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193: THE KARATE KID

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:00:00 -0600

Pat Morita and Ralph Macchio star in a sports movie -- but much more than a sports movie -- from the magical year of 1984.

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192: Bruce Lee in ENTER THE DRAGON

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:00:00 -0600

Part James Bond thriller, part sports movie, and turbocharged with Bruce Lee's amazing martial arts talent. Ian and Matthew discuss the 1973 martial arts spy thriller that was to have been Bruce Lee's entry into Hollywood stardom: ENTER THE DRAGON

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191: KUNG FU (1972)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:00:00 -0700

In the 1970s a lot of American TV viewers were introduced to Buddhism and martial arts by an unlikely Western series: KUNG FU.

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190: LIZZIE McGUIRE (A Millennial Strikes Back)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0700

Jennifer Ogden-Porter (wife of Ian Porter!) joins the IMMP once again, this time to introduce Ian and Matthew to mysteries heretofore unknown to them: The Disney Channel's LIZZIE McGUIRE starring Hilary Duff.

We learn how Lizzie taught Jen how to be a middle school girl — and how those lessons may reach beyond early-2000s TV.

Special Guest: Jennifer Ogden-Porter.

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189: POLICE SQUAD (In Color)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:00:00 -0700

Our tribute to Leslie Nielsen concludes with the TV series that asked the question -- can the ZAZ comedy style work on television?

Freeze! It's *POLICE SQUAD! *(In Color)

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188: AIRPLANE!

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0700

The IMMP celebration of Leslie Nielsen continues with one of the greatest career pivots in Hollywood history. The shift that launched ten thousand jokes (per movie), and brought the Zucker-Abrams-Zucker era of comedy into the mainstream

It's 1980's AIRPLANE!

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187: FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0700

2026 at the IMMP kicks off with a celebration of the stalwart, always watchable Leslie Nielsen as we approach the 100th anniversary of his birth. And what better place to start than his role as Commander Adams of the United Planets in the classic and influential science fiction take on Shakespear's The Tempest: FORBIDDEN PLANET.

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186: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:00:00 -0700

The IMMP 2025 Holiday Road Trip continues with a tale of danger, intrigue, espionage, violence, regime change, and romance ... in the form of a movie for children.

A kid's movie from the mind of Ian Fleming.

It's the beloved Dick Van Dyke (Happy 100th Birthday, sir!) in CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG.

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185: THE GREAT RACE (1965)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:00:00 -0700

It's time for the IMMP Holiday Road Trip! We begin with a drive from New York to Paris, as we follow Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood in Blake Edwards' THE GREAT RACE.

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184: FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 05:00:00 -0700

Navaronevember continues! This episode Ian and Matthew discuss the long-delayed sequel to The Guns of Navarone, featuring our favorite characters from the original, played by brand new actors ... plus two significant new American characters. It's 1978's FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE.

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183: THE GUNS OF NAVARONE

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 05:00:00 -0700

November kicks off with a first for the IMMP Podcast: A World War II movie!

In this 1961 classic, Gregory Peck and David Niven brave hostile terrain, German patrols and so, so many cigarettes to destroy THE GUNS OF NAVARONE

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182: POLTERGEIST (1982)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 05:00:00 -0600

Halloween Season 2025 continues with a Spielberg classic, directed by Tobe Hooper, of a suburban family strugging against an evil tree, a hungry closet, and a truly terrible choice of neighborhood. It's 1982's POLTERGEIST.

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181: THE UNINVITED (1944)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 20:00:00 -0600

To kick off Halloween season 2025, Matthew and Ian talk about the classic ghost story THE UNINVITED, starring Ray Milland, Gail Russell and Ruth Hussey.

Along the way the discussion ventures into haunted families, finding the right tone in a horror movie, and a surprising connection between this 1944 film and THE MARTIAN.

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180: John Cusack in BETTER OFF DEAD

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 05:00:00 -0600

Back to School month continues at the IMMP, as Ian and Matthew discuss the dark, surreal, and just plain weird Savage Steve Holland comedy BETTER OFF DEAD from 1985, starring John Cusak and Curtis Armstrong.

The 80s were a weird time.

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179: Val Kilmer in REAL GENIUS

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 05:00:00 -0600

It's Back to School time at the IMMP, so Ian and Matthew check in with the gang at Pacific Tech for the 1985 cool-science college comedy REAL GENIUS.

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178: Live at NDK 2025 - BATTLE OF THE PLANETS meets GATCHAMAN

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0600

You may know them as SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN. But middle-schoolers in the 1970s knew them as G-Force from BATTLE OF THE PLANETS!

In this special episode of the Inter-Millennium Media Project podcast, recorded live at Colorado's Nan Desu Kan anime convention, Matthew and Ian discuss the classic anime, its Americanized release in the USA, and how it appealed to a generation of fans.

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Bonus Show: INTO THE 8th DIMENSION

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:45:00 -0600

A bonus from the IMMP Patreon feed! In this special compaion show to Episode 173 about THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI: ACROSS THE 8th DIMENSION, Matthew and Ian explore an amazingly detailed documentary about the making of that weird classic.

It's 2016's INTO THE 8th DIMENSION!

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177: Danny Kaye in THE COURT JESTER (1955)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 05:00:00 -0600

He lusts for a laugh! HA!

Special guest(and Matthew's brother/Ian's uncle) Jim Porter returns to the podcast to discuss the 1955 Danny Kaye medieval comedy Technicolor epic THE COURT JESTER.

And Matthew nerds out about VistaVision.

Special Guest: Jim Porter.

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176: CODE LYOKO (The Millennial Strikes Back)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 05:00:00 -0600

RETURN TO THE PAST NOW! Specifically, return with us to 2003 for a Millennial Strikes Back episode about the French animated kids' sci fi cartoon CODE LYOKO.

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175: Electric Light Orchestra - A NEW WORLD RECORD

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 05:00:00 -0600

The IMMP takes a break from movies and TV to dip back into music, as Matthew introduces Ian to the dark but poppy science fiction of ELO's 1976 album A NEW WORLD RECORD.

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174: V: The Original Miniseries (1983)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 05:00:00 -0600

This week Ian and Matthew talk about a 1980s TV drama about Americans working to survive a fascist takeover.

There are aliens involved, so of course this is entirely science fiction. It's V, the original miniseries from 1983.

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173: BUCKAROO BANZAI

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 05:00:00 -0600

This week Ian and Matthew dive into a cult movie from an alternate universe they really want to visit: THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI: ACROSS THE 8th DIMENSION.

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172: THE CRYING OF LOT 49 by Thomas Pynchon

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 05:00:00 -0600

Ian and Matthew finally discuss one of Matthew's favorite novels. Conspiracies, secret histories, and an important question: Was the anti-D&D panic of the 1980s kinda sorta right in a weird way?

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171: Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood in CITY HEAT

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 26 May 2025 05:00:00 -0600

In 1984 Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds share the screen in a ... a thing. Comedy? Mystery? Drama? Violent action movie? Whatever it is, it's called CITY HEAT.

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170: DIRTY HARRY (1971)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 12 May 2025 05:00:00 -0600

Not necessarily a "fun" film this time, but an interesting one to talk about. Matthew and Ian discuss the influential 1971 Clint Eastwood movie about a violent cop versus the rules.

