Miami Vice
oh man, just got finished watching an episode of Miami Vice. Got a disc from Orville Redenbacher's popcorn that has one episode of five different shows in the category of Action, Drama, Comedy. The action one had Miami Vice. GOD, do I laugh at what we watched in the 80's as shows and how the actors were portrayed. Never really watched it when I was young and in the 80's, must have been too thrilled by Fallguy, Greatest American Hero, A-Team and Dukes of Hazzard to really pay much attention to Vice.
So many things that were wrong with the show. One being that Don Johnson really didnt do the whole acting thing that well. It was sooo overstated and enhanced. Nothing was realistic. Even his 'looking soulfully over the open sea' shots were so canned that I swear I could hear the director off camera whispering cues of "yeah, give me the eyebrow..ok, look thoughtful..here is a thought you could ponder 'what is 2 plus 2...'" Also, when they shot the bad guy, he took about 7 shots from Johnson at close range and at least 2-3 from a long range sniper with a rifle and not a drop of blood was seen on the guy. He was wearing an unbuttoned shirt flying in the breeze so it wasnt like the clothes hid the blood. It was like the bullets never broke the skin, but yet caused major damage to his insides and killed him. ahh, the innocence of 80's television.
the 80's was also the time before the PC came into effect. They actually had a line in the show where Johnson's black partner turns to him and says "what is with you crackers, always picking up the wrong women" I know that if we had a show these days with that line, the show wouldnt just be pulled from broadcasting but the actors would probably never work again. That is, assuming that it would have gotten by the PC censors in the first place.
Ahh, a simplier time and a simplier place. Though, I know that the show should not have been put on the 'action' disk but instead the 'comedy' disk*G* can not wait to see Magnum PI (next on the disk) and the A-Team (last on the disk). Those I did watch when I was young so it will be interesting to see how much has changed in my mind.
So many things that were wrong with the show. One being that Don Johnson really didnt do the whole acting thing that well. It was sooo overstated and enhanced. Nothing was realistic. Even his 'looking soulfully over the open sea' shots were so canned that I swear I could hear the director off camera whispering cues of "yeah, give me the eyebrow..ok, look thoughtful..here is a thought you could ponder 'what is 2 plus 2...'" Also, when they shot the bad guy, he took about 7 shots from Johnson at close range and at least 2-3 from a long range sniper with a rifle and not a drop of blood was seen on the guy. He was wearing an unbuttoned shirt flying in the breeze so it wasnt like the clothes hid the blood. It was like the bullets never broke the skin, but yet caused major damage to his insides and killed him. ahh, the innocence of 80's television.
the 80's was also the time before the PC came into effect. They actually had a line in the show where Johnson's black partner turns to him and says "what is with you crackers, always picking up the wrong women" I know that if we had a show these days with that line, the show wouldnt just be pulled from broadcasting but the actors would probably never work again. That is, assuming that it would have gotten by the PC censors in the first place.
Ahh, a simplier time and a simplier place. Though, I know that the show should not have been put on the 'action' disk but instead the 'comedy' disk*G* can not wait to see Magnum PI (next on the disk) and the A-Team (last on the disk). Those I did watch when I was young so it will be interesting to see how much has changed in my mind.
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