Invasion of the Podcast!

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.