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The Official RAZZIE® Forum : THE INVASION http://www.razzies.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; The Official RAZZIE® Forum : THE INVASION : Last 10 Posts Sun, 19 May 2013 01:16:50 +0000 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:07:37 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.70 30 www.razzies.com/forum/RSS_topic_feed.asp?FID=215 The Official RAZZIE® Forum http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_images/RazzieLogo02.gif http://www.razzies.com/forum/ THE INVASION : INVASION of the Pod People Executives?? http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2084&PID=27028#27028 Author: moviewizguy
Subject: INVASION of the Pod People Executives??
Posted: October 29 2009 at 11:07am

OK. 2 years later. I've been hearing about Oliver Hirschbiegel's version being torn to pieces by Joel Silver disliking his cut and got like 3 new directors and a new writer to re-write 60% of the script which was why the movie was so inconsistent with fast-cut editing (although I still liked the movie) along with replacing the before ambiguous ending (which I didn't like from the detailed description on IMDb). I really want to see Oliver's cut, which I heard runs about 2 hours long. I'm trying to look for it everywhere but I can't find it. I honestly want to see it.]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:07:37 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2084&PID=27028#27028 THE INVASION : INVASION of the Pod People Executives?? http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2084&PID=13892#13892 Author: SlammyFewFew
Subject: INVASION of the Pod People Executives??
Posted: October 20 2007 at 12:21pm

This movie was great
I can't see how people would think otherwise to be honest
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Subject: INVASION of the Pod People Executives??
Posted: September 23 2007 at 2:15am

Well, I like the 2007 remake better, because it doesn't waste its time trying to explain the infection and where it came from and blah blah blah (which filled about an hour of the 1978 version). The 2007 remake actually assumes we've already seen at least one version of the movie, and know what we're getting ourselves into. I like that...

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Subject: INVASION of the Pod People Executives??
Posted: September 22 2007 at 1:50pm

This better get a RAZZing. The 78' one was WAY better than this one. But, neither can compare to the original 50s' version. Well, the 78' version could.]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:50:27 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2084&PID=13537#13537 THE INVASION : INVASION of the Pod People Executives?? http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2084&PID=13534#13534 Author: moviewizguy
Subject: INVASION of the Pod People Executives??
Posted: September 22 2007 at 11:26am

So I finally watched it. Like the remake (2007) better than the 1978 version. I guess you could've seen this coming miles away. I liked it because it was faster paced....and it wasn't slow and quiet like the 1978 version. WATCH IT YOU GUYS! AWESOME MOVIE!]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:26:14 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2084&PID=13534#13534 THE INVASION : INVASION of the Pod People Executives?? http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2084&PID=13461#13461 Author: SchumacherH8ter
Subject: INVASION of the Pod People Executives??
Posted: September 18 2007 at 1:28pm

The 1978 ending was a 1,000 times better than everything that happened in this one.]]> Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:28:27 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2084&PID=13461#13461 THE INVASION : B.O. MoJo #s for INVASION http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2146&PID=13446#13446 Author: HeadRAZZBerry
Subject: B.O. MoJo #s for INVASION
Posted: September 16 2007 at 9:01am

Wow -- If they came all the way here from another planet for this little amount of money, maybe they'd be willing to appear at my kids' birthday party! Here's a LINK to the B.O. MoJo daily grosses page for THE INVASION...]]> Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:01:24 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2146&PID=13446#13446 THE INVASION : INVASION of the Pod People Executives?? http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2084&PID=13440#13440 Author: moviewizguy
Subject: INVASION of the Pod People Executives??
Posted: September 16 2007 at 7:48am

I finally bought the 1978 version and I liked it a lot, except for the ending, which was....well, bad. ]]> Sun, 16 Sep 2007 07:48:15 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2084&PID=13440#13440 THE INVASION : INVASION of the Pod People Executives?? http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2084&PID=13348#13348 Author: SchumacherH8ter
Subject: INVASION of the Pod People Executives??
Posted: September 10 2007 at 8:11am

Originally posted by ITbeast

former Scientologist?) Nicole Kidman as Worst Actress...

Actually, Nicole Kidman was never a Scientologist. That was one of the reasons why she and Tom Cruise broke up.]]> Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:11:57 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2084&PID=13348#13348 THE INVASION : INVASION of the Pod People Executives?? http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2084&PID=13280#13280 Author: Brierfox
Subject: INVASION of the Pod People Executives??
Posted: September 07 2007 at 11:48am

It was actually a story by Robert.A Heinlein that put pods on the backs of people which gave rise to the term "Pod People". In Heinlein's book, the invasion resulted in civil war, pitting the hero as the good guy and the aliens as the bad guys. The book was a metaphor for the conservative John Birch Society's fifth column scenario: infiltration by communists resisted by American patriots.
Robert Heinlein was a well know conservative, libertarian and friend to Barry Goldwater and a staunch anti-communist.

The aliens attached themselves to humans and were thus easily spotted, and the victims soon wore out and died of starvation or thirst. Later, the aliens began to take better care of their victims, but the patriots soon had the upper hand.
This would have made a pretty good movie.

The Body Snatchers, on the other hand, was a horror story, with zombies and gremlins everywhere. It was supposed to be scarier because you couldn't tell who was infected.

Over the years, the plot lines of the two original stories has become tangled and the movies took on political overtones.
That it is being remade again says less about the novelty of the original and more about the lack of creativity in Hollywood.

R.Heinlein would have scoffed at the pseudo realism of Sci-Fi movies being made today. He would have laughed at the idiots who think computer graphics and explosions make up for bad character development and lousy plot devices.

Hollywood is headed for a record year in ticket sales, but not in attendance. Most experts agree that once again, it has been the sequels that have distorted the figures. Whether the Indies make a big difference this year or not is still in doubt.

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