Invasion of the Podcast!: Recent Episodes
Invasion Of The Podcast
Just some unfinished business involving, Steve, Metallica, and the insanity that is Chicago.
This week I am joined by Jeff of The Skewered Universe Podcast and Tales from the Podcast, El Goro of The Talk Without Rhythm Podcast, and Terry of Strange Highways to talk about what we have been watching recently (Start of show till 35:44) a trio of silly secret stories (35:44-45:35), discuss 2015's Tomorrowland and what happens when a film can't make up its mind about what it wants to be (45:35-1:52), we play a game of Real or Fake about movie food tie-ins (1:52-2:17), and a special announcement at the end.
This week we are joined by Nathaniel of At the Devil's Ball and Terry of Strange Highways as we close out 2023 with a roundtable discussion of such topics as the decline of physical media, the writers and actors strikes, Marvel's messy phase 5, and favorite films watched.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, He-Man is looking for a new home, we say goodbye to Roger Kastel, the man behind the Jaws poster, someone is willing to pay $2000.00 to watch Hallmark holiday films (news starts at 34:15-59:50), we then talk about Disney+'s Loki Season 2 and if the MCU is being spread to thin between TV and films (starts at 59:50 - spoilers start at 1:19 - 2:12), and then we bring you our all import and super real Black Friday Deals!
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, I am joined by Terry of Strange Highways, Richard of being my side piece when Steve is not around, Dynamo Marz of the Force Insensitive Podcast, and the El Goro of Talk Without Rhythm to celebrate Halloween with a trio of spooky stories (news starts at 26:04), discuss the 1978 made for TV film Kiss meets the Phantom of the Park and whatever the hell it was trying to do (feature discussion starts at 42:10), and then we have a roundtable debate about various Halloween candies (starts at 2:30:55).
This week on Invasion of the Podcast we are once again joined by Nathaniel of At The Devil's Ball as we talk about Steve's trip out west for Halloween 45, Miramax wanting to make a shared Halloween universe, the passing of comic creator Keith Giffen (news starts at 3:53), and we talk about a few 'live' Halloween broadcast specials with 2013's WNUF's Halloween Special and 1992's Ghostwatch (1:22-2:45), and then Paul has the guys create their own haunted attraction.
This episode of the Invasion of the Podcast, Steve is back from his vision quest and we eventually talk about Paranormal Activity becoming a stage play, and a woman gets a very strange Amazon order she did not place (News starts at 50 minutes), we then talk about Alex Ross and Mark Waid's 1996 DC comic series Kingdom Come and how it has set a new standard in story telling and art (Feature Presentation starts at 1:07) and then Steve tests Paul's knowledge of Kevin Smith via a 1996 Wizard magazine quiz (Game starts at 2:37).
This week on Invasion of the Podcast I am joined once again by one half of At the Devil's Ball, Sammael, to finish the journey through The Year(s) of Carpenter with his final film, 2010's The Ward. When a young woman is found in the wake of an apparent act of arson, she is brought to a mental hospital for treatment she is not asking for. She then meets other girls that have been placed there and soon suspects not all is what is seems in the ward...
This week on Invasion of the Podcast I am joined by special guest and long time friend Pat as we talk about his experiences in film making and what changes and challenges has he seen over the years, then we discuss 1987's The Hidden and how an overlooked sci-fi film has a lot more going on under the hood than you would think (film conversation starts at 46:30) and then we play another round of Box Office Barometer (game starts at 2:22).
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This week on Invasion of the Podcast I am joined by friend of the show Richard as we talk about the return of Amicus, grand theft porch, adults being excited for buckets (News starts at 26:00), then we do a compare and contrast of the 1990 film Graveyard Shift and Stephen King's short story of the same name and what makes for a good page to film adaptation (Feature Presentation starts at 1:27:32), and then Richard challenges me to a game of Crosses and Dollar Signs (Game starts at 2:46:45).
I am joined again by El Goro of The Talk Without Rhythm Podcast to finish our 3 part conversation about J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars. We move ahead another 20 years and see where the world is now with the Specials taking it upon themselves to change the world for the better, even though some don't see it that way...
This week I am joined by Jeff from The Skewered Universe Podcast and Tales from Podcast to talk about the Peacock Series Twisted Metal (Conversation starts at 36:31) and how does such a crazy idea for a video game actually work pretty well for a live action TV series. I then challenge Jeff to create his own Twist Metal combat vehicle (Game starts at 2:45).
This week on Invasion of the Podcast we continue the Year of Carpenter by looking at both of his Masters of Horror entries. First up is the conversation Terry and I had on our show Strange Highways in 2021 about Cigarette Burns. Then I had Terry on to discuss the second episode, Pro-Life (Starts at 1:18). One is considered a return to form and and the other one not so much.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast I am joined by my wife Mary as we talk about all things Disney's The Haunted Mansion. We get into the some of the history of attraction, why it is still appealing to guests 50 plus years later, and the first attempt at a live action adaptation with the 2003 Eddie Murphy led film. We talk about what the film gets right and (mostly) gets wrong, and how best to translate a ride to film. Then we briefly talk about what we can hope for in the recently released 2023 film.
This week I am joined again by El Goro of The Talk Without Rhythm Podcast to discuss part 2 of our 3 part exploration of J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars. We pick up the story 10 years after the end of the previous volume to find a world trying to live with and around the remaining Specials. Most of them just want to be left alone, however, there is a large group holding the city of Chicago hostage with no one getting in or out...
This week I am joined by both halves of At the Devil's Ball, Nathaniel and Sammaeal, to look at John Carpenter's second to last film, 2001's Ghosts of Mars. An ancient force has been awakened in a mining colony on Mars that causes people to mutilate themselves and attack anyone not affected. Also, it mysteriously causes flashbacks during flashbacks, odd editing choices, and robs Ice Cube of his ability to act. Tuck in., it's going to get weird.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, I am joined by the other half of At the Devil's Ball, Sammaeal, to take a trip back to our Year of Cannon and talk about 1985's Lifeforce. Can Tobe Hooper, fresh off the success/complications of Poltergeist take the novel Space Vampires and turn it into a $100 million block buster? This is the Year of Canon, so you can probably guess the answer. So enjoy the conversation about a film that should have been shorter or longer, more serious or less serious, and well, should have treated all women involved better.
This week I am joined by the always great El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast as we start a three part exploration of J. Michael Straczynski's comic series Rising Stars. First we set the stage talking about Straczynski himself and where he was at in his already successful career prior to breaking into the world of comics writing. Then we dig into the story of Poet, the last of 113 'Specials' and how their existence changed the world for good and for worse. Parts 2 and 3 of the conversation will be in July and August.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast I am joined by Trevor, host of the Theater of War Podcast to talk about his time in the Marines and his interest in war films, Terrifier 3 is coming whether we like it or not (News starts at 48:17-1:21), and then discuss the 2004 film Miracle about the 1980 US Men's Olympic hockey team's journey and how it became so much larger than the game (1:21-2:45), and I challenge Trevor to a Pop Culture Hockey Quiz.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast I am joined by Nathaniel of At the Devil's Ball to talk about live action remakes of animated films, a flurry of secret stories (News at 16:40-46:30), we then revisit the ground breaking film Sin City and talk about how much of it holds up (and what doesn't) after 18 years (46:30-1:54), and then we play a game of Box Office Barometer for 2005.
This week I am joined by friend and co-host of the Strange Highways podcast, Terry, as we exit the 20th century with Carpenter's last film of the 1990's, Vampires. Is his blend of horror and western successful or does it bite? (Film discussion starts at 47:00-2:19).
Also, I provide a follow up regarding last week's Wheel of Death Challenge, and talk about the christian summer camp musical, A Week Away. I have notes. (2:19-3:10).
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, friend of the show Richard helps talk about how Florida is being the Florida of everything, a flurry of Secret Stories (News 35:00-1:19), the recently released documentary Chop & Steele and how absurdity is a double edged sword (1:19-2:26), and Paul gets thrown under the Wheel of Death™ once more (2:26-End).
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, the writers' strike delays the rebellion, Zack Snyder thinks you just didn't get it, a high school has a critter problem (News: 36:00-1:25), we discuss Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (spoilers) and how James Gunn wraps up his trilogy of wonderful weirdos (1:25-2:36) and Paul takes Steve to Vacation Bible School again (2:36-3:05).
This week on Invasion of the Podcast we continue on with the Year of Carpenter by looking at his only sequel, 1996's Escape from L.A. Snake is back and faces the challenges of rogue surfers, plastic surgery monsters, and a limited CGI budget. Will Carpenter get his groove back with a return to a franchise he created? (film conversation starts at 45 minutes)
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Steve gives his review of Metallica's 72 Seasons, films are becoming TV shows... again, there's a hecking chonker in Virginia, a man sets a record that no one should care about (News 47:38-1:26), we finish our impromptu Red Boi Spring by looking at the bleak War War III what if of 1984's Red Dawn and debate if the film is anti-war or not (1:26-2:30), and Steve makes Paul makes some hard decisions in a new segment called 'One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall.'
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 the name of your nemesis!
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 to an Egg-cellent Easter themed quiz (2:48-3:31).
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 creative team behind the book (starts at 1 hour), and Steve takes Paul to PaulCon 2023! (starts at 2:34).
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 Steve on the spot to talk about Scream 6 (spoilers), (1:39-3:14) and then Steve has Paul commit some March Madness by choosing the best 1990's comic book outfit (3:14-4:05).
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 has Steve guess which Jaeger names are Real or Fake.™ (2:55-3:08).
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 well it has aged and how it had an effect on the entire industry (2:03-3:40), and Paul makes Steve take a trio of Cosmo quizzes (3:40-4:23).
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.com keywords.
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 crossovers with 1997's Hulk vs Pitt (starts at 1:27 the 3:00), and El Goro and Steve fight it out in a battle of the mascots.
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 wonder and magic.
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/reboot horror films and how we feel about current the state of the genre, and discuss our favorite first time watches during the year and our favorite 2022 films.
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 very foundational to our own tastes, and we play a game of Real or Fake involving movie/food tie-ins.
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 starts at 1:07 mark.
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 our super official and totally real Black Friday Deals.
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 much of an impact he has made as the voice of Batman, and Steve questions Paul about his Hair Metal knowledge.
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 Steve to a Turkey edition of Real or Fake.
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 talk about 1976's Carrie and how its a perfect movie of its time, for good and for bad, and Paul asks Richard his opinion on a number 'Alternative' Halloween celebrations.
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 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter and how it capped off what was intended to be the end of franchise, and Steve challenges Paul to a quiz about Fox Kids Halloween programming.
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 open a large container of swirling green goo and enjoy the conversation!
Prince of Darkness talk starts at 37:00.
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 open a large container of swirling green goo and enjoy the conversation!
Prince of Darkness talk starts at 37:00.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast we are joined by the always awesome El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast to talk about John Carpenter teasing something large (and green), a guy breaking a record for visiting pubs that we question the authenticity of, a bunch of racoons breaking into a home repeatedly, we dig into the Junji Ito horror comic Uzuamki and talk about how a simple spiral can become nightmare fuel and Paul has a quiz for Steven and El Goro about spirals.
News Starts at 55:36, Uzumaki Talk starts at 1:43, Spiral Quiz starts at 3:31
End Music: In a Spiral by Phantogram
This week on Invasion of the Podcast we are joined by the always awesome El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast to talk about John Carpenter teasing something large (and green), a guy breaking a record for visiting pubs that we question the authenticity of, a bunch of racoons breaking into a home repeatedly, we dig into the Junji Ito horror comic Uzuamki and talk about how a simple spiral can become nightmare fuel and Paul has a quiz for Steven and El Goro about spirals.
News Starts at 55:36, Uzumaki Talk starts at 1:43, Spiral Quiz starts at 3:31
End Music: In a Spiral by Phantogram
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, we dig into some D23 news, we mourn the loss of a lot of beer, Steve may or may not have crashed a birthday party, we discuss Netflix's Cobra Kai Season V and talk about whether it has gotten a little too big character-wise, and we bust out the Nacho Hat for a Supervillain Sweet 16 battle royal.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, we dig into some D23 news, we mourn the loss of a lot of beer, Steve may or may not have crashed a birthday party, we discuss Netflix's Cobra Kai Season V and talk about whether it has gotten a little too big character-wise, and we bust out the Nacho Hat for a Supervillain Sweet 16 battle royal.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast we talk about the30th anniversary of the Death of Superman, She-Hulk haters gonna hate, Halloween Kills isn't quite finished yet, we discuss the Amazon Prime original film Samaritan and how the nature of superhero movies have changed, and Paul challenges Steve to a game of Real or Fake involving video games based upon movies.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Warner Brothers/Discovery won't move forward with an animated Batman, a surprising 80's horror title is getting turned into a video game, a woman really loves pizza (related items), we talk about 1973's High Plains Drifter and how westerns as a genre are more flexible than you might think, and Steve makes Paul take a Halloween quiz.
This week we continue on with our Year of Carpenter with a look at his next big creative swing with 1986's Big Trouble in Little China. Will the goodwill he built up with the moderate successes of Christine and Starman lead to another good box office and critical praise? Or will a light hearted fantasy comedy action film that never takes its self seriously not be understood at the time of its release?
This week on Invasion of the Podcast we get into a fist fight with Skype, talk about the 90 million Batgirl film that won't be released, there's going to be a Devil in the White City, another Steve in the wild sighting, we talk about Phil Tippet's mixed media/stop motion experience Mad God and how we can appreciate the art but may not quite get it, and Paul challenges Steve to a game of Real or Not in honor of National IPA Day.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, we move forward with the Year of Carpenter with 1984's Starman. Can the man that made us afraid of our backyard, untrusting of those around us, and question why that car is slowly driving towards us, make us fall in love with an alien that wants to understand humanity and a woman who thinks she's lost hers?
Also, San Diego Comicon happened and every news story ever came out. We get into that and start the Starman talk at the 49 minute mark. Enjoy!
