Podcasts about mission impossible tv

0:00  SEG 1 Phil Morris talks about his acting career, the sitcom Marblehead Manor, his father Greg Morris starring in the Mission Impossible TV series, working with his father in The New Mission Impossible, getting bit by the acting bug, making friends with Thaao Penghlis, commercials for Capital One and Seinfeld's movie Unfrosted, having good karma, auditioning, and playing a different version of Vandal Savage in the LEGO properties. https://www.instagram.com/thephilmorris  24:11 SEG 2 Phil Morris talks about his 20,000+ comic book collection, being friends with the characters in the comic books, and working on Doom Patrol. 35:42 SEG 3 Phil Morris talks about working with Gregg Berger, working in animation, being prepared to perform, working with Andrea Romano, what made Seinfeld characters so memorable, and auditioning for Jackie Chiles.  Check out the ‘Justice League Revisited Podcast' with Susan Eisenberg and James Enstall at https://anchor.fm/justiceleague  Thanks to our sponsors Historic St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.discoverstcharles.com/), Bug's Comics and Games (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070575531223), Kokomo Toys (https://www.kokomotoys.com/)  Buy Me a Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/3Y0D2iaZl  Patreon -   https://www.patreon.com/GeekToMeRadio  Website -   http://geektomeradio.com/    Podcast -   https://anchor.fm/jamesenstall  Facebook -   https://www.facebook.com/GeekToMeRadio/   Twitter -   https://twitter.com/geektomeradio   Instagram -   https://www.instagram.com/geektomeradio/  Producer - Joseph Vosevich https://twitter.com/Joey_Vee  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesenstall/support

Just a few weeks ago “Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One” opened in theaters, boasting what has been described as “the biggest stunt in the history of cinema” and is noted by one film exec to be “far and away the most dangerous thing we've ever attempted.” The stunt occurs when the hero, Ethan Hunt, rides a motorcycle off a huge cliff, then jumps off the bike in mid-fall to pull a parachute and ultimately land safely.  The “Mission: Impossible” franchise has come to be associated with death-defying stunts, non-stop action, impressive disguises, and an unstoppable action hero in Tom Cruise. But your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to travel back with us to the 1996 blockbuster that started it all, the original “Mission: Impossible,” in which espionage still played as large a role as the action.  In this lively episode, we take you behind the scenes of the hit film, discussing everything from the inspiration for the movie to the reactions of the cast members of the “Mission: Impossible” TV series, to the special effects used to create the famous train scene, to the one regret Tom Cruise shared with Emilio Estevez.  So be sure to join the fun; it will leave you saying, “Mission ACCOMPLISHED!” MID-ROLL AD: Support Scandal Water by visiting Youtube.com or your favorite podcast app and hitting subscribe/follow!  Music used (not Josh Martin) Gothamlicious purchased from FreePd.com #MissionImpossible #MissionBlockbuster #TomCruise #ActionMovie #Movie #Film #Blockbuster #EthanHunt #Stunts #Spy #Thriller #JonVoight #EmilioEstevez 

The fact that Mission Impossibles 2-7 do not have novelizations is a war crime. However, we are blessed enough to get a novelization of the original, classic film, written by none other than the High School Musical guy. Today on Authorized, we welcome writer Joe Saunders and welcome back comedian Matt Fisher to discuss sneaks, sleights of hand, and the many ways you can get disavowed from the IMF. Barsocchini's touch is light, but the details he sprinkles into this caper (Ethan was a gymnast) totally rule.  Joe's show Solar Opposites comes back for season 4 (w/ new cast member Dan Stevens) on Hulu on August 14! Subscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authorizedpod Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/authorizedpod Instagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod Follow us on letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ https://letterboxd.com/hsblechman/ This Monday on Authorized: Hannah and Overbye dive into the Mission: Impossible TV series. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/authorizedpod/support

The fact that Mission Impossibles 2-7 do not have novelizations is a war crime. However, we are blessed enough to get a novelization of the original, classic film, written by none other than the High School Musical guy. Today on Authorized, we welcome writer Joe Saunders and welcome back comedian Matt Fisher to discuss sneaks, sleights of hand, and the many ways you can get disavowed from the IMF. Barsocchini's touch is light, but the details he sprinkles into this caper (Ethan was a gymnast) totally rule.  Joe's show Solar Opposites comes back for season 4 (w/ new cast member Dan Stevens) on Hulu on August 14! Subscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authorizedpod Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/authorizedpod Instagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod Follow us on letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ https://letterboxd.com/hsblechman/ This Monday on Authorized: Hannah and Overbye dive into the Mission: Impossible TV series. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/authorizedpod/support

Just in time for Dead Reckoning (Part I), we're returning to one of our favorite franchises to talk about the film that started it all: Brian De Palma's 1996 blockbuster Mission: Impossible! Join in as we discuss the film's post-Cold War setting, the Impossible Mission Force, Vanessa Redgrave's villainous performance, and our brief glimpse of pre-breakdown Ethan Hunt. Plus: Why were fans of the Mission: Impossible TV show upset with the movie? How did the rat at Langley die? Why is the NOC list available as a single file? And, most importantly, why doesn't Ethan do magic more often? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: Shall We Dance? (2004) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/we-love-the-love/message

Hello everyone! With this episode of the podcast, I begin a new sub-series entitled "TV Goes To The Movies", a topic intended to explore TV shows which migrated over to the big screen.   In mapping out a potential plan for the podcast this year, I felt motivated to explore this scenario in terms of musically what was and was not carried over from the television episodes of a particular series to its respective theatrical feature. For example, was the TV series' main theme referenced? Was the style of episodic scoring repeated? Was the series composer, or composers, hired on for the cinematic adventures? My plan is to feature music released officially on album from a selected TV series, followed by the films and see if we can identify recurring attributes.   The initial episode in this sub-series is fraught with danger and intrigue... that being MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE!   Title playtime index: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (TV, 1966-1973) (Lalo Schifrin, et al) - 00:00:00 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (TV, 1988-1990) (Lalo Schifrin, Ron Jones) - 00:36:28 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (Film, 1996) (Danny Elfman) - 00:44:15 M:I 2 (aka MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2) (Film, 2000) (Hans Zimmer) - 00:55:37 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 3 (Film, 2006) (Michael Giacchino) - 01:05:47 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL (Film, 2011) (Michael Giacchino) - 01:10:03 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION (Film, 2015) (Joe Kramer) - 01:22:27 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT (Film, 2018) (Lorne Balfe) - 1:34:22   Stay safe out there, take care of yourself and each other!    Connect with the podcast on Facebook and Twitter: www.facebook.com/ascoretosettle https://twitter.com/score2settlepod     Email the show at ascoretosettlepodcast@gmail.com  

We're happy to welcome back Mike Sempervive (@sempervive) for another marathon pod. The main focus of the episode is the first Great American Bash in July 1985. We go over the show match-by-match, what was going on for each person at the time going into the show and where things were going after the show on the road to Starrcade 1985. We also talk about the other JCP show that night in Columbus, Georgia. There's also discussion of both the magazine coverage of the show and the video tape, put out in conjunction with Pro Wrestling Illustrated. From there, it's a free for all, as we talk about tape trading, not only in wrestling but also hockey fights and old television shows, running shows in high school gyms and armories, which led to a discussion of the 1993 film Blue Chips, hockey road trips, the usual discussion of 1980s wrestling TV in the Baltimore/Washington area and much more. As with most people these days, you can't talk this long without some coughing fits. We tried to edit them out, but may have missed some, so please accept our apologies. Also, our new podcast The Plot, done with When It Was Cool, now has two episodes:. The first is about the Mission Impossible TV show and the second is about the heist comedy The Lavender Hill Mob. You can find it in this podcast feed or over at the When It Was Cool Website. . Thanks for listening.

