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The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
... Impossible , the original director of the Impossible Missions Force (IMF) On TV, he was played by: Peter Graves In the first MI film, he was played by: Jon Voight Curious Phelps Phactoid: In the original TV series, Phelps was the man. In the first movie, Ethan Hunt was the man, and Phelps the IMF traitor. As one reviewer once wrote: “That’s like killing off Mr. Brady 10 minutes into...
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WTF Is It Now?? (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Because your kids are clamoring to hear prisoner of war stories before bedtime. The market research proves it. And wasn't Meghan McCain born in the 1980s? So why's she dressed like a 1960s toddler? And why's Peter Graves holding her? I'm so confused. Help me out here, intarwebs! --divageek Oh, YACK.
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TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
By David Lambert - A few weeks ago we alerted you to MPI Home Video's plans to release War and Remembrance - The Complete Series on October 28th. Now MPI has sent over additional information about this... (more)
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
MISSION IMPERTINENT: Speaking of slaps in the face, arguably the worst plot twist ever comes in Tom Cruise's first "Mission: Impossible" tale. Millions grew up watching Peter Graves' noble Jim Phelps run the Impossible Mission Force on the small screen. So when Jon Voight's Phelps turns out to be the bad guy in Cruise's version, it was disrespectful of both the source material and its...
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
MISSION IMPERTINENT: Speaking of slaps in the face, arguably the worst plot twist ever comes in Tom Cruise's first "Mission: Impossible" tale. Millions grew up watching Peter Graves' noble Jim Phelps run the Impossible Mission Force on the small screen. So when Jon Voight's Phelps turns out to be the bad guy in Cruise's version, it was disrespectful of both the source material and its...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
He did not go entirely unnoticed by awards groups. He was nominated for an Emmy for best actor in a drama series in 1969 for "Wild Wild West," although he did not win. (Carl Betz of "Judd for the Defense" did; the other nominees were Raymond Burr for "Ironside," and Peter Graves and Martin Landau for "Mission: Impossible.") He was also nominated for a Golden Globe for best supporting...