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Paul is in a loop, Steve's homework got eaten by his dog, oh good more Zack Snyder Justice League talk, Jordan Peele gets it, Steve may have been on the loose again, we talk about Disney+'s Ms. Marvel (spoiler-ish) and how pop culture can't have nice things, and Steve makes Paul pick the greatest TV theme song of all time.
This week on Invasion, Steve and Paul catch up on what they did over the break with spoiler free reviews of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy game and Thor: Love and Thunder, does the MCU have a definitive plan for phase 4?, The Munsters trailer sure looks like something, Steve may or may not haven been in a garage in Florida, and we talk about season 1 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and how it may have figured out the blueprint for Trek going forward, and Paul has Steve play a game of 'Stark Trek title of Dream Theater Song?'
This week we are joined by special guest Terry of the Strange Highways podcast to continue on our Year of Carpenter by talking about Christine. After the box office failure of The Thing, Carpenter takes an adaptation of a then yet to be released Stephen King book as a gun for hire job. Does his first project that he didn't develop from the ground up feel like a Carpenter film or is it just a paycheck and then on to other things?
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Steve is on assignment and Richard fills in as we talk about the likelihood of Robert Englund returning as Freddy, does the MCU have to have an Endgame style culmination, Steve may or may not have struck again, we get up to our knees in sewer water as we chase 1980's Alligator and talk about why there can be well thought out b-movies, and Paul has Richard create his own animal attack film.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Joker is laying a deuce, it will cost a lot of money to cap out your character in Diablo Immortal, Steve is running amok again in the New England area (with bonus conversation about best and worst candy), we talk about Cannon's one attempt at a Superman film with part IV: The Quest for Peace, and Paul makes Steve pick the best dad for a Father's Day edition of the Nacho Hat.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast we catch up on what we watched over the holiday break, Beavis and Butthead are made whole once more, Steve may or may not have been breaking into a car for food, we talk about the 3rd season of Netflix's Love, Death, and Robots and the pros and cons of anthology story telling, and Steve makes Paul dial a bunch of 1-900 numbers in a game of Real or Fake.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast we are joined by original co-host Joe as we continue our Year of Carpenter discussion with 1982's The Thing. We discuss what lead up to the production, some of the difficulties during it, and the immediate aftermath of its release. This is one of the all time great horror films for a reason, but it took quite a while for the rest of the world to realize it. Open a bottle of J&B, kick back, and listen as the world burns down.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Stan Lee is back?, Star Wars is over trilogies, that's a lot of Big Macs to eat, we take a look at Mike Meyers's Netflix series The Pentaverate and discuss if his approach to comedy holds up or if it is lacking, and Paul challenges Steve to a game of Box Office Barometer for the year 1992.
This week we talk about the passing of George Perez, our thoughts about the six episode Moon Knight series (Spoilers, starts at 46:00, ends at 1:09), and then we are joined by special guest Cathy King, Steve's better half, to have a discussion about Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and how some characters are treated differently than others (Spoilers, starts at 1:09, ends at 2:14), and Steve challenges Paul to a game involving Letterboxd reviews of Friday the 13th films.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast we talk about what makes a good taco bar, how much homework is required going into an MCU movie, a terrible tragedy involving the loss of many many hard seltzers, and while talking about the 2019 documentary Surviving Supercon, Steve pulls the curtain back on what challenges he has to deal with as being a vendor at a convention, and Paul makes everyone go to Vacation Bible School.
This week The Year of Carpenter takes us to the quiet sea side town of Antonio Bay where 100 years ago a tragedy occurred. On the night of that anniversary, a strange fog rolls inland and brings terror to everyone caught inside it. Can Carpenter keep up his momentum from Halloween or does the challenges of a bigger budget and cast cause him to lose a step?
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Steve returns so the we can celebrate Alien Day 5 days early and 4/20 1 day late. We talk about Netflix cutting off Bone, being cautious of mystical underwear, and an abbey is seeking a bunch of vampires, we dig into the 2019 documentary Memory: The Origins of Alien and the difference between insight and bullshit, and Steve asks Paul if he is Joking or Toking.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast Steve is out on assignment and Joe comes back from being out in space for 7 years to talk about the 25th Anniversary of Event Horizon. Also, we talk about Spirit Halloween getting a movie, DC is going back to the drawing board again, sword canes are cool and problematic, some Wrestlemania afterthoughts, and Paul busts out the Nacho Hat for us to determine who is the greatest of all devils.
This week we continue our Year of Carpenter by looking at his genre defining masterpiece, Halloween. We talk about some of the history going into the production, the casting choices, and the story telling decisions that John Carpenter and Debra Hill made to bring terror to Anytown, USA. Also, we talk a little about Marvel's Moon Knight, Paramount's Halo, and a very special edition of Food Talk™.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Paul starts off with a truncated snake quiz, Steve has mixed feelings about Yellowjackets, Paul finally got around to seeing the Schwarzenegger documentary Commando, the Joker shows up in a deleted scene of The Batman, a snake attends a concert, an ohio person that for sure wasn't Steve calls the cops about not getting enough chicken, we take a look at the fun but very flawed animated film, G.I. Joe: The Movie, and Paul has Steve play Real or Not with G.I. Joe and Cobra character names.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Steve does manly things, Paul does terrible cowboy things, Daredevil is likely getting another season, Dug the Spud is a fraud, dill pickle Frostys are thing, we take a look at the Vice series, The Dark Side of the Ring, season 3 episode 8, The Plane Ride from Hell and grapple with the lifestyle, the excess, and the lack of accountability in the WWE in 2002, and Steve challenges Paul to a St. Patrick's Day themed quiz.
This week on Invasion of the podcast, Obi-Wan gets a trailer to overreact to, Rob Zombie gets a PG rating to overreact to, a thousands year old stone has cracked open and let loose a nine-tailed demon fox to overreact to, we discuss Matt Reeves' The Batman (There are spoilers, starts at 1:08-ends at 2:39) and if it is the best Batman so far, and Paul challenges Steve to a game of Real or Fake Batman villains.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Steve goes to Studio 666, Paul sees some okay Ghosts and is a really shitty cowboy, The Batman is going to cost you The Money, Bender is back, baby!, there is a really small theater that would probably still annoy Paul, we interview Justin of Tales From The Podcast to talk about his Kickstarter comic book project 'Tales of Shock and Terror' (starts at 53:45) and his love of anthology horror, and Steve challenges Paul to a game of Higher or Lower revolving around 1997's Batman & Robin.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast we continue with our Year of Carpenter by looking at his second feature film, Assault on Precinct 13. A closing police station becomes the location of a siege by the Street Thunder gang as they try to kill the officers on duty, the skeleton crew of a staff, and two prisoners that happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Bullets fly and tempers flare as everyone tries to survive the night.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast we talk about Super Bros, hidden Cosbys, a wrap up talk about the Book of Boba Fett and Peacemaker (44:46-1:32:00 if you want to avoid spoilers), Futurama coming back but not with the whole cast, a Star Wars comic writer passes away, JLA/Avengers is getting reprinted, we celebrate Valentine's Day by talking about 2009's The Loved Ones and how violence can serve a story and not just be gratuitous, and Paul figures out how Steve's Prom Night really went.
This week on Invasion we talk about Art Spielgelman's Maus Part 1: My Father Bleeds History and the importance of visual story telling, telling the unvarnished truth, and how banning access to art is never the way to go. We do also discuss The Book of Boba Fett and how it is attempting to be many different shows within itself. That conversation starts the show and lasts until the 48-50 minute mark and then we shift to talking about Maus.
This week we kick off our 'Year Of' for 2022 by looking at a director and creator that has shaped our lives in may ways, John Carpenter. We have been long overdue to check out the rest of his output so we start at the beginning, 1974's Dark Star. Is there a foundation being laid for what was yet to come in this low budget sci-fi comedy that has a inflatable beachball as an alien and talking smart bombs? We'll find out!
This week Steve returns and talks about his travels to Texas and his welcome home gift of Covid, Paul talks about his on again off again affair with some major snowfall, there is a brief discussion about Eternals, Peacemaker, and Scream (no spoilers), Microsoft buys Activision/Blizzard and what that might mean for the future of console gaming, Christmas Story is getting another sequel, Missouri is on the lookout for the Joker's car, we talk about Cobra Kai Season 4 and if more of the same is good enough, and Steve has Paul give him pitches for TV show reboots.
This week Paul is joined by guest host and friend of show Richard and talk about Ghostbusters fandom hot takes, deer in car trunks, PBR giving the best advice ever, jackasses trying to pants referees, the 2019 indie sci-fi film Vast of Night and what it takes to satisfy a viewer, and Paul challenges Richard to a game of Real or Not involving translated TV show titles.
This week on the show, Paul is joined by Jeff of the Skewered Universe Podcast to ride shotgun while Steve is away on a secret mission and discuss the potential end of the Friday the 13th rights case, one very sad and angry critic of The Book of Boba Fett, what words and phrases we are done with for 2022, a look at Michael Bay's first film, 1995's Bad Boys, and how it is very much of its time and how that can be a good and bad thing, and Paul challenges Jeff to a quiz about famous duos (except one question about a trio since he failed at his own quiz).
This week we finish our Year of the Sequel and are joined by special guest El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast to discuss 1990's Predator 2. Along the way we debate the concept of 'legacy' sequels, what it takes for a sequel to be considered successful, and we drink and talk about a lot of other stuff too. Happy Holidays and see you in 2022!
This week Steve and Paul go off track and talk a lot about food surprising no one, Steve had a good time seeing Patton Oswalt, will a live action Mega Man film be any good, let's all celebrate the christmas snek, we look at Matt Fraction/David Aja/Javier Pulio's Hawkeye Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon and how the Disney+ show has drawn inspiration from it, and Steve makes Paul play Real or Fake Hallmark holiday movies.
This week Steve and Paul talk about the weekend they spent together wink and going to see a holiday themed movie marathon, they will make NFTs out anything now, we all saw Daredevil coming to the MCU, the world largest pot brownie just makes us want more brownies, we discuss Masters of the Universe: Revelation Part 2 and how people should really stick around till the end before judging things, and Paul helps Steve make his own action figure.
This week for our 300th episode we got the whole gang back together, Joe, Steve, and Paul, and talk about Santa Claus in Battlefield, 'non-verbal' communication in Halo: Infinite, record breaking belches, a look the 1989 film/product placement that is The Wizard and Steve has a video game movie version of Higher or Lower.
This week we welcome special guests Terry from Strange Highways, Richard from Pale Boy Summer!, and former co-host Joe as we talk about Steve seeing Ghostbusters: Afterlife (spoiler free), digging into some film noir movies, a whisky truck has an unfortunate accident, a true hero makes a beer cooler drivable, some very large penises are stolen, and to celebrate Thanksgiving and the beginning of the holiday shopping season, we talk about 1986's Chopping Mall and how important mall life was back during that time, and the return of our very special Black Friday Deals that you do not want to miss out on.
This week for the Year of the Sequel we head out to Sin City to see if we hit big with 1997's Vegas Vacation. Can the fourth movie in the series live up to the heights of previous installments? Also, we briefly talk about our weekends, the new Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer, and another crazy story out of New Zealand.
This week we talk about our time off, what we ended up watching and what wrestlers we met, we say goodbye to Dean Stockwell, we say hello to the world's largest potato and a bat that won a bird contest, we question what fast food flavor we would want in our alcohol, we approach 2021's Dune as outsiders of the franchise and talk about if it succeeds on it's own merits, and Paul rates Steve's Pain Index.
This week Steve goes to prison and enjoys it, Paul gets caught with mayonnaise in his office, a brief spoiler free discussion about Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, we talk about the danger of Nostalgia, Martin is coming for us all, someone is suing Pop Tarts for being Pop Tarts, and we conclude our SpOOoOOOooOkytober with a look at the 1990's remake of Night of the Living Dead and why it was made and whether or not it succeeds on its own merits, and Steve has to guess which unmade horror sequel are real or fake.
This week Paul is still at war with apples, Steve may have caught the black plague, there's a new tiny cat nearby, Batman FanDome happened, we wonder aloud what disqualifies a pumpkin from competition, no sprinkles for you United Kingdom, we discuss the sequel to the 2018 reboot, Halloween Kills, and how trauma shapes the town and people of Haddonfield, and Steve tasks Paul with determining which butt hurt reviews were for Halloween Kills or The Last Jedi.
This week we talk about our birthday weekend celebrations and the sweet loot we got for getting older, the merits of audio books, the new Scream (5) trailer and how it looks good so far, ma'am your house is hissing, there's a tiny town for sale, we continue our SpOOooOOOokytober of looking at the sequel/reboot of Friday the 13th: A New Beginning and it attempt to take the franchise in a new and seedier direction, and Steve tries to Letterboxd Paul in with a movie review quiz.
This week we briefly talk about the Many Saints of Newark and about what people think they want out of a franchise, Paul got to meet Eric Roberts very up close and personal, we learn that Steve shares a birthday with a ninja, its officially fat bear fall, fake spiders get real police calls, we kick off our SpoOooooOOoookytober with a look at Nia DaCosta's sequel/reboot of Candyman (very spoiler heavy, conversation starts about an hour in) and how this series has a lot to say 30 years on, and we create a breakfast cereal for The Saturday Night Slasher.
This week we talk about the complicated issue of creator versus copyright as Marvel is suing to keep the rights to Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and more, we believe that their may be some supernatural goings on with overly large pumpkins, and we get into the Star Wars anthology series Visions and talk about its potential versatility and flexibility for the genre, and Steve asks Paul some Really Stupid Questions.™
This week we talk about a sequel that is actually a prequel in 1984's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. We dig into this darker outing and try to figure out why many people consider this one the 'bad one' of the original trilogy. Also, we talk a lot about apples and what we did this weekend.
This week Steve and Paul catch up on what they watched over the break, talk about the passing of Norm Macdonald, Sun Man is part of the Masters of the Universe, what toys were nominated for 2021 Toy Hall of Fame, and dig into James Wan's new film Malignant (starts at 1:00 and ends at 2:28 for those that want to avoid spoilers) and Paul has Steve create a series of 'What If...?' stories.
