Fanmail from Dave Proctor, my and Xan Sprouse's new podcast Drunk Cinema, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Nik and I discuss "The Bloody Doors Off", the sixth episode from The Boys Season 2, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 194: "Nothing Like It in the World" Is Up!

 
"So, are you going to tell me what, or are you just going to stain my clean sheets with your sweaty despair?"
-- Cherie to Frenchie, The Boys: "Nothing Like It in the World"

Hello again, everyone!  It's time for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, my co-host DJ Nik and I discuss "Nothing Like It in the World", the fourth episode of The Boys Season 2, featuring Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, Shantel VanSanten as Becca Butcher, Antony Starr as Homelander, Aya Cash as Stormfront, and the return of Elisabeth Shue as Madelyn Stillwell!

In this episode, Nik and I talk about things like Joe Biden being elected President of the United States, the original "Nothing Like It in the World" storyline from The Boys comic book series, When Harry Met Sally, Hughie and Annie singing along to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire", some information on the film Taxi Driver, Butcher finally getting some backseat lovin', Meat Loaf's song "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", Becca taming the beast within Butcher, that awkward moment when Butcher called Becca's son Ryan a "Supe Freak", Homelander watching Taxi Driver with Doppelganger as Madelyn Stillwell, Homelander not being down with Doppelganger's idea of having sex with Homelander as Homelander, Homelander trying to intimidate everyone, Homelander reminding us of Donald Trump, educating Nik on Maria Menounos, Stormfront gaslighting Homelander, Hughie calling out Annie's bad candy bar choices, Mother's Milk reminding Nik of Jules from Pulp Fiction, Dawnn Lewis on Futurama and Star Trek: Lower Decks, The Boys discussing systemic racism, our love of revenge movies, the Deep choosing a wife to help him get back in The Seven, being cool with Ed Sheeran, our favorite quotes of the episode, Jim Gaffigan being cast as the Thunderbolt on Stargirl, new Fandom Zone Fanmail from Dave Proctor, "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Nik and I discuss "We Gotta Go Now", the fifth episode from The Boys Season 2, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 193: "Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men" Is Up!

 
"I thought you said this boat belongs to a friend."

"Well, a stranger is just a friend you ain't met yet."
-- Frenchie and Billy Butcher, The Boys: "Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men"

Hello again, everyone!  It's time for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, my co-host DJ Nik and I discuss "Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men", the third episode of The Boys Season 2, featuring Jack Quaid as Hughie Campbell, Karen Fukuhara as Kimiko Miyashiro, Giancarlo Esposito as Stan Edgar, Antony Starr as Homelander, and Aya Cash as Stormfront!

In this episode, Nik and I talk about things like the band Tenpole Tudor, the Dublin (Ohio) Irish Festival, the original "Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men" storyline from the comics, Hughie's use of Billy Joel as a safe space, Frenchie offering Kenji a bag of bad potato chips, Butcher being willing to sacrifice Kenji to get his wife back, Kimiko being the most dangerous member of The Boys, Hughie finally getting his first big win as a member of The Boys, Mother's Milk being the team leader The Boys need, Homelander pushing his son Ryan off a roof, Homelander being a Supermanchild instead of a Superman, pouring one out for Lucy the disemboweled whale, Butcher ramming a speedboat through Lucy the whale, Hughie getting his "second wind" by remaining inside a whale carcass, The Deeo getting shut down by Starlight and Stormfront, Homelander insisting that Starlight prove her loyalty by killing Hughie, Stormfront being fully revealed as a racist uber-Nazi, Stan Edgar pissing off Homelander by making Stormfront the face of The Seven, Kimiko seeking Kill Bill style vengeance on Stormfront, our favorite quotes of the episode, the CW finally announcing 2021 premiere dates for some of their Arrowverse shows, Neil Gaiman teasing the casting of Death in the Sandman TV series, new Fandom Zone Fanmail from Dave Proctor, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Nik and I discuss "Nothing Like It in the World", the fourth episode from The Boys Season 2, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 192: "Proper Preparation and Planning" Is Up!

 
"You and me are gods.  Son, we can do anything we want and no one can stop us.  Now that is a good feeling, a really good feeling."
-- Homelander to Ryan Butcher, The Boys: "Proper Preparation and Planning"

Hello again, everyone!  It's time for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, my co-host DJ Nik and I discuss "Proper Preparation and Planning", the second episode of The Boys Season 2, featuring Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, Karen Fukuhara as Kimiko Miyashiro, Antony Starr as Homelander, Shantel VanSanten as Becca Butcher, and Aya Cash as Stormfront!

