Mission Impossible - Series 1
International espionage, covert operations, and messages delivered on exploding tape recorders: all in a day's work for the secret agents of the Impossible Mission Force (IMF). Whether they're fighting dictators, evil organisations, or crime lords, this crack team of spies and specialists are perfectly equipped to handle any .. Read more
| Starring | Peter Lupus, Joseph Ruskin, Steven Hill, Peter Graves |
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| Director | Max Hodge |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Television, Thriller |
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Your Mission....should you decide to accept it...is to view this DVD....
Season 1 of M:I makes very interesting viewing. Firstly it is seldom screened on TV so you need to view this set to get a feel for the early days of this cult TV series. There is no Jim Phelps (Peter Graves), but Dan Briggs (Steven Hill)leading the IMF. There are the familar and long serving members(Rollin, Barney, Willy & Cinnamon)as well as the ocasional guest agent (Star Trek's Mr Sulu & Eartha Kitt to name a few). The early stories set the framework for the rest of the series and are the trademark of M:I overall, as well as that dramatic and catchy music, which makes this an underrated series & worth viewing. Lets hope all 7 seasons get the DVD treatment.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
A classic tv series
I've seen plenty of the Mission Impossible TV series in the past, but never any of the first season, before Peter Graves. The format is well-known to anyone who's ever seen any of the series, although they don't always have the self-destructing tape here, which was slightly weird! The third episode on this first disc is a classic, excellent episode, but ev en from the pilot the ideas we see in all the episodes are there. Well worth watching, especially if all you've ever seen are the films or if, like me, you haven't seen it on TV for many years.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Impossible to miss!
Amazingly sophisticated plot lines and presentation given that this is 40 year old TV. OK, there are matte painting backgrounds and you can tell the studio shots and those on location but they still stand up really well in our digital age. Well worth viewing and I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the series.
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Customer Review
Mission Impossible remains an iconic TV series from the 1960s and 1970s, and this first series is without Jim Phelps, but with Dan Briggs. About 99% of the show has not dated at all; exceptions are the cigarettes smoked and the lack of mobile telephones. But, imagine a comparison from 1966 backwards for 40 years; 1926 films are prehistoric! So perhaps things have not changed as rapidly as we have imagined over the past 40 years.
DVD technology enables the viewer to focus on the highlights of each show, as well as enjoyng an episode in full. The shows all have their highlights; my favourite is the climax of The Train, when scheming Svardia's Deputy Premier Pavel (William Windom)is brought face to face with his predecessor, who he though was a victim of an IMF-engineered train crash. Windom makes a further appearance in Series 2, and is well worth waiting for.
Overall, I recommend this series for pure quality entertainment; rent it first, then buy if you want a permanent record of one of the best TV adventure series. -
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Your Mission....should you decide to accept it...is to view this DVD....
Season 1 of M:I makes very interesting viewing. Firstly it is seldom screened on TV so you need to view this set to get a feel for the early days of this cult TV series. There is no Jim Phelps (Peter Graves), but Dan Briggs (Steven Hill)leading the IMF. There are the familar and long serving members(Rollin, Barney, Willy & Cinnamon)as well as the ocasional guest agent (Star Trek's Mr Sulu & Eartha Kitt to name a few). The early stories set the framework for the rest of the series and are the trademark of M:I overall, as well as that dramatic and catchy music, which makes this an underrated series & worth viewing. Lets hope all 7 seasons get the DVD treatment.
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Your Mission....should you decide to accept it...is to view this DVD....
Season 1 of M:I makes very interesting viewing. Firstly it is seldom screened on TV so you need to view this set to get a feel for the early days of this cult TV series. There is no Jim Phelps (Peter Graves), but Dan Briggs (Steven Hill)leading the IMF. There are the familar and long serving members(Rollin, Barney, Willy & Cinnamon)as well as the ocasional guest agent (Star Trek's Mr Sulu & Eartha Kitt to name a few). The early stories set the framework for the rest of the series and are the trademark of M:I overall, as well as that dramatic and catchy music, which makes this an underrated series & worth viewing. Lets hope all 7 seasons get the DVD treatment.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
A classic tv series
I've seen plenty of the Mission Impossible TV series in the past, but never any of the first season, before Peter Graves. The format is well-known to anyone who's ever seen any of the series, although they don't always have the self-destructing tape here, which was slightly weird! The third episode on this first disc is a classic, excellent episode, but ev en from the pilot the ideas we see in all the episodes are there. Well worth watching, especially if all you've ever seen are the films or if, like me, you haven't seen it on TV for many years.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Impossible to miss!
Amazingly sophisticated plot lines and presentation given that this is 40 year old TV. OK, there are matte painting backgrounds and you can tell the studio shots and those on location but they still stand up really well in our digital age. Well worth viewing and I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the series.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
EARLY DAYS FOR THIS GREAT SHOW
Season 1 and the show is in effect, finding its feet, there is an over-reliance on car chases and punch-ups , devices that later seasons mostly avoided, but the ingenuity of the plots is already here for all to see. Steven Hill (Briggs) was so devoutly religious that he refused to stay for late filming sessions if it conflicted with his religious beliefs, even if the rest of the cast and crew were willing. Sometimes meaning whole sections of plot had to be hastily re-drafted to accommodate this. See for example 'Odds on Evil', where he doesn't appear at all after the set-up scene!
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Customer Review
Mission Impossible remains an iconic TV series from the 1960s and 1970s, and this first series is without Jim Phelps, but with Dan Briggs. About 99% of the show has not dated at all; exceptions are the cigarettes smoked and the lack of mobile telephones. But, imagine a comparison from 1966 backwards for 40 years; 1926 films are prehistoric! So perhaps things have not changed as rapidly as we have imagined over the past 40 years.
DVD technology enables the viewer to focus on the highlights of each show, as well as enjoyng an episode in full. The shows all have their highlights; my favourite is the climax of The Train, when scheming Svardia's Deputy Premier Pavel (William Windom)is brought face to face with his predecessor, who he though was a victim of an IMF-engineered train crash. Windom makes a further appearance in Series 2, and is well worth waiting for.
Overall, I recommend this series for pure quality entertainment; rent it first, then buy if you want a permanent record of one of the best TV adventure series. -
Not too bad
I got these for a friend who thought the series was excellent, but i remember seeing them on tv and they havent improved much after all this time.
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Mission Impossible - Series 1
International espionage, covert operations, and messages delivered on exploding tape recorders: all in a day's work for the secret agents of the Impossible Mission Force (IMF). Whether they're fighting dictators, evil organisations, or crime lords, this crack team of spies and specialists are ...
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