This week we talk about Reminisce and how hard sci-fi can leave you cold, a lot of money was spent for some turtles, someone got pissed off at a Dairy Queen, baggage claim just got a lot more tasty, we end the season by talking about 1986's One Crazy Summer, and Steve challenges Paul to quiz about minor roles.
This week we talk about Woodstock 1999, crawling around a backyard looking for apples, are we owed satisfying endings to a series, Spider-Man has No Way Home, we talk about Val Kilmer's 2021 Amazon Prime documentary about his life so far and what it means to be an artist, and we celebrate National Dog Day with Steve picking the best dogs.
We continue the Year of the Sequel by looking at the last Star Trek film involving the entire original series cast, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. With the backdrop of the ongoing war between the Klingon Empire and Federation possibly coming to a close, can Kirk move past his old hurts and longtime hatred in order to complete his mission and help bring peace to the galaxy? Bonus: there is some discussion about Free Comic Book Day and standing in line for 5 hours.
This week we wonder why the living dead are animated, if it is important to see certain films on the big screen first, which fast food would you give up your religious beliefs for, and we talk about 2021's The Suicide Squad (spoiler heavy, beware) and how good it is to see James Gunn back it, and Steve makes Paul pick the Best Summer Ever.™
This episode we discuss what happened during the week we were off, the dangers of stairwells and haircuts, the lawsuit filed against Activision Blizzard, how much it will costs to live inside Star Wars for two days, a titanic accident, and we dig into the Netflix animated series, Masters of the Universe: Revelations and how what was originally a 30 minute toy commercial now has some substance and nuance to it, and Steve gets swept away into the world of Cameo.
This week we continue onward with the Year of the Sequel by looking at 1993's Wayne's World 2. Can a quickly turned around sequel to a surprise hit based upon a SNL skit possibly succeed? Also, some unexpected and unrelated sequel news gets discussed. Party on, listeners!
This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Steve saw Black Widow in the theater and Paul saw it at home and talk about the future of same day releases and physical media (along with a very spoiler free discussion of the film), if the era of 'Git Gud' is coming to a close, a dude finds a lot of balls, we close out Pale Boy Summer™ with a look at Kathryn Bigelow's 1987 vampire western Near Dark and how much we miss Bill Paxton, and Paul makes Steve play the darkest game we have made so far.
This week Steve returns and we are joined by Terry from the Strange Highways podcast as we talk about the passing of Richard Donner, Zack Snyder making a star war-ish, weird DIY jobs, and continue our Pale Boy Summer™ by looking at George Romero's 1977 Martin, a film about a young man that may or may not be a vampire, and Steve asks us 'What Can I Bring?'
This week Richard is again riding shotgun as we talk about grown ups getting upset at kids toys, is Chapelwaite worth visiting, we find out what we would spend counterfeit money on if we could get away with it, and we continue Pale Boy Summer™ by taking a look at Tobe Hooper's 1979 made for TV adaptation of Stephen King's Salem's Lot and why it holds up today, and Paul busts out the Nacho Hat to make Richard determine which vampire will win it all.
This week on Invasion of the Podcast Steve is away on assignment and friend of the show Richard rides shotgun as we talk about non-Star Wars people writing Star Wars, Jaws not getting a bigger reboot, what food item we would attack fast food employees over, and we kick off Pale Boy Summer™ with a look at 1978's Zoltan: The Hound of Dracula aka Dracula's Dog aka The Worst Dog Owners Ever and Richard challenges Paul with a game of real or fake metal band names.
This week we get a bonus secret news story before getting on board with this week's Year of the Sequel film, 1990's Die Hard 2: Die Harder. Want a sequel that does everything to remind of the original film but somehow not do it quite as good? Yippie Ki Yay Ya Do!
This week Steve talks about his experience of watching two filmed on video horror films, Paul talks about going back to the Burning Crusade, Rob Zombie is making a Munsters film, a mobile game makes a terrible mistake in the name of Pride Month, we discuss the Hulu Marvel animated series M.O.D.O.K. and how it makes you care about a guy who just wants to take over the world and enslave you, and Paul makes Steve take an acronym quiz. Will he P.A.S.S?
This week we talk about our Memorial Day holiday, Steve ventures outside to a Quiet Place, Paul stays inside for a A Loud Place (aka Army of the Dead), we hope we don't get caught cheese handed, we talk about the 8 eight episode second season of Netflix's Love, Death, and Robots, and Steve has Paul create 6 perfect Cannon films.
This week we mix up our Year of the Sequel with a callback to our Year of Cannon by looking at American Ninja 2: The Confrontation. Can Cannon handle a sequel to one of their own original properties? Why do Ninjas show up without warning to ruin a fun day at the beach? Was Steve James allergic to sleeves? Join us as we get into three different fights at the same bar and end up at a ninja cloning community college as we try to answer these questions and more.
This week we talk about cheating on each other by doing other podcasts, watching 5 Dirty Harry films within 24 hours, MST3K living yet again, some cops have to wrangle a crocodile out of a parking lot, and we get into the the thorny but worthwhile discussion about 'fixing' art and what the means for the creator and for those that interact with the content, and Paul challenges Steve to figure out which poorly translated movie title is the real one that was used overseas.
This week we realize it is hard to talk about Tenet, Phase 4 has made us very excited to go back to the movies, one poor sightseer has crappy luck, and we talk about a very obscure Marvel comic book hero, Darkhawk, and his origins and the challenges that need to be overcome in order to launch a new character in a world full of Avengers, and Paul must slay Steve's Spectacular Superhero Synonyms!™
This week we briefly talk about the wrap up of Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Paul subjects Steve to three Secret New Stories™ that involve a bunch of Joshs, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and a.... grenade, and we face off against 2021's Mortal Kombat and talk about what needs to happen to make a good film adaptation of a video game, and Steve has to determine which Kombatants are real or made up.
This week we continue on with the Year of the Sequel by looking at Ken Smith's Clerks II from 2006. We first dig into our feelings about the original Clerks and then the greater View Askew Universe and see if Clerks II was a high point in his career or an unneeded sequel.
This week we don't have any news, but boy howdy do we have hot takes about Godzilla Vs. Kong and free super low budget horror movies on Tubi, also Steve tries to ruin the lack of news by mentioning some news about a new MST3K kickstarter, we then go on to discuss the 2020 documentary The Last Blockbuster and talk about the power of nostalgia and how not to stretch your project to feature length, and then Paul is a challenged to a game of BUY IT NOW.™
This week we get upset at Youtube, it's going to cost a lot to keep those Knives Out, John Romita Jr. comes home, one guy really like Endgame, we dig in the Versus subgenre of horror films by looking at 2003's Freddy vs. Jason and see how successful it was with having two iconic 80's slashers go head to head, and Steve gets a case of Breakfast Cereal March Madness and has to determine which cereal mascot comes out on top.
This week we are joined by friend of the show and co-host of At The Devil's Ball, Nathaniel, to dig into the four hour marathon that is Zack Snyder's Justice League. We talk about what works, what doesn't, and question why some changes were made either way. Oh, and for a first time on the show, all swear words are allowed. If Zack Snyder can make Batman swear, then we should be able to as well.
We continue on our Year of the Sequel talk by looking at a sequel that now exists in two forms. 1980's Superman II was mostly completed by Richard Donner but taken away from him by the producers and was largely reshot. We discuss what occurred around the original theatrical release Superman II and the we take a look at the 2006 mostly restored vision that Donner had for his sequel.
This week we talk about Microsoft buying ZeniMax Media and what that may mean for the future of gaming, Universal Studios Japan sure has a lot of weird foods, two words: Cocaine Bear, and we discuss the second of half of Disney+'s WandaVision and what we thought overall about the series, and Steve has Paul play a game of Two Truths and a Lie.
We continue our Year of the Sequel with a look at 1990's Robocop 2. What happens when you mix a short turn around time, disagreements between the writer and director, a company bleeding money needing a hit, and the expectation to surpass the original film? One where Robocop is a stalker, teenagers can be crime bosses, and the drugs of the future are kept in tape cassette cases. Your move, creeps!
This week, Paul buys a butcher knife, Batman 89 and Superman 78 are getting back into the game, Todd McFarlane wants to Spawn an entire universe, please don't attempt to grab a golf ball out of a gator's mouth, we discuss the Dark Horse four issue mini-series Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter and have a extended talk about story telling and how people can access and support smaller comic titles, and Steve has to take the President's Day Pop Culture Quiz.
This week grown ups ruin everything, someone committed grand theft chicken and waffles, we take a look at 2009's My Bloody Valentine (IN 3D!!!!!) and discuss the merits of it as a remake and what it does and doesn't do better than the original, and we play a remake themed version of Higher or Lower.
This week Steve brags about his swag, Texas was on alert for a good guy, we have a mini-discussion about WandaVision and how we feel about it so far, we get showered in blood and smiles as we talk about 2020's Psycho Goreman, and Paul has a quiz about National Snack Food Month.
This week kick off our year long look at sequels with one that is very divisive for Steve, Tim Burton's Batman Returns. We talk first about the success of the original Batman film and how Tim Burton wanted to do something 'different' with the next installment. We dig into the portrayals of Danny DeVito's Penguin, Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman and Batman's Michael Keaton and if their translation from the page to the screen is successful. We also question the effectiveness of a penguin army. So grab your Batman branded CD player and a bucket of live fish and give this episode a listen!
This week we talk about one really great idea and two terrible ones, we cringe and bleed emotionally while discussing the 2019 documentary You Cannot Kill David Arquette and Steve makes Paul go to PaulCon 2021.
This week we talk a little about our feelings regarding Wonder Woman 1984, some good news for Star Wars games, Octopi have beef with fish, we again put on our headbands and bow to each other before we square off in our discussion of Cobra Kai Season 3, and we find out what it means to be a student of Steve Kown Do.
This week we celebrate the holiday season by having the original invader himself, Joe, on to talk about the end of Season 2 of The Mandalorian and Steve finally faces his fear and watches Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice Baja Blast Edition and we talk about whether or not Zach Snyder even likes Superman as a character, and we have a holiday addition of Higher or Lower. Bonus: ham talk. Have a happy and safe holiday!
We conclude our Year of Animation being joined by special guests Nathaniel and Sammaeal from the At The Devil's Ball Podcast to talk about a groundbreaking hybrid of live action and animation with 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit. We dig deep into the themes that become more apparent the older that we get, how herculean the task must have been to bring this very complex project to life and oh, and those kids were definitely smoking while hanging off the back of a trolley car. Check out the episode, p-p-p-please?
This week we are joined by friend of the show Richard as we talk for 3 and half hours about all of the following: various movies we watched over the weekend, Warner Brothers releasing all of their 2021 films directly to HBO Max, Spider-Man is getting a lot of Spider-Mans and villains for the next film, mountain phalluses are here to save us, a bunch more Mandalorian talk, we dive deep into the plasma pool and talk about David Cronenberg's masterpiece in body horror with 1986's The Fly, and we try to determine what are real or fake Hallmark holiday movie channel titles.
This week we talk about Thanksgiving holiday doings, say goodbye to another Star Wars actor, Alex Ross is cross as Warner Brothers, we are looking for wacky cookie ingredients, we have a two pronged conversation about the most recent episode of The Mandalorian: one about fandom patting itself on the back with one hand and shoving out new fans with the other, and two: the burden of weighing down a series with the rest of the its greater universe, and Steve helps Paul put together our Invasion of the Podcast Holiday Special!™
We hope you all had a safe and turkey filled Thanksgiving. Normally each year we do a bit on the show talking about all of the exciting Black Friday deals that you need to rush out and get ASAP, however, with the plague going on and 2020 being 2020, it didn't seem like a fun idea to encourage people to go out shopping. We have put together our previous 4 years worth of Black Friday deals and related games in one episode for you to enjoy why you stay safe at home.
This week we continue our journey through the Year of Animation by looking at our first Claymation feature: 2000's Chicken Run. When a group of hens realize their days are numbered, they look for any way to escape their farm. Along comes Rocky, a rooster that looks like he has figured out how to fly...
Before we get to discussion of the movie (about 55 minutes into the episode) we also talk about our weekend watches, including a brief talk about The New Mutants, and a story about a brawl for some burgers.
Have a good and safe Thanksgiving!
This week we solve the age old mystery of what happened to the dinosaurs, Wonder Woman is coming home for the holidays, of course we talk more about the Mandalorian, there's a bacon flavored beer out there, and we go ghost hunting with Amazon Prime's Truth Seekers and enjoy walking the line between humor and horror, and we have a quiz about toilets (please send us our podcast Emmy now, thanks).
This week we talk about our post election fatigue, going to doctors, and not feeling welcome at gas stations. Also some people are upset that a puppet ate some fake eggs, Alex Trebek has passed away and 2020 just keeps getting sadder, century old statue got an unfortunate facelift. We discuss a brief history of movie trailers, what they are supposed to do, what makes a good trailer, and we talk about some of our favorites. Finally, Steve beta tests his new Buzzfeed quiz on Paul.
This week we talk about our very different Halloweens, we say goodbye to a legend, Clive Barker is back to raising some hell, pumpkins grow scary big, and we end our SpooOooOOOooky month of animation by looking at the recently released Creepshow Animated Special and it's two twisted tales, and how we feel about the 'motion comic' aesthetic, and Steve has to figure out which Are You Afraid of the Dark titles are real or fake?
This week Apple has the Great Pumpkin, Quibi is Quibye, a young girl pulls a sword out of lake and will now rule us all, we continue our SpOOoOooOOOoky month of animation by looking at 2012's ParaNorman with Norman seeing dead people and us seeing a wonderful and funny film, and Steve then tasks Paul with determining which animated Halloween special is real or fake.
This week we talk about what we did on over our birthday weekend, what cool stuff we got, and how we got to see a large baby in a theater, Dexter is coming back and Steve isn't sure how he feels about it, Tremors gets a small documentary about some very big graboids, not all heroes wear capes when they steal a school bus, and to continue on with our SpOoOOooOooky month of animation we dig into some early editions of the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror and talk about how what was once a weird one off became an institution of the franchise, and Steve picks out 2020's hottest Halloween costumes.
