So the MI team built a fake submarine (which would have taken months to put together) right next to the prison where the guy was being held? In fact, the "sub" might even be located ON the prison grounds?
Did I get this right? Or did I miss something?
That's a fairly accurate if somewhat embellished assessment. If you are doing this to critique a 46-year old television episode, consider this. Go back 46 years from 1970. That would be 1924 (check my math, it's not my strong suit). What was the state of film making and film writing then, compared to 1970? I think even more advances have been made in the last 46 years, than from 1924 to 1970.
shareIt irksome when people apply modern sensibilities to stories told in the past. TV was entertainment in those days, the most you could see the same episode was twice a year! I recall waiting until the summer to catch up on the episodes you missed during the previous season, that ended in April, because people got out of the house then and LIVED, not like today where they are eating processed food in internet bubbles with three electronic devices in use. Digital cable,, lap top and smart phone, yeah baby!
shareThe post was not meant to "irksome" (do people use that word in everyday off-line conversation?), I like Mission Impossible, well mainly seasons one and five, and I also enjoyed "The Submarine" episode.
But I am guessing even viewers of the period would of found the episode rather fantastic.
When I watched the NCIS episode entitled "Canary" (season 10, episode 14), I was strongly reminded of this Mission:Impossible episode.
If you have not seen it yet, and if you truly enjoyed "Submarine" you should enjoy NCIS: Canary, as well.
Some episodes of Mission Impossible did require a suspension of belief. However, I always felt that if anyone could pull off these types of missions, it would be the IMF.
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Well, it was a warehouse.
They, the IMF, could have bribed the warehouse owner or bought it through third party. No one checks old warehouses. Trucks come in, deliver boxes, and leave. They could have done work for a day or three at various times over the months and kept it crated up and the trucks/van stored there until the day of abduction.
The sub housing would have just looked like a big fancy crate to some curious lookyloo. Barney's equipment was probably set up in a few hours or less.
As far as being on the prison grounds, Raskov just asked Barney about the car "You. There was a green government car which passed here. Which way he go?" Barney: "He hit me! He went left down that way. Who's gonna pay for this?"
Raskov wasn't even concerned about Barney, which implies little or no prison security in the warehouse area.