tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post1480633005995479129..comments2024-03-20T01:16:08.502-07:00Comments on Double O Section: Tradecraft: Christopher McQuarrie Confirmed to Direct Mission: Impossible 5Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03910873055922510145noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-87289690429150370362013-08-30T13:15:00.198-07:002013-08-30T13:15:00.198-07:00That was my experience almost exactly, Teeritz. I ...That was my experience almost exactly, Teeritz. I hadn't seen much of the show at all at that point, just some of the revival series (which I quite liked). But I was also aware of its classic stature, and I HATED that they made Phelps the villain! It ruined the movie for me in high school, following weeks of anticipation during which I played the cassingle of Mullen and Clayton's version of the M:I theme and its various ultra-90s remixes near non-stop! Almost two decades later, I've FINALLY managed to be able to look past that and appreciate some of the good things about DePalma's M:I, but the movie will always be marred for me by that awful choice... at least until a future film manages to undo it! What I want, Bob, is some sort of in-film explanation acknowledging that Graves and Voight were two different Phelpses! Just say that operationally it made sense for Jim's protege to use his mentor's name for some reason, and it stuck. Once they say that, maybe I'll finally be able to enjoy the first M:I film! As of now, the only entry in the film series I truly love is the fourth one. (I do LIKE 3, just don't love it. I don't like 2 at all.)Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03910873055922510145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-21075198053443423712013-08-30T05:54:43.469-07:002013-08-30T05:54:43.469-07:00Teeritz,
Rereading your comments, I see you were r...Teeritz,<br />Rereading your comments, I see you were referring to the character, Jim Phelps. Sorry about that. My bad.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-31752027944398441022013-08-30T05:51:36.988-07:002013-08-30T05:51:36.988-07:00Teeritz,
Are you confusing Peter Graves with John ...Teeritz,<br />Are you confusing Peter Graves with John Voight?Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-19616024417225043472013-08-30T03:22:13.765-07:002013-08-30T03:22:13.765-07:00That was always the hardest thing to swallow about...That was always the hardest thing to swallow about the first "MI" film. I just couldn't buy Jim Phelps as the bad guy. And I wasn't an avid watcher of the original TV show, but I knew enough about the classic stature of the series to know that you don't make the main character the baddie when you re-boot/remake the show. <br />Should be interesting with McQuarrie at the helm. teeritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421337385763144173noreply@blogger.com