This week we kick off our SpOOoOOoooky animated Halloween month by checking out 2006's Monster House. We also discuss the loss of Eddie Van Halen, the loss of GLOW, the addition of an Electro, and there is a Monster Mash brawl at the end. So grab some empty bottles of Mountain Dew and have them at the ready for this episode.
This week we continue our Year of Animation by looking at the semi-autobiographical work about the life of Marjane Satrapi with 2007's Persepolis. This film tells the story of Marjane growing up in Tehran, Iran during the late 70's amid the Iranian Revolution and how she grew into womanhood under an oppressive new regime. This film is full of thought, heart, humor, and sadness and is worthy of watching. We try our best to do it justice with our discussion. Also, we talk about parrots that swear a lot (unrelated to the film but fun).
This week Snyder's complete film isn't as complete as he let on, we can see John Cena as Peacemaker, Dreamhaven is where a lot of people are going after Blizzard, we crack open some Elsinore beers and talk about the very Canadian adventures of Bob and Doug Mackenzie in 1983's Strange Brew and Steve has to guess which craft pop culture beers are real or fake.
This week we talk about mask breath, Spirit stores, The Boys being back, The Mandolorian Season 2 trailer fills with joy, Steve may live his dream of being a cheeseburger taster, a condo full of beer isn't exactly how we imagined it, we talk about sports films and parody films and how they collide in 1998's BASEketball and Steve challenges Paul to a Big Sports Movie Quiz!
This week we talk about drinking and watching marbles, The Walking Dead is coming to an end kind of, Robocop without Robocop, Rick Moranis is still out there and that is great, we discuss the HBO Max documentary Class Action Park and talk about how nostalgia can be a dangerous thing, and then Paul takes Steve to Vacation Bible School.
This week Paul has to drive long distance and is terrified the whole time, we say goodbye to Chadwick Boseman, theaters are re-opening and we don't know if that is a good idea, a mysterious jet-packed man has been spotted in LA, we talk about Bill & Ted Face the Music and see if this was a most excellent sequel or a totally bogus trip, and Steve plays a game of Higher or Lower with Paul about Bill & Ted memorabilia.
This week we head back east again for our Year of Animation by looking at the psychological thriller Perfect Blue. Mima is a popstar that wants to become an actress but there are outside (and potential inside) forces at work against her. Bonus: we first learn about Steve's disappointing fair food expedition and Paul's adventures with Cameo.
This week DC is running into a Crisis on this Earth, Bela Lugosi is Dracula once more, you can rent a Blockbuster and not have to rewind anything at all, we take a look at the 5 part WWE documentary Undertaker: The Last Ride and discuss a legend facing down his last professional days, and we determine what Steve's new in ring wrestling persona will be.
This week we catch up after having a week off and talk about crime documentaries and falling down in basements, Mulan is releasing on Disney+ but its going to cost you, FanDome is bring the con to you, a man makes a ballsy shoplifting move, we take a look at the Netflix original film The Old Guard and how it stands on its own without having read the source material, and Steve makes Paul guess which older TV shows are getting revived.
This week we get the best of both worlds as we get to discuss Batman and animation! Our Year of Animation heads to Gotham as we watch 1993's Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. We talk about our familiarity with the Batman animated series and the see if the weekday afternoon version can make the leap successfully to the big screen.
This week we say goodbye to a Mythbuster, Star Wars is letting loose a Bad Batch, Star Trek Lower Decks has set the bar low, we talk about the influence and work of composer Ennio Morricone and take a look at how his music is a very large part of Sergio Leone's second film in his Dollars Trilogy with 1965's For a Few Dollars More, and Steve tries be frank with his answers for our National Hot Dog Month Quiz.
This week talk about our quasi-holiday weekends, favorite hot dog toppings, The Far Side is back and sorely needed, Halloween Kills... later, horror fans are dealing with the pandemic better than other, we take a dive into one of the lesser known Marvel heroes, Moon Knight, and talk about the origin of the character, what makes him different, and what we would hope to see with him in the future, and Steve challenges Paul to a National Video Games Day quiz.
This week we talk about cream cheese, Beavis and Butthead ride again, a click bait story about Star Wars, a really smart person petting a snow leopard, we head to space to talk about Jason X, the 10th Friday the 13th film and what can happen to a franchise when it is trying to find new directions to hack and slash in, and we play a game about actual film sequels that didn't get made.
This week we continue our Year of Animation by digging to the works of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli with 2005's Howl's Moving Castle. It has wizards that might be birds, demons with top hats, a turnip headed scarecrow, and Billy Crystal as a sassy fire. You know, the usual.
Bonus: We do actually have some news we get into because a bunch of Batman related things happened and it wouldn't be Invasion without some Batman talk.
This week we share our adventures at the drive in, experiments in drunken cooking, and watching webinars for fun. We talk about the passing of an important Batman creator, Alien 5 might be alive, and that the Mothman needs to be seen by everyone. We revisit 2014's It Follows and see if our feelings have changed about it over six years while looking out the windows for creeper old ladies slowly walking towards us. And Steve has a quiz for Paul about one of his favorite things: garbage.
This week we devote the entire episode to telling the true life story of how the Superman radio show took on the Ku Klux Klan and won and we talk about the newly released DC Comics graphic novel Superman Smashes The Klan.
This week we continue our journey through the Year of Animation by looking at Brad Bird's first feature film, 1999's The Iron Giant. Set in the year 1957 and in the shadow of Sputnik, a young boy happens across a giant robot from another world that can't remember why it is here. We are joined on this episode with special guest El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast, a friendly giant that also will eat the occasional car, to explore this wonderful gem of a film that has a lot more going for it than at first glace.
This week we learn about time traveling fathers, exploding tables, and distant dogs barking, we actually have news to talk about with HBO Max set to release the Snyder Cut of Justice League, the Simpsons are going to look correct again, and we say good bye to a behind scenes person who helped make Star Wars as big as it is now, and speaking of that Star War, we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back and discuss why it is our favorite of the series and what its legacy is, and Paul challenges Steve to a quiz about body parts.
This week we catch up over our three week break, The Mandalorian is getting a lot of Star Wars shoved into it, Steve is the true hero we need at this time as he solves the mysteries of long lost deli sandwiches, we take a look at Sam Raimi's first comic book/superhero film with 1990's Darkman and we see how well a movie about skin masks that disintegrate holds up, and Steve gives Paul a quiz to see what Sam Raimi film he truly is.
This week we talk about our weekend watches, a prophecy about Community may come to pass, Saturday Night Live not being so live, and continue our journey through the Year of Animation as we look at 1986's Transformers: The Movie. Does what could have been a simple cash grab feature length toy commercial transform into something more meaningful and fun? Does it hold up over 30 years later? Do we want all the robots shown in it?
This week we talk a long time about not much going on, The Purge has started in the south, we celebrate the 30th (plus one week) anniversary of the live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film and talk about whether or not the jokes and suits hold up, and Steve serves up some fresh slices of pop culture pizza questions for Paul. Stick around till the end to hear one of the worst songs we have even ended the show on.
This week we struggle to find any new news as most of the entertainment world has been shut down or put on hold, googly eyes make everything better, we talk about the first season of Star Trek: Picard and about how there is a lot to like with it but also a lot to be frustrated by (with full spoilers, be warned) and in celebration of 'National Take a Walk Day', Paul challenges Steve to a quiz about walks.
This week we talk about how we are dealing with self isolation, the best places to find the white gold known as toilet paper, Tiger King is a crazy documentary, and we continue our Year of Animation as we stay in 1982 and talk about another darker fantasy film, The Last Unicorn.
This week we watched a lot of stuff in isolation, the movie studios are putting a lot of current films out on VOD early, Drew Struzan turns a year older and we need to appreciate him more, T-Rexs are running loose in Spain, we take a look at the independent low budget film The VelociPastor and ask what makes a bad film good, and we take a look back at the faraway year of 2018 with our Box Office Barometer.
This week Paul gets to meet some of the voices in his head, AvengersLand looks pretty amazing, we say goodbye to Max Von Sydow, Dracula is getting Blumed, we talk about the pros and cons of fan art and how it can be a stepping stone for creators to get noticed, and Steve serves up Paul some fast food fails.
This week we talk about the real Hamburglar, looking at houses is weird, 007 has a license to move his release dates, Hocus Pocus is getting a sequel, McGruff really is a crime dog, we talk about Mike Flanagan's Director's Cut of Doctor Sleep and if he is able to successfully serve two masters, and Paul asks Steve questions about what is older.
We continue our trek into the Year of Animation by looking at 1982's The Secret of N.I.M.H. Can a film that combines cute woodland creatures, science fiction, sword fights, and wizard rats somehow all come together and stick the landing? Guess you will have to party with us underneath the rosebush to find out.
This week we miss each other's faces as we try to prepare for Snowpocalypse 2020™ the best way we know how: hiding in our separate homes stocked full of beer and talk about pop culture via Skype. Rick Moranis is back, Birds of Prey gets a slightly different title, who knew Fortnite was an interpretation of a literary classic?, and to celebrate the holiday all about love, we look at 1981's My Bloody Valentine, the slasher and mining classic, and we create a dating profile for someone near and dear to Steve's heart.
This week Star Wars changes their focus, Doctor Strange just got more groovy, what is your preferred robbery weapon of choice?, we talk about the character of Harley Quinn and her origins and how she was portrayed in Suicide Squad, and we pit animated characters against one another to the death.
This week we kick off our yearlong dive into animated films by looking at Ralph Bakshi's Wizards. A film that neither one of us had previously seen from a creator that has pushed boundaries in what an animated film can be. Is the journey to the land of Scortch worth taking?
This week Paul finds another reason to be angry at Ernest Cline, everything is becoming a musical, we find out what Steve's weapon of choice would be if he had to be in a trial by combat, we talk about the Mr. Rogers documentary 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?' and how one man's wanting to listen and care will affect many generations to come, and Steve wants to know if people knows all of the people in his neighborhood.
This week we get all vampirey as we first talk about the new Morbious trailer, then find out there are a lot of number 1 comics in the top 100 for the decade, also there's a different version of the Episode IX script out there and people are debating if it is better than the actual film, we sink our teeth in into the BBC/Netflix limited series Dracula and determine if it is love at first bite or if it leaves a bitter aftertaste, and Paul makes Steve take a blood test.
This week we talk about our holiday break and sweating ICP fans, Steve is angry at John Williams, Luke Skywalker was a late addition to Rise of Skywalker, Penis Man is at large, we talk about about the Batman story arc Hush and its animated adaptation, and Steve puts on a Wizard hat and asks Paul questions about 1996.
This week we do a round table discussion (i.e. Very Spoiler Heavy, you have been warned) of Star Wars Episode IX: Rise of Skywalker with friend of the show Jeff and... JOE?! We go through our feelings and expectations about the closing chapter of the Skywalker Saga and about what worked and didn't work. We talk force ghosts, Goonie daggers, and claw machine driven sith lords. We hope you enjoy it and we hope you have a very happy Life Day!
We complete our journey through the Year of Cannon as we walk from New York to Atlanta with Jean-Claude Van Damme in 1989's Cyborg, a film that only exists because Cannon was collapsing and wanted to use sets and costumes from two other unfinished projects because they had already spent money on them. We then pick our three favorite films that we watched over the year and give our final thoughts about the strange and wonderful company that was Cannon. Bonus: We talk about the new Ghostbusters trailer and Steve has a surprise game for Paul about bustin' famous ghosts.
This week we talk about our how our holidays went, Snyder flashes us his extended cut, we take a bite out of National Cookie Day, wonder how drunk do you have to be to rob a Steak N' Shake, we discuss the divided reviews of Hideo Kojima's new game, Death Stranding, and whether investing 10 plus hours into a game before it becomes interesting is rewarding, and Steve answers questions regarding Trains, Planes, and Automobiles.
This week we continue our journey through the Year of Cannon with special guest Terry and his pick being Jean-Claude Van Damme's coming out party in 1988's Bloodsport. We trade scissor kicks, head butts, and multiple music montages as we explore the fiction and the reality behind the Kumite and whether or not Cannon struck gold once again.
This week Warner Brothers might be making the same mistake again with their superhero films, Star Trek is heading in a different direction, we have scientific proof that Tom Hanks is one of greatest human beings, we discuss the 4 new episodes of Netflix's The Toys That Made Us, and we bust our exclusive Black Friday shopping deals.
This week Steve meets a hero as Paul watches silly Hitler, Disney+ provides content warnings for their more questionable fare, Fantasy Island becomes a horror film, Turkeys are dicks, we talk about the first episode of The Mandalorian and if it can carve out its own western themed corner of the Star Wars universe, and Steve has to determine if it is a real Hallmark Channel Christmas film or not.
This week we continue our journey through the Year of Cannon by looking at one of Cannon's last big hopes for box office success: 1987's Over the Top. It has one of the hottest stars of the 80's at their peak, a soundtrack with a Kenny Loggins song, and a sports competition with not only a large cash prize, but a shot a redemption for the main character. What could go wrong? Making it about arm wrestling and truck driving is just the start...
This week we had a lot of fun with tiny tiny bottles, Creepshow gets to keep on creepin' on, Disney is locking the Fox up, the Dark Universe may still see the light of day, we finish our October SpOoOOoOOoktackular with taking a look at Michael Dougherty's love letter to all things Halloween with 2007's, uh, 2009's Trick 'r Treat and Steve forces Paul to make some horrible decisions in a game of 'Would You Rather?'
This week Paul makes parents boo him, Tarantino isn't going to cut Bruce Lee, Weird Al will outlive all of of, someone is trying to have a war on Halloween, we continue our SpoOOoOooOky journey through October with another anthology film, 1974's made for TV Trilogy of Terror and how the wonderful Karen Black shines throughout, and Steve tries to guess the names of popular films that were translated poorly in other countries.
