Brad Bird considered for 'Mission: Impossible IV'

[Dusty Ayres]

Why can't he do both?

That's like saying that Dan Castanella is one of the best voiceover actors in the world and that when he acts in live-action movies, it's a shame that he's turning his back on animation. There's nothing to say Mr Bird won't do another animated movie after he does MI4 (if he does it).

I'm not saying he can't do both, I just don't think that he wants to do The Incredibles anymore-which is what everybody wants to see.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

Why can't he do both?

That's like saying that Dan Castanella is one of the best voiceover actors in the world and that when he acts in live-action movies, it's a shame that he's turning his back on animation. There's nothing to say Mr Bird won't do another animated movie after he does MI4 (if he does it).

Well, he can, but every time he's doing a live-action movie, that's time not spent on an animation movie.

Isaac Newton spent quite a lot of time researching alchemy. He was one of the most brilliant minds of the 17th-18th Century. Had he not wasted his time with that nonsense, who knows how much more he could have brought to the history of science?

Or, if you want other parallels, Michael Jordan/baseball, Elvis Presley/acting, Rimbaud/commerce.

 

[Captaindemotion]

^It's all cinema to me. As long as Bird is making good movies, that's what important.

I think your argument is basically a reverse form of the argument that directors of animated movies can't do 'real' movies. I disagree with both positions.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

I think your argument is basically a reverse form of the argument that directors of animated movies can't do 'real' movies.

It's not. I'm sure Brad Bird can do good live-action movies. It's not a matter of what he can and can't do. I'm just saying that while he'll be directing Mission: Impossible IV or any other live-action film, the only thing we'll get is one more average-to-good director, while we'll lose one great-to-fantastic animation director. I think it's a shame.

 

[Admiral James Kirk]

Who is to say he won't be a great-to-fantastic live action director?

 

[AJBryant]

I don't care who's doing it.

I have never seen an MI film after one viewing of the first one, where we were clearly in an alternate universe.

Mr. Phelps would NEVER go traitor. That was an abomination to the fanbase.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

Who is to say he won't be a great-to-fantastic live action director?

Maybe he will.

 

[Dusty Ayres]

I don't care who's doing it.

I have never seen an MI film after one viewing of the first one, where we were clearly in an alternate universe.

Mr. Phelps would NEVER go traitor. That was an abomination to the fanbase.

I'm sorry to have to bust your bubble, but:

Some basement-dwelling fanboys simply cannot accept that Mission: Impossible is a business property whose owners decided to make changes in order to make it more profitable.

The fans purchase products made by Paramount, the owners; the fans do not own Mission: Impossible. Unfortunately, some fans refuse to understand this concept. That is why the altered characters of the Mission: Impossible movies are a problem for them. It is not a problem for the studio, they can do what they want. This time many, many fans and non-fans agreed with their decisions and spent approximately a quarter billion dollars on Paramount's product. That was enough profit to warrant more ventures by Paramount in the form of sequels.

As long as they continue to produce a profitable product, fans will have Mission: Impossible in its current form.

*A paraphrase of (and based on) this post about Star Trek by Sector 7

 

[Captaindemotion]

I have never seen an MI film after one viewing of the first one, where we were clearly in an alternate universe.

Well, of course it was an alternate universe. It was a remake, not a sequel. By definition, remakes are set in alternate universes.

 

[Aragorn]

If they had just had Cruise play Phelps, a lot of the fanboy anger could've been avoided. Tom Cruise as Phelps, Ving Rhames as Barney, maybe Jon Voight could've been Briggs instead.

 

[SlyCardie]

Was reading about this earlier today. It could be interesting, I have faith in Bird. The other choices I heard rumored too were really cool, I especially like Edgar Wright, I think that could be awesome.

Glad to see Abrams is still attached as the EP though.

 

[Aragorn]

I wonder if the choice for directors is hindered by the fact that this is still J.J. Abrams' baby. The first three movies had their own director with their own story ideas and directing styles. This movie was built from the ground up by Abrams, so it'll be more like a director-for-hire.