Does the existence of Dirty Harry imply the existence of Clean Harry?

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169: HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 05:00:00 -0600

After learning the ropes in Sergio Leone's Italian Westerns, Clint Eastwood took the reins to direct the 1973 film HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER.

Not an easy movie to watch, but it makes for an intersting conversation.

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168: A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 05:00:00 -0600

In 1964, the dream team of actor Clint Eastwood, director Sergio Leone and composer Ennio Morricone changed westerns forever, with A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS.

And Akira Kurosawa had something to say about that.

Join Ian and Matthew for a discussion of the movie and its impact on decades of moviemaking.

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167: ZARDOZ

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 05:45:00 -0600

In 1974, John Boorman created a trippy, futuristic ... thing, full of broad social commentary (as well as sex, violence and very, very odd wardrobe choices). And Sean Connery starred, in an effort to break free of the James Bond persona.

Did they succeed? Can Ian and Matthew make any sense of this? Listen to find out.

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166: James Bond in DR. NO

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0600

Matthew and Ian return to the strange land of 1962 for a discussion of the very first James Bond movie, DR. NO. Along the way they take a few detours, including a pitch for a SPIDER-BOND crossover series.

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165: Rankin/Bass' THE RETURN OF THE KING (1980)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0700

In 1980, three years after their animated adaptation of The Hobbit, Rankin/Bass returned to Middle Earth in a very confusing way. They jumped straight to the third volume of The Lord of the Rings, to bring us THE RETURN OF THE KING as an animated TV musical. Join Ian and Matthew as they try to makes sense of this baffling media artifact.

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164: FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1991)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0700

Weddings bells ring at the Inter-Millennium Media Project! To celebrate the upcoming nuptials, Ian and Matthew welcome Ian's bride-to-be* Jennifer Ogden to discuss the 1991 remake of FATHER OF THE BRIDE starring Steve Martin and Diane Keaton.

*By the time you hear this, they will be husband and wife!

Special Guest: Jennifer Ogden-Porter.

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Previously on IMMP: ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING

163: THE IN-LAWS (1979)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0700

As wedding bells approach at the IMMP headquarters, Ian and Matthew discuss the 1979 action comedy THE IN LAWS starring Peter Falk and Alan Arkin.

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162: In Search Of: ALIENS (We Kept Watching)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 05:00:00 -0700

We Kept Watching!

On this return to Leonard Nimoy's 1970s - 1980s TV series IN SEARCH OF, Ian and Matthew watched all the episodes they could find about aliens and UFOs.

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161: SONIC ADVENTURE 2

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 05:00:00 -0700

As 2025 begins, the IMMP hits the ground running: Ian and Matthew discuss the 2001 story-driven platformer game SONIC ADVENTURE 2 on this edition of THE MILLENNIAL STRIKES BACK.

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Sonic Adventure 2 | Sonic Wiki Zone | Fandom
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (HD) playthrough - YouTube
Sonic Adventure 2: The Movie (ULTIMATE Edition) - YouTube
Previously on IMMP: DIE HARD
Kenneth Anger - Wikipedia
The Wrong Trousers | Wallace & Gromit
Xenosaga | Xenosaga Wiki | Fandom
Previously on IMMP: THUNDERBIRDS by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson
Soap (shoes) - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: ALIEN (1979)
Previously on IMMP: ALIENS
Weyland-Yutani Corporation | Xenopedia | Fandom
Colony Drop - TV Tropes — What's one of the most dramatic ways to try and bring about The End of the World as We Know It? Drop a space colony on someone.

160: DIE HARD

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0700

For Christmas week, Ian and Matthew discuss a holiday classic from 1988 - Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman in John McTiernan's DIE HARD.

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159: Irwin Allen's THE TOWERING INFERNO

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0700

Christmas is a time for parties, bright lights and surprises. So this year the IMMP kicks off our holiday theme with 1974's THE TOWERING INFERNO from disaster master Irwin Allen.

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158: THE BIG CLOCK (1948)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0700

After our prior episode about No Way Out, a 1987 adaptation of the novel The Big Clock, this time we talk about the original 1948 adaptation of The Big Clock called... THE BIG CLOCK.

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157: NO WAY OUT (1987)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0700

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)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0600

In 1983, Walt Disney Productions released an interesting experiment: A children's horror movie set in an old-timey American town menaced by an evil carnival, with a screenplay adapted by Ray Bradbury himself from his classic novel. Doesn't sound very Disney, does it? It's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES.

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155: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (Novel, 1962)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0600

For Halloween 2024 Matthew had Ian read Ray Bradbury's classic novel, in which a spooky dangerous carnival threatens a small town...by offering the people what they want. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES.

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154: ALIENS

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 05:00:00 -0600

In 1986 James Cameron brought us another look at the creature from Ridley Scott's 1979 classic ALIEN. Plus some Space Marines. Plus a Space Yuppie. Plus an extra "S". It's ALIENS!

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153: John Carpenter's STARMAN

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 05:00:00 -0600

In 1984, John Carpenter brought to earth a movie than blended road trip, romance, sci fi, and just a touch of Stockholm Syndrome. It's Karen Allen and Jeff Bridges in STARMAN.

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152: SPEED RACER - Live at NDK

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 05:00:00 -0600

Before INITIAL D...Before REDLINE... before OVERTAKE!...there was SPEED RACER!

This special live episode was presented at the Nan Desu Kan anime convention in Aurora, Colorado.

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151: JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 05:00:00 -0600

Before UFO, before SPACE:1999, Sylvia and Gerry Anderson went to the far side of the sun for a movie known to most of the world as DOPPELGANGER.

For this special episode of the IMMP Podcast, Ian and Matthew are joined by Jim Porter. (He's Matthew's brother, and he's Ians uncle!)

Special Guest: Jim Porter.

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150: John Carpenter's BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 05:00:00 -0600

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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149: MAGIC: THE GATHERING (The Millennial Strikes Back)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 05:00:00 -0600

Ian takes over to teach Matthew how to play MAGIC: THE GATHERING, to talk about how what the classic Collectible Card Came means to him, and to discuss how it opens up new ways to tell and appreciate stories.

For a recording of the live stream where Ian and Matthew play Magic and open some card packs, see the IMMProject YouTube channel!

(Links in show notes may include affiliate links which help support the podcast at no cost to you.)

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Special Announcement - Upcoming Live Stream!

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0600

Upcoming live stream!

On July 10 at 10 PM Eastern / 8 PM Mountain, Ian will teach Matthew to play MAGIC: THE GATHERING live on YouTube.

Join us here:

https://youtube.com/live/HinZiYo-QYA?feature=share

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148: MAX MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 05:00:00 -0600

The 2024 Summer Road Trip continues through post-apocalypse Australia...without highways? And mainly without cars?

It's a strange parable of civilizations and the stories they tell themselves. It's MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME.

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147: MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 05:00:00 -0600

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.

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146: MAD MAX (1979)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 05:00:00 -0600

The IMMP 2024 Summer Road Trip starts off on the deadly highways of Australia with George Miller and Byron Kennedy's original MAD MAX from 1979. Ian and Matthew talk about heroes, antiheroes, mythology, and a romcom prequel "Rockatansky & Jess."

