Mission Impossible movies

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 29 Jan 2006, 10:53

For some strange reason when I saw the MI 3 trailer at the movies (looked pretty good) I thought of revisiting the other 2. What are the best DVDs?

Unfortunately I don't think there is an uncut DVD of M1 2 (thanks to the MPAA), which is a shame. Is that right?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 29 Jan 2006, 11:27

mission impossible is getting an se rerelease to tie in with the new movie.best wait for that.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 29 Jan 2006, 12:06

OK fairy muff.
Do you know about MI2 - wonder if that will get a re-release?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Jan 2006, 12:39

MI needs extras! Remember these are Paramount DVDs so don't expect 2 disc Special Editions, Paramount rarely give us these.

What's your source Salty? MI:2 doesn't need a re-release.

The cuts you cite sound like the very common cuts that the MPAA insist upon and therefore are never released because it's easier to force the American cut on the rest of the world too. So in essence we'll never see them; phew that was a mouthful

As for the current DVD it's already a tip top DVD and is cheap as chips here:

£5.95 - http://www.dvd.co.uk/product.asp?id=PHE8045
£5.99 - http://www.choicesdirect.com/templates/ ... uid=651205

But the region isn't important they're all the same. The R1 is roughly the same price from DVD Pacific.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 29 Jan 2006, 12:55

http://www.davisdvd.com/news/news.html

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 29 Jan 2006, 13:35

I guess all versions of MI-2 are the same then?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Jan 2006, 14:18

I say:

But the region isn't important they're all the same.

And you reply (with a question mark too):

grim_tales wrote:I guess all versions of MI-2 are the same then?

What The Fuck! Comes to mind.

saltysam wrote:http://www.davisdvd.com/news/news.html

Cheers.

I wish DVD Times would post rumours and early news. Often the likes of DVD Active get there first as DVD Times insist for the most part waiting for it to be 100% official.

I wouldn't mind but the site upgrade makes DVD Active much harder to navigate, even if it looks nicer.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 29 Jan 2006, 18:30

I thought you were talking about MI 1 there Brad. Sorry

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 29 Jan 2006, 18:47

Ironically, M:I2 was uncut in UK cinemas, as was Charlie's Angels.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Jan 2006, 20:35

But it's cut on DVD?

Nope Mission Impossible 1 is anamorphic on UK R2 and R4 but non-anamorphic on R1. All only have the trailer.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 29 Jan 2006, 20:39

If it is cut Brad (you seem to say it is) that sucks. Rewind say all regions have "No cuts" - I think thats wrong though.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Jan 2006, 22:07

Nope Mark says it's cut (didn't you spot the question mark after my comment?) and don't trust Rewind, you should know by now

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 30 Jan 2006, 00:01

The MPAA made a few small trims to violence for a PG-13 to M:I2.

The UK cinema version, '15' here, but equivilent to an 'R', was uncut - but all DVDs worldwide got the same pre-cut PG-13 version.

Unless Paramount do an "unrated" cut we won't see the film intact.

Some of the minor cuts include: the sound of the scientist's neck being broken, the real Cruise being kicked in the face, the fake Cruise being kneecapped. That's the main ones I can recall. There maybe a more complete list on-line somewhere?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 30 Jan 2006, 11:45

Do Paramount release Unrated DVDs? I don't think they do.

It doesn't sound like anything "I'd" miss.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 30 Jan 2006, 11:48

Maybe there'll be an unrated version when the film comes out

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 30 Jan 2006, 14:55

bradavon wrote:Do Paramount release Unrated DVDs? I don't think they do.

Can't think of any.

It doesn't sound like anything "I'd" miss.

You wouldn't have noticed the cuts until I told you. Mostly it's a matter of frames.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 30 Jan 2006, 20:18

Cover art is up:

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/ ... sible.html

Markgway wrote:You wouldn't have noticed the cuts until I told you. Mostly it's a matter of frames.

Nope sure wouldn't.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 01 Feb 2006, 13:23

bradavon wrote:Do Paramount release Unrated DVDs?

They do now. They released an unrated Team America DVD and recently announced an unrated release of the Joe Eszterhas junk Sliver.[/quote]

I wouldn't expect many features on the M:I1 SE aside from promo fluff, since DePalma doesn't look like he likes DVDs much (he's never done a commentary for example - obviously one of the dudes from "the films should speak for themselves" school of thought like Spielberg.).

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 01 Feb 2006, 14:45

Personally i can't wait for Mission Impossible Series to come out, that coming out when M:I Special Edition is coming out... I love the old series

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 01 Feb 2006, 16:27

EvaUnit02 wrote:recently announced an unrated release of the Joe Eszterhas junk Sliver.

Actually, that wasn't as bad as I was led to believe by critics at the time... I wonder if this UNRATED cut will be a DIRECTOR'S cut and restore the original ending...? Not saying it would make it "a great movie" per se but it would help I think sway naysayers.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 01 Feb 2006, 17:32

EvaUnit02 wrote:...since DePalma doesn't look like he likes DVDs much (he's never done a commentary for example...).

Didn't he record a commentary for "Scarface". At least he appears in my Finnish DVD's special features.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 01 Feb 2006, 17:36

thelostdragon wrote:Didn't he record a commentary for "Scarface".

No.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 01 Feb 2006, 18:38

slasher13 wrote:Personally i can't wait for Mission Impossible Series to come out, that coming out when M:I Special Edition is coming out... I love the old series

looks like the series has been delayed slasher

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5018

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 01 Feb 2006, 20:51

To be fair I imagine dissecting past work and especially commentaries could be pretty dull. They've often moved on.

Markgway wrote:Sliver - Actually, that wasn't as bad as I was led to believe by critics at the time...

Agreed.

thelostdragon wrote:Didn't he record a commentary for "Scarface". At least he appears in my Finnish DVD's special features.

Yeah that's a great documentary but I'd love a commentary.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 01 Feb 2006, 21:20

"We've got a few new DVD announcements to report this morning. First up, Paramount has revealed that they'll debut a Mission: Impossible 10th Anniversary Special Collector's Edition on 4/11. It'll be a single-disc set, but there's no word yet on the extras."

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa114.html#miss