Movies and TV Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation - Page 4

**Anyong Bluth** · 07-26-2015, 01:16 PM

I didn't see a thread for it, and it opens Friday.

I really enjoyed 4. I thought they did a nice job of retooling things to keep it entertaining with some good laughs and a pretty good plot that had very good set action pieces.

Anyway, I just saw this. You'll see in the trailer a part where Cruise is holding onto the side of a plane taking off.

You figure it is just a green screen effect done in post production. Nope.

I'll hand it to Cruise on this one. It takes balls to hang onto the side of an airplane taking off as it climbs and is going 185+ mph.

https://youtu.be/gOW_azQbOjw

https://youtu.be/F-qBD17wwrQ

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/25/entert...ise/index.html

Wade Eastwood's mission was to dangle megastar Tom Cruise from the outside of an aircraft in midflight -- dressed in a business suit.
Even for the veteran stunt coordinator, it sounded over-the-top.

"It's one of those conversations where everyone looks at each other and goes 'oh f**k,'" Eastwood said. "And Tom smiles and says 'it's going to be fun.'"

Two months later, Cruise would be running atop the wing of an Airbus A400M, clutching its side as it rose into the sky above the Wittering airbase in Northern England.

But the scene, which has become the signature of "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation" and viewed by millions on YouTube before the film's Friday release, almost never happened. Airbus rejected the ambitious proposal, Eastwood says, because the aircraft used in the scene is new and was still being tested.

Their counteroffer, according to Eastwood: "Maybe when it's stopped on the ground you can look out the window."

Cruise wasn't flashing that signature grin.

After brainstorming other options for the plane, Cruise told Eastwood "I just want to be on the outside of that plane, go back and pitch them again."

Tom Cruise: 'Most dangerous thing I've ever done'
Tom Cruise: 'Most dangerous thing I've ever done' 02:03
This time, Eastwood — a pilot himself — drew up plans that would ensure Cruise would face as little danger as possible. They included a plan for getting the star inside the aircraft in an emergency, which involved a safety harness worn under his suit and a special rig just inside the plane's door.
"We did a lot of tests with dummies and everything went according to plan," Eastwood said. "The next thing was the plane landed in England and they [Airbus] literally threw the keys at us and said, 'OK.'"
But all wasn't OK — yet. Cruise still had to act while braving 185-mph winds, turning even small particles into dangerous debris.
The actor was opposed to wearing goggles, which would prevent the fear in his face from coming through on screen. Instead, the crew put a protective coating over his eye balls, similar to thick contact lenses, keeping his eyes safe from small debris and allowing them to stay open through the punishing wind.
The next problem was Cruise's safety harness. Though it was keeping him alive, its constricting nature was preventing him from using his body to act.
"I feel like a puppet," Eastwood recalls Cruise saying. "I won't be able to sell the fear."
The crew added slack to the line, meaning that if Cruise lost his grip on the side of the plane he actually would have fallen several feet before the harness saved him.
"[In the scene] his feet slip off the plane and he really is holding on for his life," Eastwood said. The handles Cruise clutches are actually panels used to cut down on turbulence as paratroopers exit the military aircraft.
Confident that the stunt was as safe as possible, Eastwood says there was only one thing that still scared him: birds. No safety measure could stop a bird strike, but they minimized the risk by dispersing birds from around the airport and putting a spotter in the cockpit.
Then came the take-off, which posed another threat to Cruise. To get the shot the plane had to rise at an angle more akin to an airshow take off.
"The shot was far more effective seeing the runway shrink," Eastwood said. "This meant a high G-load on Tom," he added, referring to the gravitational force that adds weight and makes it harder to maintain balance.
Cruise and his crew repeated the stunt eight times to get the shots that made it into the film. No one was hurt, and Eastwood calls it one of his "all time greats."
But there was little time to celebrate. There were more stunts to come, like one that requires Cruise to hold his breath under water for six minutes.
"Time to start panicking about the next one," Eastwood said.

**Anyong Bluth** · 07-28-2015, 07:40 PM

Sweet. Just got a couple of free passes to the sneak preview for this tomorrow night!

**MahiMike** · 07-28-2015, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I like to compare the Craig Bonds with the original Bourne trilogy and the MIs.

IMO, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and Skyfall>Bourne: Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum> MI: I, II and III.

Disagree. Barely. Bond w/Craig are good but the Bourne movies are my fave. I even like the Jeremy Renner Bourne.