This week Steve doesn't know what he would do with a bag full of snakes, a basement full of blood, and a very large Ouija board, we share some brother 'prank' stories, and continue our SpOOOoOooOoOoooky October of anthology films by looking at 1995's Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight, a story about a haggard William Sadler being chased by a very sexy Billy Zane with the fate of the world hanging in the balance, and Paul plays a game of Box Office Barometer about which horror films made more or less than Demon Knight.
This week a Joker is upset about another Joker, He-Man might be the master of the streaming-verse, rage rooms are all the rage, we continue our SpoOOOooOOOooky October by taking a look at Rusty Cundieff's 1995 anthology film Tales from the Hood and how it can work to balance the horror and the message, and Paul helps Steve pick out his Halloween costume.
This week we come back from our short break with almost the worst case scenario while being on a airplane, we learn that dogs will eat anything and everything, talk about how Spider-Man saved Spider-Man, Harley Quinn and the Birds of Maybe, creators regaining their rights, we kick off our month long SpoooOOooOooOooky October of horror films by talking about the George Romero/Stephen King 1982 anthology horror film Creepshow and contrast it with the first episode of the Shudder exclusive TV series of the same name, and Steve sees if Paul can survive the Treehouse of Horror!
This week we continue our journey through the Year of Cannon as we welcome El Goro of The Talk Without Rhythm Podcast and his pick of 1987's Masters of the Universe. Does Cannon handle the translation of a popular toy line into a successful film? The answer may or may not surprise you.
This week you have to make a sacrifice to see the director's cut of Midsommar, the Joker film has people divided about what's it effect will be, Ikea is good place to hide a lot of people, we discuss Todd McFarlane's art and his impact on the comic and toy industries and look into his 300th issue of Spawn, and then Steve has to decide what is all included in 300th issue of the Saturday Night Slasher.
The week we continue our journey through the Year of Cannon with special guest Jeff Ritchie as he choose to talk about 1986's The Delta Force. We discuss Menahem Golan's magnum opus and jingoistic fever dream of a film in which he attempts to tell the story of what should have happened during a famous terrorist plane hijacking. And by what should have happened we mean Chuck Norris riding around on a missile launching motorcycle and Lee Marvin being Lee Marvin.
Bonus: Because it would be shame to have Jeff on and not talk about Star Wars, the first 20 minutes is abut the recent D23 Expo.
This week Spider-Man gets snapped out of the MCU, Neo is The One again, birds are gross, we talk about the strengths and weakness of compressed storytelling with season 3 of Netflix's of GLOW, and Steve has Paul craft his wrestler persona.
This week we celebrate our 200th(ish) episode by doing what we do best, talking about puppies, ninjas, and... pumpkin spice favored abominations? We also talk about The Hunt being canceled, Overwatch making some odd character design decisions, and we interview Ash Crowlin, author of the extreme horror novella 'Birthday Girl' about what brought him to horror, his writing process, and the challenges and joys of self publishing. And to round it all out, Steve unleashes the Netflix, errr, Amazon Prime Wheel of Death™ on Paul once again.
We continue our journey through the Year of Cannon with 1985's Runaway Train. Two inmates, Manny (Jon Voight) and Buck (Eric Roberts) break out of a maximum security prison in Alaska and stowaway in a train engine looking to ride it to freedom. Things start to get more complicated when the train operator suddenly dies and the brakes burn off of the engine. Does Runaway Train pick up speed as it goes or does it derail halfway through like most other Cannon films? Listen and find out!
This week we talk about the naked truth while working in retail, go in depth over a number of different stories that came out during San Diego Comic Con this past weekend, and Steve has to figure which is the real convention or the fake one.
This week Steve might have bad dreams about a possible Nightmare on Elm Street reboot, people really want a film that probably doesn't exist released, don't flush your meth or else you will get meth crocs, and Paul asks Steve about the challenges and opportunities of self publishing a comic book and what it means to be an independent creator, and then we play the worst game we have ever had on the show (spoiler: it isn't the worst game).
This week the Joker isn't the Joker, Cuphead is getting more animated, committing a crime is bad but getting caught stinks, we head to the Starcourt Mall and have a clothes buying montage as we discuss season 3 of Stranger Things (spoiler filled, starts at 43:00 and ends at 1:47) and we see if Steve knows anything about baseball adjacent things with our All Star Baseball Quiz.
This week we talk about our time at Dark X-Fest, the Walking Dead coming to the end of the road, Sandman creating dreams over at Netflix, a real life Hamburglar, we discuss Spider-Man: Far From Home (spoiler filled, from 0:51 till about 1:50, if you have not seen the film and don't want to hear all about it) and Steve challenges Paul to pick out the bad review of some good films.
We continue our trek through the Year of Cannon by looking at very much an Indiana Jones knock off that get some things right but a lot of things very very wrong with 1985's King Solomon's Mines. Is there treasure under those boob shaped mountains?
This week Batman gets a new old villain, Steven Spielberg wants to tell you scary stories after dark, police get called about a true emergency, we saunter vaguely downwards as we discuss the Amazon Prime series Good Omens from Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, and we test Steve's knowledge of pop culture summer camps.
This week Happy! got canceled and Steve got sad, Vertigo is now vertigone, the outlook is not so good for a green lit Magic 8-Ball horror film, we discuss the recently released film Ma and how Octavia Spencer lifts up what could have been a run of the miller horror movie (if would like to avoid spoilers, that discussion starts at 1:00 and ends at 1:48), and Steve tries to determine what breakfast cereal mascot Paul is.
This week we have a special guest co-host, Taylor, while Steve is out on assignment. We talk about men being mad that Captain Marvel doesn't smile more, Edgar Wright is pissed at Netflix for spoiling his films, a pigeon does the lord's work, we celebrate May and our upcoming bountiful harvest by looking at one of the fist folk horror films, 1973's The Wicker Man, and Paul takes Taylor to Vacation Bible School.
This week we are joined by friend of the show Rich as he shares with us his pick for the Year of Cannon: Death Wish 3. How far off the rails does this Charles Bronson sequel go when compared to the first two films in the franchise? Very very far, evidently. Make sure your home is booby trapped before you sit down to a nice stuffed cabbage meal and listen to this fun episode.
This week people are unhappy about a made up thing not being the way they wanted it to be, the Mouse House buys Hulu, Rick and Morty are back in 2019, we square off for a winner take all conversation about Cobra Kai Season 2, and Steve challenges Paul to determine if certain trivia is actually listed on imdb.com or not.
This week we want to go to Keanu Con, we discuss the strategy of trying not to pee during long movies, there is still life to be had in projects that never were completed, to celebrate Alien Day we take a look at two different versions of Alien 3: the longer 'Assembly Cut' of David Fincher's film and the comic book adaptation of William Gibson's unproduced Alien 3 screenplay, and the Nacho Hat of Doom™ determines the best extra-terrestrial in a 8 contestant fight.
This week we are joined again by Steve's better half of The Saturday Night Slasher, Ryan, as we continue on through the Year of Cannon by taking a look at the Chuck Norris magnum opus, Invasion USA. There will be surprise kicks, dueling grenade launchers, and a guy almost dying from a getting crushed by a desk.
This week the Russo's next project could be haunting, American Horror Story gets stabby, the police almost shoot a Roomba, we discuss the Netflix short form anthology series 'Love, Death, & Robots' and Steve asks Paul a bunch of questions about music that he is ill-prepared for.
Paul and Steve challenge Kevin of the Strange Highways Podcast and El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast to a game of Trivial Pursuit: Horror Movie Edition. Who will win? Who will lose? Who will be judged harshly for having never seen The Devil's Rejects? Listen and find out!
This week the new Joker trailer leaves us divided, a Jedi voices a murder doll, we question AMC's 59 hour long MCU marathon, we interview Justin Stewart, artist and designer of the vampire hunting/reality show comic Bleed Leaders and talk about his approach to his work and how it is important to draw cool looking stuff, and Steve predicts the winners in our Television Sitcom Wrestlemania match ups.
This week we continue our journey in the Year of Cannon by taking a look at 1983's 10 to Midnight. There's a killer on the loose (and completely nude) that always seems to have the perfect alibi, and there is only one man who can stop him, Leo Kessler AKA Charles Bronson. Will Kessler do whatever it takes to stop this twisted naked man?
A mini episode of us discussing the new Jordan Peele film 'Us.' We have thoughts and feelings. We do get into spoilers, so if you have not seen the movie, do it now! It's great.
This week the Guardians get their Gunn, Google is shaking up the video game industry, Bill & Ted set a date for their third adventure, we talk about iconic movie poster artist Drew Struzan and how his work has shaped our love of film, and its sun's out guns out as we take a Spring Break quiz.
This week we didn't go to Wizard World, Steve wanted to Vulcan Neck Pinch some terrible people, the Skywalker Saga is ending (supposedly), moon rocks will kill us all, Josh Trank wins the internet, we discuss our thoughts and feelings about Captain Marvel (spoilers, starts at 52:30 and ends at 1:49:39), and we celebrate National Potato Chip Day by playing a game of Real of Fake flavors.
We continue The Year of Cannon by gathering all of our throwing stars, blow guns, nunchucks, and mustaches as we discuss 1981's Enter the Ninja. We are joined by Kevin from the Strange Highways podcast as we all (mostly Paul) fawn over Franco Nero's Cole, an American who shortly after earning the right to be called a Ninja, goes and helps an old war buddy fight off an evil business man who spends most of his time standing by an indoor swimming pool/office berating those around him. Also, there is a surprising amount of cockfighting in a film about ninjas. Do we exit the film in one piece? Listen and find out!
This week Paul hung with Spider-Mans and Future Mans, Steven hung out with He-Mans and She-Mans, angry sad man babies try to defeat Captain Marvel, we want all of the toys from the New York Toy Fair, Thor is playing Hulk Hogan, we share or thoughts and reactions to Alita: Battle Angel (If you would like to avoid spoilers, the discussion is from 1:02-2:01) and then we give out some Invadies, our very low rent version of the Oscars.
This week Steve survives Florida, Paul survives doing nothing at all, Hulu is setting up The Offenders, DC took our gimmick, Star Wars is getting a green rabbit man (again), we take a look at Kevin Smith's short lived Clerks cartoon and discuss how it was ahead but some of its jokes should stay in the past, and Steven plays Cupid with a Super Hero Mystery Date Mash Up to celebrate Valentine's Day.
This week Netflix doubles down on their Ted Bundy offerings, we no longer have to wonder Y The Last Man isn't already a TV show, we celebrate George Romero on his birthday, we talk about that important DC comics event from 1988, Batman: A Death In The Family and how Batman's loss was driven by reader choice, and Steve asks Paul a lot of loosely based questions surrounding the Super Bowl.
We start off our Year of Cannon in style, well in a style of sorts, as we look at the science fiction/dicso pop mash up musical from 1980, The Apple. We do the BIM and wear our BIM marks so as not to get ticketed by the BIM police as we talk about Menahmen Golan's unique vision of the future... of 1994. Grab your glitter, hop into your bubble domed car, and drive off into heaven with us as we try to understand what The Apple is made of!
This week we do manly things like shoveling snow and eating chili, we discuss the Oscar nominations, Viacom buying Pluto (the internet TV service, not the planet), a man getting very upset about his wife possibly touching his action figures, we revisit what many people consider to be a horror masterpiece, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, and see if we can approach it with a different perspective, and to celebrate National Compliment Day, we force ourselves to say nice things about stuff we don't like.
This week Steve can only see the color Breen from now on, we are sad that we can't be excited about a new Ghostbusters film being made, we are excited a new Spider-Man film is coming out soon, we say happy birthday to John Carpenter, we question the nature of choice as we talk about the interactive event that is Black Mirror's Bandersnatch, and Paul makes the perfect video game.
This week we are joined by special guests El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast and Kevin of the Strange Highways podcast as we talk about Batman Beyond turning 20, M. Night Shyamalan having a plan all along, learning that chicken tenders are better when seasoned on asphalt, and we kick off our Year of Cannon by discussing the documentary Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, and we play a game about real or fake mystery box subscriptions.
This week we wrap up the Year of the Knock Off and 2018 with a look at one of the most successful films of all time, 1982's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. And then we dig into weirdly competent and incompetent at the exact same time 1988 film, Mac and Me. You will believe that a kid riding a bicycle will fly and you will stare in horror as kid in a wheel chair goes flying... off a hillside and into a lake.
Bonus: We talk about our Christmas goings on and wrap up the Year of the Knock Off with a final ranking of the 12 films we watched this year.
This week we talk about seeing some spider-people in the theater and some mean people on the internet, the Hellboy trailer looks fun but not that different than what we had gotten previously, George Lucas being the richest celebrity in America, The Carlton suing The Fornite, we interview artist Ryan Kacsandy, Steve's better half on The Saturday Night Slasher, and talk about the creative process and the secret origin of their friendship, and we have 12 days of loosely associated holiday trivia.
This week we talk about the madness of Ikea, meeting Pinhead, the Toxic Avenger getting a reboot with a budget, the Predator getting festive, the strange trips a Lego head will take, we discuss one of our favorite holiday movies, 1988's Scrooged and how the dark and the light of Bill Murray make it stand out, and Steve has to make some hard decisions about who he decides is Naughty, Nice, or to be put on Ice.
This week we are joined once again by friend of the show and all around awesome person, Jeff, and talk about the 2 hour feature film format dying, Netflix canceling its Marvel shows, movie theaters up charging for 'the experience,' and we take a look at the bizarre fever dream that was the 1978 CBS Star Wars Holiday Special and wonder if life even makes sense anymore, and Steve whisks us away to the holiday season of 1983 and plays a game of Higher of Lower involving the toy section of the Sears catalog.
This week we head out to the not so futuristic wasteland where water is treated as currency and anything you find can be used as a hat as we talk about 1985's Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome and 1986's Solarbabies. One of these films held up a little better than we remembered and the other one is Solarbabies.
This week we are joined by special guest Nick from Geek Eclectic as we discuss going Back to the Future... again, Gotham is down a bat, Youtube has more than just cat videos, we dig into the very open ended question of 'Do creators owe anything to their fans?' and we give you the inside edge on this year's Black Friday deals.
