Mission: Impossible is a series of episodes, primarily on Blank Check: Special Features covering the Mission: Impossible franchise. The franchise was selected by Checkmates during the Special Features March Madness 2020 tournament.
Summary[]
The Mission: Impossible franchise was a juggernaut of its March Madness tournament. It defeated the Fast & Furious, Indiana Jones, The Muppets, John Wick, and Alien franchises. The Mission: Impossible commentary series was started on the Blank Check: Special Features Patreon in June 2020.
During the course of the podcast, #TheTwoFriends covered one Mission: Impossible movie on the main feed: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol as part of the Brad Bird miniseries. They also plan to cover Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part I when it is released in July 2023.
Milestones and Ephemera[]
- Christopher McQuarrie is notable as the key player who shaped the later films, writing Ghost Protocol and directing Rogue Nation and Fallout. They had already covered Jack Reacher: Never Go Back as a standalone episode, so on the patreon the covered McQuarrie's remaining film, The Way of the Gun, to complete a Stealth McQuarrie Miniseries.
Episodes[]
| # | Title | Audio | Guest(s) | Length | Date | Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 167 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | 🔊 | 2:10 | 6/10/2018 | The Podcastibles | |
| 435 | Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | 🔊 | Marie Bardi | 2:31 | 7/23/2023 | Stealth McQuarrie Miniseries |
| Special Features | ||||||
| SF063 | Mission: Impossible | 🔊✔️ | 2:23 | 6/30/2020 | Mission: Impossible Commentaries | |
| SF065 | Mission: Impossible 2 | 🔊✔️ | 2:26 | 7/20/2020 | ||
| SF066 | Mission: Impossible 3 | 🔊✔️ | 2:32 | 7/31/2020 | ||
| SF068 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | 🔊✔️ | 2:33 | 8/20/2020 | ||
| SF069 | Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation | 🔊✔️ | 2:34 | 8/31/2020 | ||
| SF071 | Mission: Impossible - Fallout | 🔊✔️ | 2:43 | 9/21/2020 | ||
Ranking The Franchise[]
At the conclusion of the miniseries, the Blankies rankings will compiled from a voting thread found on the r/Blankies sub-reddit.[2]
| Rank | Griffin | David | Ang | Blankies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fallout | Ghost Protocol | Rogue Nation | |
| 2 | Rogue Nation | Fallout | Ghost Protocol | |
| 3 | Ghost Protocol | Rogue Nation | Fallout | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Refereces[]
- ↑ u/Ioncelostashoe, Something I whipped together for the upcoming commentaries., reddit.
- ↑ u/mi-16evil, What is your Mission: Impossible rankings?, reddit. Retrieved March 4, 2021.