ThaVirus · 07-28-2015, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MahiMike

Disagree. Barely. Bond w/Craig are good but the Bourne movies are my fave. I even like the Jeremy Renner Bourne.

I also liked Renner's Bourne.

Bourne loses points for me based on the fact that the films original trilogy are all so similar though. Trying to remember individual aspects of each of the Bourne's is hard to do. I haven't seen them in years and now they've all melded together in my mind.

Craig's Bonds are just so different in plot and style.

O.city · 07-28-2015, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

MI4 was the best of the MI series.

Lets try to rank all of the movies that have come out since MI:

1) Skyfall
2) MI4
4) Bourne Identity
5) Casino Royale
6) MI
7) MI3

We've now left 'really good movie' territory. The next 6 range from pretty good all the way to merely solid movies to have on in the background when you're doing something else.

8) Bourne Supremacy
9) Quantum of Solace
10) MI2
11) Bourne Ultimatum
12) Bourne Legacy
13) Tomorrow Never Dies

We've now left 'watchable' territory. These movies...aren't.

14) Die Another Day
15) The World.....jesus, I can't even finish typing the name. It's as though saying it out loud brings it to life. What an awful piece of shit movie this was.

The more I think about it, I don't know. I just don't know.

The bond franchise gets ****ed because of pierces late stuff, but Goldeneye was the titts, mainly because of the video game too.

ThaVirus · 07-28-2015, 08:58 PM

The Brosban Bonds, on top of being bad films, are extremely dated. It's not a good combination.

Deberg_1990 · 07-28-2015, 09:41 PM

What the hell? What's with the hate on Brosnan Bonds?

He revitalized the franchise. It was left for dead for 6 years before he came along.

They were all big hits

**DaneMcCloud** · 07-28-2015, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

What the hell? What's with the hate on Brosnan Bonds?

Absolutely awful scripts and direction, not to mention extremely lame "bad guys".

Every one of those movies were awful. That's not on Brosnan, it's on the producers.

**Tribal Warfare** · 07-28-2015, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

What the hell? What's with the hate on Brosnan Bonds?

He revitalized the franchise. It was left for dead for 6 years before he came along.

They were all big hits

Christopher Lee thought Pierce was the best Bond FWIW.

**Anyong Bluth** · 07-28-2015, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare

Christopher Lee thought Pierce was the best Bond FWIW.

Didn't he die recently?

Coincidence? I think not.

**Buehler445** · 07-29-2015, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth

Didn't he die recently?

Coincidence? I think not.

WTF?

Deberg_1990 · 07-29-2015, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Absolutely awful scripts and direction, not to mention extremely lame "bad guys".

Every one of those movies were awful. That's not on Brosnan, it's on the producers.

I like all of them except the last one not so much. The Ice House and invisible car thing jumped the shark.

**DaneMcCloud** · 07-30-2015, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

I like all of them except the last one not so much. The Ice House and invisible car thing jumped the shark.

"They were wrong. Christmas DOES come more than once a year".

DJ's left nut · 07-30-2015, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

"They were wrong. Christmas DOES come more than once a year".

Immediately my first thought.

They could have shot the Bond franchise in the head immediately after that line and I wouldn't have cared. The combination of Denise Richards and the uncharacterstically...I dunno....gross interaction between those two was enough to ruin the fact that Sophie Marceau was in the movie.

That movie was complete garbage. It made XXX look artfully done by comparison.

MMXcalibur · 07-30-2015, 06:53 PM

I've always enjoyed the Mission Impossible movies, so I'm pretty excited to see this one.

ThaVirus · 07-30-2015, 07:07 PM

OK, which theme song is more iconic: Bond's or MI?

