When did the “Mission: Impossible” films become action movies? I’m not sure when that happened, but I do know this much: For a series like the one in question, it’s live by the action, …
I very much wish that a movie would come along in the same vein as the original MI movie. It is drastically different in tone and execution than any of the following films. I think a proper Tom Clancy Splinter Cell movie could do it. Movies now unnecessarily revolve around a world ending threat. The NOC list in Mi1 was a great motivating force for the characters to be striving to protect or steal. Now Ethan Hunt is constantly trying to save the world. Stakes which should never be left up to one person.
I never forgave them making Jim Phelps a bad guy. Worst entry in the series for me, but I really wanted to like it.
Sounds petty, I know. It just dishonoured the original series.
There was a book or something on the making of the TV series, and every year they’d get at least one new writer in who’d be all ooh, I have the best idea for a story, let me tell you about it, and it’d be the same idea: they were misled into the mission. And the show runners had to shut that down every single time. They said that one of the core tenets of the show was that the voice on the tape (the people sending them on missions) had to be absolutely 100% reliable.
I’ve never forgotten that line from the book. Nor have I ever quite forgiven the movie makers for thinking up the same ‘clever’ idea everyone else had already had, and so drastically misunderstanding one of the core tenets of the series.
It seems like every movie always has the same plot anyways. The government betrayed him. A part of the plot of the last one was even about how many times the government betrayed him lol.
Recounts the origins and history of the popular television series, discusses the contributions of the cast, crew, writers, and directors, and provides plot summaries for each episode.
If you liked the first movie, you might want to check out the TV show. It’s the only film that retained much of the DNA from the original series except for the masks of course.
I very much wish that a movie would come along in the same vein as the original MI movie. It is drastically different in tone and execution than any of the following films. I think a proper Tom Clancy Splinter Cell movie could do it. Movies now unnecessarily revolve around a world ending threat. The NOC list in Mi1 was a great motivating force for the characters to be striving to protect or steal. Now Ethan Hunt is constantly trying to save the world. Stakes which should never be left up to one person.
The first movie was more of a spy thriller too. Still my favourite of the series
I never forgave them making Jim Phelps a bad guy. Worst entry in the series for me, but I really wanted to like it. Sounds petty, I know. It just dishonoured the original series.
There was a book or something on the making of the TV series, and every year they’d get at least one new writer in who’d be all ooh, I have the best idea for a story, let me tell you about it, and it’d be the same idea: they were misled into the mission. And the show runners had to shut that down every single time. They said that one of the core tenets of the show was that the voice on the tape (the people sending them on missions) had to be absolutely 100% reliable.
I’ve never forgotten that line from the book. Nor have I ever quite forgiven the movie makers for thinking up the same ‘clever’ idea everyone else had already had, and so drastically misunderstanding one of the core tenets of the series.
It seems like every movie always has the same plot anyways. The government betrayed him. A part of the plot of the last one was even about how many times the government betrayed him lol.
Did that happen in the series a lot?
I don’t remember any episode where the government betrayed any member of the team.
Oh, and I’m pretty sure the book was The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier, which is described as
I knew there was a television show, but hadn’t watched it. Its surprising that it was a continuation of the series.
And that one person cannot be controlled by anyone. I doubt that is something the government would let happen.
Of course not. The govt hates competition.
If you liked the first movie, you might want to check out the TV show. It’s the only film that retained much of the DNA from the original series except for the masks of course.