This week we catch up after taking a week off, say goodbye to Stan Lee, discuss Chris Claremont's 1982 X-Men graphic novel 'God Loves, Man Kills' and how its message seems to keep ringing louder as time goes on, and we celebrate National Fast Food Day by having Steve really wanting a Kit Kat Quesadilla.
This week we finish out our spooky October with our monthly feature, The Year of the The Knock Off! This time we take a look at two different doll possession films: the 1988 classic Child's Play and the not so classic 1991's Dolly Dearest.
This week Steve and Paul experienced two different kinds of parties over the weekend, Halloween stabbed a lot of money at the box office, Night of the Comet and Friday the 13th are on the remake block, we talk about A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and how it successfully open the franchise up to new horizons, and we see how other films did versus Elm Street 3 in our 1987 edition of the Box Office Barometer.
This week Steve gets some Lessons in Fear, Paul drinks a 40 for 40, Gotham is ending the way everyone knew it would, The Treehouse of Terror is turning 30, They Live may live again, we take a look at Halloween 4 and see if Michael Myers's return to Haddonfield was worth it, and Steve makes Paul listen to his Movie Monster Mixtape.
This week a stopped clocked is right twice a day, Gunn sets his sights on Suicide Squad 2, we wonder what qualifies as a support animal, we stimulate our pineal glands as we take a look at 1986's Goopy Body/Cosmic/Sexy Horror film From Beyond, and then we we find out which shitty movie monster rises to the top in our Monster Mash Bash.
This week we talk about some good DC films coming back to theaters, Toys R Us might be back and Paul doesn't care, Lady Gaga's fans throw down with Venom, we kick of our month long celebration of Halloween by looking at 1984's Night of the Comet and see how teens in the 80's would deal with the apocalypse, and Steven wonders what costs more or less than a Bob Ross costume?
This week Star Wars starts to slow (solo?) things down, Telltale Games tells no more tales, we say goodbye to famed Batman artist Norm Breyfogle, we take a look at the history of Venom and talk about our feelings of a standalone origin movie without Spider-Man involved, and Steve forces Paul to think about 1990's.
This week we take a look at the dark sci-fi post World War III future of 1997 in John Carpenter's Escape From New York (1981), and then we dig into the not so dark future of rolling skating and dance fighting theme gangs with 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982). Be prepared, bring your own homemade weapons.
This week we have some more fried food talk, the new Halloween trailer is hitting all the sweet spots, we see Skrulls (or do we?), we wish happy birthday to the best Batman, we talk about Matt Groening's newest animated series 'Disenchantment' and see if he has some magic left for his third show, and we find if Steve lays an egg while taking the Chicken Test.
This week we have have very involved talk about Fair food, we fall into a pit talking about plot holes, an important film is coming back to theaters, Spawn is getting some pratical effects love, we discuss Weird Al Yankovic, his decades long career, his underappreciated film UHF, and how he has been a very informative part of our lives, and to celebrate Labor Day, Steve has to figure out long it takes to do assorted tasks.
This week we take a look at James Cameron's other big 1980's sci-fi hit, The Terminator, and then we head to the far off future of 1997 which is full of acid rain, calculator wrist watches, and arm wrestling with 1986's Hands of Steel.
This week the Oscars try to tell us what is popular and what is art, Patrick Stewart makes it so on more Star Trek, CW has their Batwoman, we talk about judging a film on its own merits versus 20 plus years of expectations with 2017's The Dark Tower, and Steve asks Paul, which King is it?
This week Alf is crash landing into our homes again, Episode IX started filming, Movie Pass may be gassed, we take a look back at the second of the Christopher Nolan Batman films, The Dark Knight, on its 10th anniversary and talk about how it changed comic book films for good and for bad, and then Steve asks Paul WWBD? Also, a suprising amount of dog obedience and condiment talk.
We are celebrating Shark Week by looking at the original event that started it all, Steven Spiellberg's Jaws from 1975, and talk about how that first official summer blockbuster changed the movie industry forever. Then we take a look at not a killer fish, but a killer mammal with 1977's Orca. You will be amazed at how smart and revenge driven one whale is against Richard Harris.
Hey Folks! As San Diego Comicon happened this week, we wanted to take a minute (or 48) and talk about some of the big news, trailers, and odds and ends that came out of it. So if you love it when we just talk news, you are going to be in heaven. If not, then please forgive us and we will hold a boombox outside your window playing your favorite song until you do.
This week Creepshow gets it own creep show, there are going to be a lot of robins in the hood, Groot turns 51, we are joined by special guest Kevin from the Strange Highways podcast to take a look at the Mission: Impossible film series in anticipation of the upcoming 6th film, and we see if we can put together a crew capable of breaking into the MacGuffin Institute.
This week we catch up about what we did over the holiday (spoiler: we watched movies), discuss if Indy will be alive for 5, Lando is crashing Episode IX, Wonder Woman is truly wonderful, we get in the ring for Season 2 of the Netflix series GLOW, and Paul sends Steve to Vaction Bible School.
This week we return to our Year of the Knock Off by talking about one the high points of action and sci-fi cinema, James Cameron's Aliens from 1986, and then we look at 1989's Shocking Dark aka Terminator II aka Alinenators, an Italian film that dares to ask the question: What if we take scenes and dialogue from a much more popular film but shoot them on a budget of 7 dollars?
This week Star Wars might be turning away from spinoffs, Nuclear Man (and our ability to not say his name correctly) is coming in hot to DC comics, we say goodbye to another wrestling icon, we open the toy chest again as we talk Season 2 of Netflix's The Toys That Made Us and try not to step on any loose lego bricks in the process, and Steve challenges Paul to idenitfy various transmorphing robots.
This week Jason may have finally met his match, Fallout 76 makes West Virigina the prettiest hellscape ever, we talk about the HBO documentary: Andre the Giant, and how a man that was larger than life faced challenges most of us will never know, and Steve tasks Paul with figuring out what is real and what is fake at the Mall of the Dead.
This week we keep trying to talk about Jared Leto's Joker getting a standalone film, toxic Star Wars fans, we are teased by the Halloween teaser, we then enter the All Valley Karate Championship as we face off against season 1 of YouTube Red's Cobra Kai, and Paul challenges Steve to a fight test.
This week we are joined again by Jeff Ritchie (aka Fredpaints) as we talk about Jamie Foxx being cast as Spawn, some recently announced local screenings of midight movies, saying goodbye to a true Canadian hero, and talk about the 4th Disney produced Star Wars Film, Solo, and our reactions to it and if these standalone 'Star Wars Stories' are working, and Steve has Paul and Jeff face off against each other in a Summer Movie Jeopardy Deathmatch.
This week we look at the original 1977 Star Wars and how it changed the way people look at scince fiction/fantasy films, and film in general, and then we look at 1979's Starcrash, a film that takes a lot of ingredients from Star Wars but mixes them up and underbakes them to make something that may not taste as good, but definitely has its own weird (and kind of likeable) flavor.
This week a lot of TV shows got canceled, we say goodbye to Margot Kidder, a troll got trolled, we interview artist and writer Brian Level about his work on The Mantle, Spider-man, The Avengers and how his love of horror is shaping what he is doing next, and we try to bring some new life to old show by remixing them.
This week Paul spoils God of War (spoilers, start at [04:30] and end at [8:30]), Bill and Ted are coming back for a third adventure, MoviePass probably is too good to be true, Arrested Development gets a remixed season 4, we have large spoiler filled discussion about Avengers: Infinity War, and then Steve sees if he can run the jewels and survive the Finite Gauntlet.
This week we say goodbye to Ash, try to understand a Venom film without Spider-Man, make super accurate predictions as to what Fox will announce for Alien Day, we take a look at the original Infinity Gauntlet event series and see what ground work it laid out for the Infinity War film, and Steve sees if Paul knows his super hero accessories.
This week we talk about Billy Mitchell's well deserved fall from grace, say goodbye to a Sergeant and a Judge, find out that we are moments away from the animal apocalypse, slash our way through the God of War video game series as we take a look at the flawed and tragic figure of Kratos, and to honor the angriest man in video games, we ask each other, 'What makes you madder?'
This week we welcome special guest Kevin to help us take a look at two films about demonic possession: 1973's The Exorcist and 1974's Abby. One is a master class in atmosphere and terror and the other is surprisingly fun and has a great 70's soundtack. We will let you figure out which is which.
This week Black Panther's reign is over due to some giant robots, Simon Pegg thinks that Star Trek Beyond didn't succeed because of its marketing, Toys R Us is closing and possibly taking our childhood with it, we talk about 1984's The Last Starfigher and how it was ahead of its time and often overlooked, and we do a Sweet 16 bracket of not so sweet 1980's references.
This week we continue our journey into the Year of The Knock Off by looking at Richard Donner's 1978 Superman and why that film still works and how it is still considered one of the high water marks of superhero/comic book films. Then we look at at a series of poor creative decisions made by a then desperate and floundering Disney company and how that lead to 1981's hybrid super hero/spy/comedy, Condorman.
This week Nic Cage gets to be Superman kind of, a local comic shop lands a legend for Free Comic Book Day, you can now watch The Last Jedi without all that pesky talking and bleeps and bloops, we take a look at Duncan Jones's Mute (kind of spoilerish just a heads up) and talk about our thoughts on the film and if it being released directly on Netflix helped or hurt it, and Steve challengs Paul to a quiz about product placement in film brought to you by the McPizza™.
This week we catch up on what we did during our two week hiatus, talk about trying the McDonald's Szechuan sauce, Black Panther making all the money in the world, Rian Johnson throwing out JJ's plan for Episode VIII, Jason is hiding in wait at the bottom of a lake, and we take a look back at this year's Wizard World Cleveland and dicuss what parts work and what parts don't and the perils of dressing up as a super hero, and Paul made Steve a DC comics themed mix tape.
This week we head away to summer camp as they compare and contrast 1980's Friday The 13th with 1981's The Burning. We talk about what still works and holds up with the counselor carnage of Camp Crystal Lake and the off putting sexual politics of of Camp Stonewater and how Jason Alexander and Fisher Stevens fits into all of it.
This week Ready Player One put out a new poster that aims for nostalgia but misses the mark, Kung Fury is getting a full length sequel and a Magneto, another well established actor has signed on to play the Joker, we take a look at who Black Panther is as we get ready for his standalone film, and Steve challenges Paul to a game of Jeopardy involving comic book films.
This week young Solo has a long way to golo, we hope Terry Crews is playing Terry Crews in Deadpool 2, Netflix suprised the world with a new Cloverfiled film, we talk about the disgusting amount of fun we had with Ash Vs. Evil Dead Season 2 and what it means for something to feel like 'Evil Dead', and we try to figure out which pop culture characters are looking for love this Valetine's Day.
This week we talk about fun leaving town, Capcom paying a lot of real money for proof of fake animals, Mel Gibson is making a sequel to The Passion of The Christ, we take a look back at the first big comics event series from Marvel and DC and how they shaped their approach to story telling, and Steve quizes Paul on his random comic book knowledge.
This week we wonder if we would survive a 24 hour Groundhog Day marathon, talk about the Oscar and Razzie nominations, Superman finding his underwear, and we take a look at Godzilla and part one of his new anime film trilogy, Planet of Monsters, and discuss how he still has a place in our world while destroying it, and Steve tries to figure what songs the Floppotron is playing.
This week after a 35 year ban on theaters, Saudia Arabia pick a crappy first film to watch, a man angry at/scared by women makes an unwatchable cut of The Last Jedi, North Carolina's new state bird is a pterosaurs, we dicuss the Hulu documentary 'Too Funny To Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show' and the 8 episodes of the series itself and how its failure 22 years ago is still affecting comedy today, and we announce that 2018 is the Year of the Knockoff and take a look at a successful film, 1982's Conan The Barbarian, and its lesser competitor, 1982's Ator, The Fighting Eagle.
This week Steve got to see a sexy fish man, Paul was harassed by real people wanting not real things in a video game, some films are becoming TV series, turkeys are taking over a part of Cleveland, we talk about the Netflix series The Toys The Made Us and how the often accidental decisions of grown ups shaped our childhoods and what we love, and we bust out the Nacho Hat to determine which toy rules them all.
This week Marvel lets you make comics with some very specific guidelines, Gillian Anderson says that season 11 of X-Files will be her last, we talk sports (briefly, and not what you think), we welcome friend of the show, Jeff, back on as we dig into the divisive nature of Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi and talk about what fans want versus what they get, and we make some predictions about 2018.
This week we break away from the usual format to do a wrap up show for Invasion's Year Of The Western (Actually it was just under 3 months, but don't tell anyone). Friend of the show, Kevin from the Strange Highways Podcast, comes on to discuss the list of westerns he suggested at the start of 2017 for Paul to watch and how they can vary in tone, quality, and direction. So put on your 10 gallon hat and take a ride into a genre that's a lot more flexible than you might think.
This week we talk about putting the R in Star Trek, the WB walking back their DC Cinematic Universe talk, the Ready Player One trailer and how it makes Paul's soul bleed,(news runs till about 1 hour in... we love our news!) we then look forward to Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi and our new hopes for it while reflecting on how we feel about The Force Awakens two years later, and then Steve challenges Paul to some very trivial trivia about Star Wars.
This week Steve talks about his goings on at the Gengis Con while Paul went through a gambit of weird movies over the holiday weekend, the Infinity War trailer dropped and it makes us want more, MST3K gets a second sason on Netflix, Steve's favorite Christmas film is coming back to theaters soon, we compare and contrast DC's Justice League film to its animated counter part (starts at the 40 minute mark and ends at 1:30, we had a lot to say), and we play a Black Friday edition of Best Gift, Worst Gift, Re-Gift.
This week the masked man of mystery, El Goro from the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast, drops in from the top rope to be our guest as we talk about Amazon announcing a Lord Of The Rings TV series, Star Wars blurting out about yet another trilogy of films before the current trilogy is finished, if and when to separate art from the artist in a time when it is getting harder to do so, a dicussion about fandom, appreciation, and how easy it is to love something so much that you can ruin it for others (trust me, the Feature Presentation segment is great but hard to describe in so few words), and to celebrate Thanksgiving, I ask El Goro some trivia questions involving planes, trains, and automobiles.