07-26-2015, 01:16 PM
Anyong Bluth Deus ambulans inter homines Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago Casino cash: $9659340	Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation I didn't see a thread for it, and it opens Friday. I really enjoyed 4. I thought they did a nice job of retooling things to keep it entertaining with some good laughs and a pretty good plot that had very good set action pieces. Anyway, I just saw this. You'll see in the trailer a part where Cruise is holding onto the side of a plane taking off. You figure it is just a green screen effect done in post production. Nope. I'll hand it to Cruise on this one. It takes balls to hang onto the side of an airplane taking off as it climbs and is going 185+ mph. https://youtu.be/gOW_azQbOjw https://youtu.be/F-qBD17wwrQ http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/25/entert...ise/index.html Wade Eastwood's mission was to dangle megastar Tom Cruise from the outside of an aircraft in midflight -- dressed in a business suit. Even for the veteran stunt coordinator, it sounded over-the-top. "It's one of those conversations where everyone looks at each other and goes 'oh f**k,'" Eastwood said. "And Tom smiles and says 'it's going to be fun.'" Two months later, Cruise would be running atop the wing of an Airbus A400M, clutching its side as it rose into the sky above the Wittering airbase in Northern England. But the scene, which has become the signature of "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation" and viewed by millions on YouTube before the film's Friday release, almost never happened. Airbus rejected the ambitious proposal, Eastwood says, because the aircraft used in the scene is new and was still being tested. Their counteroffer, according to Eastwood: "Maybe when it's stopped on the ground you can look out the window." Cruise wasn't flashing that signature grin. After brainstorming other options for the plane, Cruise told Eastwood "I just want to be on the outside of that plane, go back and pitch them again." Tom Cruise: 'Most dangerous thing I've ever done' Tom Cruise: 'Most dangerous thing I've ever done' 02:03 This time, Eastwood — a pilot himself — drew up plans that would ensure Cruise would face as little danger as possible. They included a plan for getting the star inside the aircraft in an emergency, which involved a safety harness worn under his suit and a special rig just inside the plane's door. "We did a lot of tests with dummies and everything went according to plan," Eastwood said. "The next thing was the plane landed in England and they [Airbus] literally threw the keys at us and said, 'OK.'" But all wasn't OK — yet. Cruise still had to act while braving 185-mph winds, turning even small particles into dangerous debris. The actor was opposed to wearing goggles, which would prevent the fear in his face from coming through on screen. Instead, the crew put a protective coating over his eye balls, similar to thick contact lenses, keeping his eyes safe from small debris and allowing them to stay open through the punishing wind. The next problem was Cruise's safety harness. Though it was keeping him alive, its constricting nature was preventing him from using his body to act. "I feel like a puppet," Eastwood recalls Cruise saying. "I won't be able to sell the fear." The crew added slack to the line, meaning that if Cruise lost his grip on the side of the plane he actually would have fallen several feet before the harness saved him. "[In the scene] his feet slip off the plane and he really is holding on for his life," Eastwood said. The handles Cruise clutches are actually panels used to cut down on turbulence as paratroopers exit the military aircraft. Confident that the stunt was as safe as possible, Eastwood says there was only one thing that still scared him: birds. No safety measure could stop a bird strike, but they minimized the risk by dispersing birds from around the airport and putting a spotter in the cockpit. Then came the take-off, which posed another threat to Cruise. To get the shot the plane had to rise at an angle more akin to an airshow take off. "The shot was far more effective seeing the runway shrink," Eastwood said. "This meant a high G-load on Tom," he added, referring to the gravitational force that adds weight and makes it harder to maintain balance. Cruise and his crew repeated the stunt eight times to get the shots that made it into the film. No one was hurt, and Eastwood calls it one of his "all time greats." But there was little time to celebrate. There were more stunts to come, like one that requires Cruise to hold his breath under water for six minutes. "Time to start panicking about the next one," Eastwood said.
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07-28-2015, 07:40 PM	#46
Anyong Bluth Deus ambulans inter homines Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago Casino cash: $9659340	Sweet. Just got a couple of free passes to the sneak preview for this tomorrow night! __________________ Suck it, *beautiful*
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07-28-2015, 08:58 PM	#50
ThaVirus Settle this once and forever Join Date: Sep 2007 Casino cash: $2062369	The Brosban Bonds, on top of being bad films, are extremely dated. It's not a good combination.
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07-28-2015, 09:41 PM	#51
Deberg_1990 In Search of a Life Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Antonio Tx. Casino cash: $3914454	What the hell? What's with the hate on Brosnan Bonds? He revitalized the franchise. It was left for dead for 6 years before he came along. They were all big hits __________________ Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning: Matt once made a very nice play in Seattle where he spun away from a pass rusher and hit Bowe off his back foot for a first down. One of the best plays Matt has ever made.
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07-30-2015, 06:53 PM	#59
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07-30-2015, 07:07 PM	#60
ThaVirus Settle this once and forever Join Date: Sep 2007 Casino cash: $2062369	OK, which theme song is more iconic: Bond's or MI?
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