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145: PLANET OF THE APES (1968)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 27 May 2024 05:00:00 -0600

Back In 1968, Charlton Heston played a misanthropic space commander who journeyed to a world free of human bureaucrats....but not free of bureaucracy! It's PLANET OF THE APES.

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144: ALIEN (1979)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 13 May 2024 05:00:00 -0600

Back in 1979 Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon and an intrepid crew encountered a terrifying unknown entity and influenced decades of science fiction cinema. And Matthew became a seventh grade hero for seeing it on opening night.

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143: EARTH II (1971 TV movie)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0600

Way back in 1971, when the Apollo program was still cool, a TV pilot imagined a techno-utopia in orbit.

Governed by D&D.

It's EARTH II.

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142: John Carpenter’s THE FOG (1980)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0600

It's almost Founder's Day at Antonio Bay, so the IMMP celebrates by rolling into John Carpenter's 1980 movie THE FOG.

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141: NIMOY'S PREVIOUS FRONTIER

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0600

Now that we've talked about Leonard Nimoy as host of IN SEARCH OF..., it's finally time for the IMMP to discuss the dramatic action-adventure series whose ensemble included Leonard Nimoy, years earlier. It premiered in 1966, and while it had fans from the very start it exploded in popularity in the years that followed. It came back in the 1980s with a revival series, and also gave rise to a long-running movie franchise.

(Spoiler: It's MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE!)

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140: IN SEARCH OF… Hosted by Leonard Nimoy

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0600

In the 1970s, kids interested in paranormal weirdness received an amazing new cornucopia of ...well, lots of stuff.

It was IN SEARCH OF... hosted by Leonard Nimoy.

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139: David Lynch’s DUNE (1984)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0700

Is the Weirding Module code for Transcendental Meditation? Was Kyle MacLachlan way too old to portray Paul Atreides? Did the Guild Navigator really need that guy with the shop vac? Ian and Matthew discuss these questions and more after a trip to the Alamo Drafthouse to see David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert's DUNE.

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138: Bette Davis in NOW, VOYAGER

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0700

Melodrama month continues with 1942's NOW, VOYAGER. Bette Davis and Paul Henreid star in a saga of metal health, personal transformation, and really, really bad parenting.

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137: MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (1935)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0700

Before THE CELESTINE PROPHECY...before THE SECRET...before female characters had agency?...there was...John M. Stahl's 1935 film MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor.

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136: ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 05:00:00 -0700

An epic American quest of danger and self-discovery through the mythic land of Chicago. The IMMP looks at 1987's ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING.

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135: MYST

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 05:00:00 -0700

Ian takes over podcast and reaches into the world of computer games for a discussion of one of the most formative media properties of his life: MYST.

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134: THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS by Rankin/Bass

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 22:00:00 -0700

Christmas 2023 at the IMMP wraps up with one of the weirdest of all Rankin/Bass Christmas specials: THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS. Listen for tales of elemental magic with the Miser Brothers, the terrible power of Mother Nature, and speculation about the abyssal Lovecraftian horrors that lurk in Santa Claus' dreams.

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133: Rankin/Bass’ SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0700

The IMMP Rankin Bass Christmas continues with the sprawling Santa Claus fanfic SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN. Which leads in turn to talk of Adventure Time, creepy 70s musical numbers, and a Game of Thrones for Sombertown.

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132: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER from Rankin/Bass

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 05:00:00 -0700

We kick off the holiday season at the IMMP with a Rankin/Bass Christmas classic: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER. And some detours into human (and elf) dignity, identity, the biology and diet of Abominable Snow Monsters, and psychotherapy for toys.

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131: Irwin Allen’s THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 05:00:00 -0700

It's a little early for New Year's, but never too early for an Irwin Allen disaster movie like 1972's THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE.

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Bonus: DRACULA (Spanish language 1931)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 07:00:00 -0600

One final Halloween treat for 2023. This is a discussion from the Patron feed, and from the Drafthouse Diary video series, about the 1931 Spanish version of DRACULA starring Carlos Villarías and Lupita Tovar.

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130: THE WOLF MAN starring Lon Chaney Jr. (1941)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0600

Ian and Matthew close out Halloween 2023 with another Universal monster movie: the psychological mystery of THE WOLF MAN. But they can't help themselves from also arguing some more about THE INVISIBLE MAN, and whether any Universal monster movies really have a hero at all.

Except for Van Helsing in DRACULA. Professor Van Helsing remains awesome.

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Bonus: THE LOST ISLAND

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 17:00:00 -0600

At long last, Ian and Matthew have seen a mysterious, legendary part of the Sid and Marty Krofft universe: THE LOST ISLAND.

It’s a mash-up of Lidsville, Land of the Lost, H.R. Pufnstuff, and more, and appeared as a segment of the Krofft Superstar Hour hosted by the Bay City Rollers!

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129: THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0600

Halloween season 2023 continues at the IMMP as Ian and Matthew watched (well, sort of watched?) Claude Rains in Universal's 1933 THE INVISIBLE MAN.
WARNING: Includes a very nerdy digression about hidden movement boardgames.

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128: THE MUMMY (1932)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0600

This year’s Halloween theme at the Inter-Millennium Media Project surveys more of the Universal movie monster landscape, starting with Boris Karloff in 1932’s THE MUMMY, a tale of love, death, magic, and dangerous jewelry.

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127: MY FAVORITE YEAR

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 05:00:00 -0600

Come visit the live television industry of 1954 through the lens of a movie from the 1980s: MY FAVORITE YEAR directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Mark Lin-Baker and Peter O'Toole. Truly a movie for fans of movies!

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126: STAR BLAZERS - Live from NDK 2023

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 05:00:00 -0600

Recorded live at Nan Desu Kan 2023 in Colorado, this special episode takes on STAR BLAZERS -- the Americanized version of Leiji Matsumoto's SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO, and the object of Matthew's first anime fan geek-outs with his middle school friends, way back in the 1970s.

Video version will be on the IMMP YouTube channel soon!

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125: THE ITALIAN JOB (1969)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 05:00:00 -0600

Our 2023 Summer Road Trip season wraps up with a beloved car movie out of Swinging England of 1969: THE ITALIAN JOB!

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124: SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 05:00:00 -0600

The IMMP Summer Road Trip continues with a 1977 classic about an intrepid truck driver (Jerry Reed), with his buddy (Burt Reynolds) and his buddy's sudden new girlfriend (Sally Field) hauling bootleg beer one step ahead of the law (Jackie Gleason). It's SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT!

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123: THE GUMBALL RALLY

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 05:00:00 -0600

Summer is time for road trips. And for the IMMP that starts with the odd, stylish 1976 action comedy THE GUMBALL RALLY.

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122: Lego BIONICLE (The Millennial Strikes Back)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 05:00:00 -0600

This week Ian takes over to show Matthew the 2003 direct-to-DVD movie BIONICLE: THE MASK OF LIGHT, which turns into a discussion of all things related to Lego's BIONICLE, a saga that extended beyond the toy line it was created to support.

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121: CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 05:00:00 -0600

The IMMP's final Harryhausen Month comes to a close with the final film of Ray Harryhausen's career: the 1981 epic of Greek mythology CLASH OF THE TITANS.