In this episode, Nik and I talk about things like Nik becoming an uncle, The Boys' Season 2 soundtrack and its heavy reliance on Billy Joel, the "Proper Preparation and Planning" storyline in the comics, Jack Quaid being the son of Meg Ryan, Butcher constantly wanting to remind The Boys that he's in charge, Butcher being willing to pay any price to get his wife Becca back, Butcher writing down everything he can remember about Becca's location in crayon on a paper placemat, Rayner's funeral probably being closed casket, Grace Mallory not being impressed by an edible arrangement, Butcher punching out Hughie before he can get back in the van, my wanting everyone to keep close watch on the complex relationship between Butcher and Hughie, Homelander deciding to have some father/son time with Ryan, Homelander's frustration that Ryan isn't showing signs of his superpowers, Nik not being able to handle Homelander drinking breast milk, that awkward moment when Becca was told that Vought isn't going to do a damn thing about Homelander, Nik explaining Pippi Longstocking to Americans, Starlight trying to prove to Stormfront that she's not a Vought Barbie Spy, female celebrities being asked the same questions over and over, Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious and Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Starlight reaching a Mexican standoff with A-Train, that awkward moment when Kimiko is finally reunited with her brother Kenji only to find out he's a super terrorist, our favorite quotes of the episode, Oscar Isaac being cast as Moon Knight, needing all the WandaVisions, Fandom Zone Fanmail from Dave Proctor, and more!

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THE FANDOM ZONE 191: "The Big Ride" Is Up!

 
"So maybe I can't be Lee Marvin.  But I can be Harry Potter.  Or you know, John Connor or—or--or what's her name from The Hunger Games..."
"Katniss."
"Yeah...The point is, I could be that person who nobody thinks is awesome, but it turns out they're kind of fucking awesome!"
-- Hughie Campbell and Frenchie, The Boys: "The Big Ride"

Hello again, everyone!  It's time for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, DJ Nik enters The Fandom Zone as we discuss "The Big Ride", the first episode of The Boys Season 2, featuring Jack Quaid as Hughie Campbell, Erin Moriarty as Starlight, Antony Starr as Homelander, Giancarlo Esposito as Stan Edgar, and introducing Aya Cash as Stormfront!

In this episode, Nik and I talk about things like Jesse Jackson not having time to watch The Boys Season 2, Nik trying to fill Jesse's Texan boots, Doom Patrol vs. The Boys, Hughie and Annie having a Romeo and Juliet type romance, the Vancouver Kiss, Erin Moriarty having the best surname, my meeting Karen Fukuhara at a convention, where "The Big Ride" episode title came from, Stormfront being a male character in the comics, Hughie cyberstalking Annie, Gecko whoring himself out to the BDSM crowd, Frenchie looking out for Kimiko, Starlight singing at Translucent's funeral, the Church of the Collective recruiting the Deep, Fresca being the rock-bottom of uncola soft drinks, wondering if the Deep is redeemable, Homelander completely dominating Ashley, that awkward moment when Homelander drinks Madelyn's refrigerated breast milk just as Ashley walks in, that awkward moment when Stormfront tells Homelander that she's the newest member of the Seven, Stan Edgar explaining to Homelander that all Vought cares about is Compound V, Andrew Kreisberg getting Shantel VanSanten written out of The Flash, our favorite quotes of the episode, and more!

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WATCHMEN Leads 2020 Emmy Nominations with 26

Who watches the Watchmen?  Emmy nomination voters, apparently.

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

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

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

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

WATCHMEN (26 Nominations)

Outstanding Limited Series

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie -- Jeremy Irons as Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie -- Regina King as Sister Night/Angela Abar

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie -- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Dr. Manhattan/Cal Abar

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie -- Jovan Adepo as Hooded Justice/Officer Will Reeves

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie -- Louis Gossett Jr. as William Reeves

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie -- Jean Smart as Laurie Blake

Outstanding Writing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special -- "This Extraordinary Being" -- Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson

Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special -- "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" -- Nicole Kassell

Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special -- "Little Fear of Lightning" -- Steph Green

Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special -- "This Extraordinary Being" -- Stephen Williams

Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special

(Original Dramatic Score) -- "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" -- Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics -- "This Extraordinary Being" / Song Title: "The Way It Used To Be" by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

Outstanding Music Supervision -- "This Extraordinary Being"

Outstanding Main Title Design

Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More) -- "An Almost Religious Awe"

Outstanding Casting For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special

Outstanding Cinematography For A Limited Series Or Movie -- "Little Fear of Lightning"

Outstanding Cinematography For A Limited Series Or Movie -- "This Extraordinary Being"

Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes -- "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice"

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Limited Series Or Movie -- "A God Walks into Abar"