We're happy to debut a new podcast series in conjuction with the When It Was Cool network with the first episode of The Plot. What's that, you ask? It's going to be an examination of the spy/heist genre. It will look at film, television, comics, cartoons and whatever else that can fall under that umbrella. First up, we go to the very top of the genre for me, the original Mission Impossible TV show, which ran on CBS from 1966 to 1975. Naturally, we start with the Pilot, which starred Steven Hill as Dan Briggs, the team leader, along with regulars Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Martin Landau and guest star Wally Cox. We look at the background on the show and then some brief chat about the episode itself, where the team goes to a Caribbean country to stop a dictator from using newly-acquired nuclear warheads against the United States. We also look at arguably the most-remembered episode of the show, Season 3's The Execution. We have Peter Graves in his second year as Jim Phelps, the regular team and guest villains Vincent Gardenia, Val Avery and Lew Askew. The team needs to get the goods on a mobster trying to control food prices and must get a hitman to rat out his boss by making him believe he is days away from being killed in the gas chamber. This episode was a little shorter than we planned, but didnt want to just add filler. It was the demo episode, so please forgive any hiccups or glitches. We'll be back soon with another episode. Thanks to Karl for the invitation. Make sure you sample the other shows on the When It Was Cool Network.

Phil & Jake rank the very necessary activity of sleep, the very American foodstuff called peanut butter, and the very mustachioed actor Sam Elliott on the List of Every Damn Thing.VOTE HERE to help decide which topic we're going to re-rank on an upcoming episode. Polls are almost closed!If you have something to add to the list, email it to list@everydamnthing.net (or get at us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook).SHOW NOTES: For the second time in recent episodes we discuss the songs of Chubby Checker (both "The Limbo Rock" and “Let's Twist Again”). I Know What You Did Last Summer was a post-Scream 90s horror movie. The title of the sequel was I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, which Phil doesn't approve of. The Karina Longsworth podcast You Must Remember This had a recent episode about Flashdance & Risky Business as part of the current season which is about sex in movies (which used to be a thing).  Pittsburgh is a city in western Pennsylvania where the Allegheny & the Monongahela rivers meet to form the Ohio. Phil claims that old Popeye cartoons are much more Olive Oyl and Bluto-centric than you'd think. Some of the better Popeye cartoons aren't streamable because WB's not crazy about the themes. Phil's favorite is "Can You Take It" in which Olive gets a job as a nurse for an underground fight club. Thimble Theater was the original comic strip that Popeye sprung out of.  Freddy Krueger was a villain in horror movies in the 80s who attacks people in their dreams. Phil has only ever seen the third Nightmare on Elm Street, where Laurence Fishburne is an orderly at a hospital for traumatized kids and the kids flip the script on Freddy and defeat him. Phil mentions a French scientist who thought sleep was a distraction, and caused himself health problems by staying awake for long periods. This may have been something his parents told him as a kid to get him to sleep. He doesn't know why the scientist was French either. We talk about “sack hounds” and “sack artists”. Phil had always understood these to mean lazy people who could sleep wherever. After looking it up on WW2-era slang websites it seems like a “sack artist” is more like a womanizer whereas a “sack hound” is someone who tries to sleep. Beetle Bailey is a simple, gag-based comic strip with a military setting. Peanut butter is traditionally made of peanuts, smashed. That's why Phil's idea of selling roasted peanuts as extremely crunchy peanut butter makes sense. To Phil. Peanut oil is the oil that you can squeeze out of peanuts. In peanut butter jars, it separates and has to be stirred back into the peanut butter. What? You think it'd be better to just have a jar of peanuts so that the oil will stay put? Yeah me too! Almond butter is mashed-up almonds. The Got Milk? ad campaign which emphasized milk's usefulness as a lubricant, was kicked off by a Michael Bay-directed ad in which a guy has jammed so much PB&J into his mouth that he can't say "Aaron Burr" to win a radio contest. It's a very common problem. George Washington Carver invented about three hundred products derived from peanuts, but did not invent peanut butter. Peanuts are legumes that are eaten as food in the world and are especially popular in the USA, Nigeria and Thailand. Phil used to work with someone who was Thai and she said that Americans all eat rancid peanuts in contrast to Thailand where they eat fresh ones. We're afraid she might be right! Phil went looking for pics of Lucy Pinder to link to and found this which is an NFT of a picture of her. We hope she gets a cut of this. Realizing that Lucy Pinder is a real person has taught Phil empathy. Boiled peanuts are a fantastic Southern food. They come in a wet paper bag (the kind that so many people have trouble fucking their way out of). Sam Elliott was on the Mission: Impossible TV show back in the early 1970s. He looked good even without the mustache.  We talk about a few movies, including The Big Lebowski, Power of the Dog, Young Guns and Tombstone. We also talk reflect on the Western and superhero movie genres in general. Here's the Sam Elliott episode of WTF with Marc Maron. Malk was the name of an alternative milk in a gag on the Simpsons from 1995. It's now a real product. ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:sleepwalking * napping * insomnia * sleeping naked * Popeye's chicken * goats * Blade * Nutella * peanut cheese * strip clubs that serve food * It's-It * pickles * backpacking * Spice Girls * forest bathing * moustaches * Bill Paxton * Shaquille O'Neal * shirtless men wearing elaborate angel wings, gold lamé shorts & furry cha-cha heels * Harry Styles * Britney Spears * cochlear implants * plastic strawsBelow are the Top Ten and Bottom Top items on List of Every Damn Thing as of this episode (for the complete up-to-date list, go here).TOP TEN: Dolly Parton - person interspecies animal friends - idea sex - idea bicycles - tool coffee - beverage Clement Street in San Francisco - location Prince - person It's-It - food Doctor Doom - fictional character Cher - person BOTTOM TEN:286. cops - people287. British Royal Family - institution288. Steven Seagal - person289. McRib - food290. Hoarders - TV show291. death - idea292. war - idea293. cigarettes - drug294. QAnon - idea295. transphobia - ideaTheme song by Jade Puget. Graphic design by Jason Mann. This episode was produced & edited by Jake MacLachlan. Show notes by Jake MacLachlan & Phil Green.Our website is everydamnthing.net and we're also on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.Email us at list@everydamnthing.net. 

