Miami Vice (1984)

Wikidata Q559321, series, IMDb tt0086759: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only series by that title.

Also said as Miami Vice (TV series): the same Wikidata item, so listed here.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

MTV: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. industry (industry): MTV ⇒ Miami Vice (the host's read). The show began as the legendary 'MTV cops' pitch from an NBC executive.
    “he wrote a brainstorming memo that read MTV cops.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:13:46 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

ER: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Miami Vice ⇒ ER (the host's read). Miami Vice's influence made TV look like Mann movies; ER's steadicam is where that finishes.
    “An ER, you've got steady cam shots and that's when it's really done and dusted.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 1:07:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Connected to

Michael Mann: 4 lines career ×2 what-if ×1 industry ×1

  1. career (career): Miami Vice → Michael Mann. Miami Vice is the apex of Mann's digital filmmaking and hugely influential on newer filmmakers.
    “is obviously just been a hugely influential movie for a lot of, uh, newer filmmakers.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:58:12 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)

Ferrari: 2 lines career ×1 verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Ferrari → Miami Vice. Sean puts Ferrari and Miami Vice in the same zone: much to recommend, with a few choices that derail it.
    “I think Miami Vice and Ferrari are kind of right in the same zone.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:48:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Babylon: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Miami Vice → Babylon. Chris likes reclamation projects, films that critics first dismissed, as he does Miami Vice.
    “I like reclamation projects.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:59:04 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Black Hat: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Miami Vice → Black Hat. Both have messy, stitched-together production histories, a hallmark of the last 15 years of Mann's career.
    “when you see black hat, you're like, this definitely feels stitched together in strange ways.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:57:49 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)

Calderone's Return: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Miami Vice → Calderone's Return. Calderone's Return is the 1984 Miami Vice double episode that the Rewatchables did.
    “How do you feel about Calderon's return, the double episode of Miami Vice from 1984.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:39:11 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Dion Beebe: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Dion Beebe → Miami Vice. Beebe shot Miami Vice and defines the Michael Mann digital look.
    “He defines the Michael Mann digital look.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:24:25 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Don Johnson: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Don Johnson → Miami Vice. Don Johnson reconciled with Griffith in the Miami Vice ponytail year; his hitman amnesia arc.
    “But Don Johnson is on Miami Vice.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:21:22 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

ER: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Miami Vice → ER. Miami Vice's influence made TV look like Mann movies; ER's steadicam is where that finishes.
    “An ER, you've got steady cam shots and that's when it's really done and dusted.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 1:07:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

MTV: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Miami Vice → MTV. The show began as the legendary 'MTV cops' pitch from an NBC executive.
    “he wrote a brainstorming memo that read MTV cops.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:13:46 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Munich: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Munich → Miami Vice. Mann was busy making Miami Vice, 'maybe that was part of the problem'.
    “I'm pretty sure Michael Mann was making your beloved Miami Vice when... Maybe that was part of the problem.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:50:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

The Insider: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Insider → Miami Vice. Mann's pop-abstract music choices, such as the Linkin Park and Jay-Z cues in Miami Vice, are a recurring misfire for some.
    “Is this your, is this a subtle dig at Lincoln Park, Jay-Z being used in Miami Vice?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:52:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)

Thief: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Thief → Miami Vice. Same send-the-wife-away beat in Miami Vice's Calderon's revenge.
    “Miami Vice, which I think he had a pretty big imprint on season one.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:44:28 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Zodiac: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (same camera): Miami Vice → Zodiac. Both used the Thomson Viper digital camera.
    “man, use that on Miami Vice as well.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:09:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career): Michael Mann → Miami Vice. Mann was the de facto showrunner for roughly the first two seasons though credited only as executive producer.
    “He's kind of the showrunner, I think, for the 1st 2 seasons.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:14:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Don Johnson → Miami Vice. Don Johnson reconciled with Griffith in the Miami Vice ponytail year; his hitman amnesia arc.
    “But Don Johnson is on Miami Vice.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:21:22 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Ferrari → Miami Vice. Ferrari fuses the classical Mann with the digital abstractions of Miami Vice, per critic Bilge Ebiri.
    “the digital abstractions of black hat and public enemies and Miami Vice and collateral”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:12:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Miami Vice → Michael Mann. Miami Vice is the apex of Mann's digital filmmaking and hugely influential on newer filmmakers.
    “is obviously just been a hugely influential movie for a lot of, uh, newer filmmakers.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:58:12 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)

craft (3)

