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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• The Official John Carpenter – The official website of John Carpenter

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!

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• Magic: The Gathering | Official site for MTG news, sets, and events

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.

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

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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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• Previously on IMMP: MAD MAX (1979)

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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• Mad Max 2 - Wikipedia

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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• Mad Max (film) - Wikipedia

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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• Planet of the Apes (1968 film) - Wikipedia

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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• Alien (film) - Wikipedia

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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• Earth II - Wikipedia

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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• The Fog - Wikipedia