IMMP
The Inter-Millennium Media Project, where a GenX dad subjects his Millennial son to 20th century media.
Displaying Episode 41 - 50 of 59 in total of IMMP with the tag “80s”.
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061: STOP MAKING SENSE - the album by Talking Heads
March 8th, 2021 | 1 hr 9 mins
1984, 80s, music
This pivotal concert album from 1984 meant a lot to Matthew. What will Ian make of it?
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059: HIGHLANDER
February 8th, 2021 | 54 mins 54 secs
80s, action, fantasy, midnight hbo film festival, movie, mystery
Matthew and Ian discuss the original 1986 movie that assured us There Can Be Only One.
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Bonus Show - FROZEN HOLMES
January 1st, 2021 | 26 mins 25 secs
2000s, 80s, 90s, cartoon, holiday, mystery, tv
Free bonus show featuring 1987’s The Return of Sherlock Holmes, and the cartoon Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
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056: Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes
December 28th, 2020 | 44 mins 8 secs
80s, 90s, holiday, mystery, tv, uk
Our HOLMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS series concludes with what for some is the canonical screen adaptation of the character: the 1984 - 1994 Grenada TV series starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes.
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052: Disney’s TRON
November 2nd, 2020 | 1 hr 6 mins
80s, adventure, disney, movie, scifi
That’s TRON. He fights for the users. In 1982, Disney took us to the world inside a computer to combine an epic fantasy quest with ground-breaking visuals.
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049: CLOAK & DAGGER
September 21st, 2020 | 59 mins 2 secs
1984, 80s, movie, mystery
A hidden gem from the powerful year 1984: Henry Thomas and Dabney Coleman in the “family” spy thriller CLOAK & DAGGER
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042: KRULL
June 15th, 2020 | 55 mins 1 sec
80s, adventure, fantasy, movie
As from the depths of space comes the Black Fortress, so from the early 1980s comes the weird, colorful fantasy film called KRULL.
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040: MOONLIGHTING
May 18th, 2020 | 50 mins 59 secs
80s, comedy, mystery, romance, tv
In 1985 Glenn Gordon Caron, Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis turned a classic Hollywood formula into one of the most 80s TV series ever produced: MOONLIGHTING
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039: THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
May 4th, 2020 | 52 mins 16 secs
2000s, 70s, 80s, comedy, movie, novel, radio, scifi, tv, uk
Starting with the 1981 BCC TV show, Ian and Matthew discuss the sprawling multimedia Douglas Adams masterwork THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY.
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038: MAZES AND MONSTERS
April 20th, 2020 | 1 hr 3 mins
80s, drama, movie, tv
An 80s TV movie about troubled students playing pseudo Dungeons and Dragons. Roll saving throw versus sensationalism. Warning, SPOILERS!