Episode 21 The Beast With Five Fingers (1946) Vs. The Hand (1981)
Strange noises, that thing in the corner of your eye, seething with murderous intent. The only thing is that there is nothing there, nothing but a hand. A twitching, moving hand that is strong and can kill.
One wouldn't think there are to many rebellious limb movies, but we list several during this episode and focus on The Beast With Five Fingers (1946) starring Robert Alda, Julie Holden, and the incomparable Peter Lorre along with the Oliver Stone directed The Hand (1981) starring Michael Caine.
Episode 22 Remaking Masters of the Universe (1987)
By the power of Greyskull we are podcasting! Invasion of the Remake is joined by comic artist and special effects make-up artist Reid Fisher to flashback to 1987 and our childhoods to revisit Masters of the Universe starring Dolph Lundgren as He-Man and featuring Courteney Cox in her first feature film lead role.
We travel the halls of Eternia and spot the incredible Billy Barty, Meg Foster, the woman with the natural special effects eyes, a pre Star Trek: Voyager Robert Duncan McNeill, James Tolkan still treating everyone like "slackers", fight choreographer Anthony De Longis, and the legendary Frank Langella in one of the best villain roles ever, Skeletor!
Episode 23 Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) Vs. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2016)
Yes, we went there. If you've seen both Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens it is hard to deny the similarities. So Jeff, Jason, and Trish use the Force explore the similarities and differences between these two films. A stealth remake that still gives us new and amazing characters to explore in a galaxy far, far, away. Are the Skywalkers doomed to repeat past sins? Or can Rey, Finn, and Poe Dameron finally break the hold of the Dark Side? Listen to this week's episode and join the Invasion!
Episode 24 Remaking My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
This week Trish forces us to watch & remake My Best Friend's Wedding. For Jason this is like kneeling in broken glass while acid drips into his eyes. We've now scratched that nagging itch Trish had for reworking a romantic comedy. Thankfully we watched this so you don't have to. We took that bullet for you. Listen to this humorous rage filled episode as we rip apart this Julia Roberts, Dermont Mulroney, Cemeron Diaz, and Rupert Everett led romantic comedy that came our at the height of Julia's career and was a bafflingly huge success. Don't miss our funniest episode yet!
Episode 25 Invasion of the Retrospective: Academy Awards 2016
You've heard the predictions from the most qualified movie analysts now you can hear the predictions from the least qualified of all, the Invaders! Can Bryan Cranston upset Matt Damon & Leonardo DiCaprio? Does Mad Max: Fury Road run down the Revenant? Does Inside Out induce blinding rage in Jeff? Has anyone actually watched an Oscar nominated short film? Are snubs intentional? Find out the answer to one (two if you are lucky) of these questions on this weeks naked statue edition of Invasion of the Remake.
Of course we aren't just here to make our predictions. We also have the ultimate drinking game for your Oscar party that will wreck all who dare to play.
Episode 26 Oscar (1967) Vs. Oscar (1991)
In 1967 Edouard Molinaro adapted a frantic vaudevillian style play by Claude Mognier into the first screen adaptation of Oscar. In 1991 John Landis Americanized the French version by setting into the gangster 30's era with an all-star cast featuring Sylvester Stallone, Ornella Muti, Peter Riegert, Chazz Palminteri, Art LaFleur, Tim Curry, Vincent Spano, Linda Gray, Marisa Tomei, with a special appearance by Kirk Douglas! Can the gangsters take on the madness of the French? Listen to this weeks episode and find out.
Episode 27 Remaking They Live (1988)
It's Jason's birthday episode and the Invaders put on their shades and take a stab at remaking John Carpenter's conspiracy classic They Live. They Live may be sparse in dialogue and yet it is full of quotables by the late Roddy Piper and some great performances by Keith David, Meg Foster, George Flower, Peter Jason, and Raymond St. Jacques. Improving on a sci-fi classic like They Live may be an impossible task but Invasion of the Remake is up to the challenge.
Episode 28 Let the Right One In (2008) Vs. Let Me In (2010)
Two children befriend one and another in this throat ripping coming of age story...wait what?
In 2008 a small Swedish film based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist called Let the Right One In made quite the splash at film festivals and global cinemas. Two years later the newly resurrected Hammer films took interest and remade it for English speaking audiences starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Elias Koteas, and Kodi Smit-McPhee. While both films are quite similar, the changes made by Hammer make these films feel quite different. Join Jason, Jeff & Trish as they explore a world of bullies, murderers, and vampires this week on the Invasion of the Remake podcast!
Episode 29 Remaking Flash Gordon (1980)
Flash...ah aaahhh...savior of the universe! Mike (Get Carter, Omen II) Hodges brought Flash Gordon from the Alex Raymond comic strips to the big screen in 1980 in big budget, campy fun. Starring Sam J. Jones as Flash Gordon, Melody Anderson as Dale Arden, Max Von Sydow as Emperor Ming, Topol as Dr. Hans Zarkov, Ornella Muti as Princess Aura, Timothy Dalton as Prince Barin, Brian Blessed as Prince Voltan, and Peter Wyngarde as Klytus. Join the Invaders as they re-imagine Alex Raymond's classic character and propose a remake they would love to see including fantasy casting and not including terrible lizard men costumes.
Episode 30 La Femme Nikita (1990) Vs. Point of No Return (1993)
In 1990 France's Luc Besson wrote and directed La Femme Nikita, a coming of age action story with bullets, starring Anne Parillaud, Tcheky Karyo, Jean Reno, Jean-Hugues Anglade, and Jeanne Moreau, which went on to become an international sensation spawning two television series and the remake Point of No Return directed by John Badham and starring Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermont Mulroney, Anne Bancroft and Harvey Keitel. In this week's episode we put the original and the remake to task and see who's aim rings true.