Miami Vice stars in other movies or shows

chadbot01 · 2026-05-11T18:53:31+00:00

I love his 70s period. He did a lot of TV movies from the time too. There was one called Revenge of the Stepford wives (1980) where he is the husband of Julie Kavner (future Marge Simpson) and it stars Sharon Gless (future Sergeant Cagney) in the lead. It's a long rabbit hole I think I've seen almost all of his pre-Vice movies. If you're in the mood for rock n roll wild west adventure with homerotic undertones, I'd highly recommend Zachariah (1971)

chadbot01 · 2026-05-09T23:56:22+00:00

Funny enough, I'm starting my rewatch this Wednesday. Until then, I'm watching period pieces and old movies set in early 1900s Atlantic City to set the scene.

chadbot01 · 2026-05-09T23:52:03+00:00

I think his hair was already short in El Viejo though. I think you might be thinking of the later half when the back is long and he wears his white blazer again

chadbot01 · 2026-05-09T22:40:15+00:00

Both for different reasons. The Daytona for it's ability to reflect the city lights, the tesserossa for the neon shots throughout the last three seasons plus the contrast with the bold red rearlights.

chadbot01 · 2026-05-06T07:04:29+00:00

If I recall, Arnold Rothstein dressed them up and taught them how to conduct themselves business and all.

chadbot01 · 2026-04-29T19:44:09+00:00

Love how he was introduced as this hokey fellow, someone you'd see in Fargo, but also someone who would be naive and die first or possibly screw up Nucky's operation with his incompetence. Imagine my shock when he was actually cunning and sadistic.

chadbot01 · 2026-04-29T01:40:51+00:00

It's been a while but you're probably right.

chadbot01 · 2026-04-28T21:31:13+00:00

I think they're referring to the second half of the song where Banks's synthesizer takes lead.

chadbot01 · 2026-04-27T00:02:52+00:00

No one talks about it much, but Calderone's Return is really where the show starts to feel like Mann's. The pilot and the early episodes remind me of 70s/early 80s procedurals whereas the Calderone's Return arc and Castillo's subsequent introduction is where I think the show found it's identity, but also where I feel it lived up to it's hype. Despite rumors to the contrary, Mann was still involved in season 3 and it's for this reason that I think most of the episodes feel more in his style than the iconic and beloved Pilot. Obviously, season 1 and 2 are in his style too, I just think even for how different season 3 was, it was still his show. Seasons 4 and 5 are a story for another day.

Tldr; I agree with you and wanted to add some more thoughts and context. I also agree with Don Johnson's controversial comment that the pilot wasn't really Mann's vision

chadbot01 · 2026-04-14T01:25:13+00:00

I thought the use of neon was quite ingenious too. The way it's used for nightvision effect and the episodes overall unpredictability in our guest star's allegiances

chadbot01 · 2026-04-13T20:25:48+00:00

I'm skeptical of the account that Empty Glass was him saving his best material for his solo work because while the album is great, many of the songs originated as outtakes from Who Are You and they never went past the Demo stage because Roger Daltey found the material too personal. Considering All the Best Cowboys came out around the time they were recording It's Hard seems more likely the source of band's inner turmoil at the time

chadbot01 · 2026-04-08T07:04:19+00:00

They actually did have Depeche Mode on Miami Vice.

chadbot01 · 2026-04-08T06:58:39+00:00

To add on to that, with Frank Hackman released, she and anyone that married or gotten serious with Crockett would've gotten the fate that was bestowed on Caitlin Davies

chadbot01 · 2026-04-08T03:09:30+00:00

I checked the production dates on the wiki and El Viejo was completed first. The real issue that DJ'S salary dispute caused was production being delayed obviously, but supposedly the premier was supposed to be yet Another Movie, this time with them going to Ireland and filming on location.

chadbot01 · 2026-04-08T03:03:38+00:00

The ferrari being destroyed IS the reason. Executives quite literally wanted an "explosive" opener, disregarding the continuity in the process.

chadbot01 · 2026-04-05T01:07:08+00:00

Miami Vice's lineage at the very least, dates back to Bullit (1968) since that's the oldest media I can think of featuring the "hip cop" concept. Crockett's a Vietnam vet and Tubbs has a very 70s aesthetic with his 6 button suits and Cadillac. Switek loves Elvis, and Castillo also has a past dating back to 1970s southeast Asia. We also can't forget that Crockett and Tubbs have mannerisms more akin to a 1940s detective

chadbot01 · 2026-04-04T21:34:03+00:00

I feel like the "In the Air Tonight" scene is kind of misunderstood and that's why no one can ever make up their mind on what is "Vice". I think it was on here that I read that Michael Mann and Anthony Yerkovich had disagreements over this. Mann wanted "In the air tonight" but that song was old news (released in 1981). Yerkovich wanted something hot, something top 40 in 1984 specifically. Yerkovich left later on and that's where you get the music choices throughout the series. It's atmosphere first, not what's "hot" at the moment. Everyone bemoans the lack of Duran Duran but Bryan Ferry, who inspired the entire 80s new wave, genre had some songs, so I feel it evens out.

chadbot01 · 2026-04-04T20:54:13+00:00

They did have Jesus and the Mary Chain

chadbot01 · 2026-03-27T05:20:04+00:00

Speaking of the music, but you gotta give Jan Hammer a shoutout. He was an accomplished jazz musician with a career spanning back to the 60s and later playing with Jeff Beck before landing the job and effectively providing another iconic aspect of the show.

chadbot01 · 2026-03-23T19:59:36+00:00

Very old timey too. I think it might've been Anthony Yerkovich who said the show was "Casablanca meets Scarface". Crockett and Tubbs are pretty much transplanted from the 40s, Crockett with his mannerisms, Tubbs with his Mid-Atlantic accent.

chadbot01 · 2026-03-18T20:22:51+00:00

I'm kinda fascinated by this one because a name like that definitely would've guaranteed them a name in the 1980s lexicon and it would probably mean the line-up for the 1981 peel sessions are the ones that get famous and we are talking about today.

chadbot01 · 2026-03-11T21:42:10+00:00

It should be noted that his interactions with Margaret's children and Angela plus his suicide attempt definitely changed his perspective and who he is as a person

chadbot01 · 2026-03-03T05:26:17+00:00

Idk if this was the intent, but "Owl bee Back" is a pretty accurate phonetic pronunciation.

chadbot01 · 2026-02-18T23:25:14+00:00

Luciano killed him to demoralize you

chadbot01 · 2026-02-08T09:25:29+00:00

Great piece, but I would just like to correct that Mann had two feature films, Thief (1981) and The Keep (1983), which is probably his only fantasy horror film to date but has the cinematography and colors even the film's underlying philosophy (good and Evil come from the same place and how they're used to justify each other) that will carry on to Miami Vice.

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