  1. craft (craft): The Insider → Miami Vice. Mann's pop-abstract music choices, such as the Linkin Park and Jay-Z cues in Miami Vice, are a recurring misfire for some.
    “Is this your, is this a subtle dig at Lincoln Park, Jay-Z being used in Miami Vice?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:52:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. craft (same camera): Miami Vice → Zodiac. Both used the Thomson Viper digital camera.
    “man, use that on Miami Vice as well.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:09:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Dion Beebe → Miami Vice. Beebe shot Miami Vice and defines the Michael Mann digital look.
    “He defines the Michael Mann digital look.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:24:25 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): Miami Vice → MTV. The show began as the legendary 'MTV cops' pitch from an NBC executive.
    “he wrote a brainstorming memo that read MTV cops.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:13:46 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Miami Vice → Michael Mann. Simmons and Ryan joke that their persistence made the Miami Vice movie beloved.
    “made the Miami Vice, the movie, um, more powerful than the TV show”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:24:35 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): Miami Vice → ER. Miami Vice's influence made TV look like Mann movies; ER's steadicam is where that finishes.
    “An ER, you've got steady cam shots and that's when it's really done and dusted.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 1:07:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Miami Vice → Calderone's Return. Calderone's Return is the 1984 Miami Vice double episode that the Rewatchables did.
    “How do you feel about Calderon's return, the double episode of Miami Vice from 1984.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:39:11 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Munich → Miami Vice. Mann was busy making Miami Vice, 'maybe that was part of the problem'.
    “I'm pretty sure Michael Mann was making your beloved Miami Vice when... Maybe that was part of the problem.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:50:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

theme (3)

  1. theme (theme): Thief → Miami Vice. Same send-the-wife-away beat in Miami Vice's Calderon's revenge.
    “Miami Vice, which I think he had a pretty big imprint on season one.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:44:28 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Miami Vice → Black Hat. Both have messy, stitched-together production histories, a hallmark of the last 15 years of Mann's career.
    “when you see black hat, you're like, this definitely feels stitched together in strange ways.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:57:49 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): Miami Vice → Babylon. Chris likes reclamation projects, films that critics first dismissed, as he does Miami Vice.
    “I like reclamation projects.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:59:04 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Ferrari → Miami Vice. Sean puts Ferrari and Miami Vice in the same zone: much to recommend, with a few choices that derail it.
    “I think Miami Vice and Ferrari are kind of right in the same zone.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:48:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Michael Mann → Miami Vice. A joke: Michael Mann could redo the kills with more money, as he did Miami Vice.
    “Michael Mann do it when he's redoing Miami Vice.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:09:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Miami Vice: The legend: an NBC executive's brainstorming memo read 'MTV cops' and Yerkovich said set it in Miami.
    “Yeah, he wrote a brainstorming memo that read MTV cops.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:13:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Miami Vice: Credited with bringing Italian men's fashion mainstream to the US.
    “This show kind of single-handedly elevates men's fashion in the United States.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:16:52 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Miami Vice: The ending is cynical: they catch the guy and he gets bailed out immediately.
    “The guy immediately gets bailed out.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 1:06:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Miami Vice: Production chaos: Colin Farrell doesn't remember making it, and there was a real shootout in Panama.
    “Colin Farrell doesn't remember making this movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:57:30 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Miami Vice: The go-fast boat scene: Colin Farrell takes Gong Li to Havana for mojitos.
    “he drives around a go fast boat to Havana.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:58:55 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Miami Vice: Chris saw Miami Vice in the theater with Sean, who said 'dog, no' on day one; the Mogwai opening.
    “Chris and I saw it together and I was like, dog, no.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:59:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.