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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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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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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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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• Previously on IMMP: JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN

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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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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• Previously on IMMP: POINT OF KNOW RETURN by Kansas

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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• Watch V The Original Miniseries (1983) TV Series Free Online - Plex

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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• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension - Wikipedia

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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• Thomas Pynchon | American Novelist, Postmodernist & Satirist | Britannica

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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• City Heat - Wikipedia