Invasion of the Podcast!

This week on Invasion of the Podcast we break format to have a roundtable discussion about Rocky IV and how it crystalized into a moment bigger than it just being a boxing film. We are joined by Terry of the Strange Highways , Nathaniel Jonsson of At The Devil's Ball and El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast . After listening to this you will want to climb the nearest mountain and shout out t...

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Steve talks about his adventurous weekend, we speculate about what was going to be announced at Star War Celebration, parents ruining an egg hunt for kids, a train derailment that will put a tear in Steve's eye (34:06-1:28:12), we talk about the 2023 film Tetris and the impact of such a simple game has had on the world (1:28:12-2:48), and Paul challenges Steve...

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, you can buy a piece of MTV history, two bandits make off with a really large spoon, and science creates a Wooly Mammoth meatball (news starts at 28 minutes), we take a look at 1986's Spider-Man versus Wolverine, a one shot tale bringing two very different characters together and their attempt at teamwork that dissolves into a showdown, and we also dig into the...

This week on Invasion of the Podcast we continue on with The Year of Carpenter with 1995's Village of the Damned (discussion starts at 1:16). A remake of a sci-fi classic that is being funded by Universal. What could possibly go wrong? Why did we just black out for 8 hours? Why are those children staring at us? 

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, we talk briefly about The Last of Us (no spoilers), a bear full of cocaine (no spoilers), (0:49) Ben Affleck is not interested in directing a DCU movie under James Gunn, BW3 gets sued over misrepresentation over 'boneless' wings,  odd objects were found in sofas and shallow water, we talk about the Scream franchise how it has fared over 27 years and Paul puts...

This week on Invasion of the Podcast we talk about our weekend playdate (00:00-39:30), Star Trek is at a crossroads with their streaming offerings and theatrical output, there sure are a lot of Ghostfaces running around right now, we learn which words have been officially added to the dictionary (39:30-1:33) we talk about 2013's Pacific Rim and if going too big is a problem (1:33-2:55), and Paul h...

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Steve talks about his travels out to Vegas and Paul talks about his travels to his living room (:00-1:20), Warners wants to make many more Lord of the Rings movies, AI generated images and stories are gunking up the works, someone paid a lot of money for an old smartphone (1:20-2:03), we talk about the 30th anniversary of the Death of Superman event and how we...

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, we talk about The Last of Us and how it is working so far, someone paid a lot of money for Han Solo's blaster, Paul has a daughter he didn't know about, a cat shelter is letting you name a litterbox after your ex, we talk about 2022's Skinamarink (spoilers? conversation starts at 1:04, ends at 2:05), and Steven has Paul guess 80's action titles based upon Imdb...

This week on Invasion of the Podcast we are joined once again by the mighty El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast and talk about The Simpsons going (at least) 36 seasons, Disney folk sure are weird about what they collect, would you eat cheese at night for $1,000.00? and we kick of a new monthly segment on the show in which we talk about comics and we start with the 90's craze of intercompany...

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, we kick off Year 2 of our Year of Carpenter (one of us didn't really think this one out) with our friends Sammaeal and Nathaniel from At the Devil's Ball to talk about the made for cable anthology film, Body Bags. After the frustrations of making his last film, can Carpenter find some joy in getting back to gore and scares? 

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, HBOmax is now asking for more money after taking away content, John Carpenter has a few choice words about Chevy Chase, Canadian 911 calls are no joke, to celebrate Friday the 13th on Friday the 13th, we talk about Part VI: Jason Lives and how it is the bridge between two eras of the franchise, and Steve challenges Paul to be a mid 90's wizard of comics. 

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, we catch up about our holiday break, Them is getting a re-make, how close should you stick to the source material when changing mediums, some firefighters had a very buttery night, we talk about Clerks III (heavy spoilers, 1:25-2:46) and are thankful Kevin Smith still has something to say and can still make us laugh, and Paul recounts Steve with a tale of wond...