In a World…where some people would be willing to dominate the world's caviar supply by stealing and holding on to the world's rarest caviar…one plucky group of thieves will commit to pulling off the ultimate heist: stealing it back!   This episode features the improv games Prologue in a Minute, Dating Game, Two-Word Typewriter, and Cutting Room. About This Episode   In this episode, we pay homage to “Heist” movies. Those glorious (and sometimes convoluted) movies and TV shows where a small group of criminals (who are usually good people or only stealing from bad guys (or both)) have to create complicated plans to pull of daring and difficult - dare we say, “Impossible” heists (or “missions”). We specifically focus on Leverage (the TV show) but also the Mission:Impossible TV show and a number of movies. We also have some truly bad European accents…   Links   Leverage on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leverage_(American_TV_series) Mission: Impossible on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_(1966_TV_series) The Vault on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vault_(2021_film) The Italian Job on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Italian_Job_(2003_film) Time Codes Segment 1 - Discussion the Genre, Tropes, and Outline: 09:28 Segment 2 - Showtime!: 24:40 Improv Game - Prologue in a Minute: 27:46 Improv Game - Dating Game: 30:25 Improv Game - Two-Word Typewriter: 44:42 Improv Game - Cutting Room: 1:03:37 End of show, into announcements: 1:28:48 More Information About the Show, Mike, and Avish   Subscribe to the podcast: http://AvishAndMike.com/Subscribe/ Our Website: www.AvishAndMike.com Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812 Avish's site: www.AvishParashar.com  Mike's site: www.MikeWorthMusic.com/  

On today's special episode we cover: - The Will Smith and Chris Rock saga - The Batman deleted scene - Tom Cruise refusing a Mission Impossible TV series - Ana de Amas' Marilyn Monroe receiving a NC-17 rating - Godzilla V Kong 2??? - Netflix' The Last Airbender budget reveal Come join us in a conversation as we cover the major entertainment news over the past week! We'd really appreciate a follow in support of the show and be sure to turn on notifications so you can stay up to date with all of our shows and special episodes dropping weekly. We are active on Instagram, Facebook and MovieGainz.com, if you wish to get in contact with us!

On today's special episode we cover: - The Will Smith and Chris Rock saga - The Batman deleted scene - Tom Cruise refusing a Mission Impossible TV series - Ana de Amas' Marilyn Monroe receiving a NC-17 rating - Godzilla V Kong 2??? - Netflix' The Last Airbender budget reveal Come join us in a conversation as we cover the major entertainment news over the past week! We'd really appreciate a follow in support of the show and be sure to turn on notifications so you can stay up to date with all of our shows and special episodes dropping weekly. We are active on Instagram, Facebook and MovieGainz.com, if you wish to get in contact with us! The post Let's B-Reel – Episode 8: Breaking down the Will Smith & Chris Rock saga appeared first on MovieGainz.

It's another lightning wife-ening episode as Phil & Jake's better halves Beth & Ali return to rank Bob Saget (R.I.P.), oysters, being a know-it-all, marriage, toilet humor, expresso with an “X”, and chest hair on the List of Every Damn Thing.If you have something to add to the list, email it to list@everydamnthing.net (or get at us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook). We also have a subreddit!SHOW NOTES: As they brag about in the episode, Jake & Ali recently held one-day-old lambs at Toluma Farms in Sonoma County. If you only watch the show's opening credits, Full House really just seems like a tourism ad for San Francisco. Danny Tanner was America's Dad for Beth & Ali, whereas Phil & Jake's America was raised by Bill Cosby. Phil & Jake talk about a Bob Saget scene in the movie Dirty Work, but they really mean the movie Half-Baked. Here's the Saget bit that Beth watched where he talks about his dad's dirty jokes. Saget gets extra consideration for his work with the Scleroderma Research Foundation. Here's Saget's part in The Aristocrats, and here's the Gilbert Gottfried part. We apologize in advance. Ali mentions that a few hours before recording this episode, she and Jake enjoyed some oysters at The Marshall Store (on California's Tomales Bay). Jake mentions that a few years ago, they shucked their own oysters at Buck Bay Oyster Farm (on Washington State's Orcas Island). They've indulged in oysters in many places, but not yet at The Shuckery (in Beth & Phil's home town of Petaluma, CA). It's an ongoing debate as to whether vegans should justify eating oysters. Amy Schneider was Jeopardy! champion until we jinxed her by talking about it on the podcast (which was recorded two days before she lost). She's the most successful woman ever to compete on the game show. She's the good kind of know-it-all. Jake tried to look up the German "scheisse" song that Beth mentions, but all he could find was this Lady Gaga song. Here's Los Punkitos performing “Caca Culo Pedo Pis”. Phil & Beth are targeted by this Fabreze ad with miniature toilets. Phil talks about Eddie Murphy doing toilet humor in his early act, which is recounted in “Eddie Murphy Raw”. We're still the first full page of search results when you Google shirtless men wearing elaborate angel wings, gold lamé shorts & furry cha-cha heels. We bring up saxophone in rock music, inciting Beth to vocalize the sax riff from “Baker Street” by Gerry Rafferty (which is, contrary to Phil's opinion, rock music). This episode is the second time that Jake has given a free plug to Fort Point's Sfizio Italian Style Pilsner. The X-Men come up a couple of times in this episode, including when Jake speculates that– in light of Beth's pubic hair definitions– Beast is covered in pubic hair, because mutant powers manifest at puberty. Of course, Beast's full-body fur was part of a post-puberty secondary mutation, so Jake's wrong on this one. Chest hair-y men discussed include Burt Reynolds, Tom Selleck and Sam Elliot. Here's a bonus pic of young Sam Elliot from the Mission: Impossible TV show. ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:America's Funniest Home Videos * Lente Loco *  Cheech & Chong * “Weird Al” Yankovic * Dan Aykroyd * Jessica Rabbit * the Watchmen TV series * Sir Topham Hatt * pearls * food poisoning * shucking * Popeyes chicken * dippin' sauce * experts * feeding cats like babies * Daylight Saving Time * Jenny McCarthy * middle school * kids in restaurants * “Dancing Queen” by ABBA * A-shirts aka “wifebeaters” * scatting * farts * diarrhea * whoopie cushions * skorts * The Three Stooges * puns * Trading Places * bricks * Spaceballs * Tommy Bahama shirtsBelow are the Top Ten and Bottom Top items on List of Every Damn Thing as of this episode (for the complete up-to-date list, go here).TOP TEN: Dolly Parton - person interspecies animal friends - idea sex - idea bicycles - tool coffee - beverage Clement Street in San Francisco - location Prince - person It's-It - food Doctor Doom - fictional character Cher - person BOTTOM TEN:233. Jon Voight - person234. Hank Williams, Jr - person235. British Royal Family - institution236. Steven Seagal - person237. McRib - food238. death - idea239. war - idea240. cigarettes - drug241. QAnon - idea242. transphobia - ideaTheme song by Jade Puget. Graphic design by Jason Mann. This episode was produced & edited by Jake MacLachlan, with audio help from Luke Janela. Show notes by Jake MacLachlan & Phil Green.Our website is everydamnthing.net and we're also on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.Email us at list@everydamnthing.net. 

We bid farewell to summer with a 1990s blockbuster that has since turned into a surprisingly enduring and entertaining franchise — it's 1996's Mission: Impossible! We barely scratch the surface of all that is Tom Cruise, we praise the film's suspenseful spy set pieces, and Courtney picks a fight with the entire cast of the 1960s Mission: Impossible TV series. You can reach the podcast at— Voicemail: (616) 209-8518 Email: mywifewatchesmovies@gmail.com Twitter: @wife_watches Instagram: @wifewatches

In this episode, we recap and rank the six Mission Impossible movies, as well as review the pilot episode for the first Mission Impossible TV show.

We are so lucky to be joined this week by Lesley Ann Warren, who starred on the original “Mission: Impossible” series. We get great stories about her replacing previous guest Barbara Bain, how she became friends with Leonard Nimoy, and how much she loves Peter Graves. Plus amazing stories from elsewhere in her career, including “Clue,” “Victor/Victoria,” “The Limey,” and her appearance on “The Muppets!”