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Clash of the Titans (1981 film) - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP - Ray Harryhausen movies
Previously on IMMP: FIRST MEN IN THE MOON
Previously on IMMP: JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963)
Orson Welles Quote on happy endings | Quote Catalog — Orson Welles said, “If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.”
Previously on IMMP: John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
Previously on IMMP: RAY HARRYHAUSEN Part 2 — Includes 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (1957)
Mythos a book by Stephen Fry (affiliate link)

Bonus Show: DUNGEONS & DUNGEONS & DRAGONS & DRAGONS

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 18:00:00 -0600

A bonus show from the Patreon feed: Of course Ian and Matthew had to see the 2023 DUNGEONS & DRAGONS movie. But what about the first one, from 2000?

They watched both!

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120: JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 05:00:00 -0600

It's June, and at the IMMP that means Ray Harryhausen Month! This year, as we near the end of Harryhausen's filmography, we enter the realm of swords, sandals and Olympian gods with the 1963 epic JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS.

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119: FANTASTIC VOYAGE

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 29 May 2023 05:00:00 -0600

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea featured a very big submarine. This episode features a very tiny submarine, traveling inside the human body on a FANTASTIC VOYAGE.

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118: Irwin Allen’s VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (TV Series)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 15 May 2023 05:00:00 -0600

Three years after the Seaview saved the world in the 1961 movie VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, she sailed into a very different world as the star of a hit TV series. Ian and Matthew discuss what remained the same for this version, and what was very, very different.

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117: Irwin Allen’s VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (1961 Movie)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 01 May 2023 05:00:00 -0600

In 1961 sci fi and disaster master Irwin Allen loaded Walter Pidgeon, Robert Sterling, Barbara Eden, Frankie Avalon and Peter Lorre into the submarine Seaview to save the world on a VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

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116: THE STING

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0600

Psst. Hey. Yeah, you. You look like a smart guy. Can I interest you in what might be the best grift movie of all time? It's Robert Redford and Paul Newman in 1973's THE STING.

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115: THE NATURAL starring Robert Redford

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0600

Just in time for baseball season, Matthew introduced Ian to his favorite baseball movie of all time: THE NATURAL starring Robert Redford.

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114: THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 05:00:00 -0600

In ancient times of high adventure -- 1982 -- there was a sword. And there was a sorcerer. And their tale was told in a movie with the imaginative title THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER.

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113: TIME BANDITS

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 05:00:00 -0700

In 1981 Terry Gilliam’s third feature film took us beyond space and time through cracks in the universe. A strange and silly universe. The week Ian and Matthew talk about TIME BANDITS.

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112: THE GREAT HOUDINI(S) Starring Paul Michael Glaser

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 05:00:00 -0700

In the early 1900s, Harry Houdini became the world's greatest entertainer by executing seemingly impossible escapes from every imaginable type of captivity.

In the mid 1970s, ten-year-old Matthew was captivated by THE GREAT HOUDINIS, a biopic starring Paul Michael Glaser of Starsky and Hutch fame.

How will Ian escape this TV movie?

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111: Disney's ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 05:00:00 -0700

Ian takes over the podcast to lead a discussion of an action-adventure tale that had a deep impact on his young movie-loving mind: Disney's ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE.

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Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Wikipedia
Michael J. Fox - Wikipedia
James Garner - Wikipedia
Cree Summer - Wikipedia
Don Novello - Wikipedia
John Mahoney - Wikipedia
Gary Trousdale - Wikipedia
Kirk Wise - Wikipedia
Tab Murphy - Wikipedia
Colorforms
10 Things You Never Knew About Atlantis: The Lost Empire — In order to really hit home how different they wanted this film to be, Trousdale had t-shirts made for the crew with the phrase "Fewer Songs, More Explosions" printed on them. True to the words on their shirts, the film had tons of explosions, which also made it one of Disney's deadliest movies in terms of body count.
The Iron Giant - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Previously on IMMP: FIRST MEN IN THE MOON
Previously on IMMP: H.P. Lovecraft’s AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
Previously on IMMP: The Rockford Files
Atlantean Language | Atlantis: The Lost Empire Wiki | Fandom
Marc Okrand - Wikipedia
Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: Disney’s TRON
Atlantis: Milo's Return | Disney Wiki | Fandom
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (video game) | Disney Wiki | Fandom
Atlantis: The Lost Empire – Trial by Fire - Wikipedia
Atlantis: The Lost Empire – Search for the Journal - Wikipedia

110: H.P. Lovecraft’s AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0700

Following their arctic visit to Ice Station Zebra, Ian and Matthew continue their icy endeavors with a journey to the Antarctic to explore H.P Lovecraft's AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS.

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109: ICE STATION ZEBRA

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0700

As we deal with the icy winds of January, we ask ourselves: what if we take these icy winds and add Cold War nuclear tensions? And a cool nuclear submarine?

Join Ian and Matthew for a talk about 1968's ICE STATION ZEBRA.

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108: CONAN THE DESTROYER

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 05:00:00 -0700

CHRISTMAS WITH CONAN continues!

Right on the tail of 1982's CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Raffaella De Laurentiis produced 1984's CONAN THE DESTROYER. New villain. New sidekicks. New director. New tone. Same Conan?

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107: CONAN THE BARBARIAN starring Arnold Schwarzenegger (1982)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 05:00:00 -0700

Happy Hyborian Holidays! Our December theme is Christmas with Conan, starting with 1982's CONAN THE BARBARIAN starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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106: Ralph Bakshi’s THE LORD OF THE RINGS (1978)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 05:00:00 -0700

More than two decades before Peter Jackson made the world believe that New Zealand is Middle Earth, animator Ralph Bakshi gave us an ambitious and deeply weird adaptation of Tolkien's THE LORD OF THE RINGS.

Or the first half, at least.

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105: THE HOBBIT (Rankin/Bass, 1977)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 05:00:00 -0700

Tricksey hobbitses!

In this episode Ian and Matthew discuss Matthew's junior high Tolkien obsession, and specifically the 1977 Rankin Bass animated version of THE HOBBIT.

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104: THE MUNSTERS

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0600

For Halloween 2022, our Frankenstein theme wraps up with one of the stranger, and most beloved, takes on classic monster tropes: the 1960s TV sitcom THE MUNSTERS.

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103: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0600

After the 1931 Universal Adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN -- 43 years after -- Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder revisited the material with ... a parody? A sequel? Both? Something more?

Ian and Matthew try to figure it out as they talk about YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.

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102: FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0600

As Halloween approaches once again, we return to the Universal Pictures monster movie canon to talk about the 1931 adaptation of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN.

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101: HOMESTARRUNNER.COM (The Millennial Strikes Back)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0600

The Millennial Strikes Back!

Ian takes over the podcast to share the most influential show from his youth: HOMESTARRUNNER.COM

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100: GIGANTOR! live from NDK

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0600

For our special 100th episode, Ian and Matthew discuss the first anime Matthew ever saw: GIGANTOR!

Recorded live at Nan Desu Kan 2022 in Aurora, Colorado.

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099: LOGAN’S RUN

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0600

For late August 2022, Matthew chose to show Ian the 70s sci-fi feature LOGAN'S RUN.

For reasons that will become clear.