This week we talk about one of the biggest Marvel writers signing with DC, Disney thinking about buying Fox, and Disney trying to punish a news outlet for doing their job (basically we are just conflicted about Disney), we give a mini review of Thor: Ragnarok, we talk about Stranger Things 2 and whether it was a 10 or 11, and we find out if Steve can correctly identify real fake monsters.
This week the new Predator film gets a motion poster (aka video), Rob Zombie can't leave well enough alone, pirates are killing Ash, and guest James doesn't get his head snipped off while helping finish our look at underated horror sequels with The Exorcist III: Legion, and we have a monster mash bash to determine who the top monster is.
This week Star Wars picks the most obvious name for their new film, Neilsen thinks they know Netflix's streaming numbers but not really, the writer of Se7en has been tapped for the remake of Lone Wolf and Cub, we continue our spoOOooOoOoky October of underated horror sequels with specical guest Kevin of the Strange Highways podcast as we dig into the very, very, different Halloween III: The Season of the Witch, and we attempt to make some unconventional sequals to some romantic comedies.
This week we talk about the new Star Porgs trailer, Blade Runner 2049 not performing as well as people hoped, the Halloween sequel ignorning the rest of the sequels, Steve King stops by with some really good tasting chili as we continue our look at underated horror sequels with the truly bizarre Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, and we round things out with a game of 'Would Your Rather?'
This week the Belcher family is going to Hollywood, Valve dumps a lot of shovelware, Stranger Things gets a surprise free (and suprisingly good looking) mobile game, we kick off our spooky month of underated horror sequels by looking at 1988's Return of the Living Dead Part II, and we try and find out what will be the hot new candy this Halloween.
This week we wonder if James Cameron can go back in time and save the Terminator franchise, wonder why one video game compay is calling out another video game company for making a game similar to the one they copied from yet another video game company, the 100 'hardest' boss fights, we take a look back at the aftermath of the video game market crash of 1983 and how that shaped the landscape of gaming going forward, and we line up some shots as we go over the rules for the Invasion Of The Podcast's Drinking Game™.
This week we talk about JJ Lensflare directing Star Wars IX, IT making a lot of money for an R-Rated Horror film and Paul's spoiler free take on the film (news runs till about 45 minutes in, just a heads up), we talk about Netflix and Marvel's series The Defenders and if it was worth 5 seasons of TV to get through for this street level hero team up, and then we ask a Magic 8-Ball questions about the future of pop-culture.
This week we mourn the passing of Spider-Man, do not mourn the removal of Mutt Williams from Indy 5, talk about yet another Star Wars film losing its director, discuss whether or not the Marvel comics event series Secret Empire was successful, and in honor of the year the IT mini-series came out, we run the box office barometer for 1990.
This week we say goodbye to another horror icon, we appreciate Terry Pratchett's final wish, the business of clowing is not booming, we discuss the nature of identifying with/personalizing with video game characters, and we celebrate National Dog Day (late) with our top 10 Good Dogs and Bad Dogs. ...also, we pull additional raffle tickets to find out who are the future owners of cool prizes.
This week we talk about the fun time we had at NEO Comic Con, how Warner Brothers is making a Joker origin film no one asked for, we grapple with the first season of the Netflix series GLOW, and we find out what our pop culture class schedule looks like this year. ...oh, and we announce the names and ticket numbers of who won what for our raffle.
This week we wonder what's the point of another Flashpoint retelling, streaming services are buying the rights to comic companies' whole catalogs, the possibility of a 10 dollar movie pass, we go back to Camp Firewood to talk about Wet Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later and if this reunion was needed, and Paul sees if Joe can figure out what is VBS or BS.
This week we talk aboout how things are not looking so good for the Dark Tower, Paul is now afraid of getting randomly punched by Doomfist, Joe is so-so about the first photos of Deadpool 2's Domino, we discuss Charilze Theron's Atomic Blonde and how we were way off about what Femme Fatale films are, and we put on our terribly animated CGI capes and talk about 1997's Spawn and barely survive its under budgeted vision of Hell for the Netflix Wheel of Death.™
This week we talk about the Skrulls invading the MCU, if a John Wick extended universe is needed, the Ready Player One trailer (spoiler: Paul is conflicted), we pull out our portal guns and jump into the Dan Harmon/Justin Roiland sci-fi dysfunctional family animated series, Rick and Morty, and the Netflx Wheel of Death™ rolls out to crush us once again.
This week we say goodbye to a horror icon and hello to a new Doctor, get surly about Disney's Star Wars Land (and then admit we would still go), discuss season one of the Netflix series Castlevania and the challenges of translating video game franchises into TV and film, and the Nacho Sorting Hat of Doom™ raises the stakes as we pit twenty pop culture vampires toe to toe and fang to fang to see who will become the next Dracula.
This week we discuss the Emmy nominations, go nuts about the New Warriors casting of Squrriel Girl, discover what that crunching sound is, interview Shaun Steven Struble, the creator/writer/colorist of Image Comics's L'il Depressed Boy, and Paul asks Joe if knows his X-Mans.
This week Battlestar Galactica FTL jumps to San Diego Comicon, DOOMFIST is teased, there are a lot of different Batmans coming, we talk the 4 issue mini-crossover event The Button and whether or not bringing the Watchman into the DC universe is a good thing, and we play a game of 'What If?'
This week Bacon is grabbing some Graboids, Joe likes all the Forces of Destiny (except one), Nintendo is releasing the SNES Classic with a previously unreleased game, we take a look back at Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy (yes, even the 3rd one) as we look forward to Homecoming, and Joe asks Paul if games sold better or worse than whatever a Super Poyo Poyo is.
This week we talk about the Han Solo directors going Solong, Dazzler coming to the X-Men films (and some confusion over her powers), Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite isn't looking so good, we review the upcoming Edgar Wright film Baby Driver (if you don't want spoilers, it starts at 32:15 into the episode and ends at 57:15, but here is one spoiler: WE LOVED IT), and Joe has to pick to the perfect crew to help with his heist.
This week Paul is making plastic abominations, we say goodbye to Adam West, talk about some E3 news, hope that the Dark Universe can get its act together, discuss our love/hate relationship with the Transformers film franchise, and Joe asks Paul if he can see more than meets the eye.
This week DC gets it right with Wonder Woman, Freddy turns 70, people don't like to lose when playing games, we take a trip to Camp Crystal Lake as we talk about our experiences with the new Friday The 13th: The Game (spoiler: Paul dies a lot) and how it stacks up against the film series, and then we find out if Steve has the skills with knowlege about Jason kills.
This week we talk about some found footage, compare and contrast the trailers for Star Trek: Discovery and The Orville, get into a throw down discussing DC's fighting game franchise Injustice, and Joe sees if Paul can guess popular TV show fatalaties.
This week we say goodbye to the most interesting man in the world, we don't dread that there is more Dredd coming, Hellboy 3 isn't happening but a 3rd Hellboy is, we discuss (very spoiler heavy) Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2, and Paul makes Joe a series of super hero mixtapes.
This week Joe wakes up from cryo-sleep and we are joined by special guest Jeff Ritchie as we talk The Dark Tower and Defenders trailers, Marvel Legacy, Jeff's Jack Kirby inspired submission for Free Comic Book Day, what it is like to work a booth at a convention, the ups and downs of creating art based on existing properties, and we play a game of Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica.
This week Joe was put into cryo-sleep and Paul was joined by Steve King as we talked about the release dates of Star Wars 9 and Indy 5, not sleeping like a hobo at a convention, Jeff Goldblum making everything better, we celebrate Alien Day as we decide if Prometheus is stronger upon a second viewing, and Paul has Steve play and eggcelent game.
This week we hit triple digits, wonder if 5 post credit sequences are too much, freak out over the freak out about The Last Jedi teaser trailer, riff on the history and the return of Mystery Science Theater 3000, report back on the Netlfix Wheel of Death selection Robot Overlords (spoiler, it wasn't that bad), and Paul asks Joe a dozen questions about 100s of things.
This week we pay our respects to The Deadman, Joss Whedon swings in to save Batgirl, Rick needs his sauce, we interview Brian Miller and Joe Corroney about creating exclusive artwork for Star Wars Celebration and how now is the golden age of being a Star Wars fan, and we finally get the Netflix Wheel of Death back from the shop to ruin our weekends.
This week Joe says No No to the Power Rangers while Paul wants you to get in with Get Out, we talk about the Justice League and Spider-Man: Homecoming trailers, go on patrol with 1987's Robocop, reveal our shocking conclusion to our Adult Swim tournament, and Joe has some hard decision to make about what robots he would hang out with.
This week we kneel before Cable?, we would not pay $500.00 for wrestling themed shoes, we talk about our 3 days of adventure at Cleveland's Wizard World as Joe masters the Taskmaster and Paul just Dennises the Nedry, and we play a game of fake Con panel or real Con panel. Also, we find out which Adult Swim characters move on to the final round for the Brawl to End Them All!
This week a real company uses a fake ad, there might be some Life in Spider-Man 3 (or the other way around), we talk about the nature and culture of collecting and why we buy what we buy, we reveal our Adult Swim Final Four, and we make a Bingo card for our upcoming Wizard Wold visit.
This week Chuck Norris's birthday candles blow themselves out, Buffy turns 20 (and you turn OLD!), we celebrate Mar10 day, we discuss Logan and if it is okay to let your heroes go, and we ask you to vote on our Elite 8 of Adult Swim character battles to see who goes on to the Final Four... OF PAIN.
This week we say good bye to Bill Paxton and Hellboy, we talk about living in a world in which Suicide Squad won an Oscar, we interview Christina Nicholls about the amazing thrills and challenges of being a voice actor and how playing the bad guy is so good, and Joe wonders if it is Game Over for Paul.
This week we talk about a very manly weekend, we wonder if the The Batman's director instability will destroy DC's Cinematic Universe, we interview Karington Hess and Dana Miller, Game Masters at the Malted Meeple board game cafe about what makes for a fun table top gaming experience and what goes into a great milkshake, and we make sure the podcast does not drop below 50 mph as we check the Box Office Barometer for the year 1994.
This week we ask if Aquaman will be the one to save the DC cinematic universe, we sink our teeth into the Netflix original comedy/zombie series The Santa Clarita Diet, and Joe has Paul choose the best meals made by the best hitmen.
This week one iconic slasher is put into good hands while another is put on ice, with the premire of NBC's Powerless, we ask if TV is getting over saturated with comic book superhero shows, and in honor of Valentine's Day, we go on some pop culture speed dates.
This week we say goodbye to two doctors and a director, we discuss the short lived video game arcade era and its long lasting influence, and Paul tests Joe's knowledge about his 80's bloops and bleeps.
This week Star Wars Episode VIII gets a title that everyone will overthink, we head to the Great White North to discuss the film Yoga Hosers and if Kevin Smith got his groove back, and we bust out the Nacho Sorting Hat of Doom in order to host our first "Royal" Royal Rumble.
This week the circus leaves town, Star Trek has no direction, we dig into Marvel's comic even series Civil War II and discuss if Event series are a good thing, get our list of movies for 2017: The Year Of The Western, and Paul asks Joe, "It is older than Betty White?"
This week we tell you when the new Zelda machine comes out, we take a look at 1987's The Running Man's view of the year 2017 to see what they got wrong and got oh so right, and Joe tests Paul's Robert Rodriguez movie knowledge as we celebrate the 19th Anniversary of From Dusk Till Dawn.
This week Star Wars Rebels gets a new old recruit, The Lord of Terror turns 20, we punch dance our way through Netflix's The OA, and we celebrate Nic Cage's birthday with a Cage Fight (er, Quiz).
This week we look back on 2016: what movies, games and TV shows we liked, we see if Joe's 2016 predicitons came to pass, we sadly remeber what DIDN'T go away this year, and we check in on our Nerd Year Resolutions.
This week Joe and Paul might have the holiday spirit or the flu, so they are staying far far away from each other as they talk about their reactions to Rogue One (if you don't want it spoiled, go to around the 38 minute mark), open up about all the hot Christmas toys from the 1980's onward, and once again play Secret Santa for some lucky few characters around the office.
This week Joe sees a lot of fake places with real addresses in NYC, special guest Steve Kingstops by to talk about his experience earlier this year at London's Star War Celebration, we take a closer look at how Rogue One fits within the Star Wars universe, and Joe puts on his Sith Public Relations hat once more.
This week Paul has a long sunday of cowboys, robot cowboys, and movie cowboys, Joe hates more than meets the eye in the new Transformers trailer, we discuss the violent delights of the frist season of Westworld (bonus, we talk about the original film and its questionable sequel, Futureworld), and in honor of Oliver Queen's 100th birthday, we try to find a new Green Arrow to defend Star City.
This week Lando fianlly shows us his dark side 29 years later, Anne Rice gets the rights back to the Vampire Chronicles, we interview Lyman Rate, author of Operation: Jaguar about the challenges of writing a first book, and we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Double Dare with Paul daring and then double daring Joe to some physical challenges. Also, stick around till the end for something... weird.
This week Marvel assigned each state an Avenger (spoiler: Sorry Montana), we celebrate Thanksgiving with talk about F is For Family and dysfunctional TV families, and we share our annual Super Secret Black Friday deals!
This week we celebrate and discuss the importance and impact of Saturday Night Live. Also, we pit your favorite SNL characters in a death match via the Nacho Hat... OF DOOM.
This week Birdman is in Spider-Man, we open our mind's eye and and get trippy as discuss Marvel's Doctor Strange, and Joe asks Paul to determine which pop cuture doctors are more or less likely to kill you.
This week we recap all the news at Blizzcon, talk about Canadian Spider-Man, review Chelsea Cain's run on Marvel's Mockingbird and the fallout about its cancellation, and Paul sees if Joe can win the dough in our National Doughnut Day quiz.