One of the most inspiring, energetic creative people I've known, Jane Badler Hains, a beautiful talented New Yorker arrived in Melbourne in the 80s as an actor who is best known for her role as Diana in the cult NBC miniseries V.She's worked with many including actors Alec Baldwin and Val Kilmer and featured on talk shows from Johnny Carson to David Letterman.Arriving in Australia to play a major role in the reboot of the Mission: Impossible TV series, Jane stayed.Producer, singer, actor and mother she fell in love and married Aussie Stephen Hains, of the established racing Hains family, and as they say, the rest is history. Janes story is one of great passion and great pain. Always articulate, creative and open about the challenges of mental health and addiction, sadly Jane tragically lost her beautiful son Harry Hains, 27 through an accidental overdose in January this year. Jane is open about how she has coped, her grief, the loss and the addiction epidemic destroying so many young lives.CREDITS:Executive Producer & host: Deborah Blashki-Marks (mindfilmandpublishing.com.au) Podcast Audio Producer:Sophie Jackson (Soundstreet.com.au) Artwork:Sam Moses (www.samanthamoses.com)Original music:Jonah OrbachVoice Recording:Matia Marks Design:Rachel Mcarthy (rachelmccarthy@live.com.au

We’re back with Barbara Bain, legendary actress who portrayed Cinnamon Carter on the first three seasons of the “Mission: Impossible” TV show. In this episode we talk about how she was an inspiration for many women the world over, working with Steven Hill, staying in touch with the original cast members, and how her real-life claustrophobia made it into the show. She also talks about her role in the new Sofia Coppola movie, “On the Rocks.”

This is it – a chat with a genuine legend and one of the founding members of the IMF, Barbara Bain, who portrayed Cinnamon Carter on the first free seasons of the original “Mission: Impossible” TV show. Yeah it’s huge. She talks about her early days, hanging out with Jack Nicholson and future IMF member (and her husband) Martin Landau, the true story behind her exit from the show, and the similarities between herself and the character.

We’re returning to the classic “Mission: Impossible” TV series this week and taking a look at the most beloved episodes – “The Carriers” and “Submarine.” Find out our thoughts on these installments, and take a look inside the official Light the Fuse mailbag, including some truly incredible art pieces made by our fans!

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Ballan brings multiple perspectives to her current work on Connected Cars—drawing on expertise in data science and neuroscience gained during her ever-changing career in academia, entrepreneurship and consulting. Ballan grew up in Turkey where it’s not unusual for women to pursue careers as scientists. In her youth, she was inspired by Mission Impossible TV shows where agents used futuristic technologies like fingerprint recognition and iris detection. She also loved cars. “Those were the things that I was really interested in. And I think my journey started from there,” she explained during a conversation with Stanford’s Margot Gerritsen, Stanford professor and host of the Women in Data Science podcast. After studying engineering in college, she pursued her love of cars to work for Bridgestone in Turkey. “I love patterns. And our problem was the tire patterns, how we can identify the right pattern and then balance the car on that right pattern.” She left there for a chance to develop fingerprint recognition algorithms for a NATO-sponsored research center in Turkey. While she was drawn to technology, she was also fascinated with the brain and got a PhD in complex systems and neuroscience. “I always try to run away from technology because I like to work with people. One of the reasons that I picked neuroscience was I wanted to interact with people.” This diverse background has prepared her well for understanding both the human and technological perspectives on transforming the driving experience where the car is connected to everything. She says today the car is a platform, and we design the driving experience around sensors and data. She believes that within her lifetime we will see autonomous cars everywhere. And she says all data scientists should be trained in the ethics of AI as we need be very mindful how we are using these technologies to improve our lives. RELATED LINKS Connect with Meltem Ballan on Twitter (@meltball) and LinkedIn Connect with Margot Gerritsen on Twitter (@margootjeg) and LinkedIn Find out more about Margot on her Stanford Profile Find out more about Margot on her personal website Read more about GM and NATO Visit the WiDS Podcast online Listen and Subscribe to the WiDS Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher

It’s the episode you’ve all been waiting for, when we start to discuss the short-lived 1980s “Mission: Impossible” TV series! Hampered by a writers strike and the constraints of filming exclusively in Australia, this series is really… something. Throw another shrimp on the barbie and grab your Vegemite sandwich, this is an extra-special episode!

It’s back to the IMF archives this week as we watch several more episodes of the original “Mission: Impossible” TV series and discuss them in excruciating detail!

In der dritten Woche präsentieren wir Euch das Serien-Reboot des TV-Formats MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE. Im deutschen Fernsehen über mehrere Jahre unter dem Titel IN GEHEIMER MISSION ausgestrahlt, umfasst die von 1988-1990 produzierte Neuauflage lediglich zwei Staffeln und war gegen Ende kein kommerzieller wie künstlerischer Erfolg mehr. Als einzige Konstante zur ursprünglichen Serie ist Peter Graves als Jim Phelps, Teamleader des IMF, auszumachen. Doch auch an dieser Neuauflage der Serie hat sich Tom Cruise mit seinem ersten Kinofilm überdeutlich orientiert...

In der dritten Woche präsentieren wir Euch das Serien-Reboot des TV-Formats MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE. Im deutschen Fernsehen über mehrere Jahre unter dem Titel IN GEHEIMER MISSION ausgestrahlt, umfasst die von 1988-1990 produzierte Neuauflage lediglich zwei Staffeln und war gegen Ende kein kommerzieller wie künstlerischer Erfolg mehr. Als einzige Konstante zur ursprünglichen Serie ist Peter Graves als Jim Phelps, Teamleader des IMF, auszumachen. Doch auch an dieser Neuauflage der Serie hat sich Tom Cruise mit seinem ersten Kinofilm überdeutlich orientiert...

Frisch und Frei, euer Kino für die Ohren. Heute mit Benedikt Wilken. Alle weiteren Infos findet ihr in den Shownotes.

Frisch und Frei, euer Kino für die Ohren. Heute mit Benedikt Wilken. Alle weiteren Infos findet ihr in den Shownotes.

Am heutigen Tag starten wir unsere mehrere Wochen dauernde MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE-Podcastreihe, die einmal wöchentlich neben den regulären Reviews zu hören sein wird und die ihren Abschluss mit der Besprechung des neuen Kinofilms FALLOUT nehmen wird. Stefan brennt die Zündschnur an – mit seiner ausführlichen Besprechung der Originalserie KOBRA, ÜBERNEHMEN SIE (1966-1973) in zwei Teilen. Heute geht's los mit den Staffeln 1-3.

Am heutigen Tag starten wir unsere mehrere Wochen dauernde MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE-Podcastreihe, die einmal wöchentlich neben den regulären Reviews zu hören sein wird und die ihren Abschluss mit der Besprechung des neuen Kinofilms FALLOUT nehmen wird. Stefan brennt die Zündschnur an – mit seiner ausführlichen Besprechung der Originalserie KOBRA, ÜBERNEHMEN SIE (1966-1973) in zwei Teilen. Heute geht's los mit den Staffeln 1-3.

