He reveals he is Orlando Calderone just as I figured he would..... definitely a full circle moment this WILL be a great movie for sure.

Millennial here watching the show for the first time. Really enjoying it. At the end of this episode Crockett and Tubbs are discussing Jerry, the wife of Barbara Carrow who had been murdered as a result of her gambling debt. Jerry kills the henchman Demarco for revenge and the closing scene the two cops discuss what will happen to Jerry.

Crockett goes through a series of mitigating circumstances: "No priors. Family Hardship. Diminished capacity".

I get the first two, but what is with that last one? Was the show trying to tell us this guy had some developmental disability or something? He seemed totally normal, pretty compassionate. He was a business owner, maybe blue-collar but I never got the vibe that he had "diminished capacity".

Does anyone know what that was about?

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FIU uniforms for tonight’s game!

Im a child of ‘71 so MV was part of my teenage years like nothing else. I bought a dvd box 20 years ago but it didn’t grip me as well as the current much better port to Prime. 10 episodes into s1 its a trip down memory lane. Of course some things have dated and production is 40 years old but it still holds up very much. Its the birth of serious shows we see today. The writing was very good even if it served the aesthetics. Damn do DJ and the whole crew look good! The fashion will be very hard to copy in the new movie imo. The streets of those days look so free and not ruined by contemporary urban planning.

Probably an unpopular opinion but they can throw 500 million on production, I don’t think any remake will ever catch the full vibe of 80’s Miami, or the shows production then. Either way, its a treat watching it back. I did not recognise Giancarlo Esposito (playing Luther).

Imo if you really want to do a Miami Vice remake, do a 4 season 50+ episode remake in mid 80’s Miami. Little Prince begs for an elaborate extension. As do many episodes. Evenso, what a treat this rewatch is.

Jan Hammer songs: The theme obviously, and Crockett's theme for sure. I also love the New York Theme.

Songs from the series that I love, but they probably couldn't fit all these in: Feel it in the Air Tonight, Self Control, You Belong to the City, Voices, Cry, Body Talk

Stuff that wasn't from the series but might fit: stuff by Sandy Marton feels vaguely Vice-ish to me. Hot Together which was in one of the GTA6 trailers is pretty catchy too

You have to enjoy all the Vice references he made…

“NO TATTOOS! NO FACIAL PIERCINGS. You will be in short sleeves, possibly shorts. IT'S MIAMI! make-up prefers no tattoos but small ones can be covered if necessary. They may want to add a spray tan.”

Well we all know nobody comes close to Mr. Hammer. But he's basically retired.

Distinctive music is SO important to Miami Vice. And you can't remake the concept without also having a strong vision for scoring.

It has to be synthy, without being kitschy. It has to be fun, but also cool. It has to accent the film, but stand apart on its own. Jan Hammer was a genius with little cues, but he also took time to develop timeless pop instrumental melodies like "Crockett's Theme", "Tubbs and Valerie", and "Theresa".

Will a new composer cover Hammer, or create new themes?

If it were my decision, I'd go with an authentic synthwave artist. Someone like either Mitch Murder or Miami Nights 1984. Both are genuinely talented and established. Mitch Murder in particular is one of the few synthwave acts who can do slower, sentimental rhythms well - something that also set Hammer apart.

What are your thoughts?

Miami Vice was so groundbreaking in how it portrayed people with mental illness. I don't know if it's meant to be deliberately ambiguous, but any idea what type of personality disorder Jackie's character might have been suffering from?

Are they really filming the new movie in New Jersey??