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098: Mike Nichols’ THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0600

The poster does its best to give the game away: "UNWITTINGLY, HE TRAINED A DOLPHIN TO KILL THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES."

It doesn't bother to mention that he also taught the dolphin to talk.

Ian and Matthew discuss the 1973 marine biology techno thriller (!?) THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN.

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097: Bill Murray in MEATBALLS

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -0600

It's the height of the summer, and for many that means memories of summer camp. Or summer camp movies like MEATBALLS from Bill Murray, Ivan Reitman and Harold Ramis.

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096: THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -0600

From the depths of space comes a message of peace...or else. Matthew and Ian discuss the 1951 movie THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL.

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095: Harryhausen Month: SINBAD

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0600

The IMMP sets sail with Captain Sinbad! Three different Sinbads, as a matter of fact:

THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1958)

THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1973)

and

SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER (1977)

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094: Harryhausen Month: MYSTERIOUS ISLAND

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0600

Giant bees! Giant Chickens! GIANT ENEMY CRAB! Ray Harryhausen takes on Jules Verne in the 1961 adventure MYSTERIOUS ISLAND.

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093: FIRST MEN IN THE MOON

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 30 May 2022 05:00:00 -0600

Our H.G. Wells month wraps up with the 1964 movie FIRST MEN IN THE MOON.

Space cops. Victorian slapstick. Thrilling conflict with a non-human menace. How many movies did they fit into this movie?

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092: THE TIME MACHINE (1960)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 16 May 2022 05:00:00 -0600

H.G. Wells month continues (continued? will continue?) with George Pal's 1960 version of The Time Machine.

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Bonus Show: THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Fri, 13 May 2022 12:00:00 -0600

A bonus show from our special Patreon feed: Something New to Watch!

Ian and Matthew went out to see the movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, starring Nicholas Cage and Pedro Pascal.

That was…an experience. And Matthew feels targeted.

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091: THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 02 May 2022 05:00:00 -0600

In 1898 H.G. Wells imagined a war between the people of Earth advanced invaders from Mars. Since then storytellers have re-envisioned this conflict for their own times. One of these was George Pal, whose 1953 movie became a generation's iconic depiction of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. How does that mid-century version hold up seventy years later?

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090: George A. Romero's KNIGHTRIDERS

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0600

Brave knights, weapons ready, armor made fast, ride into battle astride their mighty...motorcycles.

Can a code of chivalry survive on a carny circuit? Ian and Matthew explore this and more as they discuss George A. Romero's KNIGHTRIDERS.

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089: John Boorman’s EXCALIBUR

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0600

Knights in shining armor. A mythic sword conferring the power to unite a kingdom. A manic mage. Ian and Matthew talk about John Boorman’s Arthurian epic EXCALIBUR.

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088: FILLMORE! (The Millennial Strikes Back)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0600

Following up on our Streets of San Francisco show, Ian takes over to talk about the spiritual descendant of Quinn Martin and the best American animated series you may have never seen: Disney's middle-school police procedural FILLMORE!

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087: THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0700

Tonight’s episode: our first QUINN MARTIN PRODUCTION!

A young Michael Douglas and a seasoned Karl Malden solve crime on THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO.

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086: THE JEWEL OF THE NILE

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 05:00:00 -0700

1984's ROMANCING THE STONE was a hit that surprised even its own studio. So what could they do but make a sequel to release the very next year?

Ian and Matthew find out whether 1985's THE JEWEL OF THE NILE lives up to the original.

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085: ROMANCING THE STONE

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 05:00:00 -0700

Valentine's Day is almost here! And what's more romantic than murder, theft, kidnapping, crocodiles, and movie stars in the jungle?

Ian and Matthew find out as they discuss the 1984 feature ROMANCING THE STONE.

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084: John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 05:00:00 -0700

In 1981 John Carpenter and Kurt Russell showed us how bad things could be in 1997: the USA, Russia, and China at war, while the United States Police Force maintains Manhattan Island as one big prison.

How does this all play in 2022? Ian and Matthew discuss ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK!

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083: Sonic or Harvey? CHOOSE YOUR SASSY ANIMAL FRIEND

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 05:00:00 -0700

Ian and Matthew were not able to record a show this week, so we dug into the Patreon archives to assemble a special episode.

Sonic the Hedgehog from the 2020 movie, or Harvey the giant invisible rabbit from the classic Jimmy Stewart movie: Choose your sassy animal companion!

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082: THE STARLOST starring Keir Dullea

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 21:00:00 -0700

Just in time for New Year's, the IMMP Holiday in Space ends with a saga starring Keir Dullea as an adventurous young man navigating physical and existential perils aboard a dangerous spacecraft with a faulty computer.

So sure, it's kind of like 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. But it's not. It's the 1973 Canadian TV series THE STARLOST.

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081: 2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT starring Roy Scheider

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 05:00:00 -0700

The IMMP Holiday In Space continues!

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: THE YEAR ME MAKE CONTACT.

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080: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0700

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)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 10:00:00 -0700

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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Previously on IMMP: Frank Herbert’s DUNE

079: REMINGTON STEELE

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0700

Mystery and romance with some "will they or won't they?" tension. There was a lot of that in 80s TV. Where did it start? Some would say right here, with Pierce Bronson and Stephanie Zimbalist starring in REMINGTON STEELE.

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078: James Bond in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0600

There are so many James Bond movies to choose from, so we decided to start with the first one Matthew saw in a theater: THE SPY WHO LOVED ME starring Roger Moore as James Bond 007.

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077: Jean Cocteau’s LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE (Beauty and the Beast, 1946)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0600

Continuing the Spooky Castle theme begun with DRACULA, the podcast looks at a unique, surreal French film that is simultaneousy weird, creepy and romantic. It's Jean Cocteau's 1946 film LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE (Beauty and the Beast).

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Beauty and the Beast (1946 film) - Wikipedia
Jean Cocteau - Wikipedia
Josette Day - Wikipedia
Jean Marais - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: DRACULA (1931, starring Bela Lugosi)
Brows Held High and Some Jerk with a Camera's Beauty and the Beast Crossover! - YouTube
Previously on IMMP: THE ADDAMS FAMILY from 1964 TV
Suns in alchemy - Wikipedia — A green lion consuming the sun is a common alchemical image and is seen in texts such as the Rosarium philosophorum. The symbol is a metaphor for aqua regia (the green lion) consuming matter (the sun), gold.
Enkidu - Wikipedia — wartime comrade and friend of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk.
Tower of Hanoi - Wikipedia
Luis Buñuel - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: SUPERMAN (1978)

076: DRACULA (1931, starring Bela Lugosi)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0600

He had style, he had game, and he was starting a new life in England.

Well, except for the "life" part.

IMMP's Halloween 2021 kicks off with the first of the legendary Universal monster movies: DRACULA starring Bela Lugosi.

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075: Frank Herbert’s DUNE

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 05:00:00 -0600

Ten thousand years in the future, as a galactic empire is wracked by conflict over control of the most precious resource in the universe, grownups and teenagers still fail to understand one another.

Yes, there's more to it. Find out just how much as Ian and Matthew discuss Frank Herbert's science fiction masterpiece, DUNE.