Yo listeners! Another conference means another live episode, as we join you from backstage at TestBash Philadelphia, to talk about Rocky, the only film that we could realistically talk about (despite special guest Keith Klain's best attempts to pitch ludicrous alternatives). In an episode which isn't sponsored by Ministry of Testing (despite how much it might seem like it is), we discuss some of our favourite TestBash talks, demonstrate some terrible impressions, discuss what the film can teach us about coaching and self-actualisation, and are yet again confounded by inappropriate male advances in movies. We also name-checked a whole load of conference speakers and organisers, whose Twitter accounts are linked here: Gene Gottimer, Christine McGarry, Kim Knup, Ash Coleman, Sarah Deery, Kate Paulk, Jenny Bramble, Emma Keavney, Gwen Diagram References: Keith Klain's website and podcast - QualityRemarks.com Ministry of Testing Dojo Twitter: #testbash feed from TestBash Philadelphia Jim's Steaks YouTube: Family Guy - Rocky Montage YouTube: Team America - Montage YouTube: Dodgeball: The five rules of dodgeball YouTube: All the montages from Rocky I-VI YouTube: Bill Conti - Opening score from For Your Eyes Only YouTube: Rocky Jumped A Park Bench (sightseeing tour) YouTube: On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Steadicam ski scene Wikipedia: Amerigo Vespucci The Inquirer: The tragic title fight that changed boxing (Ray Mancini v Kim Duk-Koo) The Independent: The night Michael Watson's career was ended (fight with Chris Eubank) Testers' Island Discs YouTube trailers for films and TV shows mentioned: The Wire (season 2) Luther (season 1) Detroit Back to School Happy Gilmore The Wedding Singer 50 First Dates Punch Drunk Love Billy Madison 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Batman TV series: Burgess Meredith as The Penguin Clash Of The Titans Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story The Karate Kid Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks Blade Runner Blade Runner 2049 Mission Impossible TV series Rocky II High Society The Philadelphia Story Our next episode will be our Christmas Special on December 8th (a week later than normal), when we'll be taking a festive frolic through HOME ALONE and DIE HARD, plus a discussion about the best and worst Christmas films of all-time! Twitters: @ScreenTesting @KeithKlain @TheTestDoctor @neilstudd Emails: screentestingpod@gmail.com Intro music: Bill Conti - Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky) Outro music: Bill Conti - Rocky's Reward