This week we talk about Bethesda not giving out early copies of their games to reviewers anymore, wrap up our spoOOoOOoooOky October by sinking our teeth into George Romero's original Dead trilogy, and share our less than exciting tale of getting out of The Boneyard.
This week we ponder if we will switch to the Nintendo Switch, devour the Critters film series as Paul gets a new outlook on the universe, and we get a special edition of the Wheel of Death from our friend (maybe not after this) Kevin of the Radio Violenta podcast.
This week we get all giddy about the final Rogue One trailer, discuss Overwatch's Halloween event, snap some pencils while talking about the Re-Animator film series, and have a hell of a time trying to describe the endless pain and suffering we endured on the Netflix Wheel of Death.
We kick off the SpoOOooOoooky month of October with talk about who's offending The Defenders, the John Wick 2 trailer head shoting us, and discuss The Evil Dead movie franchise and the Ash Vs Evil Dead TV series. Also, we start off our mega Netflix Wheel Of Death with plenty of tricks, but not many treats!
This week we talk about one of us getting married in Vegas and the other making questionable decisions, discuss which new fall TV shows will make it past one season and how Firefly (forever sadly) didn't, and Paul sees how much of a fictional functional alcoholic Joe is with a International Drink A Beer Day pop culture quiz.
This week Joe is mad that Marvel needs till December to finish their summer event, we discuss all things South Park on the eve of its 20th season, and Paul sees if Joe knows his GI Joe PSAs.
This week we talk about Nintendo finally running into the future, how John Carpenter's films have influenced others in different ways, and the Nacho Sorting Hat returns to determine Hollywood's next big remake.
This week we say "Good day, Sir" to Gene Wilder, talk about the World of Warcraft: Legion launch, discuss Saturday morning cartoons and how they changed over the years, and Joe sees if Paul has the power.
This week Joe makes Paul feel real feelings about fake politics, we take a look back at DC's Flashpoint cross over comic book event series from 2011 and how it could shape the upcoming season of The Flash, and we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Super Nintendo launch.
This week we lose a member of the Star Wars family, have a not so strange talk about Stranger Things, and Joe tests Paul's D&D knowledge (spoiler: it goes poorly).
This week we explain our mysterious absence, the Ghostbusters may have busted, Brad Pitt wants more Zs, we discuss our thoughts on Suicide Squad (Spoiler and plot hole heavy, be warned), and Paul wants to see if Joe has The Touch when it comes to trivia about the 30th anniversary of the Transformers animated movie.
This week Paul visits Babyland unwillingly, we discuss all the happenings from this past weekend's San Diego Comicon, and Joe looks back at how hot the movies of 1984 were with the return of the Box Office Barometer.
This week we shake things up like a badly choreographed phaser strike to the starboard shields as we welcome friends Nick Campagna of the Geek Eclectic Podcast and Jake Ballinger to have a round table discussion about all things Star Trek. We talk about the TV series, the movies, and expectations for Star Trek Beyond. Bonus: Joe teaches us a little about Klingon and a lot about love.
This week Paul doesn't get Pokemon Go, Joe wants a Mini-NES, we review the 2016 Ghostbusters, and the Nacho Sorting Hat reappears as we try to figure our which ghost we would prefer haunting us (Spoilers, it ends in controversy).
This week Paul finally finishes Mass Effect, its Joe vs The Meat Tornado, Skrulls invade Fox and Disney, Overwatch competitive mode is fun and not fun at the same time, and we try to catch all the Chinpokomon.
This week Joe and Paul get old man cranky about cellphones and elbows, talk about Raiders!: The Story Of The Greatest Fan Film Ever Made and Star Trek: Axanar and the nature of fan made films, and Paul signs up for Christian Mingle.
This week we talk about our experiences in Cleveland after it finally won a long overdue pro sports title, discuss alien invasions in honor of Independence Day: Resurgence, and discuss our top 10 favorite aliens characters.
This week Joe and Paul share their very similar, but separate, experiences of the Warcraft film, talk about how all the ways this year's E3 convention is going to take our money, and The Saturday Night Slasher rolls out the Netflix Wheel of Death... will Joe and Paul survive?!
This week we celebrate 31 years of the Truffle Shuffle, talk about if Warcraft will be the first good 'video game movie', and the Nacho Sorting Hat makes it cheesy return.
This week we talk about Rogue One going rogue, two different directions for two of Marvel's Captains, Joe talks about his trip to MegaCon and meeting the creator of Spider-Man and the voice of Batman, and we do a status update on our Nerd Year Resolutions.
This week we talk about DC Comics resetting their reset with Rebirth, we celebrate Paul's jealously of Joe getting to meet Stan Lee next week with a discussion about how Stan The Man has shaped our lives, and Paul asks Joe the all important question: Is it Florida Man or German Man?
This week we talk about Fast and Furious 8 starting to film in Cleveland, the newest Ghostbusters trailer, celebrate the 30th anniversary of Ferris Bueller's Day Off and discuss John Hughes films, and the triumphant return of 'Who are you Fooling?'
This week Infinity isn't as long as you would think, Supergirl flies so fast she changes networks, we talk about SPIDER-M, I mean Captain America: Civil War, and we do a top five list of hardest/most annoying video game bosses.
This week we talk about Captain America making a whole bunch of non-america money, interview comic book artist Joe Corroney about his work with Star Wars and creativity with licensed properties, and Paul asks local pro bono Sith PR Rep Joe some more questions about the 'dark' side.
This episode was live(ish) as we hosted a panel at Oddmall in Akron, Ohio. We discussed some baby heads, Alien Day, gave away some stuff, and answered questions from the audience. It was a lot of fun and all thanks to all who attended and helped out (Special shout out to Nick from the Geek Eclectic Podcast who gave us some love and helped us lug our equipment).
This week we talk about the end of the Xbox 360, the end of Prince and Chyna, discuss if sticking too close to the source material is a good thing, and we party like its (or just talk about the top grossing films of) 1999.
This week Marvel gets Strange, Joe really doesn't like Batman Vs Superman, and Paul barely returns in once piece from his trip on the Netflix Wheel of Death.
This week we talk about Paul meeting a werewolf, possible God of War 4 concept art leaks, a closer look at Daredevil Season 2, and Joe delivers a death blow while wielding the Netflix Wheel of Death.
This week we welcome Tim and welcome back Kevin to the show to discuss cyborg olympics, Batman Vs Superman fallout, an in depth talk about wrestling and a look ahead at Wrestlemania 32, and we put our IOTP Heavyweight Championship belt on the line.
This week we welcome S. Louis King, co-creator of The Saturday Night Slasher, to the show to talk about the challenges of publishing a weekly horror based web comic. We also discuss the rumored 3 teasers after Civil War, great names for boats, Batman vs Superman, and reveal the SHOCKING winner of our March Madness Super Powered Tournament of Awesome.
This week we blow the dust off of Indy 5, Jonathan comes back to the show to talk about the The Division with Joe, and we got through the first (lengthy) round of our March Madness Super Powered Tournament of Awesome.
This week Paul is completely wrong about Space Jam, we talk about the Civil War and Ghostbusters trailers, discuss if the X-File revival was a success or not, and celebrate Chuck Norris's birthday by roundhouse kicking out TWO games!
This week we talk about the Oscars, our 3 days of awesome (and sweating) at Wizard World Cleveland, and celebrate Leap Day with a Quantum Leap quiz.
This week we interview Michael Wilson AKA Knightmage about cosplay, conventions, charity work, and what it is like to be Kratos. Also, Joe shares his thoughts on Tom Clancy's The Division beta, we discuss the just announced lead casting in Ready Player ONE, and Joe determines which conventions are real or ones Paul just made up.
This week we talk about the GREATEST GAME OF ALL TIME coming to XBox One, discuss how ratings can affect the way we look at films, and we do a casting call for the X-Force movie.
This week we talk about Kurt Russell hating guitars, get head over heels in love for Deadpool, and try to find Paul his pop culture valentine.
This week we talk about The Flash visiting Supergirl, time loops in honor of Groundhog Day, and we determine which fake sports team takes home the trophy in honor of the Super Bowl.
This week we discuss who's new behind Who, if long gone shows returning are a good idea, and Joe takes the hardest Star Wars quiz ever. sadly, not that hard.
This week we get on board with the Suicide Squad, get all wibbly wobbly timey wimey while talking Doctor Who, and Joe has Paul fill real jobs with fake people.
This week we mourn heroes lost, predict the Oscars, have an open ended discussion about open world games, and Paul quizzes Joe on the history of the Razzies.
This week talk about some rumored and confirmed villains, owl attacks, Quentin Tarantino's Hateful Eight, and Paul asks Joe to rate disguises.
This week we discuss how expensive it is to save Matt Damon, talk about our favorite movies, video games, and TV shows of the past year, and declare what our Nerd Year's Resolutions are for 2016.
Joe returns from his many watching Star Wars (and lives to tell the tale?), we talk about the sequel everyone wanted but was afraid to ask for, discuss non-traditional holiday movies and shows, and go all Secret Santa on pop culture.
This week Joe is on assignment watching Star Wars over and over again. Paul enlists the help of Jonathan as they talk about Rocket League making a lot of money, the nature of spoilers, and then Paul ruins every movie ever (Not really.. but a few for sure).
This week we go ninja, go ninja, go!, talk a whole lot about Star Wars in anticipation of Episode 7, and Joe puts on his Sith PR hat as Paul asks him the tough questions.
This week we drink a bunch of coffee to get ready for Cleveland Cinema'a 2016 Late Shift line up, discuss expectation versus reality of movie trailers, and find which one of us survived the Netflix Wheel of Death.
On this Thanksgiving Eve episode we choose side's in Marvel's Civil War, get our gluttony on as we talk about the nature of binging on TV shows, and The Netflix Wheel Of Death punishes us yet again. Bonus: We give out secret Black Friday deals that you won't want to miss out on.
This week we discuss the really, really. good looking trailer for Zoolander 2, Paul loses his pants in the wasteland, and special guest Maggie stops by to discuss Jessica Jones and the view of women in pop culture. Also, we ask the important question: G.L.O.W. wrestler or Batman villain?
This week we celebrate MST3K coming back, mourn MythBusters going away, talk about all things Blizzcon, and Joe may not survive his interview with Kerrigan, Queen of Blades.
This week we talk about how CBS stands for 'Come on Back Star trek!', Joe uses his secret agent skills to see Spectre early, and Paul has a game about spy gadgets.
This week we discuss the first game Jigsaw played 11 years go (Operation?), eating brains as food for thought, and the Nacho Sorting Hat of Doom makes a triumphant return!
This week we discuss Paul surviving the 12 Hours of Terror, Star Wars fires the Death Star at the internet, being in the future of Back To The Future, and Joe plays some spoooooooky 8-bit video game tunes.
This week we welcome a former SNL cast member as a host, talk about the era of Universal monsters, Joe tests your murder knowledge, and Paul has concerns about making it through the 12 Hours of Terror.
This week special guest Kevin Hornsby, co-host of the Radio Violenta! podcast, joins us as we talk about Ant-Man's big news, the Keymaster staying locked away, and Joe gets wistful about all the slasher movies he saw in the theater.
This week we discuss if the Muppets are too grown up for grown ups, celebrate 68 years of horror, and Paul tests Joe's Bill Murray IQ.
This week we celebrate Bros and Joes, talk at length about Destiny: The Taken King, and Joe tries to determine what was better or worse than the 1985 masterpiece, Commando.
This week we talk about adding more Batman to Batman, The Adam Sandler Effect, and try to prove our space cred.
This week we pay our respects to the passing of a horror icon, discuss the book Ready Player One to see if nostalgia is the same as creativity, and Paul tests Joe's knowledge of real or fake sports.
This week we get in the ring with SummerSlam, c-c-c-c-combo break into a discussion about fighting games, and give dogs a best/worst list of their own to go bury in the backyard.
This week we discuss the Disney D23 event, dig into joys of small press comics, and Joe challenges Paul to a mega Mega Man challenge.
This week Paul discusses an icon stepping away, Joe gets wistful about massively multiplayer online games, and we put our a casting call for the inevitable Fanstastic Four reboot.
This week we are saddened by a major Hollywood breakup, discuss summer vacation/road trip movies, and Paul makes Joe a mix tape.
This week we talk about drug testing in professional gaming, discuss the Sharknadoing of low budget movies, and Joe helps Paul off the Netflix Wheel of Death.
This week we talk about the not-so-big opening for Marvel's smallest character, interview Ryan Jones about his mobile game Pie In The Sky (SPACE PIZZA DELIVERY!), and Paul rides the Wheel of Death once more.
This week we talk about losing a gaming icon, the San Diego Comic Con, and we host our first fan Q&A panel with pants on.
This week we discuss solo Solo films, the importance of having a side kick, and we have another random battle to death via the Sorting Helmet.
This week we talk about the internet freaking out over proton packs, how Skynet has terminated our hearts, and Joe goes all 'Murica on patriotic superheroes.
This week we talk about Spider-Mans, discuss what happens to the creation after the creator has moved on, and celebrate the 40th birthday of one of film's chompiest icons.
This week dinosaurs smash the box office, E3 showcases every game you ever loved again, and we celebrate Father's Day.
Hold onto your butts as we bring you a show chocked full of dinosaur goodness. We have dinosaur discussion, dinosaur fights, and even dinosaur prizes to give away! We have spared no expense!
This week we discuss the Rock driving the Pork Chop Express, Paul tries to get introspective after watching Weird Al, and Joe thinks squid leather is a real thing.
This week Joe talks about his brush with greatness at the Nintendo World Championship, Paul grouses about his time in Middle Earth, and discuss what video games would make great movies.
This week we discuss Mad Max: Fury Road, how many possible end of the world situations Joe has planed for, and Paul talks a lot about hobos.
This week we talk about Supergirl vs. Gotham, the top 10 best and worst mothers, and challenge each other to the Netflix wheel of death!
We discuss Age of Ultron, Paul barely survives the 12 hours of Terrible, and Joe fires up the PR machine for the Sith.
Paul and Joe discuss Age of Ultron, connected cinematic universes, and which video games characters win in a head to head fight.