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I'm willing to bet Cruise will do a 7th one, as M:I have long gaps so it will coincide with Bond #7 debut outing, so Cruise will have headlined an M:I film during 3 Bond tenures (Brosnan, Craig, Bond #7).
Awesome though he is, it will be very difficult for him to compete with a fresh, younger Bond actor. Even though he is older than Craig, I've always found him far more youthful looking, and that' a large part of his appeal. There is a gap which he is filling.
So yes, Bond #007 will have to wrestle with the ghost of early Craig, but that was some time ago (a distant memory). Recent efforts have been far less impressive on the physical front.
@ClarkDevlin, I'm inclined to agree. I think there has been an overreaction and overly dramatic response to Tom's injury, as if it's a paradigm changing moment in his life that will change everything after it such that there will be a pre-rooftop leg injury and post-rooftop leg injury timeline. In reality, regardless of what we or anyone else thinks, you're probably right on the money to predict that Tom will be back for more stunts that are even more risky because that's who Tom is. He challenges himself and puts himself out there and instead of reducing his workload and stunts in his films he'll more likely take this moment as a learning experience to do similar stunts better in the future to avoid other injury. But this little incident won't make a lick of difference in his life, or how he involves himself in these films if I had to be a betting man.
For those concerned about an old man in a young man's stunt game, I think it's more salient to worry about when Tom does truly life-threatening stunts (like tying himself to a plane thousands of feet in the air) than the minor jump he made that caused the injury from a while back. To quibble about a rooftop jump in that case would be like warning a man about getting a paper cut while giving his ticket to ride a roller coaster with no seatbelts on it. The worry is misplaced and diverted from where it really should be.
He didn't injure himself in the plane sequence in MI-RN because appropriate risk mitigation precautions, and planning were put in place. It was therefore in reality a 'safer' stunt for him to perform than the rooftop jump which injured him, despite being more extravagant. The difference: one stunt left very little to chance. The other relied on the actor himself to get it just right (velocity, trajectory, landing etc. etc.), and that's where errors can and did occur.
I think everyone is aware of the concept of things getting harder with age, but there was a pronounced drama surrounding the entire situation. At the end of the day Tom will do what Tom will do no matter what, and what he will do are more stunts. ;)
@bondjames, don't be glib. ;) Tom's got it all covered and Scientology has taught him he's here on earth to be a hero to the human race, so that looniness must give him the proper motivation.
@DaltonCraig007, probably in a couple of hours if I can fit it in. Looking forward to it.
I'd say February or March 2018.
For the price tag it requires you to pay to enlighten yourself with its delusional lore, Scientology should end up being some form of good in the life of those who choose to wrestle with it for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
I wouldn't suggest looking too much into it, as you won't look at certain folks the same way again after knowing about it. In this case, ignorance is very much bliss when it comes to the sometimes crime and always present creepiness of Scientology.
I declined, and see where that got me. Go for it, Bond James.
That is right, Clark.
So no one can say now that I'm belittling "Mission: Impossible" when I compare it with "Bond" ;-).
So I think this one, then one more, then that could be the end until the inevitable reboot/relaunch (unless they try to carry on from there with Cruise in an M sort of role and focusing on a whole team).
My favourite is "Rogue Nation". Just hoped that the PTS was a bit more real-life. I mean....I would have liked the action sequence to continue with Cruise doing a proper skydiing scene.
But apart from that....loved it.