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Limited Series Or Movie -- "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice"

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Limited Series Or Movie -- "This Extraordinary Being"

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special -- "This Extraordinary Being"

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Series Or Movie -- "This Extraordinary Being"

Outstanding Special Visual Effects -- "See How They Fly"

THE MANDALORIAN (15 Nominations)

Outstanding Drama Series

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series -- "Chapter 8: Redemption" -- Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance -- "Chapter 8: Redemption" -- Taika Waititi as IG-11

Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) -- Ludwig Göransson

Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour) -- "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian"

Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour) -- "Chapter 7: The Reckoning"

Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes -- "Chapter 3: The Sin"

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series -- "Chapter 2: The Child"

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series -- "Chapter 4: Sanctuary"

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series -- "Chapter 8: Redemption"

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special -- "Chapter 6: The Prisoner"

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And

Animation -- "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian"

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And

Animation -- "Chapter 2: The Child"

Outstanding Special Visual Effects -- "Chapter 2: The Child"

Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Series, Limited Series Or Movie

WESTWORLD  (11 Nominations)

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series -- Jeffrey Wright as Bernard Lowe

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series -- Thandie Newton as Maeve Millay

Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More) -- "Parce Domine"

Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (One Hour) -- "Parce Domine"

Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes -- "Parce Domine"

Outstanding Main Title Design

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special -- "Crisis Theory"

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) -- "Parce Domine"

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) -- "Parce Domine"

Outstanding Special Visual Effects -- "Crisis Theory"

Outstanding Interactive Extension Of A Linear Program -- "Free Will Is Not Free Interactive Experience"

STRANGER THINGS (8 Nominations)

Outstanding Drama Series

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series -- "Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt"

Outstanding Music Supervision -- "Chapter Three: The Case of the Missing Lifeguard"

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) -- "Chapter Eight: the Battle of Starcourt"

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) -- "Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt"

Outstanding Special Visual Effects -- "Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt"

Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Series, Limited Series Or Movie

Outstanding Interactive Extension Of A Linear Program -- "Scoops Ahoy: Operation Scoop Snoop"

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (8 Nominations)

Outstanding Comedy Series

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series -- "Collaboration" -- Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series -- "Ghosts" -- Paul Simms

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series -- "On the Run" -- Stefani Robinson

Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour) -- "Resurrection", "Collaboration", "Witches"

Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series -- "Resurrection"

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And

Animation -- "The Return"

STAR TREK: PICARD (5 Nominations)

Outstanding Period And/Or Character Hairstyling -- "Stardust City Rag"

Outstanding Period And/Or Character Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) -- "Stardust City Rag"

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special -- "Absolute Candor"

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) -- "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2"

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) -- "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2:"

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: 1984 (4 Nominations)

Outstanding Period And/Or Character Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) -- "The Lady in White"

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special -- "True Killers"

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special -- "Camp Redwood"

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Series Or Movie -- "Camp Redwood"

CARNIVAL ROW (3 Nominations)

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music -- Nathan Barr

Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes -- "Aisling"

Outstanding Main Title Design

THE SIMPSONS (3 Nominations)

Outstanding Animated Program -- "Thanksgiving of Horror"

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance -- "Better Off Ned" -- Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, and Todd Flanders

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance -- "Frinkcoin" -- Hank Azaria as Professor Frink, Moe Syzslak, Chief Wiggum, Carl Carlson, Cletus Spuckler, Kirk Van Houten, and Sea Captain

BLACK MIRROR (1 Nomination)

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

BOB'S BURGERS (1 Nomination)

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

THE BOYS (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) -- "The Name of the Game"

 

THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Children's Program

DOCTOR WHO (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Derivative Interactive Program -- "The Runaway"

LOST IN SPACE (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Special Visual Effects -- "Ninety-Seven"

MINDHUNTER (1 Nomination)

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

RICK AND MORTY (1 Nomination)

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

STAR TREK: SHORT TREKS (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series

STAR WARS: RESISTANCE (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Children's Program

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

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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THE BOYS Are Ready to Spank The Seven in New NSFW Trailer

Fucking diabolical.

Amazon has released a new NSFW trailer for their upcoming Amazon Prime Video series The Boys, based on the Dynamite Entertainment comic series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, showcasing the determination of Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) to take down corrupt superheroes like The Seven.

The uncensored, one-minute, ten-second teaser trailer "Spank" opens with Butcher telling his new Boys recruit "Wee" Hughie Campbell (Jack Quaid) that "People love superheroes, but if you knew half the shit they get up to...Fucking diabolical."

