The Weekly Stuff #473 - Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Review & Discussion

The Weekly Stuff Podcast with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman

Today’s podcast, should you choose to listen to it, is all about one of the finest films of the summer, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Jonathan reviewed the film in non-spoilery details at the new JonathanLack.Com last week, but on today’s show, he and Sean dive deep with the story, characters, action sequences, and much more, and while there are a few disagreements, overall we’re very much fans of what Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie continue to achieve with this series. Before the big review, though, we also talk a little more Final Fantasy XVI and discuss SAG-AFTRA joining the WGA in striking Hollywood’s abhorrent treatment of its workers, in a segment that becomes a larger conversation about what a raging dumpster fire the non-Mission: Impossible parts of this industry have become.

Enjoy!

Time Chart:

Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:08:13

Final Fantasy XVI: 0:08:13 – 0:23:37

SAG-AFTRA Strike: 0:23:37 – 0:49:21

Godzilla News: 0:49:21 – 0:56:23

Mission Impossible Review: 0:56:23 – 2:44:41

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