Invasion of the Podcast!

Ep. 365 - The Year of Carpenter: Vampires (1998)!

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).

Ep. 364 - Chop & Steele!

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). 

Ep. 363 - Rocket Gut Punch!

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).

Ep. 362 - The Year of Carpenter: Escape from L.A. (1996)!

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)

Ep. 361 -Red Carpi Sun Dawn!

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.'

Ep. 360 - Rocky IV: Montages and Man-tages!

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! 

Ep. 359 - Z-Blocks and Crockpots!

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).  

Ep. 358 - Steve-Man vs Paulverine!

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).  

Ep. 357 - The Year of Carpenter: Village of the Damned (1995)!

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? 

Ep. 356 - Ghost Face and Hot Pockets!

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).