IMMP
The Inter-Millennium Media Project, where a GenX dad subjects his Millennial son to 20th century media.
We found 10 episodes of IMMP with the tag “80s”.
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165: Rankin/Bass' THE RETURN OF THE KING (1980)
March 3rd, 2025 | 58 mins 31 secs
80s, animation, kids, musical, tolkien, tv
Ian and Matthew talk about one of the most bewildering productions from Rankin/Bass, when the skipped past two thirds of THE LORD OF THE RINGS to give us their RETURN OF THE KIBNG
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162: In Search Of: ALIENS (We Kept Watching)
January 20th, 2025 | 46 mins 56 secs
70s, 80s, documentary, tv, wkw
On this return to Leonard Nimoy's TV series IN SEARCH OF, Ian and Matthew watched all the episodes they could find about aliens and UFOs.
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160: DIE HARD
December 23rd, 2024 | 1 hr 3 mins
80s, action, holiday, movie
A Christmas Classic from 1988 - DIE HARD!
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157: NO WAY OUT (1987)
November 11th, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
80s, drama, movie, thriller
From the heyday of the techno thriller, we've got a very 80s movie with Gene Hackman, Kevin Costner, and lots of political and criminal intrigue. It's NO WAY OUT.
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156: Disney's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1983)
October 28th, 2024 | 1 hr 10 mins
80s, disney, drama, horror, kids, movie
A children's horror movie set in an old-timey American town menaced by an evil carnival. Doesn't sound very Disney, does it?
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154: ALIENS
September 30th, 2024 | 1 hr 36 mins
80s, action, horror, movie, scifi
In 1986, James Cameron brought us another look at the life form from Ridley Scott's ALIEN. And an extra "S".
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153: John Carpenter's STARMAN
September 16th, 2024 | 1 hr 14 mins
80s, drama, john carpenter, movie, romance, scifi
In 1984 Earth was visited by a movie that blended science fiction with a road-trip romance. Was it magical? It's STARMAN.
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150: John Carpenter's BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
August 5th, 2024 | 1 hr 17 mins
80s, action, fantasy, john carpenter, movie
For the IMMP's 150th episode, we revel in what may be Ian and Matthew's shared favorite movie: John Carpenter's incomparable BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA.
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148: MAX MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME
July 8th, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins
80s, action, adventure, drama, movie
The 2024 Summer Road Trip continues through post-apocalypse Australia...without highways? And mainly without cars? It's MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME
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147: MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR
June 24th, 2024 | 49 mins 34 secs
80s, action, drama, movie
The IMMP Summer Road Trip continues with the story of a heroic gyro copter pilot. And some guy named Max. It's THE ROAD WARRIOR.