Introduction Please turn in your Bibles this morning to Revelation 7. This will be the first of two sermons I will preach on this magnificent chapter. On October 2, 2016, Hurricane Matthew slammed into the little island of Haiti, devastating towns and villages with 100-mile-an-hour winds and torrential rainfall. Entire communities were completely wiped from the map, devastated by this terrible storm. Yet, in the midst of that nightmare came a story of surprising refuge. Some residents of a town called Lacadonie had the presence of mind to scale a mountainside nearby their town and find a small cave system in that mountain where they rode out the storm. When aid workers came several days later and saw what the hurricane had done to that town, they assumed that there had been no survivors. But that cave system had been salvation for 550 blessed survivors who had hunkered down there for four days and four nights. That true story provides an image of Revelation 7. Think about what we have just seen in Revelation 6 — the terrible, devastating storm of judgment and wrath that is about to come in creation, in the universe. The devastation that the sixth seal will unleash on the earth is so overwhelming that everyone will be crying for refuge, for a place of salvation where they can survive that storm. Look again at Revelation 6:15-17. It says, “Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?’” That image of a refuge in a terrible storm is on my mind as we come to Revelation 7. There is a storm of wrath coming. No cave system on Earth will be able to protect anyone from it, but there is, in fact, a refuge, a shelter from the coming storm, and His name is Jesus Christ. That is the joy that we have in Christ, in the Gospel: we have found a refuge. We have the responsibility of letting other people know about it, and that is ultimately what this chapter, Revelation 7, is all about. Who Shall Be Able to Stand? There is a haunting question that echoes down through history, but it has not been uttered yet; it is for the future. Every generation that has read the book of Revelation has heard it at the end of chapter 6. A storm of the wrath of God is coming, and people will universally seek refuge; and this question will ring out: “The great day of the wrath of God and of the Lamb is come, and who shall be able to stand?” Revelation 7 is an interlude that answers everything, so we must understand the flow of this amazing vision. An Interlude that Explains Everything The Apostle John, as we have noted, is in exile on the island of Patmos for the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus. He has been exiled there, rather than executed. God, in His sovereignty, arranged that this apostle should be there, because He knew that He would give him this book of Revelation on that little rocky island. John has a vision of a doorway standing open in Heaven. The voice of Christ speaks powerfully, commanding him, “‘Come up here and I will show you what must take place after this.’” As I have noted before, it is a command that is impossible to obey, apart from the sovereign intervention of the power of God, but that is exactly what the Apostle John gets. At once he is in the Spirit, and by the Spirit he can obey the command to travel through the heavenly realms, through that doorway into the very presence of God. The first thing he sees when he goes through that doorway into Heaven is the most important reality there is in the universe: Almighty God seated on His throne, a radiant, glorious throne of power and of glory. Almighty God is the central reality of the universe. In Revelation 4, we have a heavenly scene of worship. There are 24 other thrones with 24 elders seated on them, surrounding the throne of God. Day and night, they worship God the Creator, praising Him for His creation. Revelation 4:11 says, “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” This is a picture of the throne of God and worship of God the Creator. In Revelation 5, the scene shifts dramatically. In the right hand of the one seated on the throne, there is a scroll sealed with seven seals with writing on both sides. A mighty angel cries out in a loud voice, “‘Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?’” But no one is found in Heaven or on earth or under the earth who is worthy to take this scroll from the right hand of Almighty God and break open the seals. John weeps and weeps because no one is found. There is a yearning inside John that someone would be able to do this. John is told, “‘Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.’ Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne.” This is an incredible picture of the deity of Christ and a reference to the atoning sacrifice of Christ. He is the lamb who gave up His life for the sins of the world. Then worship flows for Christ the Redeemer — from the four living creatures, to the 24 elders, to the 100 million angels and every creature in Heaven and earth and under the earth — cascading, ever-expanding worship for Christ, the Redeemer. Revelation 5:9-10 says, “And they sang a new song: ‘You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.’” In Revelation 6, Jesus commences to break open these seven seals. As He breaks open each one of the seals in progression, events unfold on earth. Christ initiates, and then things happen on earth. In the first four seals we saw the famous Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse unleashed, bringing a series of escalating trials on the earth — a white rider with a bow but no arrows, interpreted as a deceptive peace that is the precursor to bloody warfare, then famine and death. The breaking open of the fifth seal shows a heavenly scene of martyrs who had given their lives for Christ. They are crying out for vengeance, and they are told to wait a little longer, until the full number of martyrs comes in. Then, as we have mentioned, the sixth seal brings a cataclysm of justice, of the wrath of God, that is hard to put into words. Look at Revelations 6:12-17: “I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?’” This final haunting question — who will be able to stand when the wrath of God is unleashed? — is what Revelation 7 seeks to answer. It is absolutely vital for us to understand the answer to that question. How are we to stand in the day of judgment? How are we to stand when the court is seated and the books are opened? How are we to survive the wrath of God? Revelation 7 is somewhat of an interlude here, in between the sixth and the seventh seals. The sixth seal has been opened; the seventh seal unleashes the seven trumpets, which, in turn, opens the seven bowls. Therein, we see the cascading, unfolding plan of God. But before the seventh seal is opened, we have this interlude in chapter 7 to answer the question of who will be able to stand in the day of judgment. The answer is that 144,000, sealed from the tribes of Israel, and that multitude greater than anyone could count, from every tribe, language, people, and nation will be able to stand. The first vision, the 144,000, is one of protection on earth, and the second is one of final reward and protection and provision in eternity in Heaven. These two groups fit together beautifully to comprise the ones who will be able to survive the terrifying day of the wrath of God and of the Lamb that is coming on all the earth. There is only one refuge, and that refuge is faith in Christ. Thus, Revelation 7 is about how God creates a refuge from His own wrath for the elect, the signed, the sealed, the delivered chosen people of God, both from Israel and from every nation on Earth. Four Angels Holding Back the Four Winds Look at Revelation 7:1, “After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree.” The vision begins with supernatural restraint by these angels, who are depicted as standing on the four corners of the earth. The image is one of the entire surface of the earth — the four points of the compass, north, south, east, and west, are in view. These angels have the power to hold back or restrain the four winds of the Earth. The purpose of their restraining these winds is so that they cannot damage the surface of the Earth — the land, the sea, and the trees. What does it mean? The big picture, the main themes, which we see repeatedly throughout the book, are clear and vital. The details such as this one are sometimes difficult to understand. What are the four winds of the Earth? Clearly they have, in some way, power to bring destruction on the face of the Earth. Thus, they are restrained in order to prevent the destruction that they would bring if they were not held back. We should note that the control of winds is quite beyond human power. As Jesus said in John 3:8, “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going.” Not only can we not tell where it comes from or where it is going, is quite beyond human capability to cause it to blow or stop blowing. I Googled “wind control” and found nothing real, no scientific answer to controlling the wind. Harnessing wind power, yes, but not controlling it. Commentator Henry Morris said, “The circulation of the atmosphere is a mighty engine, driven by energy from the sun and from the earth’s rotation. The tremendous powers involved in this operation become especially obvious when they are displayed in the form of great hurricanes and blizzards and tornadoes. These winds of the earth make life possible on earth throughout the hydrological cycle, transporting waters inland from the ocean with which to water the earth.” So these winds are essential to life, but they are unpredictable, incomprehensible, invisible and powerful. Satan is called “the prince of the power of the air.” There is, in Revelation 7, a sense of the wind being powerful forces on earth that move. Daniel and Revelation are strongly connected in many ways. In Daniel 7, Daniel has a vision of the four winds moving over the surface of the sea, churning up the sea and leading to four great empires. These empires arise out of the churning sea like four beasts, one after the other, depicting terrible, wicked empires that dominate the inhabitants of the earth. In Daniel 7:2-3, Daniel said: “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea.” That sounds very much like our image in Revelation 7. The sea represents the churning mass of humanity and its random, chaotic, demonic rebellion against God. The four beasts that come up represent evil empires that slaughter and crush and tyrannize. The number four frequently connects to earth and nations and empires and people: four words in the phrase “every tribe, language, people, and nation,” four winds, four compass points. The image here is of powerful wind, like a hurricane or tornado, that first ravages the earth and the sea, and then produces empires. That should be on our mind from Daniel 7. The four winds might also in some way refer to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse we just studied. Look at the similarity of the language in Zechariah 6. The image of various colored horsemen riding over the surface of the Earth, bringing judgments of God, was first seen by the prophet Zechariah. He says in Zechariah 6:1-7, “I looked up again — and there before me were four chariots coming out from between two mountains — mountains of bronze! The first chariot had red horses, the second black, the third white, and the fourth dappled — all of them powerful. I asked the angel who was speaking to me, ‘What are these, my lord?’ The angel answered me, ‘These are the four spirits of heaven, going out from standing in the presence of the Lord of the whole world. The one with the black horses is going toward the north country, the one with the white horses toward the west, and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.’ When the powerful horses went out, they were straining to go throughout the earth. And he said, ‘Go throughout the earth!’ So they went throughout the earth.” There is a sense of an unleashing of straining forces on the peoples on the nations of the earth that will bring terrible judgments. That is the image in Daniel 7 and Zechariah 6. Perhaps the four angels represent the four winds of Heaven, held back by either good angels or demons, until God gives them the permission to unleash the wickedness that they want to unleash. Either way, ultimately, these are devastating forces that will come on the Earth. The Proclamation of Protection For now, these forces are held back. Held back until what? Look at verses 2-3: “Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: ‘Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.’” This is a proclamation of sovereign secret protection of the servants of God before the devastation is unleashed. It is vital to understand what this sealing is, to understand how anyone can stand in the presence of the impending winds? The answer is that if you are sealed, and only if you are sealed, you will be protected. And the only ones who are sealed are the servants of the living God. The Servants of God Sealed The seal on the foreheads of the servants of the living God is a powerful display of both protection and ownership. It reminds us of an earlier moment in prophetic history in the Book of Ezekiel. (By the way, as I preach through the book of Revelation, we will refer repeatedly back to the Old Testament. There is no other New Testament book, besides Romans, that so clearly connects back to and depends on Old Testament Scripture.) The idea of moving through and sealing certain ones in the society comes right from Ezekiel. At that point in redemptive history, the prophet Ezekiel was ministering to the Jews right before they went into exile to Babylon. Judgment was about to fall on the nation of Judah for their wickedness and their sin, so God gave Ezekiel a vision of a very important moment in the heavenly realms: the sealing of a chosen remnant before the judgment falls. In Ezekiel 9, these warrior angels came with weapons at their side, ready to kill people. But they were told to wait. He called on them to stand by while He summoned another angel, clothed in white, with a writing kit. Ezekiel 9:4 says, “‘Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.’” In other words, mark the broken-hearted, repentant, righteous seekers of God, the true ones, with a mark. The angel with the writing kit went throughout the city of Jerusalem to put a mark on the foreheads of all those who were deeply grieved over the wickedness of the city. Interestingly, the mark that he put on the heads of those people was, in the Ezekiel text, the Hebrew letter taw, the last letter in the alphabet. Back in those days, it would have been written like a cross. After marking the remnant, the Lord commanded the six angels with swords, “‘Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity or compassion. Slaughter old men, young men and maidens, women and children, but do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.’ [This is a backdrop for Peter saying, “For it is time for judgment to begin with God's household…” 1 Peter 4:17.] So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.” Thus, the mark on the foreheads is a mark of sovereign election by God for protection. God has elected and chosen a godly remnant in the wicked city whom He will spare from the destruction to come. It can also be likened to the blood of the Passover lamb: earlier in Israel's history, when they were being rescued from slavery to Egypt, as the tenth plague in Egypt was about to unfold, the Passover lamb was sacrificed and the blood applied to the doorposts of the Israelites’ houses. The angel of the Lord saw the blood and passed over; He did not bring judgment on that house. The Sealing Represents the Election of God and Salvation Through Christ Ultimately, it represents the election of God and salvation through faith in Christ. Ephesians 1:13-14 says, “And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession — to the praise of his glory.” Every genuine believer in Christ is sealed, marked with the Holy Spirit. The sealing is a mark of authenticity and implies ownership. You belong to God. 2 Corinthians 1:21-22, “Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.” Revelation 22:3-4 says, “The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.” This is a beautiful picture of ownership: “You are mine; you were bought with a price, and you belong to me.” Direct Contrast with the Mark of the Beast God’s seal is in direct contrast with the mark of the beast, which we will see in Revelation 13. When the beast, the Antichrist, comes up out of the churning sea — again, that strong connection to Daniel 7 — and takes over the whole world; he has a mark to distribute as well. In Revelation 13:16-18, “He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man’s number. His number is 666.” As those marked with the seal of God are delivered, rescued from the wrath of God, those who receive the mark of the beast are directly under the wrath of God, and they will suffer wrath for all eternity. Revelation 14:9-11 says, “A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: ‘If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink of the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name.’” This is no light thing, this sealing, or marking. It is light and darkness, wheat and weeds, good fish and bad fish, the separation of the sheep and the goats. It is the essential issue at that time. People will face their own martyrdom during the reign of the Antichrist when they refuse to receive the mark of the beast. Revelation 14:12 says, “This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God's commandments and remain faithful to Jesus.” 