IMMP
The Inter-Millennium Media Project, where a GenX dad subjects his Millennial son to 20th century media.
Displaying items 31-40 of 71 in total of IMMP with the tag "scifi".
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091: THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953)
May 2nd, 2022 | 56 mins 44 secs
50s, action, drama, movie, scifi
In 1898 H.G. Wells imagined a war between Mars and Earth. In 1953 George Pal re-envisioned the story in the mid-20th Century. How does his version hold up in the 21st Century?
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084: John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
January 24th, 2022 | 47 mins 57 secs
80s, action, john carpenter, midnight hbo film festival, movie, scifi
In the year 1981 John Carpenter and Kurt Russell showed us how bad things could be in the year 1997.
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082: THE STARLOST starring Keir Dullea
December 28th, 2021 | 49 mins 20 secs
70s, holiday, scifi, tv
It’s Keir Dullea versus the perils of a large spaceship with a faulty computer. No, it’s not 2001. It’s THE STARLOST.
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081: 2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT starring Roy Scheider
December 13th, 2021 | 50 mins 58 secs
1984, 80s, adventure, drama, holiday, movie, scifi
Maybe 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY didn’t need a sequel. But it got one. So Ian and Matthew are back to discuss the 1984 film 2010.
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080: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
November 29th, 2021 | 58 mins 15 secs
60s, drama, holiday, movie, scifi
In the year 1968, Stanley Kubrick offered a vision of what life would be like in the year 2001. And that vision was "very bright, very glossy, very high tech, very trippy." This week the IMMP addresses 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY.
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Bonus Show - DUNE (2021)
November 17th, 2021 | 35 mins 27 secs
2020s, bonus, movie, scifi
From our Patreon bonus feed: We followed our recent reading of the novel DUNE with a special Something New To Watch show about the Denis Villeneuve movie. Hope you enjoy!
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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.