IMMP
The Inter-Millennium Media Project, where a GenX dad subjects his Millennial son to 20th century media.
Displaying Episode 41 - 50 of 56 in total of IMMP with the tag “80s”.
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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!
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036: BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY
March 23rd, 2020 | 1 hr 13 mins
70s, 80s, scifi, tv
Can a cocky US Air Force pilot from the 1980s save what remains of humanity 500 years in the future? It’s 1970s TV. Of course he can.
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032: John Carpenter’s THE THING
January 27th, 2020 | 1 hr 11 mins
80s, horror, john carpenter, movie, scifi
Ian and Matthew discuss another version of the classic story of survival against an alien invader in a frozen wasteland: John Carpenter’s 1982 version of THE THING.
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027: DRAGONSLAYER
November 18th, 2019 | 1 hr 13 mins
80s, adventure, disney, fantasy, movie
Ian and Matthew talk about the Disney/Paramount feature DRAGONSLAYER, an under-appreciated movie with lots of surprises.