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074: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 05:00:00 -0600

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

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 05:00:00 -0600

Science fairs are fun. Wouldn't they be more fun with working nuclear weapons?

John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon and John Mahoney find out in 1986's THE MANHATTAN PROJECT.

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072: COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 05:00:00 -0600

Following up on Wargames, Ian and Matthew talk about a 1970 movie in which a scientist creates a supercomputer to protect mankind from nuclear war -- and succeeds!

Sounds happy, doesn't it?

It's not.

It's COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT.

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071: WARGAMES

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 05:00:00 -0600

DON'T TAKE THE MEN OUT OF THE PODCAST LOOP. Instead listen to Ian and Matthew talk about 1983's WARGAMES starring Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman and Barry Corbin.

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070: POKÉMON 3: THE MOVIE (The Millennial Strikes Back)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 05:00:00 -0600

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

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 05:00:00 -0600

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

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 05:00:00 -0600

June is Ray Harryhausen Month! Ian and Matthew celebrate Ray Harryhausen's 101st birthday 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)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 31 May 2021 05:00:00 -0600

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

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 17 May 2021 05:00:00 -0600

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

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 03 May 2021 05:00:00 -0600

Matthew was enthralled by the film when it premiered in 1984, but Ian has never known a world without GHOSTBUSTERS and the sprawling franchise it launched. How will this affect the spirit in which they view the original movie?

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064: SOMEWHERE IN TIME starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 05:00:00 -0600

Some say love is destined to transcend the bounds of time. How about a movie? What will Ian think of Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour and Christopher Plummer in the 1980 time travel romance SOMEWHERE IN TIME?

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063: Andy Griffith in SALVAGE 1

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 05:00:00 -0600

Andy Griffith has played a lot of roles, but to Matthew he'll always be Harry Broderick, the junk man with dreams of the moon in 1979's SALVAGE 1.

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062: STOP MAKING SENSE - the film by Jonathan Demme and Talking Heads

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 05:00:00 -0600

Last episode, Matthew introduced Ian to the album STOP MAKING SENSE by Talking Heads. Now it's time to complete the picture with full the concert film.

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Previously on IMMP: STOP MAKING SENSE - the album by Talking Heads
Stop Making Sense (the film) - Wikipedia
Jonathan Demme - Wikipedia
Bernie Worrell - Wikipedia
Speaking in tongues (Glossolalia) - Wikipedia
Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads album) - Wikipedia
R.E.M. - Wikipedia
Automatic for the People - Wikipedia
Monster (R.E.M. album) - Wikipedia
The Last Emperor - Wikipedia — How could Matthew have forgotten Byrne’s work on this Oscar-winning film score?
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061: STOP MAKING SENSE - the album by Talking Heads

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:00:00 -0700

A groundbreaking album from the groundbreaking movie by a groundbreaking band. With so much broken ground, will Matthew have a place to stand as he introduces this to Ian?

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060: BEWITCHED

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 05:00:00 -0700

Long before Wandavision gave us its take on a magical being trying to make a home in the American suburbs, viewers were entertained by Wanda and Vision's forebears, Darrin and Samantha Stevens of Bewitched.

In this episode of the IMMP Matthew introduces Ian to the show, and Ian powers through his allergy to sitcoms long enough to dive way too deeply into its magic system, where he finds dark nuggets of existential dread.

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059: HIGHLANDER

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 05:00:00 -0700

Matthew and Ian discuss the original 1986 movie that assured us There Can Be Only One.

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058: DR. STRANGE (1978)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 05:00:00 -0700

This TV movie from 1978 introduces Dr. Stephen Strange, a psychiatrist (?!) who learns he has a destiny in a magical war for the fate of humanity.

Marvel did some peculiar things back in the 70s.

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057: SUPERMAN (1978)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 05:00:00 -0700

In the 1970s, the early days of the big-budget movie blockbuster, a lot of hopes and dollars went into this movie version of SUPERMAN directed by Richard Donner and starring Christopher Reeve.

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Bonus Show - FROZEN HOLMES

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0700

Why do people keep wanting to freeze Sherlock Holmes? Or more to the point, why do people want to thaw him out in the future — his future, or ours?
Ian and Matthew explore this in their discussion of 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

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 05:00:00 -0700

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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055: Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 05:00:00 -0700

The IMMP Holmes for the Holidays series continues with the most famous 20th century adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's characters: the 1939 film series starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.

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054: A STUDY IN SCARLET by Arthur Conan Doyle

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 05:00:00 -0700

It's the most wonderful time of the year. A time of magic, wonder, and the foiling of crime through incisive deduction. IMMP presents HOLMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

For our first episode we start at the beginning: the story that introduced Sherlock Holmes to the world, Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 novel A STUDY IN SCARLET.

Audio excerpts are from the AmazonClassics Kindle edition, and are used for purposes of critique and analysis.

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053: Disney’s TRON: LEGACY

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 05:00:00 -0700

Twenty-eight years after Disney released TRON, we finally got a sequel: TRON: LEGACY. Which gave Ian a TRON movie for his own generation, and gave the IMMP this new Millennial Strikes Back episode.

As usual, there are spoilers ahead.

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052: Disney’s TRON

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 05:00:00 -0700

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.

Yeah, this is pretty much coded to attach itself to Matthew and Ian's DNA.

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051: THE NIGHT THAT PANICKED AMERICA

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0600

In 1897 H.G. Wells wrote the novel War of the Worlds.

In 1938 Orson Welles created a radio drama based on the novel, and sent Americans into a panic when they believed it was a real news broadcast.

In 1975 the ABC Television Network produced a TV movie dramatizing the making of the radio broadcast and the public reaction to it.

In 2020, Ian and Matthew offer this podcast about the 1975 TV movie.

Layers upon layers.

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050: KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0600

It ran for two TV movies and one series season, but it launched a thousand other monster-for-the-week TV shows. It's the 1970s Darren McGavin classic Kolchack: The Night Stalker.

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049: CLOAK & DAGGER

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 05:00:00 -0600

It's a Hitchcock-style spy thriller with kidnapping, murder, gunfights and explosions.

And, um, it's a "family" movie?

It's the strange 1984 gem CLOAK & DAGGER.

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048: LAND OF THE LOST

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 05:00:00 -0600

Take the creators of Lidsville and H.R. Pufnstuf, add a pool of creative 1970s science fiction writers, and mix with rubber lizard-man suits and stop motion dinosaurs. The results are probably not what you're expecting.

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047: DONNIE DARKO (The Millennial Strikes Back)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 05:00:00 -0600

A special Millennial Strikes Back episode. Ian talks with his dad Matthew about Donnie Darko, how the movie affects him, and the story of how he first watched it.

We don't doubt your commitment.

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046: THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 05:00:00 -0600

Action, Sci Fi, and the widest bell bottoms ever shown on broadcast television. With a side of Bigfoot. Ian and Matthew finally go up against Steve Austin, The Six Million Dollar Man.

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045: WKW - SPACE: 1999, PROJECT U.F.O. and THE THIN MAN

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 05:00:00 -0600

What do Project U.F.O., Space: 1999, and The Thin Man have in common? After talking about them on the podcast, Matthew and Ian kept watching. This episode of the IMMP dives into the later seasons and movies of all three series.

