Cinema Cycle - The Best Of Mission Impossible - Vol 2

CINEMA CYCLE

(Cardio Workout And Reviewing Movies At The Same Time)

DATE REVIEWED: 11/28/2017

TITLE:. The Best Of Mission Impossible - Volume 2

FORMAT: Laserdisc

TIME RIDDEN / FILM LENGTH: 102 minutes

DISTANCE RIDDEN WHILE VIEWING: 23.3 miles

TOTAL CINEMA MILES LOGGED: 8144.4 miles

SYNOPSIS: From Wikipedia

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Episode #

Title

Directed by

Written by

Original Airdate

Production #[2]

10

10

"The Carriers"

Sherman Marks

William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter

November 19, 1966

13

37

9

"The Seal"

Alexander Singer

William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter

November 5, 1967

35

CONCEPT IN RELATION TO THE VIEWER: Watching this all these years later, I can see where MacGyver came from.

PROS AND CONS:  Centered squarely in the cold war era of the 1960s, where enemies were mysterious but clearly defined.  This was the thinking man’s “Man From U.N.C.L.E.” or “I Spy”.  

Elaborate deceptions were the hallmark of the show, some of them quite lavish.  Simplistic by today's standards, both in pacing and technology, the series relies more on acting and screenwriting to get the message of suspense across.

However, the rotary dial telephones and miniature reel-to-reel tape recorders give it a nice warm nostalgic feel.  

To read an overview of this project, check out this status posting.  

This film is a part of my LaserDisc Collection.

Clicking on the title will take you to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry for this film. 

This film was viewed while exercising on my recumbent cycle.  A summary of my time spent working out on my journey through movie-land can be found on Strava.com.