Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Added 2020-08-20 05:44:24 +0000 UTCReady to listen to four friends gasp and yell as Tom Cruise hangs outside Burj Khalifa even though we've seen it already a dozen times??? This week watch Brad Bird turn around the Mission franchise while the BC crew reflects on Sand Gun's career, George Bush's paintings, and why the next villain should be a talking shark.
We initiate Ghost Protocol at... 16:05
Comments
I like the 2nd one and LOVE the 3rd one, but what exactly do you by souless in the case of those movies?
George E. Schneider
2025-07-23 03:49:41 +0000 UTCHaha Source code is exactly the kind of movie that won't hold up to the idea I had of it as a teen. It's a cool concept, I did think it was weird Griffin thinks so little of Duncan Jones' Moon, which is actually a good film and not just a gimmick (like Source Code).
Hendrix
2024-09-27 23:50:26 +0000 UTCSo much talking over each other, these zoom commentaries are a little rough for free flowing commentary conversation tbh. Luckily what's being said/ the jokes are worth the trouble. I'm so glad they're in the same room for the more recent commentaries, the chemistry is so much better and it's a much easier listen. This movie rips, Sims' love for it really made me re-evaluate it as the 2nd or 3rd best MI. I love how much "goes wrong", both in agents failing and the technology failing. The Brad Bird touch, as Griffin put it. It really adds so much charm to a franchise that had a pretty soulless 2nd and 3rd entry.
Hendrix
2024-09-27 23:45:11 +0000 UTCI just checked my IMDb and l gave Source code 9/10 in 2011 đ l havenât seen it since either. Definitely need to rewatch it.
Ancient alien
2024-02-28 10:18:39 +0000 UTC69th likeâŠ.nice!
Josh Harvey
2023-06-17 04:57:59 +0000 UTCCame back here just to say that Kristen Stewart is just their sister in Zathura?? She doesn't marry Josh Hutcherson because he's her BROTHER.
Bryce Hendrickson
2021-08-11 04:19:42 +0000 UTCFun fact: the shooting location for the courtyard of the Kremlin was actually Prague. The boys were wondering if they actually got access. Iâm assuming they didnât. But imagine my surprised when I walked on the set of the gorgeous film on my last vacation.
Oli Pate
2020-08-31 23:32:42 +0000 UTCHad to re-sync the commentary multiple times because I love skipping back to relisten to the groans after Griff's jokes (Finnish and the no-fart white pants, specifically). Love these four people so much. Dream team.
John Albrecht
2020-08-22 20:05:43 +0000 UTC"Behind Enemy Lines is better than Enemy at the Gates" was the consensus opinion that made me react in the way I would if David were to ever reveal that he spent significant time in a country besides the United States.
Douglas Wykstra
2020-08-22 19:44:38 +0000 UTCThe extended George W. Bush discussion reminded me of the time a friend of mine got an award at the Intel Science Fair in the mid-2000s and went to DC to accept the award from Bush. He has always been politically liberal and hated Bush at the time, and said that the award ceremony was one of the most surreal experiences in his life because "here's a guy I know I dislike on a political, intellectual, and human level, and when he came up to me and shook my hand, he just seemed like the most charming guy in the world. I probably talked to him for 15 seconds, and when it was over I caught myself thinking, 'what a nice guy!'" So yeah, I think any politician who manages to get to the national level, even the ones who seem clearly incompetent and overmatched by the responsibilities of their job and who don't give very good speeches, all have a baseline level of personal charisma that, when combined with the trappings of office, basically works as a low-level superpower.
Douglas Wykstra
2020-08-22 19:35:18 +0000 UTCWell I guess Iâm rewatching Spectre tonight in preparation for penning my lengthy rebuttal to these terrible, horrible, no good, VERY BAD âLĂ©a Seydoux in Spectreâ takes! Podcast crimes have been committed!
Adam Angyalosi
2020-08-22 11:05:37 +0000 UTCShoutout to Ang for the â2morrowlandâ joke, which Iâm confident Griffin wouldâve awarded comedy points for, had he heard it
Jenny Potter
2020-08-21 22:21:06 +0000 UTCListening from Warsaw. David is right, the Polish president is a terrible person. It looks like theyâre not blowing up the bridge, it has just been registered as a monument... (Also, Ang rules)
Filip Boratyn
2020-08-21 21:16:27 +0000 UTCThanks for the context, Brian. Your opinion still sucks. Have a nice day!
