I knew ita was talking old school MI, as they were far more about the "con" than the movies.
I try to forget the first one especially, because Jim Phelps wouldn't DO THAT, GODAMMIT!!!!
I've seen honest faces before. They usually come attached to liars.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Frankenbuddha - Dec 13, 2008 5:59:46 am PST #1940 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Vortex - Dec 13, 2008 11:28:12 am PST #1941 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I try to forget the first one especially, because Jim Phelps wouldn't DO THAT, GODAMMIT!!!!
I refuse to remember them because they were TERRIBLE. They made no sense, and they were not at all true to the series.
§ ita § - Dec 13, 2008 3:03:42 pm PST #1942 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I decided to watch a bunch of old shows, M:I included, so that I could judge the movies better, and in the process have lost the urge to watch the movies (I faintly remember the first, didn't see any of the others). Fuck with Jim Phelps? HELL NO.
I've also watched a lot of Wild Wild West, and am similarly forgetting anything from the movie.
Jesse - Dec 13, 2008 3:37:48 pm PST #1943 of 11998
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Leverage is adorable! Speaking as another sucker fan of heist movies and con men in general.
I was a little afraid they had used up all of the good music in the pilot, though.
Vortex - Dec 13, 2008 4:54:52 pm PST #1944 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
i've been watching this great show called "To Catch a Thief". it stars Robert Wagner as this thief who gets paroled to a mysterious government agency called the SIA to steal for the government. it's set in the late 60s/early 70s, and he wears nehru jackets to formal events and whatnot.
sumi - Dec 13, 2008 5:01:39 pm PST #1945 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
Yes! I remember that show!
My brothers and I used to watch that in syndication.
DavidS - Dec 13, 2008 5:02:07 pm PST #1946 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
i've been watching this great show called "To Catch a Thief".
I used to watch that. His father was played by Fred Astaire.
dcp - Dec 13, 2008 5:04:38 pm PST #1947 of 11998
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Full episodes of Leverage are now available at www.tnt.tv: [link]
Scrappy - Dec 13, 2008 5:11:03 pm PST #1948 of 11998
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
i've been watching this great show called "To Catch a Thief."
I LOVED that show when I was a kid! I had a whole fantasy where I would go along on capers, posing as Wagner's niece (this was pre-romantic crushes--which started very soon after for me). I just wanted to be an international agent with him. I figured I was not only good cover--I was small and could climb into tiny vaults and things. I would practice climbing and balancing and picking locks all the time.
quester - Dec 13, 2008 6:01:29 pm PST #1949 of 11998
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I saw it on it's first run! Loved it and then even more when they brought in Fred!