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.  

Ep. 352 - Preferred Sleep Cheese!

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? 

Ep. 351 - The Year of Carpenter: Body Bags (1993)!

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. 

Ep. 350 - Law and Odors!

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. 

Ep. 349 - The Butter Must Flow!

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. 

Ep. 348 - Five Idiots and a Jagoff!

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.  

Ep. 347 - Deeply Personal Ham Talk!

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.  

Ep. 346 - Better Off Late Than Never!

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. 

Ep. 345 - The Year of Carpenter: Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)!

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. 

Ep. 344 - Dipping Sauce Power Rankings!

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. 

Ep. 343 - He is THE Batman!

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. 

Ep. 342 - Talking Turkey with Henrique Couto!

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. 

Ep. 341 - The Year of Carpenter: They Live (1988)!

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. 

Ep. 340 - Wide Happiness Holes!

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. 

Ep. 339 - Pumpkins and Jesus!

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. 

Ep. 338 - Get Off My Hell Lawn!

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. 

Ep. 337 - A Smorgasbord of Murder!

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.

Ep. 336 - The Year of Carpenter: Prince of Darkness (1987)!

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
 

Ep. 335 - A Spiraling Conversation!

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.  

Ep. 334 - White Claw Karate!

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. 

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