Dum! Dum! Dah! Dah! Dum! Dum! Duh! Duh! Dum! Dum!
Go on. If you try hard enough you can get the opening phrase of Lalo Schifrin’s iconic theme from that line. I was little more than a pup when I first heard it. I was just nine years old when it started on the TV in 1966 and I was enthralled by the gadgets, the twists of the plot, and the very concept of a secretive agency working behind the scenes. It was, in essence, a series of heist films presented as a weekly telly programme.
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However, the objects of the heists was different each week; a list of code names, the formula for a deadly virus or the antidote, the plans for a new weapon, all manner of things. The resolution of the heists invariably involved using exceptionally clever masks, teeny tiny cameras and microphones, expertly forged papers, and all manner of clever devices normally only seen in a James Bond film.
Yes, it was fascinating, yes, it was entertaining, and, yes, it is still going strong! On a much bigger screen now than when I was a youngster but that’s to make room for the increasingly more spectacular and more nail biting stunts! The latest in the long list of film outings has gone the way of many before it and split the story into two parts. The first part is out this summer and the second is scheduled for next year. So lets’s take a look at what’s gone before.
TV Series
1966 – 1973 Mission: Impossible
1988 – 1990 Mission: Impossible
Films
1967 – Mission: Impossible vs The Mob
1996 – Mission: Impossible
2000 – Mission: Impossible II
2006 – Mission: Impossible III
2011 – Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
2015 – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
2018 – Mission: Impossible – Fallout
2023 – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
2024 – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two
RunPee Ramblings
Mission Impossible Series – On A Mission To Binge Watch
Fantastic Theme Music From The Entire Franchise
Why Isn’t Jeremy Renner in M:I – Fallout?
Jeremy Renner Filmed Tag WIth Two Broken Arms
M:I – Fallout Character Relations Map
Tom Cruise Broke His Ankle Making M:I Fallout But Carried On
HALO Healing? Parachuting Back To Full Fitness
What You Need To Remember About M:I Rogue Nation
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Former teacher, lecturer, homelessness administrator, pharmacy dispenser now happily retired, happily married, and a very happy granddad. I live next to the Mersey but on the side Daniel Craig and Taron Egerton come from rather than the side the Beatles came from!