Join me as I delve into JJ Abrams' take on the Mission: Impossible series and examine how he makes it his own (by kind of turning it into Alias). I can't remember "the Welshman" from the second movie ("You know! Hannibal Lector!"), and I stumble between character names and actor names. I complain that it's all a little too familiar (like first-movie familiar and sometimes James-Bond familiar), but I give credit where credit is due to Cruise, Abrams, the DP, and the rest of IMF.