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[edit] Movies
Given the dislike fans of the show have for the movies, they should probably be kept entirely separate. Perhaps a disambiguation page? And to describe the movies as "moderately successful" is a POV understatement. Both films earned hundreds of millions of dollars in the US alone. --Feitclub 04:57, Sep 15, 2004 (UTC)
- Agreed. Purists may grumble, but the films were definitely huge successes. Sadly that success has yet to translate into a DVD release of the original series. I agree the movies should be kept separate, much as the film version of The Avengers is listed separate from the TV series version. 23skidoo 04:39, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Yes, I think a disambiguation page is the way to go. --Commander Keane 09:39, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- I thought that the first movie basically blew, perhaps mostly because we know that Mr. Phelps would never betray his country or the IMF (okay, maybe Jon Voight would, but Peter Graves' Phelps wouldn't — the last time that Peter Graves betrayed his country was in Stalag 13, and it turned out that he wasn't an American traitor but just a German spy in that instance). But hearing the soundtrack and the original theme song on a good theater Dolby system was almost worth the price of admission. Rlquall 02:06, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
- I was more against the idea of the writers abandoning the team concept that defined the series. Yes, there is still a team involved here, including characters who later appeared in MI-2, but for all intents, this film became the Tom Cruise Show and that's not what M:I is all about. It was never the Barbara Bain Show or the Peter Lupus Show, after all! 23skidoo 21:05, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
- Welcome to Hollywood. That's what you get when you pay somebody US$20M to be in a film: a need for the actor to be in damn near every shot... Trekphiler 17:22, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
- MI is suppose to be about the team. Hollywood ruins everything. They turned it into a series of generic action-hero movies. Jigen III 12:44, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
- Besides that, M:I is supposed to be about the *plan.* The missions were not "impossible, unless you could pull off a lot of amazing physical stunts." M:I was never an "action" series at all. How many stunts or "action scenes" were involved in "The Mind of Stefan Miklos" or "The Council" or "Submarine"? At the end of an M:I episode or movie I want to see the bad guys realize with increasing horror just how thoroughly they've been faked out, not counting their dead; and I want to be marveling at the team's ingenuity, execution of the plan, and ability to cope with setbacks, not at the amazing stunts and "non-stop action." Ptui! Jeh 12:51, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
- MI is suppose to be about the team. Hollywood ruins everything. They turned it into a series of generic action-hero movies. Jigen III 12:44, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
- Welcome to Hollywood. That's what you get when you pay somebody US$20M to be in a film: a need for the actor to be in damn near every shot... Trekphiler 17:22, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
- I was more against the idea of the writers abandoning the team concept that defined the series. Yes, there is still a team involved here, including characters who later appeared in MI-2, but for all intents, this film became the Tom Cruise Show and that's not what M:I is all about. It was never the Barbara Bain Show or the Peter Lupus Show, after all! 23skidoo 21:05, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
- I thought that the first movie basically blew, perhaps mostly because we know that Mr. Phelps would never betray his country or the IMF (okay, maybe Jon Voight would, but Peter Graves' Phelps wouldn't — the last time that Peter Graves betrayed his country was in Stalag 13, and it turned out that he wasn't an American traitor but just a German spy in that instance). But hearing the soundtrack and the original theme song on a good theater Dolby system was almost worth the price of admission. Rlquall 02:06, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, I think a disambiguation page is the way to go. --Commander Keane 09:39, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Trivia
Is that the same Barbara Anderson of "Ironside" (& a guest spot in "Conscience of the King" from "STTOS"?)? And, if I could source it, I'd mention "M:I" was produced by the same company that did "Mannix" & "STTOS": Desilu. Trekphiler 17:22, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
- Correct on both counts. No real need to source it: all 3 shows were produced by Desilu and M:I and TOS shared some of the same behind-the-scenes personnel, too. I don't know, however, if either trivia item is really notable enough, though. 23skidoo 17:25, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Related Items
This section should include a reference to the "Inspector Gadget" cartoon TV series. Each episode began with Gadget receiving his mission from a disguised Chief Quimby, on a sheet of paper. The mission outline would always end with the sentence, "This message will self-destruct," and then Gadget would throw the paper away, just as it exploded in Quimby's face. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.57.82.12 (talk • contribs).
[edit] Theme song
Does anybody know anything about the theme song?
- I imagine Lalo Schifrin does. :) Seriously, if you want the original TV theme, as used in the series, along with many other recognizable tunes, look at the CD "The Best Of Mission: Impossible Then And Now - Music From The Original Television Soundtracks". If you want the "music composed for the series" version, and the characters' theme pieces and so on, buy "Music From Mission: Impossible (1966-1973 Television Series)". Both available through amazon.com . Jeh 04:01, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Incorrect Statement
Mission: Impossible III diverges from the format of the other films because it does not end with Hunt receiving another message.
Is an incorrect statement. Ethan Hunt was not given another assignment at the end of the second film. It will be erased.
- Also, this article is supposed to be about the TV series. I don't consider this to be in any way notable anyhow, but even if it were I'd have moved it to the article on MI3. 23skidoo 19:48, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