This week on Invasion of the Podcast we are wrapping up 2022 by taking a look back on it. We are joined by special guests Sammaeal and Nathaniel of At The Devil's Ball, Terry of Strange Highways , and El Goro of Talk Without Rhythm and discuss the end of Marvel's Phase 4, the remains of the Snyderverse, Star Wars and Star Trek branching out in different directions, the most recent batch of legacy/...

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Henry Cavill is Superman no more, Greg Capullo is coming back to Marvel, we talk about one of the saddest stories of 2022, we discuss 1974's Black Christmas and how it was one of the first slasher films and how some of its ideas and themes still resonate today, and Steve gives Paul a test to determine if he has been Naughty or Nice.  

This week on Invasion of the Podcast Steve recounts his time at GalaxyCon Columbus, we briefly talk about Star Wars: Andor (very minor spoilers: starts at 42:00 ends at 54:30), The DCU is getting some major changes, another person is attempting to conquer The Dark Tower, a very odd theft occurred in Germany, we take a look at 1985's Better Off Dead and talk about absurdist comedy and how it is ver...

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, the Year of Carpenter turns towards a film of two minds with 1992's Memoirs of an Invisible Man. What started out as a promising collaboration between John Carpenter and Chevy Chase turns into a battle over tone and control in which never neither party seemed satisfied with. Looking back 30 years later, does any of it hold up?  Conversation about the film star...

This week on Invasion of the Podcast Steve cracks the case of Paul spending too much money of chicken nuggets, Disney+'s Echo series will lead into Daredevil: Born Again, you are going to have pay extra if you want death animations, an idiot tries to smuggle a cat onto an airplane, we talk about 2021's Black Friday and how horror comedy needs a specific balance in order to work, and we break out o...

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Steve gives a review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (very tiny spoiler warning, like Ant-Man tiny), Blumhouse and Atomic Monster are shacking up together, Albert Pyun is in his last days, a candy company doesn't really do a very sweet thing after a lost check for 4.8 million is recovered, we celebrate the life and work of Kevin Conroy and talk about how muc...

This week on Invasion of the Podcast the comics world mourns the loss of two more artists, Halloween Ends helped people remember Peacock, James Gunn has a 10 year plan for the DCU, we talk to filmmaker Henrique Couto about his 2014 movie Awkward Thanksgiving and the ins and outs of what it takes to be successful in independent cinema (interview starts are 1:11, ends at 2:47), and Paul challenges S...

This week we continue on with the Year of Carpenter with his most politically charged film in 1988's They Live. Carpenter has a lot to say but not a lot of budget. What he does have is smart casting, a crackling screenplay, and a 5 minute brawl between Roddy Piper and Keith David. OBEY. CONSUME THIS EPISODE.  They Live conversation starts at 1:01. 

This week Superman is back but which one, a city is asked to take down their 'offensive' scarecrow, the McRib is back... for now, we talk about the divisive film Halloween Ends and it's placement in the most recent trilogy and Steve has Paul take a Halloween exit interview. 

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Steve was called away by the Steve Signal to save the city, so Richard stepped in heroically in his absence. We talk about Paul surviving the 12 Hours of Terror, some Shudder documentary love, People are trying to change the end of Halloween Ends, Netflix still wants you to binge, there was an actual snake on a plane, and to keep SpOooOoOoky season going we ta...

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Nancy wants to go back to Elm Street, there's a big stink in Utah, a bull does bull things, we talk about 2022's Hellraiser and if a different direction is the right way to refresh a franchise, and Paul has Steve play a Halloween version of F**k, Marry, or Kill. 

This week on Invasion of the Podcast there is some pre-news talk about lower budget film making (and a spoiler free mini-review of Rob Zombie's Munsters), McDonald's is bring back the Boo Buckets so all of the adults can fight over them, a Steve sighting was seen in California, and completely unrelated to that story it's Fat Bear Week, we start off SpoOoOooOooOkytober by talking about Friday the 1...

This week we are joined again by El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast to continue one with our Year of Carpenter journey talking about 1987's Prince of Darkness. After some disappointing big budget box office failures, Carpenter returns to his lower budget horror roots with a film that has a lot to say about faith versus science, the nature of evil, and spitting in people's mouths. Crack ope...