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What I remember about the Mission Impossible series was that the theme was in 5/4 time. I loved that because it was so unusual. I was super pissed when the movie theme was NOT 5/4.

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Mario_Alba wrote:

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The ancient Greeks?

BadKen wrote:

What I remember about the Mission Impossible series was that the theme was in 5/4 time. I loved that because it was so unusual. I was super pissed when the movie theme was NOT 5/4.

Also, Portishead used a super obscure 60's Mission Impossible sample for their song Sour Times:

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I wasn't expecting my Mission Impossible musings to get so many reactions. The show clearly has its fans.

Mission Impossible is on CBS All Access, so I decided to check out the first episode. I loved it. It was slow-paced, but I was never bored. You're on the edge of your seat watching the plan come together and I even let out a small gasp when their safe cracker got his hands broken throwing a monkey wrench into the plan. It's a nice change of pace from the hyperactivity of modern TV. I also appreciate that despite the lack of action, all the characters are totally prepared to pull off Tom Cruise-level stunts if the need arises. Fortunately, they're all good enough at their jobs that it never comes to that.

I'm skeptical that I'm going to stick through all 9 seasons of the show, but for now at least I have a new show to watch.

Djinn wrote:

I wasn't expecting my Mission Impossible musings to get so many reactions. The show clearly has its fans.

Someone spent the time to rank all the episodes of the seven first seasons and, for the most part, I agree with them. Except for 'The Tram' (Season 6, episode 3) that I would have ranked much higher. I have a thing for logistically complex missions that are executed perfectly.

Feel free to skip around, there is no continuity except for multi-part episodes, and character development is virtually non-existent (which actually fits with the context of the show).

Djinn wrote:

Mission Impossible is on CBS All Access

GAH!

Curse you, CBS.

I'm not paying $6/mo to watch commercials, and I'm not paying $10/mo for such a limited catalog.

bobbywatson wrote:

Someone spent the time to rank all the episodes of the seven first seasons and, for the most part, I agree with them. Except for 'The Tram' (Season 6, episode 3) that I would have ranked much higher.

Brilliant! But why on earth are they listed in reverse order?!

BadKen wrote:
Djinn wrote:

Mission Impossible is on CBS All Access

GAH!

Curse you, CBS.

I'm not paying $6/mo to watch commercials, and I'm not paying $10/mo for such a limited catalog.

Pluto.tv just added a Mission Impossible channel. Free with ads.

bobbywatson wrote:
Djinn wrote:

I've learned that The Mission Impossible movies are not original. They're actually a continuation of an extremely popular 60's -- and later 80's -- TV series. It blew my mind. And now I can be angry about the treatment of the Jim Phelps character like everyone else back in 1996.

I absolutely love the 60's series, and yes, I was pissed by that in 1996. If you have a way of watching an episode titled "The Submarine", it's amazing, although overall the series hasn't aged all that well.

I remember watching the submarine one. They did a similar episode using a nuclear fallout shelter.

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BadKen wrote:

What I remember about the Mission Impossible series was that the theme was in 5/4 time. I loved that because it was so unusual. I was super pissed when the movie theme was NOT 5/4.

I started giggling so hard because this reminded me of learning this song in high school pep band and how our first few attempts were an absolute trainwreck. Didn't help that I was laughing during said trainwreck and I was the drummer on set.

McChuck wrote:
BadKen wrote:

What I remember about the Mission Impossible series was that the theme was in 5/4 time. I loved that because it was so unusual. I was super pissed when the movie theme was NOT 5/4.

I started giggling so hard because this reminded me of learning this song in high school pep band and how our first few attempts were an absolute trainwreck. Didn't help that I was laughing during said trainwreck and I was the drummer on set.

I am in this post and boy did it bring back memories. As a former drummer also in pep band, boy did I just hate this song.

Dominic Knight wrote:
McChuck wrote:
BadKen wrote:

What I remember about the Mission Impossible series was that the theme was in 5/4 time. I loved that because it was so unusual. I was super pissed when the movie theme was NOT 5/4.

I started giggling so hard because this reminded me of learning this song in high school pep band and how our first few attempts were an absolute trainwreck. Didn't help that I was laughing during said trainwreck and I was the drummer on set.

I am in this post and boy did it bring back memories. As a former drummer also in pep band, boy did I just hate this song.

On top of the 5/4 time, there is some wicked syncopation happening which makes it almost sound like 4/4 time. Tricky bastards.