Robert Gough
2020-08-21 21:01:33 +0000 UTCAnd David is so loud and clear, it honestly makes this episode pretty difficult to listen to :-\
KS
2020-08-21 19:17:12 +0000 UTCI just finished an about 16 hour shift, working the pediatric wing of my employment. Just read all comments, and someone wants to add to my email to be petty? I have real emergencies that I need to take care of. Btw someone from Wales (but David how would you know?) made a great and thoughtful comment, 0 likes, I make a comment that something's not for me, you all lose your minds. I have an opinion, just like all of you.
Brian Alford
2020-08-21 17:39:29 +0000 UTCâCafe shoesâ is an iconic Blank Check phrase hahaha
Rad Rodge
2020-08-21 06:23:05 +0000 UTCGreat idea! Ang, is there any charity/cause we can donate to in lieu of sending you a smoothie or coffee?
Ross Kroeber
2020-08-21 02:00:07 +0000 UTCIs there a way to up my Patreon level to give more money directly to Ang every time some toxic twerp mouths off about her? She should get a smoothie or an ice coffee whenever she has to encounter one one of these.
Aurora
2020-08-21 01:26:24 +0000 UTClove ang, ang is the best.
jackson kim murphy
2020-08-21 01:01:05 +0000 UTCI would add that nobody has as good a filmography as Tom Cruise. 5, 6 failures out of 40,50? Nobody has that. He was 26 in Rain Man, the most successful film of 1988. Cruise is no Paul Newman. But he has made a fuckton of better films. And Knight And Day is alright.
Paul Matthews
2020-08-21 00:33:07 +0000 UTCHey guys. Writing here from Wales (a part of England I guess). Long time listener. I sometimes go off ya cos in my mind you're privileged New Yorkers, but that's just petty envy and pretty stupid. I absolutely love this series and this podcast has given me a hell of a lot of pleasure and often real comfort in dark times. Excellent work. I do believe I am as good as Griffin at the box office game. My ability at that meant math, etc lost out. I regret nothing!! Love the podcast.
Paul Matthews
2020-08-21 00:13:32 +0000 UTCThe way Ben says "sub-burb"
Sam Greenspan
2020-08-20 20:25:17 +0000 UTCThanks for your criticism on my criticism. It's called AN OPINION! I love this podcast, I don't like Angela.
Brian Alford
2020-08-20 18:22:45 +0000 UTCâplease get rid of angelaâ is valid criticism? you donât know what criticism is and also have bad opinions
Gabriel Cywinski
2020-08-20 16:50:41 +0000 UTCBen would love Ben Foster in the 3:10 to Yuma remake.
Ryan Dodge
2020-08-20 15:31:07 +0000 UTCI do "realise" (?) that the people making this might see it, it's called criticism. I pay my money, just like all of you. I'm not trolling, I'm just stating my opinion. Hope everyone has a great day!
Brian Alford
2020-08-20 15:13:34 +0000 UTCUpload issues. Should be updated with new file now.
Blank Check with Griffin & David
2020-08-20 06:38:47 +0000 UTCFirm Disagree. Ang is awesome.
Michael David
2020-08-20 06:29:17 +0000 UTCRE: Ben Foster. At a QandA for Hell or High Water, Ben Foster immediately set his microphone on the ground and didn't speak. Eventually, the moderator asked him a direct question and Chris Pine picked up the mic and forced it into his hands. He gave a one word answer and put it pack down
Matt Skuta
2020-08-20 06:15:45 +0000 UTCPlease please please get rid of Angela. Adds nothing (the force awakens is unlistenable) she's no Ben!!
Brian Alford
2020-08-20 06:15:16 +0000 UTCGRIF SO quiet!
Aaron Harvey
2020-08-20 06:03:18 +0000 UTCAwesome! But what's up with the mix on this? Uptown is loud and Downtown is quiet.
Jordan B. Anderson
2020-08-20 05:59:08 +0000 UTCOh nice! I recently listened to the old Ghost Protocol episode thinking you weren't going to do it again. Probably my favorite Mission Impossible.
Ryan Dodge
2020-08-20 05:51:55 +0000 UTCThursday is a good day.
Joe Allen D.
2020-08-20 05:45:58 +0000 UTCHoly crap, a day early?!
Cody K
2020-08-20 05:45:36 +0000 UTC
