About this episode

The episode discusses the legacy of Mission: Impossible III and its impact on the series.

Mission: Impossible III has a strange legacy. It kept the series going after the ill-received second entry. In some ways it served as a soft reboot. It set things up for the series to dominate in the next decade. Yet it is often overlooked. Why? Should Tom Cruise have done better, or is this now underrated? Guest Tom Paradiso has chosen to accept the mission of discussing it. ___ Please consider joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wwibofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@whywasntitbetter Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/wwibpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wwib_official X: https://x.com/WWIBpodcast Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell a friend!

People in this episode

Guest: Tom Paradiso

Topics covered

• film review
• Mission: Impossible
• Tom Cruise
• soft reboot
• series legacy

Keywords

• Mission: Impossible III
• Tom Cruise
• film legacy
• soft reboot
• film review

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mission: Impossible III

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