Comments on: Miami Vice, short documentary about the TV series http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/miami-vice-short-documentary.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 05:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/miami-vice-short-documentary.html#comment-1623604 Preston Sturges Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204629#comment-1623604 Pauly was a great character. Pauly was a great character.

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/miami-vice-short-documentary.html#comment-1623472 noah django Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204629#comment-1623472 Correct; that is, until the incredibly retarded second season where it was revealed that Ray Luca and Pauly survived an atomic explosion.  o_0 Newsflash, NBC:  if you can't suspend the belief of a twelve-year-old, your premise sucks. but yeah, huge fan of both shows, and Mann generally.  Still think the version of "Runaway" in the credits is superior to the original.  That horn section, man. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is5ofSHZWTM Correct; that is, until the incredibly retarded second season where it was revealed that Ray Luca and Pauly survived an atomic explosion.  o_0
Newsflash, NBC:  if you can’t suspend the belief of a twelve-year-old, your premise sucks.

but yeah, huge fan of both shows, and Mann generally.  Still think the version of “Runaway” in the credits is superior to the original.  That horn section, man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is5ofSHZWTM

]]> By: Xploder http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/miami-vice-short-documentary.html#comment-1623328 Xploder Wed, 09 Jan 2013 03:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204629#comment-1623328 The best and ONLY good episode I ever watched was one where Frank Zappa starred as a drug dealer. Sigh, stupidly enough, he dealt "weasel dust". One of the highlights of Zappa's career I'm quite sure. Glad I still have a clip of it. The best and ONLY good episode I ever watched was one where Frank Zappa starred as a drug dealer. Sigh, stupidly enough, he dealt “weasel dust”. One of the highlights of Zappa’s career I’m quite sure. Glad I still have a clip of it.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/miami-vice-short-documentary.html#comment-1622981 Preston Sturges Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204629#comment-1622981  "Crime Story" was great and it was a rare series that had a satisfying ending when the unstoppable bad guy got f'ing nuked and there was no refrigerator to save him either!  ”Crime Story” was great and it was a rare series that had a satisfying ending when the unstoppable bad guy got f’ing nuked and there was no refrigerator to save him either!

]]> By: tristan eldritch http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/miami-vice-short-documentary.html#comment-1622957 tristan eldritch Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204629#comment-1622957 I'm a long-time worshiper at Mann's alter.  The other show he produced around the time of Vice - Crime Story - was better, and arguably the granddaddy of The Sopranos and long-form television story telling in general.  Here's a great scene from Vice, scored by Public Image Ltd's insanely atmospheric Order of Death: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtDWEJ7_79E I’m a long-time worshiper at Mann’s alter.  The other show he produced around the time of Vice – Crime Story – was better, and arguably the granddaddy of The Sopranos and long-form television story telling in general.  Here’s a great scene from Vice, scored by Public Image Ltd’s insanely atmospheric Order of Death:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtDWEJ7_79E

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/miami-vice-short-documentary.html#comment-1622949 Preston Sturges Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204629#comment-1622949 I liked how Tubbs' sawed off shotgun would magically appear, and the sound effect was some sort of howitzer. The bad guy hideouts were often well known architectural showcases that had been featured in national magazines, so that was interesting. I liked how Tubbs’ sawed off shotgun would magically appear, and the sound effect was some sort of howitzer.

The bad guy hideouts were often well known architectural showcases that had been featured in national magazines, so that was interesting.

]]> By: Michael Polo http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/miami-vice-short-documentary.html#comment-1622942 Michael Polo Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204629#comment-1622942 all Michael Mann baby.... all Michael Mann baby….

]]> By: Timothy Merritt http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/miami-vice-short-documentary.html#comment-1622929 Timothy Merritt Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204629#comment-1622929 Phil. Collins.   That is all. Phil. Collins.  
That is all.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/miami-vice-short-documentary.html#comment-1622902 Preston Sturges Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204629#comment-1622902 "Weasel dust" http://youtu.be/JPVjXgw4sUU at 3:45 notice the guy with the Lahti 20 mm cannon “Weasel dust”

http://youtu.be/JPVjXgw4sUU

at 3:45 notice the guy with the Lahti 20 mm cannon

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