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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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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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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• In Search of... (TV series) - Wikipedia

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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• Dune (1984 film) - Wikipedia

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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• Now, Voyager - Wikipedia

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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• Magnificent Obsession (1935 film) - Wikipedia

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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• Adventures in Babysitting - Wikipedia