We glimpse various members of The Seven, including The Homelander (Antony Starr), A-Train (Jessie Usher), and Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott), doing superheroic things and basking in their fame and celebrity status, followed by disturbing images of a superhero with shrinking powers diving into a woman's vagina, and Queen Maeve sitting on a man's face and completely crushing his head as she orgasms.  Presumably watching the act on recorded video, The Boys wince at the sight, with Wee Hughie gasping in absolute horror.

Yes, this definitely isn't an Arrowverse superhero series found on The CW.

"We're the world's greatest superheroes..." remarks The Homelander in a nod to DC Comics' classic tagline for the Justice League, "...and I can do whatever the fuck I want."

"That's where I come in," Butcher tells Wee Hughie, continuing their discussion.

"Come in to do what?" asks Hughie.

We see fleeting images of various Boys members arming themselves with huge guns and getting ready for action.  "Spank the bastards," replies Butcher as we see him smashing someone's face into a toilet.  

"How do you spank a superhero?" asks Wee Hughie.  

We glimpse Madelyn Stillwell (Elisabeth Shue) pouring pumped breast milk into a small jar, presumably for Boys member Mother's Milk (Laz Alonso), Wee Hughie detonating a small explosive and being sprayed in a bloody mess, The Deep (Chace Crawford) hydrating a dolphin with a spray bottle, someone with stretching powers choking Hughie with an elongated arm, Butcher aiming a baby using heat vision at someone as a weapon, and finally, Butcher closing the trunk of his car, presumably with someone inside.

If you'd like to check out the NSFW trailer, you can view it below thanks to the official Amazon Prime Video account on YouTube...




The Boys debuts on Amazon Prime Video on July 26, 2019.

THE BOYS Casts Tomer Capon as The Frenchman

At last, The Boys are united and ready to unleash Hell.

Deadline is reporting that the upcoming Amazon series The Boys, based on the Dynamite Entertainment comic series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, has cast Tomer Capon as The Frenchman, a.k.a. Frenchie.  Capon joins Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, Karen Fukuhara as The Female, Jack Quaid as Wee Hughie, Laz Alonso as Mother's Milk, and Erin Moriarty as Starlight.

According to the article, The Frenchman is described as "the unpredictable wild card of the Boys.  A brutal warrior when the situation calls for it, he’s living a life of no attachments or responsibilities."

In a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their massive celebrity and fame, The Boys revolves around a group of vigilantes known informally as 'the Boys,' who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

Capon, 32, is an Israeli actor who (as Tomer Kapon) has appeared in the films A Tale of Love and Darkness, Wedding Doll and One Week and a Day.  In addition, he's appeared in episodes of the TV series When Heroes Fly, Fullmoon, Combat Medics, Fauda, and Hostages.

Created in 2006 by Ennis and Robertson, Butcher first appeared in The Boys #2 as an unknown person who may not even be French, and was given a possible origin that may be some form of delusion.  Returning home from military service, he was welcomed by the residents of his native Franglais (who curiously refer to him as Frenchie), but soon learned that his lover Marie had taken off with his childhood rival, Pierre.  Renouncing violence, he refused to confront Pierre.  Months later, at a local festival that featured the sport of jousting on bicycles with baguettes while screaming exaggerated Maurice Chevalier impression laughter, his father challenged Pierre to restore the family's honor.  Pierre, fearing certain defeat, toppled the challenger's bicycle with a stale croissant, killing him.  

Renouncing his newfound pacifism, the Frenchman exacted his revenge on Pierre and started drifting from place to place, until he got into a bar fight with an American and was seen in action by Billy Butcher, who promptly recruited him and gave him the special chemical called Compound V that increases strength, reflexes, stamina and durability, and gives the ability to heal wounds faster than normal humans.  What was actually known about the Frenchman was that Butcher had a folder on the Frenchman's membership in the French Foreign Legion.  That, along with his characteristically British usage of the words "mum" and "wanker" and his hometown's name literally meaning "French-English," would suggest a British origin.  The only reference to the truth of the Frenchman's tale was his vow to remain with The Boys "until the bitter end."

After Butcher reassembled the anti-superhero team the Boys, the Frenchman maintained a close fondness for his teammate, the Female.  Once he was made aware of the Female's extra curricular activities worked for the mafia, he attempted to intervene by both appealing to the Female directly and threatening and intimidating one of the criminals hiring her to kill.  He took on the task of 'humanizing' her, and was the first person to have actually treated her with kindness and civility.

The Frenchman eventually lost his right arm during the group's battle with The Seven in Washington, surviving due to Vought-American medical treatment.  In The Boys #69, The Frenchman and The Female were seemingly killed when Butcher bombed The Boys' headquarters, the Flatiron building.

The Boys is expected to debut on Amazon sometime in 2019.