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The Invasion

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The Invasion	comment	The Invasion is a 2007 American science fiction horror film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegelnote With additional scenes written by The Wachowskis and directed by James McTeigue, both uncredited and starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. It follows a Washington, D.C. psychiatrist (Kidman) who finds those around her turning into emotionless beings shortly after a major space shuttle crash.The third remake of the sci-fi classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). Amongst many other changes, they dropped the idea of alien replacements entirely, going for a simple version of The Virus. It also worked in The War on Terror and, with it, questions regarding The Evils of Free Will. For the other remakes, go here.
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The Invasion / int_1c7555f1	comment	The Virus: People are infected, not outright killed and replaced. It still causes a pod people transformation when the victim sleeps, though.
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The Invasion / int_1d7d1b93	type	Remake Cameo
The Invasion / int_1d7d1b93	comment	Remake Cameo: Veronica Cartwright, who was in the 1978 film, has a small role here.
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The Invasion / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
The Invasion / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: It's not clear what would be so bad about the new world order that's taking shape, until it's made clear that anyone not affected by the change would be executed, rather than simply kept out of positions of influence and allowed to live out their lives.
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The Invasion / int_4856ac40	type	Stock Footage
The Invasion / int_4856ac40	comment	Stock Footage: The film opens with the new space shuttle Patriot burning up on reentry. What follows is news footage of the Columbia disaster.
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The Invasion / int_6c62b1a8	type	Covered in Gunge
The Invasion / int_6c62b1a8	comment	Covered in Gunge: Victims of the invasion often find themselves like this when they wake up.
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The Invasion / int_6cc39b20	type	Puppeteer Parasite
The Invasion / int_6cc39b20	comment	Puppeteer Parasite: The Pod People are changed to this, being microbial organisms rather than the duplicating plant-things of earlier films.
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The Invasion / int_71268450	type	Adaptation Title Change
The Invasion / int_71268450	comment	Adaptation Title Change: The title was shortened from the original film's Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
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The Invasion / int_80251be3	type	How We Got Here
The Invasion / int_80251be3	comment	How We Got Here: The film opens with Carol raiding a drug store, trying to find things to stay awake, before cutting to the space shuttle disaster.
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The Invasion / int_ac711709	type	Easily Thwarted Alien Invasion
The Invasion / int_ac711709	comment	Easily Thwarted Alien Invasion: The Mind Controlling viral aliens had, in a matter of three or four days, infiltrated most of the Washington population and (going by the Shuttle debris pattern) must have had agents all over the US and the world, painting a scenario where humanity will inevitably fall no matter what it does. But, the heroes discover that some people who had a rare kind of bacterial infection in the brain were resistant to their virus, and in a matter of hours after delivering one such person had created a Magic Antidote which they delivered to everyone infected via dispersing it in the air. The film concludes with a near Reset Button, one character points out that we might never find and cure all infected individuals, but notes that we are in control of the planet because there are still wars.
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The Invasion / int_d8ec79d5	type	Benevolent Alien Invasion
The Invasion / int_d8ec79d5	comment	Benevolent Alien Invasion: Oddly, the film reveals things are better when everyone is controlled by alien parasites. They may have less emotion, but world peace breaks out and America finally passes universal healthcare. After the cure is dispersed, things go back to normal. Near the beginning, a Russian diplomat lampshades it by saying that imagining a world without these evils requires one where people are no longer human. It makes you wonder who to root for. Even the main character appears to be uncertain in the last scene.
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The Invasion / int_dfcb2c08	type	The Evils of Free Will
The Invasion / int_dfcb2c08	comment	The Evils of Free Will: This is discussed in the film, and actually implied to be true. After the aliens take over, they don't actually do anything bad (aside from the control itself, or lessened emotions), but established world peace and universal healthcare. The cure restores things to normal (i.e. all that goes away), and the film leaves it open whether this is really good.
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The Invasion / int_e13156e1	type	Mama Bear
The Invasion / int_e13156e1	comment	Mama Bear: Carol, who goes through all sorts of hell to save her son Oliver. Including beating her (infected) ex-husband to death for trying to attack Oliver, and later guns down several infected civilians to protect her child before rushing to a helipad with Oliver in her arms.
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The Invasion / int_f32d85ab	type	20 Minutes into the Future
The Invasion / int_f32d85ab	comment	20 Minutes into the Future: America has already built a new advanced space shuttle, something that can't be said for real world America.
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The Invasion / int_f3d5d15f	type	Creepy Child
The Invasion / int_f3d5d15f	comment	Creepy Child: Two of Oliver's friends. Both were infected by the virus.
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The Invasion / int_f511ea9b	type	Product Placement
The Invasion / int_f511ea9b	comment	Product Placement: Barely a minute into the film, Carol takes a load of pep pills and downs them with a two liter bottle of Mountain Dew. At one point, Oliver and his friend can be seen playing PSPs, with the camera focused on Oliver playing Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters.
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