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044: THE THIN MAN

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 05:00:00 -0600

Dashiell Hammett's writing helped define the American mystery genre. And in their adaptation of his novel The Thin Man, William Powell, Myrna Loy, and director W. S. Van Dyke showed us how smart and funny an American mystery film could be. Shake up a fresh cocktail, sharpen your wits, and join Ian and Matthew for a discussion of this glorious movie.

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043: Disney’s THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 05:00:00 -0600

Unregulated biomedical testing on humans, performance enhancing substance use in collegiate athletics -- that's what the heroes are up to in the Disney comedy romp The Strongest Man in the World starring Kurt Russell as Medfield College man Dexter Riley.

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042: KRULL

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 05:00:00 -0600

As from the depths of space comes the Black Fortress, so from the early 1980s comes the weird, colorful fantasy film called KRULL.

Podcast contains SPOLIERS for this 1983 movie.

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041: Disney’s NOW YOU SEE HIM NOW YOU DON’T

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 05:00:00 -0600

Retun with us to Disney's Medfield College Cinematic Universe, where science student Dexter Riley (Kurt Russell) has created an invibility formula.

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040: MOONLIGHTING

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 18 May 2020 05:00:00 -0600

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

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 04 May 2020 05:00:00 -0600

Starting from the vantage of the 1981 BCC TV show, Ian and Matthew discuss Douglas Adams' sprawling multimedia masterwork The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

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038: MAZES AND MONSTERS

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 05:00:00 -0600

In Rona Jaffe's MAZES AND MONSTERS we get an 80s TV movie take on Dungeons and Dragons and how it can sever a young person's ties to reality. Make a saving throw or take 4d8 sensationalism damage.

Warning, SPOILERS!

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037: THE FIRST EASTER EGG

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 05:00:00 -0600

We know it looks like an adorable little bunny rabbit! But don't be fooled. The First Easter Egg is a basket full of subversive humor disguised as a cute holiday cartoon.

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036: BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 05:00:00 -0600

In the 1979 TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, the future is a place of danger, intrigue, and big shiny hairstyles.

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Bonus Show - HACKERS

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 13:00:00 -0600

Our theme of computerized kids versus The Man does not end with the Disney’s The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes. In this bonus show for patrons, we talk about the 1995 movie HACKERS. We saw this thanks to a special “Hindsight is 20/20” screening at the Alamo Drafthouse, and — spoiler alert — it was a lot of fun.

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035: MY FAVORITE MARTIAN

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 05:00:00 -0600

If you ask The Bixby Boys, Bill Bixby is good in anything. But can he find his way through a 60s sitcom opposite Ray Walston as a super-powered, supercilious man from Mars?

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034: Disney’s THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 05:00:00 -0700

Eight long years before The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Disney introduced Medfield College, and “flubber," in THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR. It doesn't have Kurt Russell, but it does have Fred MacMurray and Nancy Olson as the most charming couple ever to violate the laws of thermodynamics.

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033: Disney’s THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 05:00:00 -0700

Before he was MacReady in THE THING, before he was Snake Plisskin in ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, Kurt Russell was happy-go-lucky Medfield College man Dexter Riley in the Disney comedy The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.

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032: John Carpenter’s THE THING

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 05:00:00 -0700

Continuing the theme of survival against a harsh environment and an alien menace, Ian and Matthew discuss the second feature film adaptation of the novella "Who Goes There?": John Carpenter’s 1982 sci fi/horror classic THE THING.

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Bonus Show: THUNDERBIRDS Live Action Movie (2004)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 20:00:00 -0700

Reposted from the IMMP Patreon feed, this special bonus episode covers the 2004 live action THUNDERBIRDS movie.

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031: THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 05:00:00 -0700

In 1951, producer Howard Hawks and director Christian Nyby drew on the current flying saucer craze and a 1938 novella to create an amazingly tight movie of survival at the North Pole: The Thing From Another World.

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030: POINT OF KNOW RETURN by Kansas

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 12:00:00 -0700

For the first album covered by the IMMP, we've chosen a prog rock platinum standout: POINT OF KNOW RETURN by Kansas.

Can an album review have spoliers? If so, this podcast probably has some.

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029: LOST IN SPACE - The Original Series

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 05:00:00 -0700

Drink gloog, make sleemoth, and join Ian and Matthew as they talk about the original 1960s TV version of LOST IN SPACE.

DANGER! DANGER! Contains spoilers for both the original TV show and Season 1 of the Netflix reboot.

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028: THE BRADY BUNCH

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 05:00:00 -0700

It might have seemed to Matthew that everyone in the world has seen The Brady Bunch. But Ian hadn’t!

Until now.

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027: DRAGONSLAYER

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 05:00:00 -0700

The 1981 movie DRAGONSLAYER may be little remembered today, but it contains lots of magic and adventure. And more gore than you might expect from a Disney production. And surprising explosions.

A lot of spoilers in this episode, so please beware.

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026: THUNDERBIRDS by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 05:00:00 -0700

Back in the 1960s, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson imagined the 2060s as a world of engineering marvels, space exploration, and smooth, swinging style. And they imagined an organization called International Rescue to help keep that world safe. This was the Tracy family and their amazing machines, the Thunderbirds.

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025: PSYCHOMANIA

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 05:00:00 -0600

English bikers, weird cults, standing stones, the undead, and very questionable folk music come together in the strangely compelling 1973 movie Psychomania.

Happy Halloween, everyone!

Please note: The movie discussed in this episode of the IMMP Podcast deals with the subject of suicide, in a horror fantasy context. If you might find this subject upsetting, please consider listening to a different episode or to another fine podcast.

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024: THE ADDAMS FAMILY from 1964 TV

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 05:00:00 -0600

To kick off the Halloween season Ian and Matthew talk about the original 1964 TV version of The Addams Family. And about what a cool guy Lurch is.

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023: YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 05:00:00 -0600

What if Sherlock Holmes and John Watson had met when they were still in school, long before Watson was a combat surgeon and Holmes was a cocaine addict? And what if Steven Spielberg, Barry Levinson, Chris Columbus and Henry Winkler got together to make a movie about it? The surprising and often neglected Young Sherlock Holmes may be the most 80s thing ever.

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022: SPACE: 1999

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 05:00:00 -0600

In their almost-sort-of sequel to UFO, Sylvia and Gerry Anderson show us the glory of space exploration: a moon base that serves as a way station and a nuclear waste dump. But if that’s not sufficiently glamorous, hold on: before long the moon is blasted out of orbit to drift among the stars, wandering into a new adventure each week. This is SPACE: 1999.

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021: We Kept Watching: COLUMBO and THE AVENGERS

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 05:00:00 -0600

Sometimes after watching a show for the IMMP, Ian and Matthew are happy to leave it behind. But sometimes , they keep watching. For this episode of the podcast they return for another look at two favorites: Peter Falk in COLUMBO, and Patrick Macnee as John Steed in THE AVENGERS

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020: VeggieTales’ JONAH with special commentary track (The Millennial Strikes Back)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 05:00:00 -0600

Religious themes explored through a combination of psychedelic vegetation and innovative, discursive storytelling style. No, Ian and Matthew didn’t watch Altered States again. For this Millennial Strikes Back episode, they watched Jonah, a VeggieTales Movie. But they watched it with the strange and incredibly funny DVD commentary track featuring the characters Larry the Cucumber and Mr. Lunt, everyone's favorite decorative gourd. The movie may be for kids, but this commentary track is not.

