At the least, the series has shaken things up behind the screens by hiring new directors, so that different storytellers could get a chance to play with Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and the IMF’s high-tech toys.
But the consistency of Cruise and his action-seeking antics is, as Simon Pegg says, unprecedented, and it’s also something that should be celebrated.
But not Mission: Impossible.
Look at the properties that I led off with, noting everything from James Bond to Star Wars (where Alden Ehrenreich recently replaced Han Freaking Solo).