144,000 Sealed from the Sons of Israel We know who is sealed — they are called “the servants of God”. But verses 4-8 goes a little deeper. Here we come to 144,000 sealed from the sons of Israel. The Number and Identity of those Sealed: “144,000 from all the tribes of Israel” Verses 4-8 say, “Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel. From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000, from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000, from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000, from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.” A total of 144,000 were sealed from all the tribes of the sons of Israel. Who Are these People? Who are these people? Right away, we can reject the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ interpretation of this passage. For decades, they have taught that these are the selected, anointed holy ones throughout 2,000 years of history, who alone are spiritually qualified to spend eternity in Heaven with God. The rest of the faithful witnesses who are not among the 144,000 godly and faithful ones, according to their theology, will spend eternity in a restored paradise on the new earth. Eliminating that interpretation, there is still an array of possible interpretations for the 144,000 from all the tribes. As with so many passages in Revelation, we would like to have a higher level of certainty on the details, but God in His wisdom allows us to have more certainty on some issues and less on others. There is no less sense of truth; but interpretation of Scripture is challenging. Some things are crystal clear, like the brightness of the Son, the deity of Christ, the unity of God, the Trinity, salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone. But other things are not so clear. One wing of evangelical thought adopts a consistently futurist interpretation, asserting that the events in Revelation from chapter 4 on will happen in the final tribulation, the final seven years of human history. Dispensational, pre-millennialist interpreters tend to see John's ascent from earth to Heaven through the doorway as a picture of the rapture of the church, such that the church is removed at that point from history. According to this interpretation pattern, the narrative moves forward from Revelation 4 following the moment of the rapture of the church, signaling the beginning of the final seven-year tribulation. Thus, it is future not only to John, but also future to us as the readers of the text. Evangelicals seek, as best we can, to follow the grammatical historical or literal approach. It is challenging to do this in the Book of Revelation, given the saturation of symbolism. But literal and futurist interpretations identify the 144,000 as Jews who will be converted at that final phase of human history (not all the Jews will be saved), sealed for a mission, specifically, to be missionaries or evangelists. John MacArthur said this, “These Jewish believers and evangelists are the firstfruits of Israel, which as a nation will be redeemed before Christ returns. The 144,000 are not all the Jewish believers at that time, but a unique group selected to proclaim the gospel in that day.” This futurist interpretation pattern further holds that the multitude, greater than anyone could count from every tribe, language, people, and nation are as yet unconverted from the Gentiles, what they would call tribulation saints. That is actually a faithful interpretation of the text, but not the only one. One point on which all evangelical interpreters seem to agree is the weight of the definite possibility of a future great in-gathering of Jews at the end of the world. Zechariah predicts in Zechariah 12:10, “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.” This is a prediction of an outpouring of the Spirit on the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judah to the end that they look on Christ, the one they pierced. It is a beautiful prediction. John quotes it in his gospel about the piercing of Jesus. Even more poignantly, in Romans 9, 10, and 11, Paul asks why the overwhelming majority of Jews are rejecting the Gospel. He provides an elaborate three-chapter answer, as a Jew converted to Christ, concerning God’s purpose. It has to do with God’s sovereign election, with Jacob and Esau, with the simplicity of hearing the Gospel. He asserts that they have heard and it is not difficult; it does not require a trek to Heaven to obtain it. The word is near, in their mouths and in their hearts; the preaching is going out, they can hear. Further, he says, there is a chosen remnant in existence as he is writing — Jewish Christians. Paul says he is one of many making up the remnant that God has reserved. At the end of that section, he says in Romans 11:25-27, “Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved, [powerful statement] as it is written: “The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob. And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins.” Many conservative interpreters of take that to mean there will be a mass revival among the Jews. Friends, if that happens, do you not see how glorious that will be? I was in an airport in Milan on my way to Romania to do some ministry there and saw a group of men and boys of various ages belonging to a particular sect of Jews — with wide-brimmed black hats and certain beards and hair. As they walked past me, the first thing I did was to pray for them. “All Israel will be saved” does not mean every Jew; it does not mean that no Jews will be in Hell (remember Judas, who was a Jew). It does mean that the final generation will be transformed, the veil over their hearts will be removed, and they will turn — what a glorious thing that will be. Is that who the 144,000 are? Perhaps. Others believe that these represent the totality of all the saved of God, Jew and Gentile alike, in Jewish language. This is the church, Jew plus Gentile, portrayed, as the text is literally interpreted, as sons and daughters of Abraham. This would be a standard non-dispensational or literalist, futurist interpretation, that the 144,000 from every tribe and the multitude greater than anyone can number are the same group of people described differently. John MacArthur might say, “How do you divide the Gentile Church into tribes?” I am from Irish background so what tribe am I in? Issachar? Levi? It seems odd; it doesn't fit. We, through faith in Christ, are all sons and daughters of Abraham, grafted into the Jewish tree. Galatians 6:26-29 says, “You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.” That is powerful. What I do know is that God will save the Jews in amazing ways at the end of redemptive history, and there will be a multitude from every tribe, language, people, and nation that will be in-gathered — how beautiful that will be. A few more things about the 144,000: The number looks symbolic to many evangelical interpreters. By this, I mean that the number 144 is 12 squared, 12 times 12. The number 1,000 is 10 cubed. It imparts a sense of the perfection or completion of the elect of God — no one will be missing. Other interesting features of the list of tribes are cited by these interpreters. First, the tribe of Judah is listed first, which is not common. Judah was the fourth of Jacob’s sons. The commentators believe it is listed first because Jesus came from the tribe of Judah. The second interesting feature to note is that the tribe of Dan is not mentioned is omitted. Many commentators say this is because of gross immorality, but if you read anything about the history of Israel, you will see that all the tribes had aspects of gross immorality, so it is hard to zero in on that. Also, notice the half-tribe of Manasseh is mentioned, but his brother tribe, Ephraim, is not. Even stranger, their father Joseph is mentioned — a father and son in the listing — each given a tribe. What is the tribe of Joseph that is not the same as the tribe of Manasseh? I do not know. Things like these present some of the challenges in interpretation, especially when the text says that some are sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel. This branch of interpreters also assert that the Jewish imagery as a whole is fulfilled in the church. There is validity in that as well. Revelation 1:5-6 says, “To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father-- to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.” That language comes straight from Mount Sinai, from what God said to Israel. Exodus 19:5-6 says, “‘Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.” We may never fully settle these debates, but we know the people who are sealed by the sovereign grace of God will survive the wrath of God. A Multitude from Every Nation Redeemed and Rejoicing The Goal of All Redemptive History That is who will be able to stand. There will most certainly be an in-gathering from every tribe, language, people, and nation. Verses 9-10 say, “After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: ‘Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.’” Next time I preach on Revelation, we will pick up right here and talk about this great, glorious in-gathering. Applications Come to Christ... there is NO OTHER REFUGE!! Let us move on to some applications. First, I must plead with all of you who are outside of the grace of God to come to Christ. There is one, and only one, refuge. You may ask, “Refuge from what?” When we go out from here into the bright, beautiful sunshine and normal life, it will be hard to believe, but you must believe based on the Scripture that judgment is coming. You cannot see it by any scientific means nor by reading current events. You just have to believe it is coming. If you do not believe it is coming, you will not seek a refuge. Believe the wrath of God is coming — not just generally but coming specifically for you. You will be required to give an account of your life. If you believe that it is appointed for you to die and after that, to face judgment, and see that you are not ready to give account, you will see your need for a refuge from the wrath of God, from His justice regarding all the works you have ever done in violation of His laws. Friends, there is a refuge. There is a Savior and His name is Jesus! I urge you while there is time — this is the day of salvation! Flee, hide yourselves in Christ. You do not need to do any good works for the forgiveness of sins. As a matter of fact, you must do no good works for the forgiveness of sins. We are justified, forgiven, made righteous in the sight of God by faith in Christ. So trust in Him. Christians: Delight in that Refuge! Second, Christians, delight in that refuge. Thank God for it every day. Thank God that you have found safety and security here; not in a cave somewhere, but in the beautiful, glorious Son of God. In Christ, you are safe. The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and they are safe. Thank God for that. Be Humbled by the God-Centered Worship of Heaven Third, be humbled by the sovereign grace of God, who alone can save us and rescue us. Be humbled that you have no way to rescue yourself. Look how humble they are in Heaven, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb” — not to us. I saw a picture of Mohammed Ali’s headstone. It reads something like, “Service to others is the rent we pay on earth for our heavenly home.” That is a clear description of salvation by works — you pay for your sins and earn a place in Heaven by serving others. We Christians know that is not right. We know that our service to others horizontally can never pay for our forgiveness vertically with God. But if we have been forgiven, then we will most certainly be motivated to serve others — it will flow to others horizontally. Thank God for the salvation of His grace. Commit Yourself to the Great Commission and to Missions As I was praying with Kevin Schaub recently, the dog park across the street from our church came to mind. You have seen it — the chain link fence, a little bench, colorful silhouettes of dogs on the fence. I am not a dog owner nor particularly a dog lover. As a runner and bike rider, dogs have frequently been my enemy. But I know that some of you really love dogs; I understand that. I had the thought that it is a great place to witness. If you have a dog, you could bring your dog there and let it play with other people’s dogs while you sit on the bench and talk to people about Jesus. It helps that you can see the church right up the hill. “I go to that church right there.” From that came the thought to provide ideas for venues for evangelism and outreach. Like that old Mission Impossible TV show: “Your mission, should you choose to accept it… is this card.” We came up with 50 different ideas and placed them randomly. You may get a card that has nothing to do with your life at all. If so, trade it, like a baseball trading card. Families can choose one to do together. It would be easiest to throw your card away or leave it on the bench. But whatever you do with the card will not change the fact that God holds us all accountable to be evangelistically active. We are providing these to help you be faithful, to get you into habits of outreach. It is not as hard as you might think. This is the one that started it all and I think I will do it: “Take your dog to the dog park and meet other dog owners.” My daughter Daphne got this one; I asked her for it. I do not have a dog, but I am going to borrow someone’s dog… (People will now volunteer their dogs. I will find out how much you love me — or not — by what kind of dog you give me and what it might do in my car as I drive to the dog park.) I will go, and be honest and say, “I'm dog-sitting. I don't know the first thing about dogs. Tell me about dogs.” And they will. People who love dogs are willing to talk about dogs. This gets us into a conversation. Then I can point to the church and say, “I'm the pastor of that church; do you have a church of your own?” (Ross pointed out that it literally says, “Take ‘your’ dog to the park,” so he says I can't do this one.) Here is another one: workplace evangelism. “How did your weekend go?” Satan puts up obstacles in the form of objections to talking about God at work — “Oh, you can’t do this; can’t, can’t can’t…” Cut though through those obstacles and do something. We want to hear from you, so write on the card what happened. Success, failure, doesn’t matter; attempting is faithfulness. Tell us the story. A comedian (perhaps Jerry Seinfeld?) tweeted this: “If you write a book on failure and it doesn’t sell well, have you succeeded?” If you try, if you are bold and get shut down, I am telling you, you succeeded. We want to hear those stories too. Closing Prayer Close with me in prayer. Lord, thank You for the time that we have had to study Your word. Thank You for the insights it gives us. And Lord, we pray that You would give us zeal for this multitude greater than anyone could count. Zeal to see them converted, to see them rescued while there is still time before the wrath falls, to see them transferred from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light. Oh, God, give us boldness. Help us not to be self-protective. Help us not to be cowardly or lazy. Help us instead to step up. If the suggestion on the card is not relevant to us, help us to do something like it. Oh, God, I pray that the people of this community will hear the Gospel from this church. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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It's not some Commie Conspiracy, but with Lucas on hiatus Jellyfriend Aaron Spadaro steps up to the plate to take a swing at Killers From Space! So put your feet in your slippers, light yourself a good, strong pipe of American tobacco and give it a listen. Unless you're a Dirty, Stinkin' Red! Enjoy! This Week's Topic: 1950s Time Capsule! Other Talking Points Include: Natural Born Killers, Billy Wilder, Mission Impossible (TV), Groucho Marx, Looney Tunes, Jurassic Park, Godzilla, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, MST3K/Rifftrax, The Magnificent Seven, and Seven Samurai.  References to Past Episodes Include: Robot Monster, Phantom From Space, and Battle Beyond the Stars. And YOU can get an EYEFUL of this entire movie right HERE!

