On this week's Watchcast we dive deep into the movie that kicked off Tom Cruise's obsession with crafting exciting near death experiences for himself in Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible!

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 89: Mission: Impossible (1996)

(00:00:36) - Intro.

(00:02:03) - What is our familiarity with any version of Mission: Impossible.

(00:04:54) - A little bit of M:I history.

(00:11:14) - How this movie came to be (and some discussion of The Tom Cruise Experience).

(00:19:24) - Talking about writers, and writing.

(00:25:43) - Pressing the Tom Cruise button.

(00:28:41) - Last production notes.

(00:32:32) - How did the TV cast feel about this movie? Well...

(00:36:50) - Break!

(00:37:13) - We're back! Let's dig into everything going on in Mission: Impossible.

(00:43:05) - Setting up the next (and final) mission for some of this team.

(00:53:43) - Time to go to work.

(00:56:47) - EVERYBODY'S DEAD.

(01:02:18) - M:I gadgetry.

(01:04:25) - Tom Cruise discovers Usenet.

(01:11:40) - Claire's back, so let's go meet Max.

(01:21:02) - The Langley Job.

(01:37:21) - We have a NOC list, and suddenly, Jim Phelps!

(01:48:37) - Let's jump on a train. And off a train. And onto a helicopter. And then off the helicopter back onto the train.

(02:06:12) - Folks, we have a franchise.

(02:08:10) - Final thoughts.

(02:15:38) - Talking about next week's film: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.

(02:20:10) - Outro.