Mission Impossible - The Complete First TV Season
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Actor: Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Steven HillBrand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1404 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-12-05
Studio: CBS Paramount Domestic Television
DVD Reviews of Mission Impossible - The Complete First TV Season
DVD Review: You Gotta love em!
Summary: 5 Stars
This first series of Mission Impossible from the 60's is great. Personally I enjoy Peter Graves more as the head of the IM team but Steven Hill also does a great job. In this first season all the characters are a bit more relaxed and layed back, even joking with each other as they do their jobs. But, hey, we are hooked on Mission Impossible so we enjoy all of them. DVD Review: If you liked the original Mission Impossible series you should buy this
Summary: 5 Stars
I can still remember watching this series on Sunday night as a family the first season it aired. I was in elementary school at the time. Today I still enjoy it, and my children enjoy it as well. It is not as sophisticated as programs today, but given the budgets, technology, and viewers of that time I believe that it was a great program for what it was intended to be. I especially like the actors in the first season. For some interesting history of the program go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Impossible. The only downside is that it would have been nice if the video had been digitally re-mastered. I would recommend this to any fan of the original television series, and will conclude by saying that I liked it enough that I am going to purchase the second season soon.DVD Review: Way ahead of it's time
Summary: 5 Stars
What made this show great was that the missions were designed to use gile, misdirection and slide of hand. Getting the bad guys to kill each other is better than explosions and car chases.
My favorite episode is where they made this guy believe there'd been a nuclear holocaust, that he was in a bomb shelter and it was the future. Doing that they made him tell them the details of where to find something to prevent disaster. He tells them and then at the end he makes his way out of the little submarine he'd been in as they drive away and he has this perplexed look on his face. THAT is classic Mission Impossible.
This show was about thinking. I wish the movies would at least try to recreate this. And the outrageous idea that Jim Phelps was a traitor (in the 1996 movie) was such sacrilege that it makes you want to march to Paramount Pictures holding pitchforks and torches!
DVD Review: Great Series...!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a really big fan of the first season of MI especially because of Steven Hill's portrayal of Dan Briggs. The series was just starting out and it tended to have greatly varied plots during the first season which made it exciting to watch. Dan Briggs seemed to be the perfect character to lead the IMF and I was not sure why he was replaced by Peter Graves until I read the write-up on his religious background. His no-nonsense approach was just what you would expect of someone in his position and he also had the added benefit of not being as well known as Peter Graves at the time, anonimity being a necessary part of undercover activities, which made him seem all the more real. I don't mean to demean Mr. Graves' contributions to the series...he was there for the remainder of its successful run; however, I often wonder what the show's personality would have been if Steven had continued on. As with all other reviewers I believe this was a great series and am happy that it is being released. Seasons 1 and 2 are safely in my possession as will be all that are released. DVD Review: Living in the past.
Summary: 4 Stars
Watching these take me back to a more innocent time of tv viewing. The quality of the dvds is very good. Though the plots of each show are interchangeable, it's still fun watching the heroes use what was then "state-of-the-art" equipment to con the bad guys. And you never see people get seriously hurt.
Description of Mission Impossible - The Complete First TV Season
The head of the "Impossible Missions Force" a top-secret government group of operatives starts a tape recorder and finds out about his latest assignment. Throughout most of the series they would have to stop some petty dictator or powerful bad guy from whatever evil plot they had against the U.S. or Democracy in general. The elaborate use of electronic gadgetry masters of disguise and detailed plans that require split-second timing made this TV show an "on the edge of your seater"! System Requirements:Run Time: 1404 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating:?NR UPC:?097360384543 Manufacturer No:?038454With its combination of Cold War villains and James Bond-like techno-gadgets, Mission: Impossible was an instant hit when it premiered on September 17, 1966. Airing Saturday nights at 9:00 on CBS, the series was the brainchild of creator/producer Bruce Geller, whose formula for seven successful seasons included a well-chosen ensemble cast, noteworthy guest stars, and a flexible premise that inspired clever plots twists and a constant variety of "international" locations (mostly filmed on a studio backlot). This seven-disc set includes all 28 episodes of season 1, the only season to feature Steven Hill as Dan Briggs, leader of the top-secret counterintelligence team known as Impossible Missions Force (IMF). As the no-nonsense Briggs, Hill (better known for his later role on Law & Order from 1990 to 2000) began each episode by sneakily retrieving the dossier and recorded instructions (voiced throughout the entire series by uncredited actor Bob Johnson) for the IMF's latest assignment. "Your mission, should you decide to accept it" and "this recording will self-destruct in five seconds" quickly became pop-cultural catch-phrases, as Briggs routinely selected his preferred teammates based on their mastery of practical skills. With "special appearance" billing for M:I's first three seasons, Martin Landau played master-of-disguise Rollin Hand; his off-screen wife, Barbara Bain, played top-model and undercover seductress Cinnamon Carter; Greg Morris brought hip coolness (and racial diversity) to his role as electronics expert Barney Collier; and Peter Lupus played handsome hunk Willy Armitage, adding IMF muscle to Briggs' brainy strategies.
As a Desilu production based at Paramount Studios, Mission: Impossible shared guest stars, production personnel, locations, and even occasional sets with the original Star Trek. Fans of both shows will enjoy spotting these crossover details (including George Takei's appearance in "The Carriers," a first-season highlight), and this season's other stand-out episodes include the "Pilot" (featuring Wally Cox as an ace safe-cracker), "Operation Rogosh," "A Spool There Was," "Action!," "The Train," and "The Traitor." Whether they were toppling dictators, rescuing doomed prisoners, foiling despots, or framing Mafia kingpins, the IMF agents were consistently blessed with taut, well-written plots, many unfolding with minimal dialogue and highly visual schemes that demanded (and rewarded) the viewer's close attention. Although Steven Hill eventually left the series (as an Orthodox Jew, he preferred not to work on the Jewish Sabbath, as M:I required), his single season set the stage for M:I's long-term popularity, with Peter Graves (replacing Hill as "Jim Phelps") leading the IMF from 1967 to 1973. And while Paramount has again neglected to offer DVD extras with this set, the episodes look and sound just about perfect, with a parade of guest stars including Carol O'Connor, Simon Oakland, Fritz Weaver, Nehemiah Persoff, Barbara Luna, Vic Tayback, and a host of other '60s TV regulars. Your mission--and you shouldn't hesitate to accept it--is to enjoy this classic series all over again! --Jeff Shannon
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