In this bonus episode we talk about the old Mission: Impossible TV show, while we watch one of the classic episodes, "Recovery" - the last episode from season 2. The episode was directed by Robert Totten, and written by William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter. Please note that this is not a hardcore scene-specific track, just a bit of extra fun, so we can talk about some of the stuff we couldn't fit into the main track for Mission: Impossible (1996). On this track we cover: The style and structure The creation of the original show Favorite moments from the show The slow decline of the series And much more

Dette er en bonus episode. Lyt med, mens vi ser en episode fra den klassiske Mission: Impossible TV-serie. Recovery hedder den - det er sidste episode i anden sæson. Instrueret af Robert Totten og skrevet af William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter. Bemærk, at dette IKKE er et super scene-specifikt kommentarspor. Det er mest bare en undskyldning for at snakke lidt ekstra om den gamle serie og dække nogle af de ting vi ikke nåede på Mission: Impossible (1996) kommentarsporet. Hvis du vil se filmen sideløbende med vores kommentarer, så skal du bruge den amerikanske DVD. Spilletiden skal være 0:50:06. Vi vil dog vove at påstå, at du også kan bruge en europæisk DVD, eller bare nøjes med at høre lyden. Info om dette kommentarspor: http://www.commentariesonfilm.com/2013/06/mission-impossible-recovery-1968.html