I published a new In the Frame piece at The Escapist this evening. With Brian dePalma’s Mission: Impossible turning twenty-five years old this month, it seemed as good a time as any to take a look back the film that started the modern iteration of the franchise.
In hindsight, it is impossible to imagine Mission: Impossible getting made today. The movie’s big twist is the revelation that the one character carried over from the television show, a standard bearer for the larger franchise, has secretly betrayed everything that the audience took for granted. The twist was controversial at the time, with several members of the original cast and some fans objecting to the characterisation. However, in a franchise-driven age where any deviation from the template is a source of outrage, it’s impossible to imagine Mission: Impossible attempting anything so bold today.
You can read the piece here, or click the picture below.
Filed under: On Second Thought | Tagged: abomination, Brian dePalma, canon, Cold War, continuity, fans, history, jim phelps, jon voight, mission: impossible, outrage, peter graves, respect, reveal, tom cruise, twist |
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