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019: Ken Russell’s ALTERED STATES

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 05:00:00 -0600

Screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky. Direction by Ken Russell. Ideas by throwing hippies, scientists, spiritual seekers and horror fanatics into a supercollider. This week Matthew and Ian discuss the 1980 movie ALTERED STATES.

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018: CAPRICORN ONE

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 12:00:00 -0600

The often neglected 1970s gem Capricorn One features secrets, conspiracies, action, and astronauts showing a kind of heroism very different from what they signed up for.

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017: Bill Bixby is: THE MAGICIAN

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 05:00:00 -0600

As The Magician, Bill Bixby played Anthony Dorian. Or was it Anthony Blake? Anyway, he was super wealthy, and lived on a posh custom airliner. Except maybe he didn't. It's a little confusing, but if you listen to the podcast Matthew and Ian will try to explain it all.

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016: The Incredible Hulk

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 05:00:00 -0600

Before the Marvel Cinematic Universe put all of our favorite super powers on screen, one man quietly went from town to town solving problems, serving justice, getting angry, turning green, throwing people thirty feet in the air, and breaking big solid things into teeny tiny pieces. This week Matthew and Ian discuss the 70s TV series The Incredible Hulk.

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015: Murder, She Wrote

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 05:00:00 -0600

For 12 TV seasons and a bunch of TV movies, Angela Lansbury played a retired school teacher who wrote bestselling mysteries and solved murders in her spare time. On this IMMP podcast Ian and Matthew explore Murder, She Wrote to find out why Cabot Cove, Maine was such a deadly place, and why Jessica Fletcher was a dangerous person to invite to a dinner party.

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014: The Prisoner

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 20 May 2019 05:00:00 -0600

1967 saw the launch of a British TV series that changed the world. Or at least, changed the world for a certain kind of person who found it at the the right time. In this IMMP Podcast Ian and Matthew talk about Patrick McGoohan’s The Prisoner.

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013: The Teddy Bear Habit by James Lincoln Collier

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 06 May 2019 05:00:00 -0600

For the Inter-Millennium Media Project's first book discussion, we've selected a title that had a huge influence on Matthew. It's James Lincoln Collier's The Teddy Bear Habit, a kids' book and a show biz thriller featuring a remarkable 12-year-old narrator and the amazing setting of 1960s Greenwich Village, New York.

Excerpts are from the Blackstone Audio edition, and are used for purposes of critical review and commentary. Excerpts are played at x1.25 speed.

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012: Gerry Anderson’s UFO

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 05:00:00 -0600

With his 1970 series UFO, the great Gerry Anderson put aside his Supermarionation puppets to create a live-action TV series chronicling the exploits of SHADO, a secret organization protecting earth from alien invaders in the weirdly stylish year 1980.

WARNING 1: Spoilers for several episodes of UFO.

WARNING 2: Discussion of fishnet naval uniforms worn aboard an anti-alien submarine.

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011: Bill Murray in STRIPES

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 05:00:00 -0600

There is a special place in every man’s heart for the stupid comedies that spoke to him when he was sixteen. But do they hold up decades later? Find out as the IMMP discusses the 1981 Bill Murray/Harold Ramis/Ivan Reitman movie Stripes.

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010: The Rockford Files

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 05:00:00 -0600

Is The Rockford Files the best private eye TV series of the 70s? Merely one of the best private eye series of the 70s? Or the best private eye series of all time?

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009: The Mary Tyler Moore Show

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:00:00 -0600

For the Inter-Millennium Media Project's first sitcom, Ian and Matthew choose a groundbreaking classic: The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Or as they will forever know it: The prequel to Ted Baxter in the 23rd Century

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008: Project U.F.O.

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 05:00:00 -0700

This week Ian and Matthew discuss the PROJECT U.F.O. TV series created by Jack Webb and Harold Jack Bloom.

Was it TV’s answer to CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND? Or was it DRAGNET’s answer to flying saucers?

WARNING 1: Spoilers for several episodes of PROJECT U.F.O.

WARNING 2: Irresponsible speculation about the potential offspring of Robby the Robot and MST3K's Gypsy.

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007: Disney’s The Weekenders (The Millennial Strikes Back)

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 05:00:00 -0700

The Millennial Strikes Back!

This week Ian takes over to showcase a favorite show from his youth: Disney's The Weekenders.

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006: Lidsville

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 05:00:00 -0700

Lidsville is a Sid and Marty Krofft kids' show from 1971 featuring bright colors, puffy costumes and the broadest of broad comedy.

Lidsville is also an epic tale fueled by lust and violence, filled with pain and dread.

At least that's how it seemed to Ian and Matthew, who watched this show so you don't have to.

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005: Guy Lombardo's New Year's Rockin’ Eve

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 05:00:00 -0700

For almost 50 years, until 1976, Guy Lombardo defined New Years Eve broadcasting. For almost as long, and still going today, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve has worn that mantle for later generations.

Join Ian and Matthew as they analyze the Dead-Eyed Camera Stare, survive the Cola Wars, and talk about TV no one likes to admit watching.

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004: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 05:00:00 -0700

IMMP leaves the TV lounge and goes to the movies, to watch the Disney adventure classic Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

Before Red October was hunted, before K-19 made any widows, before the Beatles lived in a xanthous submersible filled with drugs, there was the greatest submarine of all. The Nautilus, from the Jules Verne novel of 1870. And there was one of the great tortured antiheroes in its Captain Nemo.

In 1954, Walt Disney Productions released a grand, spectacular feature film version of the tale, the most costly movie ever at the time it was made.

Will the film hold the same magic for Matthew as it did in the 70s when he was an eight-year-old lover of adventure stories? And what will Ian make of Peter Lorre as a good guy, or Kirk Douglas as a singing whaler?

WARNING 1: Contains spoilers for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

WARNING 2: Ian sings a fo'c's'le song.

Have question, comments? You can reach us at immpcast@gmail.com, or on Twitter @IMMPcast.

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003: The Avengers

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 05:00:00 -0700

This week IMMP takes on The Avengers. The surreal, Swinging Sixties secret agent series from the U.K., not the endless Marvel superhero franchise.

Sometimes scary, sometimes silly, always suave and stylish, The Avengers brought sci fi and secret agent adventure to Sixties TV.

How well does it hold up 50 years later?

WARNING 1: Podcast contains spoilers for several episodes of The Avengers.

WARNING 2: Podcast contains intermittent terrible British accents.

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002: Columbo

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 05:00:00 -0700

Ian and Matthew talk about one of the best, most innovative, most beloved crime shows of all time: Columbo.

WARNING 1: Contains spoilers for several episodes of Columbo.

WARNING 2: Contains the worst Columbo impression ever recorded.

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001: Max Headroom

immpcast@gmail.com (Matthew Porter and Ian Porter) — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600

Ian and Matthew watch the classic of 1980s made-for-TV cyberpunk: Max Headroom. Which should be called The Adventures of Edison Carter. Will Network 23 make sense to a viewer raised on YouTube?

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