Will the Mission Impossible franchise take over for James Bond?

[IGotATreeOnMyHouse85]

I’m amazed how the Mission Impossible movies are STILL a major money maker. I remember when the first came out in the 90s it was cool and all but to still be going this strong in 2023? At this point I doubt many seeing these movies even know it was based on a 60s TV show.

Anyway, does anyone think mission impossible will become the new James Bond? By that I mean it will be the popular major spy film action franchise that will have a new actor take over for Ethan Hunt every couple years? Feels like the James Bond franchise has run its course and replaced with these films.

 

[Dennyislife]

No cruise couldn't really be replaced and he's already 60. Bond can reinvent without too much fuss

 

[Dusty Dan]

Cruise is the money maker. MI without him would bomb.

 

[IGotATreeOnMyHouse85]

Cruise is the money maker. MI without him would bomb.

Yeah that’s the only thing, but then again the idea of changing Bond was unheard of at one point. Cruise is the money maker but being action and focused heavily on stunts makes it more money worldwide (action scenes don’t need to rely on being in English, etc)

Would be hard to replace him but people eventually warmed up to the idea of replacing Bond every couple years so it might work with Mission Impossible.

 

[Patrick O'Neal]

Funny how you might think it was money hungry Hollywood that created the whole respawned main character franchise. Actually, it's was British "people" who did it first it with Dr Who.

Patrick Tomlinson types will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the whole point was that each new Doctor was in fact a new doctor. That's pretty clever when you think about it. Yeah, this franchise is going to last 50 years, so we'll need a new leading man every ten years. But also, we need to explain that to the audience. Wait, we invented televised science fiction, we can just use that as an excuse!

In James Bond, each new Bond is actually supposed to be the original Bond - which does get a bit silly. They probably should have gone with - ok, Sean Connery is 007. Roger Moore is 008. Daniel Craig is 009. The inevitable black lesbian with vitiligo and autism is 00+.

American producers are just like, fuck it, our audience are retards. What, are you going to stop watching Bewitched just because we switched out the main actor?

 

[HeyItsVos]

Wouldn’t they just introduce a new character that worked under Ethan? Describe who Ethan Hunt is without mentioning Tom Cruise.

 

[Dennyislife]

Funny how you might think it was money hungry Hollywood that created the whole respawned main character franchise. Actually, it's was British "people" who did it first it with Dr Who.

Patrick Tomlinson types will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the whole point was that each new Doctor was in fact a new doctor. That's pretty clever when you think about it. Yeah, this franchise is going to last 50 years, so we'll need a new leading man every ten years. But also, we need to explain that to the audience. Wait, we invented televised science fiction, we can just use that as an excuse!

In James Bond, each new Bond is actually supposed to be the original Bond - which does get a bit silly. They probably should have gone with - ok, Sean Connery is 007. Roger Moore is 008. Daniel Craig is 009. The inevitable black lesbian with vitiligo and autism is 00+.

American producers are just like, fuck it, our audience are retards. What, are you going to stop watching Bewitched just because we switched out the main actor?

It's more a case the original doctor who actor was losing it and aging like a US president so they were able in the world of sci fi to find a loop hole. No grand "for the franchise" thinking

 

[Jenna]

The movies are solid (Tom has a lot of creative control as you'd imagine) and the crazy stunts stand out when every other action movie is doing green screens and CGI.

 

[medium wyzzz]

Yeah probably; at least it’s American.

 

[DMbA]

It's gay shit, so the guy is actual tough but he also get pussy? Wowsie

On the other hand what's the point of cruise's teammate? There's this dumb nigger and comic relief guy he's so dorky oh m gee!! What if a British guy is clumsy

 

[Easily_Remembered]

Yeah, I think that it falls apart without Cruise. Remember when they try to recast Jason Bourne?

 

[DMbA]

Yeah, I think that it falls apart without Cruise. Remember when they try to recast Jason Bourne?

The new guy is actual retard, 70 iq and all, his super power is actually having normal iq lol

 

[HH Brother]

The new guy is actual retard, 70 iq and all, his super power is actually having normal iq lol

I wish the snow plow killed that mongoloid, NormalMeSter.

 

[guest]

The movies are solid (Tom has a lot of creative control as you'd imagine) and the crazy stunts stand out when every other action movie is doing green screens and CGI.

"Tom?" Are you two friends?

 

[Meownaw]

"Tom?" Are you two friends?

Bob and I would be on the phone for fawkin hours. That's De Niro by the way.

 

[Chapel]

The minute that dipshit, uphill gardener , Daniel Craig thought it was a good idea to “kill Bond” the fuckng franchise died.
Now they’ve got to reboot the fucking franchise again and recast everyone, which sucks apart from Q. I hate Q being a school spanner geek from an apple store.
Actually Bond went down the shitter when they hired Sam Mendez to do Skyfall and he just stole half the plot from the first mission impossible. It was a boring mess but thats the Bond film the gets award nominations?
Then we had Sphincter, with a villian whos not sinister, threatening, imposing or menacing. He’s fucking wacky. Its as bad as that hebe bastard who was miscast as Superman.
Jesus fuck! To think the bastard who wrote all that horseshit have to audacity to be striking for more money .
The one thing Mission Impossible has is that Tom Cruise doesn’t fuck around. I can’t see him having a black disabled midget tranny in the next movie