IMMP
The Inter-Millennium Media Project, where a GenX dad subjects his Millennial son to 20th century media.
About the show
Matthew Porter and his son Ian Porter explore movies, TV, books and music from Matthew's youth, way back in the 20th Century. What stands the test of time? What doesn’t? And what's still worth binging in the new millennium?
Son learns what made Dad ... whatever he is today. And Dad learns what Son thinks of all this.
(Music by Jason Aro / Pond5)
Episodes
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075: Frank Herbert’s DUNE
September 20th, 2021 | 1 hr 3 mins
60s, novel, scifi
Ten thousand years in the future, as a galactic empire is wracked by conflict over control of the most precious resource in the galaxy, grownups and teenagers still fail to understand one another.
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074: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
September 6th, 2021 | 1 hr 12 mins
70s, drama, movie, scifi
This 1977 movie gave us mysterious visitations, government cover-ups, a sense of wonder, and the template for 1980s Spielberg. Ian and Matthew talk about CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND.
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073: THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
August 23rd, 2021 | 53 mins 50 secs
80s, movie, scifi
John Lithgow plays the nucleus scientist, and Christopher Collet plays the kids who steals his plutonium. It's THE MANHATTAN PROJECT from 1986.
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072: COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT
August 9th, 2021 | 48 mins 19 secs
70s, movie, scifi
Wouldn't it be great if technology could usher in a new eon of peace and prosperity? Be careful what you wish for.
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071: WARGAMES
July 26th, 2021 | 50 mins 19 secs
80s, drama, movie, scifi
Want to play a game? How about watch a movie? In this episode Ian and Matthew discuss 1983’s WARGAMES.
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070: POKÉMON 3: THE MOVIE (The Millennial Strikes Back)
July 12th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 secs
2000s, animation, kids, millennial strikes back, movie
POKÉMON 3: THE MOVIE. Or POKÉMON THE MOVIE 3. Or SPELL OF THE UNOWN: ENTEI. Or... listen, this movie has a lot of titles. But we’re here to find out what it meant to Ian, and why. And does it still hold up?
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069: RAY HARRYHAUSEN Part 2
June 28th, 2021 | 1 hr 3 mins
50s, harryhausen, monster.movie, scifi
Harryhausen Month continues with a look at two of his more concrete sci fi movies: EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS and 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH
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068: RAY HARRYHAUSEN Part 1
June 14th, 2021 | 52 mins 15 secs
50s, harryhausen, monster, movie, scifi
Ian and Matthew celebrate Ray Harryhausen with a look at two of his earliest movies: THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS and IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA.
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067: Dean Stockwell and Sandra Dee in THE DUNWICH HORROR (1970)
May 31st, 2021 | 56 mins 45 secs
70s, horror, movie
H.P. Lovecraft's cosmic horror gets a 70s-hippie-sex-magic take in this Roger Corman-produced version of THE DUNWICH HORROR.
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066: Bill Murray in THE RAZOR’S EDGE
May 17th, 2021 | 51 mins 4 secs
1984, 80s, drama, movie
Matthew has shown Ian Bill Murray in STRIPES. And Bill Murray in GHOSTBUSTERS. And now, Bill Murray in ... an adaptation of a 1944 novel by W. Somerset Maugham.
It's finally time for Ian to learn his Dad's complicated relationship with THE RAZOR'S EDGE.
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065: GHOSTBUSTERS
May 3rd, 2021 | 1 hr 10 secs
1984, 80s, comedy, horror, movie
The horror/comedy blockbuster that launched a weird and twisty franchise.
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064: SOMEWHERE IN TIME starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour
April 19th, 2021 | 1 hr 6 mins
80s, fantasy, movie, romance
Some things transcend the bounds of time. Is that true the 1980 romance SOMEWHERE IN TIME?