The Hodgepod with Mike and Conny
Sep 1, 2026 · 1 hr 26 min · 12 segments
Great sets, Alien Neuralink, mutants they call mutANTS for some reason, zippers on costumes, and thinly vailed propaganda, plus Martin Scorsese watched it as a boy, this films got it all. So we mostly…
And we're rolling.
Okay.
How about...
Let's see here.
Yes.
Invaders from...
Yes.
Let me see.
Where...
I did find it in here.
All right.
His synopsis is one sentence long.
Martian invaders use hypnotized humans as saboteurs.
His actual, like, the short review blurb they have in here says, poverty row sci-fi, partly redeemed by its erratic but talented designer who provides flashes of visual imagination.
You know...
It's like we review his reviews sometimes, and I give that one a five stars.
That's exactly right.
Because you did a...
So while I was screaming into the heavens, Connor was just opening the film guide to random reviews, and you read one that was...
Two-bit? Yeah, two-bit.
That is a $5 phrase as far as your old down mic's concerned.
Instead of low-budget dog shit.
Low-budget shit.
Is this the first time we're doing this type of genre film? 50s sci-fi? We haven't done anything like this, have we?
Oh, I thought you meant propaganda film.
And I was like, yeah, we did.
No,
it's sci-fi.
Oh, yeah.
This is a propaganda film.
All 1950s American horror movies are a thinly veiled propaganda against, you know.
And did you do this on purpose? Because right now in current American discourse is so much anti-communist propaganda for some reason, despite the fact that the farthest left politician is like a moderate in Europe.
You know what I mean?
Did
you do this on purpose?
This is me and my dad love these films.
That's something me and my dad, you know, handshake about.
Is a really crappy beat.
Like...
One of my favorite movies.
Yeah.
It's like most of them.
It's very short and incredibly boring.
With some very fun visuals.
This might be the first one.
If we don't bring in the kaiju shit.
I think this might be.
Yeah.
When I'm thinking like...
One of the captive audience tried to bite me.
I don't think we, I can look at the list, but I don't remember doing anything this on the nose for this genre.
I can't remember a time that, hello and welcome to the hodgepodge with Mike and Connie.
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And we're rolling.
Okay.
How about...
Let's see here.
Yes.
Invaders from...
Yes.
Let me see.
Where...
I did find it in here.
All right.
His synopsis is one sentence long.
Martian invaders use hypnotized humans as saboteurs.
His actual, like, the short review blurb they have in here says, poverty row sci-fi, partly redeemed by its erratic but talented designer who provides flashes of visual imagination.
You know...
It's like we review his reviews sometimes, and I give that one a five stars.
That's exactly right.
Because you did a...
So while I was screaming into the heavens, Connor was just opening the film guide to random reviews, and you read one that was...
Two-bit? Yeah, two-bit.
That is a $5 phrase as far as your old down mic's concerned.
Instead of low-budget dog shit.
Low-budget shit.
Is this the first time we're doing this type of genre film? 50s sci-fi? We haven't done anything like this, have we?
Oh, I thought you meant propaganda film.
And I was like, yeah, we did.
No,
it's sci-fi.
Oh, yeah.
This is a propaganda film.
All 1950s American horror movies are a thinly veiled propaganda against, you know.
And did you do this on purpose? Because right now in current American discourse is so much anti-communist propaganda for some reason, despite the fact that the farthest left politician is like a moderate in Europe.
You know what I mean?
Did
you do this on purpose?
This is me and my dad love these films.
That's something me and my dad, you know, handshake about.
Is a really crappy beat.
Like...
One of my favorite movies.
Yeah.
It's like most of them.
It's very short and incredibly boring.
With some very fun visuals.
This might be the first one.
If we don't bring in the kaiju shit.
I think this might be.
Yeah.
When I'm thinking like...
One of the captive audience tried to bite me.
I don't think we, I can look at the list, but I don't remember doing anything this on the nose for this genre.
I can't remember a time that, hello and welcome to the hodgepodge with Mike and Connie.
