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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)