Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

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Wikidata Q628154, film, IMDb tt1229238, TMDB 56292: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 1 more episode agrees.

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Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

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Connected to

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation: 3 lines theme ×1 contrast ×1 verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol → Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. One host finds Ghost Protocol has highest highs but valleys, unlike Rogue Nation.
    “that's how I feel about Ghost Pro is like highest highs, it's got valleys.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 1:48:51 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Aliens: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (franchise pairing): Aliens → Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Both franchises are auteur-rich without one definitive director, which is why the Patreon series covered them.
    “Uh, but like Mission Impossible Aliens, perfect examples of franchises that uh, have a tours, but do not have one definitive director.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:09:08 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Brad Bird: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (director): Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol → Brad Bird. Ghost Protocol is the Dubai skyscraper film by Brad Bird.
    “Ghost protocol is Brad Bird.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:22:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Christopher McQuarrie: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Christopher McQuarrie → Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. McQuarrie did much of the script construction on Ghost Protocol uncredited.
    “he was very responsible for a lot of the script construction on Ghost Pro, even though he didn't get the credit”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:09:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Edge of Tomorrow: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Edge of Tomorrow → Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Ghost Protocol had the same chaos, with a hundred writers, which McQuarrie solved by starting to film and figuring it out.
    “This was the Macquarie thing, and this is exactly what happened on Ghost Protocol”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:47:12 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

James Bond films: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol → James Bond films. Ghost Protocol is the more magician-like entry compared with Rogue Nation's Bondiness.
    “You know, he's more of a magician in ghost protocol.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:53:38 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Mission: Impossible – Fallout: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (ranking): Mission: Impossible – Fallout → Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Chris ranks the post-3 MI films: Ghost Protocol good, Rogue Nation great, Fallout exceptional.
    “Ghost Protocol is good. Rogue Nation is great and fallout is exceptional.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:22:47 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Night and Day: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career arc): Night and Day → Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Night and Day is the off-putting era right before Ghost Protocol makes Hunt back.
    “do you know about him? about ghost protocol one year later?”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:22:08 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (box office context): Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol → The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Ghost Protocol was number one, Game of Shadows number two, Dragon Tattoo number three that weekend.
    “Okay. Number two, is Dragon Tattoo?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 2:34:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career arc): Night and Day → Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Night and Day is the off-putting era right before Ghost Protocol makes Hunt back.
    “do you know about him? about ghost protocol one year later?”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:22:08 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Christopher McQuarrie → Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. McQuarrie did much of the script construction on Ghost Protocol uncredited.
    “he was very responsible for a lot of the script construction on Ghost Pro, even though he didn't get the credit”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:09:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation → Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Ghost Protocol is described as ballet-like while Rogue Nation is more street-level.
    “That one is like a ballet.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:30:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol → James Bond films. Ghost Protocol is the more magician-like entry compared with Rogue Nation's Bondiness.
    “You know, he's more of a magician in ghost protocol.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:53:38 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): Edge of Tomorrow → Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Ghost Protocol had the same chaos, with a hundred writers, which McQuarrie solved by starting to film and figuring it out.
    “This was the Macquarie thing, and this is exactly what happened on Ghost Protocol”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:47:12 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (box office context): Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol → The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Ghost Protocol was number one, Game of Shadows number two, Dragon Tattoo number three that weekend.
    “Okay. Number two, is Dragon Tattoo?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 2:34:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (director): Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol → Brad Bird. Ghost Protocol is the Dubai skyscraper film by Brad Bird.
    “Ghost protocol is Brad Bird.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:22:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (franchise pairing): Aliens → Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Both franchises are auteur-rich without one definitive director, which is why the Patreon series covered them.
    “Uh, but like Mission Impossible Aliens, perfect examples of franchises that uh, have a tours, but do not have one definitive director.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:09:08 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation → Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. After four disavowed-Hunt films, Rogue Nation opens in the same state but with a specific story.
    “And after like 4 movies in a row where he's disavowed,”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:20:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (ranking): Mission: Impossible – Fallout → Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Chris ranks the post-3 MI films: Ghost Protocol good, Rogue Nation great, Fallout exceptional.
    “Ghost Protocol is good. Rogue Nation is great and fallout is exceptional.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:22:47 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol → Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. One host finds Ghost Protocol has highest highs but valleys, unlike Rogue Nation.
    “that's how I feel about Ghost Pro is like highest highs, it's got valleys.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 1:48:51 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

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