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The charming Ryan Reynolds. Love the man. Very charismatic and funny Canadian actor. Loved him in "Deadpool" and "The Hitman's Bodyguard".
I think it would be a good idea to kill off Ethan Hunt and let a new character lead the "M:I"- team. Similar how Tom Cruise took over from Jon Voight in the first film. Also, killing off a lead character should be a bit easier for the "Mission: Impossible"-franchise than it is for Her Majesty's Secret Agent James Bond 007.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4945854/Tom-Cruise-set-time-breaking-ankle.html
By the way, I like the turtleneck and jacket look in all black Tom has going on. Maybe Dan's look in SP has started a trend?
I don't think the people making light of it are those making it a big deal. They are treating the issue with the relative importance it holds. ;) (Which is little)
Wonderful. I still recall the climbing scene from "For Your Eyes Only". Would be great if it's something like that!
However, this "replacement" thing isn't happening with this film. Cruise still has one or two more films in him. One leg injury isn't going to stop him.
I think it's not immediately a lazy thing to do. I agree it's happening a lot yes, even in the Marvel Universe. But as long as a character's death makes sense, is part of a good plot or story, then I don't see any problem with that.
But I do agree that it would be better to see Ethan Hunt becoming some kind of "M" within CIA's undercover IMF operations.
Actually, in "Casino Royale" the death of Vesper made sense. But thee way Mathis was killed in "Quantum Of Solace" felt rushed and was executed way too bluntly....as not being part of the story.
Mathis' death on the other hand was pointless. One of the most pointless deaths in the series. He doesn't even die in the books. Then again, neither did Dikko Henderson.
I agree, @ClarkDevlin. I get sick of the deaths for easy emotion in stories, and I don't think MI really works in that way. The first film is the only one with a tone that felt more earnest, but everything after, especially 2, 4 and 5, have been more light-hearted and basically like a 70s or 80s Bond film. Movies that could still have drama and danger, but also have a lightness to offset it. Just as I wouldn't want to see a "death of James Bond" story, even in the Craig era, I don't think a death of Hunt works for MI either. It just wouldn't feel right, and I think the best ending, if there must be one, would be to see him and Jules go off together to call back to what was already presented in the final moments of #4. If given the choice, I think Ethan would pick to live his own life.
I personally don't subscribe to the idea that Ethan would be a new Phelps or an "M" type overseer, either. That's just not a job for someone like him. As with Bond, he's meant for the field and sitting behind a desk and off to the side would be a bore for him. Just as Bond would sooner take cyanide than swap places with M and his bureaucratic babysitting, I think Ethan would get out and live his own life and do his own thing with actual freedom instead of being restrained by a government job that doesn't suit him. He could never be like Phelps, or Hopkins' character in 2 or that of Fishburne or Baldwin in the newer films; he's a soldier and would chafe in a suit.
As with killing Ethan off, I think putting him into a "suit" role in the IMF as an out of the field boss would be just as ill-served to his character as anything else, and wouldn't logically service who he actually has been built up to be. Imagine Bond taking over for Mallory at the end of Bond 25 after retiring from the field, for example. It would seem so off and fake, because it essentially is and wouldn't be in tune with the character of the films. The same consistency must be kept with Hunt, and I don't want to see them hang on to Tom for the $$$ by putting him into a role that doesn't make sense for the character. I personally think MI dies with Tom's last movie anyway, so I only make that last statement in the event that they have the balls to try and make more films where he isn't the lead. That worked out so well for the Bourne franchise, as we know.
I think QoS was perhaps the right time for Mathis to go, as I really can't see a way for him to be involved in SF or SP credibly. I think he served a fine purpose, and a powerful one, someone to teach Bond important lessons about being a spy and being a man. It's his influence on Bond that really comes through in CR and QoS, even more so than M's (in relation to Bond's pain over Vesper, I mean), and his death means all the more for it. Without Mathis being who he was and saying what he did, who knows when Bond would've finally allowed himself to see the truth about Vesper and see that vengeance was hollow. His decision to spare Yusef and respect Vesper's memory was partially down to Mathis and the impact he's had to make him see the light.
Killing Hunt is the only way of telling the audience "it's over, Cruise is not coming back"
PS If you are the script writer, what would you rather thave to grab the audience and create a little bit of cinema history? Hunt's death scene or a scene where he tells the team he has had enough and is retiring to spend more time with his wife? (the kettles always on so feel free to pop by for a cuppa if you're in the area)
PPS I had this idea that, Hunt knew/suspected this would be his last mission so records a message for the team. So, at the end of the movie, we see a montage, each one of the team receives his audio message out of the blue in some ingenious way whilst they are doing what ever they do. And so Hunt urges the team (and, by implication, the audience) to carry on without him and then gets to say the immortal words "This tape will self distruct in five seconds".