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Posted by Derek Janssen on 12/13/06 07:07
dgates wrote:
>>anybody else discovering the old 60's version right about now?
>>
>>For those who only know the Movie versions, think back as to why the
>>FIRST Brian DePalma movie--with an entire *team*--was so much better
>>than those two other Tom Cruise vanity sequels:
>>The mission's all about the How, not the Who. :)
>
> I too am a fan of the TV season, but alas, I prefer the later years.
(Okay, I know "Good morning, Mr. Briggs" gets replaced, but what other
changes were there besides the babe-rotation?)
> I agree with the teamwork element. I think one of the Peters from the
> original series had that exact complaint about De Palma's Mission
> Impossible movie. (I'll guess Lupus.)
Yeah, it was Lupus *and* Greg Morris, but they were all whining about
Mr. Phelps turning out to be the [SPOILER]...Let it go, guys; judging
from hindsight, it could've been a lot worse!
> In all fairness to Tom C and Brian D, I can see where movies about a
> single character are more compelling than movies about an ensemble
> team. And I even liked how Tom Cruise had to... well, it's hard to
> say much about the first MI movie without giving any spoilers.
The initial Macguffin "political fundraiser" setup felt more in the
spirit of an upgraded old-school episode...Complete with the 60-yo.
Republican politician on a TV interview, who strangely looks a lot like
Cruise in heavy makeup.
Unfortunately, the First movie assumed we already knew the show by heart
and tried to branch out, and as for the Second...John Woo was *bragging*
that he'd never seen the original series before trying to bring "his own
approach" to the sequel. Gosh, you'd never know it. -_-
Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net
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