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We now have a new head of the IMF~ Mr. Jim Phelps~ Peter Graves~ this season is very good they take on the typical thieves, liars, third world leaders in fun fictions countries~ Two of BEST of the episodes are~ the Photographer where a pro communist NUT has his own personal bunker and plans for an atom bomb~ to be dropped on NEW YORK City~ his CODED messages which has all the info~ but the CODES are unbreakable~ so the IMF makes him believe the the BOMB has been BEEN set off ~ what fun~ and ONE OF THE BEST ALL TIME IMF EPISODES ...THE TOWN~ JIM accidentally stumbles across a town full of spies and fifth columnists~who carefully "plot" to kill foreign visitors~ the town doctor played by Will Greer drugs him and convinces Rollin he is dying of a stroke~ but using his eye lids one of the only parts of his body he can control using morse code the TEAM gets Jim's messages and moves in for the one of THE most fun AND exciting plots and rescues~ fast paced and excellent plot and acting by the entire crew. This series is still fresh and the plots are top notch~ I GIVE IT A SOLID 8 OUT OF 10 FOR FUN IMPOSSIBLE PLOTS THAT KEEP US ENTERTAINED AFTER ALL THESE YEARS~\ IF YOU FOUND THIS REVIEW HELPFUL PLEASE REMEMBER TO VOTE~Read full review
Mission: Impossible's sophomore season introduces Peter Graves as team leader Jim Phelps, replacing Steven Hill as Dan Briggs. Because of the way the show was intentionally conceived, with next to no backstory or character development for the principal cast, the transition from one leader to the next is especially seamless. Any existing, un-shot scripts would simply need the character's name replaced. Despite this dynamic, Barbara Bain and then-husband Martin Landau do manage to inject enough flirtatious banter between their characters--Cinnamon Carter and Rollin Hand--to suggest a deeper relationship outside the Impossible Missions Force. In many respects, Graves would become the face of Mission: Impossible, playing Jim Phelps for the remainder of the original series and then reprising the role for the 1988-90 reboot series. Taken as a whole, Mission: Impossible is an iconic artifact of its time and a tightly crafted caper thriller.Read full review
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Long overdue for DVD release, Mission:Impossible was certainly worth the wait. The stories are humbug, wonderfully impossible humbug and I enjoyed every minute of them. (I remember being totally unimpressed by the movie "The Sting" thanks to the weekly missions of the I.M. Force). I could not get over how well crafted each program was, especially by today's standard for network television. They were better than I remember them: Excellent acting, excellent production values and the fact that they had access to standing studio sets just gave each show the look and feel of major motion picture... these were certainly 'little movies' as compared to just a t-v series. Transfers are excellent, though I would agree with the other reviewers that more bonus features would have certainly been welcome. Don't let that keep you from viewing this set... hopefully Viacom will follow through with the remaining years and the Australian Mission:Impossible spin-off/remake series, too. I need good copies of those. :) Great stuff, classic Television.Read full review
Forget the lame Tom Cruise movies... there's more great plots, evil 3rd world dictators, rogue terrorists, turned double agents, and pure entertainment in this series -all for less than the price of the 3 re-make movies. The second year of Mission: Impossible finds the series at its best, with Peter Graves joining the cast as leader Jim Phelps, and a veritable "Who's Who" of 60's & 70's guest stars as baddies (William Windom, Anthony Zerbe, and Will Geer just to name a few). Some of my friends who were a bit too young to remember watching the series when it was originally broadcast, are stunned that TV of this quality used to be fairly common. Well worth the price of admission!
The second season of Mission:Impossible starts off with a new leader hearing the taped message. We are introduced to Jim Phelps (Peter Graves who would star in the next 6 seasons) and given no explanation as to what happened to Dan Briggs. But that is how 60's TV worked, actors were replaced w/o any fanfare. This release is the best quality I have seen of these old episodes. The picture has been cleaned up and the dust and debris you usually get on syndicated TV is gone. The soundtrack is mixed here in 5.1 sound and sounds incredible. The set consists of 7 discs (3 or 4 episodes each) and they are in slim-line cases. The shows are in order of their original release dates. Once again Paramount has deserted any extras for this set. No Bonus Features, No Liner Notes, No airdates, NO commentaries. Please give the fans a little something extra. I wish I could rate this as a 4.5 based on the lack of extras. Again, though the plots and techniques the IM Force uses to catch or expose the bad guys are entertaining and thought provoking. Better than the movies of the same name and other violent filled junk on TV today.Read full review
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