I was a little too young to watch MV when it aired in the UK, but I can recall speaking to a thirty-something work colleague in early 2000, who said many men would dress like Don Johnson when hitting the town. Then he admitted he, too, wore pastel suits with rolled up sleeves, and shoes with no socks. From then on I called him Don throughout the time I was there, and it really pissed him off.
>and shoes with no socks.
that I found disgusting back then too
and we even didn't have the cool below ankle socks of today
always had to roll the frickers down
Season 1 is 10/10, Season 2 is comfy TV, and Season 3/4 are full meme guest stars and wacky plot twists and not really watchable unless you're very bored.
>it's a Castillo reveals he knows ninjutsu for some reason episode
Castillo episodes were fricking ridiculous but always great, partly because I always got the impression that they were Edward James Olmos' idea.
He just wanted to be in a show where he could fight people with samurai swords.
I think he was some kind of glow nig that operated in south east asia which explains it in 80s action movie terms
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He was in the DEA and worked out of Thailand I think, so yeah I guess by 1980's rules he must then be a master of karate. Still ridiculous though kek
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Isn't he shown as an MP too during that episode where he's investigating murdered hookers in Saigon during the war and then later in the present day the killer shows up in Miami as a CIA assassin gone rogue? Castillo has a big resume I think
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Castillo's past was whatever the writers needed it to be to tie into whatever zany plot this weeks episode was about that episode was actually really good though even though some people hate it
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People hate it? That was a good episode that showed the kind of people the CIA employ.
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I don't know if that's like the universal consensus for it or not but yeah I've talked to more than a few people about that episode who didn't like it. It seems to me like a lot of the Castillo episodes people either love or hate.
I think there's just a subset of people who wanted the show to stay really grounded and simple and then when you're introducing ninjas and Thai death squads and crazy black assassins it annoys them a bit.
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I'm in the Castillo love camp, but I wonder why unhinged killers manipulated by the CIA would be viewed as unrealistic, it's not like a Voodoo magic episode or something.
He had a shadowy past in Asia during the war. He was very private and humble. It fit pretty good with his character.
Side note: I saw an interview with Olmos. Evidently don johnson was a complete prick when olmos came on board. Supposedly the way Castile rarely looked crocket in the eye was a direct result of that and was meant to be disrespectful. He seemed to do that with everyone though so who knows.
I'm most of the way through the first season, I only watch it while cleaning guns every few weeks. Super kino, though I'm aware the quality tanks in the later seasons.
My only knowledge of this show is that I watched some "We love the 80's" special that had a huge boner for it. They called it artsy and experimental because of a few almost real time shots of people driving to another location set to synth music. Is it really as cool and stylish as I remember these people saying?
The vices of Miami
watch like 2 or 3 episodes at a time, don't try to power watch it
best tip!
what's actually starting to piss me of,
watching this 40 year old footage...
we BARELY got ahead in tech that
ACTUALLY counts!
just more fricking chips in everything and fricking cellphones
that's pretty much it
oh and insufferable barely coherent Black folk and b***hes
Some interesting guest stars now and then
Everybody back then wanted to be Don Johnson and those fresh to the show today still want to be him. Kino show. I'm a boomer btw
I was a little too young to watch MV when it aired in the UK, but I can recall speaking to a thirty-something work colleague in early 2000, who said many men would dress like Don Johnson when hitting the town. Then he admitted he, too, wore pastel suits with rolled up sleeves, and shoes with no socks. From then on I called him Don throughout the time I was there, and it really pissed him off.
>and shoes with no socks.
that I found disgusting back then too
and we even didn't have the cool below ankle socks of today
always had to roll the frickers down
btw, I would've called you "smartass Tubbs"
You sound like an absolute twat. But then again I think that’s your intent.
black cop white cop go after international criminals and corrupt feds with cool music and alligator named elvis
Jake and the Fat Man is better.
Zito & Switek bring the heart warming chuckles.
>that episode that is just Zito, Switek, Izzy and Noogie being morons yet somehow still bringing down a crime lord in the process
Is that gif my boy Thomas Jefferson from the acclaimed hit television show John Adams?
Why yes it is
two great seasons then an absolute nosedive
This right here. Of course there are a few good episodes after but it’s terrible for the most part and even the good ones after aren’t great.
UTTER KINO
pure 80ies core
warning,
it's pretty slow for modern zoomer brains and
MUCH too WHITE
Season 1 is 10/10, Season 2 is comfy TV, and Season 3/4 are full meme guest stars and wacky plot twists and not really watchable unless you're very bored.
back in the 80s it must have felt like having a 1hr movie beamed into your living room each week
yap. this here is kino of the highest order
you dont even need to know the context to get the drama it's filmed that fricking well
Kino for sure, but this in particular is my favorite, even more than the In the Air Tonight scene.
>He was my partner, you understand?
fantastic scene as well
in general olmos is the best part of the show for me though
>it's a Castillo reveals he knows ninjutsu for some reason episode
Castillo episodes were fricking ridiculous but always great, partly because I always got the impression that they were Edward James Olmos' idea.
He just wanted to be in a show where he could fight people with samurai swords.
I think he was some kind of glow nig that operated in south east asia which explains it in 80s action movie terms
He was in the DEA and worked out of Thailand I think, so yeah I guess by 1980's rules he must then be a master of karate. Still ridiculous though kek
Isn't he shown as an MP too during that episode where he's investigating murdered hookers in Saigon during the war and then later in the present day the killer shows up in Miami as a CIA assassin gone rogue? Castillo has a big resume I think
Castillo's past was whatever the writers needed it to be to tie into whatever zany plot this weeks episode was about
that episode was actually really good though even though some people hate it
People hate it? That was a good episode that showed the kind of people the CIA employ.
I don't know if that's like the universal consensus for it or not but yeah I've talked to more than a few people about that episode who didn't like it. It seems to me like a lot of the Castillo episodes people either love or hate.
I think there's just a subset of people who wanted the show to stay really grounded and simple and then when you're introducing ninjas and Thai death squads and crazy black assassins it annoys them a bit.
I'm in the Castillo love camp, but I wonder why unhinged killers manipulated by the CIA would be viewed as unrealistic, it's not like a Voodoo magic episode or something.
He had a shadowy past in Asia during the war. He was very private and humble. It fit pretty good with his character.
Side note: I saw an interview with Olmos. Evidently don johnson was a complete prick when olmos came on board. Supposedly the way Castile rarely looked crocket in the eye was a direct result of that and was meant to be disrespectful. He seemed to do that with everyone though so who knows.
the episode with al bundy rules
VOICES I HEAR VOICES
I'm most of the way through the first season, I only watch it while cleaning guns every few weeks. Super kino, though I'm aware the quality tanks in the later seasons.
>though I'm aware the quality tanks in the later seasons.
It does, but it also rebounds a bit in season 5.
Ah neat , wasn't planning on dropping it but that's good to know
KINO.
My only knowledge of this show is that I watched some "We love the 80's" special that had a huge boner for it. They called it artsy and experimental because of a few almost real time shots of people driving to another location set to synth music. Is it really as cool and stylish as I remember these people saying?
Yes.
You are gonna have to watch it and find out for yourself. It has a very unique feeling to it. First few seasons are the best.