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    BT3366 wrote: »
    How many Tom Cruise Movie questions can you get right...


    I did not do well

    Wow, neither did I. That was fun, though.

    She knows her Tom Cruise movies! I got a grand total of one right, and I'm proud of that given how challenging those questions were!

    Agreed. The only one I recall getting right for sure was the Top Gun commander's call sign, Viper, and I guessed at the Miles Davis question in Collateral and got it right. I've only seen Collateral once.
  • BT3366 wrote: »
    BT3366 wrote: »
    How many Tom Cruise Movie questions can you get right...


    I did not do well

    Wow, neither did I. That was fun, though.

    She knows her Tom Cruise movies! I got a grand total of one right, and I'm proud of that given how challenging those questions were!

    Agreed. The only one I recall getting right for sure was the Top Gun commander's call sign, Viper, and I guessed at the Miles Davis question in Collateral and got it right. I've only seen Collateral once.

    Collateral is the only one I got. I recalled the artist was on the soundtrack and figured that would be a logical choice.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    I got one question right, to be honest I am shocking at remembering character names.
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    I got two questions right. It was fun.

    Jordo007 wrote: »
    I hope Ethan doesn't die at the end. I'm not sold on the idea of the hero dying in his own film is satisfying, even it is self sacrifice
    I think it just cheapens what comes before, if you know how it ends
    Bond did it already so maybe, maybe they won't do it.

    I'm half-expecting Grant, Ellie, and Malcolm to get snatched up and shaken around to sad music by rampaging T-rexes.
    I have been wondering myself if they would go for that. But I don't really want to watch that film. I don't care for seeing old protagonists sharing screen time with new ones.
  • mattjoes wrote: »
    I'm half-expecting Grant, Ellie, and Malcolm to get snatched up and shaken around to sad music by rampaging T-rexes.
    I have been wondering myself if they would go for that. But I don't really want to watch that film. I don't care for seeing old protagonists sharing screen time with new ones.

    It could be great nostalgic fun or it could really jump the Mosasaur. (Though some might say the last Jurassic World already did that).

    All I'm gonna say is that if they're going to kill Ethan Hunt off in the last one, Tom Cruise had better do it for real. You can't pull all those crazy stunts off for 25 years and then chicken out at the end.
  • Jordo007 wrote: »
    I hope Ethan doesn't die at the end. I'm not sold on the idea of the hero dying in his own film is satisfying, even it is self sacrifice
    I think it just cheapens what comes before, if you know how it ends

    The idea was old hat even before this current decade. Now I guess it's just the thing to do. I'm half-expecting Grant, Ellie, and Malcolm to get snatched up and shaken around to sad music by rampaging T-rexes. I don't know if M:I will go for the trend or not, but I really hope they play it more originally. With few exceptions, I too think it's more satisfying to leave the future of the protagonist of a series that's ultimately all about escapism and fun an exciting question mark rather than killing them. "The adventure goes on..." rather than "It all ends here."

    I agree. Jurassic Park should just kill off the bad guys, like it always has. This whole 'kill the hero' trend is rubbish.
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    mattjoes wrote: »
    I'm half-expecting Grant, Ellie, and Malcolm to get snatched up and shaken around to sad music by rampaging T-rexes.
    I have been wondering myself if they would go for that. But I don't really want to watch that film. I don't care for seeing old protagonists sharing screen time with new ones.

    It could be great nostalgic fun or it could really jump the Mosasaur. (Though some might say the last Jurassic World already did that).

    All I'm gonna say is that if they're going to kill Ethan Hunt off in the last one, Tom Cruise had better do it for real. You can't pull all those crazy stunts off for 25 years and then chicken out at the end.

    Ha ! Speaking of bringing back the old crew members a la Jurassic Park, maybe they'd get Mimi Rodgers, Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes to appear ? At least one of them might volunteer to portray a character who gets to off Ethan Hunt...

    At any rate, I don't see MI going that route. Not so much to preserve the possibility of Tom Cruise coming back for more, but (a) it's been done and (b) he could be preserved for a storyline appearance even if not as a primary character. I really doubt they'll quit making MI films altogether when Cruise stops. I see a pause, to let audiences move on a bit and be more receptive to new characters, but not TOO long a pause - as we've seen with some other films and then it turns out they're not so much of interest to the then-current audiences, and then start up again. They'll need actors for all the parts who are compelling and draw people in.
  • Since62 wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    I'm half-expecting Grant, Ellie, and Malcolm to get snatched up and shaken around to sad music by rampaging T-rexes.
    I have been wondering myself if they would go for that. But I don't really want to watch that film. I don't care for seeing old protagonists sharing screen time with new ones.

    It could be great nostalgic fun or it could really jump the Mosasaur. (Though some might say the last Jurassic World already did that).

    All I'm gonna say is that if they're going to kill Ethan Hunt off in the last one, Tom Cruise had better do it for real. You can't pull all those crazy stunts off for 25 years and then chicken out at the end.

    Ha ! Speaking of bringing back the old crew members a la Jurassic Park, maybe they'd get Mimi Rodgers, Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes to appear ? At least one of them might volunteer to portray a character who gets to off Ethan Hunt...

    At any rate, I don't see MI going that route. Not so much to preserve the possibility of Tom Cruise coming back for more, but (a) it's been done and (b) he could be preserved for a storyline appearance even if not as a primary character. I really doubt they'll quit making MI films altogether when Cruise stops. I see a pause, to let audiences move on a bit and be more receptive to new characters, but not TOO long a pause - as we've seen with some other films and then it turns out they're not so much of interest to the then-current audiences, and then start up again. They'll need actors for all the parts who are compelling and draw people in.