In comparison, songs like Brubeck’s Take Five sound very much like the 5/4 that they are in.

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Hm, I must have misremembered something because I just found a video with all the MI movie themes and they were all 5/4. I wonder if it was a closing titles version I saw or something. I do remember being irrationally angry in a movie theater at a supposed MI theme that wasn't in the proper time signature. I may have spilled some popcorn.

Could it have been that Limp Bizkit song that was for the Mission Impossible soundtrack? Because I can imagine that would induce popcorn-spilling anger.

BadKen wrote:

Hm, I must have misremembered something because I just found a video with all the MI movie themes and they were all 5/4. I wonder if it was a closing titles version I saw or something. I do remember being irrationally angry in a movie theater at a supposed MI theme that wasn't in the proper time signature. I may have spilled some popcorn.

I looked into this and at least the mi2 theme switches to 4/4 after doing the intro sequence in 5/4.

halfwaywrong wrote:

Could it have been that Limp Bizkit song that was for the Mission Impossible soundtrack? Because I can imagine that would induce popcorn-spilling anger.

As I recall the actual music on that track was pretty dang awesome but Fred wouldn't shut up so I could hear it properly.

Vargen wrote:
halfwaywrong wrote:

Could it have been that Limp Bizkit song that was for the Mission Impossible soundtrack? Because I can imagine that would induce popcorn-spilling anger.

As I recall the actual music on that track was pretty dang awesome but Fred wouldn't shut up so I could hear it properly.

It’s in 4/4 and very repetitive. At 3:40 in it briefly goes into the original 5/4 hook.

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Vargen wrote:
halfwaywrong wrote:

Could it have been that Limp Bizkit song that was for the Mission Impossible soundtrack? Because I can imagine that would induce popcorn-spilling anger.

As I recall the actual music on that track was pretty dang awesome but Fred wouldn't shut up so I could hear it properly.

Limp Bizkit could be an awesome band with anyone other than Durst fronting them. The rest of the band are legitimately skilled, especially their drummer. Though now that I'm thinking about it, Limp Bizkit with a decent person fronting them is probably pretty close to Rage Against The Machine.

RawkGWJ wrote:
Vargen wrote:
halfwaywrong wrote:

Could it have been that Limp Bizkit song that was for the Mission Impossible soundtrack? Because I can imagine that would induce popcorn-spilling anger.

As I recall the actual music on that track was pretty dang awesome but Fred wouldn't shut up so I could hear it properly.

It’s in 4/4 and very repetitive. At 3:40 in it briefly goes into the original 5/4 hook.

And what part of that makes it a worse background track for scrubbing the kitchen?

The recognizable hook section is the part that's stuck with me. I couldn't tell you anything about the bits Fred's talking over.

To be fair, limp bizkit were working at a disadvantage on their version because they didn't have a river spirit on bass and a magical apple-cat on drums.

(I guess timed links don't work, MI theme starts at 3:25)

fenomas wrote:

To be fair, limp bizkit were working at a disadvantage on their version because they didn't have a river spirit on bass and a magical apple-cat on drums.

Well, not in 2000 when they recorded their version of the MI theme, anyway. Session musician Sammy Siegler did a couple tracks for them in 2005 while regular drummer John Otto was in rehab, and IIRC he's a magical apple-cat. And while they've never had a river spirit on bass, I believe turntablist DJ Lethal was briefly transformed into one when he angered a wood nymph in 2002.

fenomas wrote:

To be fair, limp bizkit were working at a disadvantage on their version because they didn't have a river spirit on bass and a magical apple-cat on drums.

Man, Kaparu is killing it on that bass.

Coldstream wrote:

Man, Kaparu is killing it on that bass. :D

Kaparu was certainly a new one on me. The cat-apple ("Nyango Star") apparently went slightly viral last year under the title "when you're overqualified for the job".

fenomas wrote:
Coldstream wrote:

Man, Kaparu is killing it on that bass. :D

Kaparu was certainly a new one on me. The cat-apple ("Nyango Star") apparently went slightly viral last year under the title "when you're overqualified for the job". :cool:

That was awesome! It was sort of a real-life version of Aggressive Retsuko!

Also, the manager in the background was gold. I think she nearly threw the horns at one point while gentle nodding her head to the back beat.

Right towards the end, she was doing the Hang Ten sign, anyway. She was definitely into it.

Every time somebody says anything about it I have to go back and watch the whole thing again, and now that song is never leaving my stupid head