    If they do continue the films, I think Cruise will remain very much in control of them creatively and will likely even take a prominent behind-the-desk (but not really) role in the film like Fiennes' M.
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  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited February 2022 Posts: 13,882
    How many Tom Cruise Movie questions can you get right...


    I did not do well

    I got just one of those questions right, the one about Collateral.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    A very interesting article on the BTS stuff with the pandemic in relation to these next two installments (also gives us some insight into expectations, like Cruise probably getting his way and ensuring these installments are theatrical only, along with the inclusion of a nightclub scene and the last minute decision to include a submarine sequence in both films):

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/tom-cruise-mission-impossible-paramount-1235116830/?fbclid=IwAR2dbMw1QZmJ-aY9F_2wU_KiAKnhzCvHsICDjmAHDcd1_4LNSIyn_KmY09k
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited March 2022 Posts: 14,861
    Quite startling to read MacQuarrie was hospitalized with COVID- yikes.

    Fascinating reading though, thanks for the link: I imagine 7 in particular has cost way more than they hoped, and probably taken a few years off MacQ and Cruise' lives too!
  • edited March 2022 Posts: 440
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  • mtm wrote: »
    Quite startling to read MacQuarrie was hospitalized with COVID- yikes.

    Fascinating reading though, thanks for the link: I imagine 7 in particular has cost way more than they hoped, and probably taken a few years off MacQ and Cruise' lives too!

    I have to assume they're hoping 8 will be cheaper, since it's doing a lot of location filming in South Africa doubling for other countries and will be shot post-vaccine.

    Also, a helicopter service in South Africa posted and then deleted this behind the scenes filming video.

  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited March 2022 Posts: 14,861
    Thanks, that looks like it will be a gorgeous sequence, what a location.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    Sounds like a nightmare production.

    Makes NTTD’s production troubles look quaint.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited March 2022 Posts: 14,861
    Yeah it's funny how NTTD got all of that weird 'cursed' press from the British tabloids (what were the problems? An explosion went wrong.. I can't even remember anything else), whereas real nightmare productions don't get any press. Don't believe the papers, basically.
  • matt_umatt_u better known as Mr. Roark
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    Variety reports that MI7 has a massive $290M budget…
  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
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    matt_u wrote: »
    Variety reports that MI7 has a massive $290M budget…

    Bloody hell, that makes NTTD look cheap. I'm sure it'll be worth it, if the last two films are anything to go by
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    matt_u wrote: »
    Variety reports that MI7 has a massive $290M budget…

    I do wonder how much of that plays into MI8's production costs though, too, like the submarine being utilized (or whatever that situation is) in both films.
  • matt_umatt_u better known as Mr. Roark
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    Jordo007 wrote: »
    matt_u wrote: »
    Variety reports that MI7 has a massive $290M budget…

    Bloody hell, that makes NTTD look cheap. I'm sure it'll be worth it, if the last two films are anything to go by

    The budget levitated that much only because all of the COVID related delays the film suffered in 2020.
  • The MI films are fun but give me Craig era Bond any day.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Jordo007 wrote: »
    matt_u wrote: »
    Variety reports that MI7 has a massive $290M budget…

    Bloody hell, that makes NTTD look cheap. I'm sure it'll be worth it, if the last two films are anything to go by

    Yeah it’s amazing how much cheaper the previous films have and yet, even though I do enjoy the Craig Bonds, these have delivered more on the thrill factor.
  • matt_umatt_u better known as Mr. Roark
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    The MI films are fun but give me Craig era Bond any day.

    Massive +1.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    I’d take Fallout alone, over the last 5 Bond films.
  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
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    I’d take Fallout alone, over the last 5 Bond films.

    Even over Casino?
  • Posts: 328
    How many Tom Cruise Movie questions can you get right...


    I did not do well

    I only got 1 right lol
  • Posts: 1,545
    Jordo007 wrote: »
    I’d take Fallout alone, over the last 5 Bond films.

    Even over Casino?

    Craig's Bonds have been at a high level of quality and enjoyment, as were those of his predecessors. However, the MI films - particularly the last few - have had action set-pieces, or sequences, that have been superbly done and presented and are genuinely exciting to watch. Giving credit where it is due.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
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    I’d take Fallout alone, over the last 5 Bond films.

    Last four and we're agreed. If McQuarrie had been a name at the time and somehow got the gig, I do wonder what his QoS could have been like.
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    LucknFate wrote: »
    I’d take Fallout alone, over the last 5 Bond films.

    Last four and we're agreed. If McQuarrie had been a name at the time and somehow got the gig, I do wonder what his QoS could have been like.

    It would have depended on whether D Craig would have been willing to hang onto an airplane, plant a magnetically attached bomb on it, then dive into the sea, jam a handgun -- they're amazingly capable devices, per SP's climactic scene later on, so, why not ? -- into a rear propellor to thwart a submarine, then ride a top a cruise (ahem...) missile to get above the surface again, open a panel and re-program the missile to go to the villain's lair, and then use a squirrelsuit he was wearing all that time to fly to a nearby island...without a stuntperson. From that island, he would get a view of the villain's lair blowing up, blowing up real good (thank, Messrs. Flaherty and Candy), while taking his first sip from a vodka martini, shaken, not stirred, from a...um...friend who was waiting for him at that island. Oops. Sorry, but I think I might just have divulged the plot to the MI-10 pre-titles sequence.
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