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Prompted by the ludicrous trailer I saw this morning, all guns and girls and boats and then suddenly the name of the movie comes up... Miami Vice!!!!! *falls over laughing*

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Date: 2006-06-25 01:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] przed.livejournal.com
I've never gotten the whole Colin Farrell is hot thing, but I do think he's a decent actor.

And I have to admit, I'm dying to see the Vice movie. What can I say? I was a teenagers in the '80s.

Date: 2006-06-25 02:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] graculus.livejournal.com
There was such cognitive dissonance with this trailer, it was all fast editing and girls and guns and we're so hardcore and then the movie name comes up and my brain went 'wha...?????'.

I'm not sure it will bear too much resemblance to the original show bar the names, so if that's important to you it may not live up (down?) to what you want...

Date: 2006-06-25 04:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] przed.livejournal.com
I'm primarily looking forward to the movie because I'm a Michael Mann fangirl. Since he's still directing and I think he creates fantastic looking films whatever he does, I'm sure to enjoy it on purely visual terms.

Date: 2006-06-25 01:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blktauna.livejournal.com
Is he supposed to be Sonny or Tubbs?

*boggles*

Date: 2006-06-25 02:02 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] manna
The IMDB says he's Crockett, and Jamie Foxx is Tubbs.

Date: 2006-06-25 02:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] graculus.livejournal.com
I never knew which one was which anyway... ;)

Date: 2006-06-26 04:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blktauna.livejournal.com
Know who this is????

Image

Date: 2006-06-26 06:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] graculus.livejournal.com
If you mean the guy on the right, that's William Gaunt, clearly a while before he was in The Champions... why?

Date: 2006-06-26 12:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blktauna.livejournal.com
LOL,

The guy on the left is Glyn Houston. See there's a picture where you can tell which one's which ;)

Date: 2006-06-25 02:01 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] manna
I'm quite looking forward to the Miami Vice film. I've been pleasently surprised by some of the old TV series --> film adaptations. Charlie's Angels and Starsky and Hutch were both really fun. Plus, Michael Mann is writing and directing, and I've enjoyed his stuff in the past. At the very least, he knows how to direct a decent shootout and car chase.

Date: 2006-06-25 02:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] graculus.livejournal.com
I really liked the Starsky and Hutch remake, because it was clear it was done with a lot of affection for the original, though I admit that was also helped by the fact I really like Owen Wilson. ;)

I think what it is with this particular film is that there's such a dissonance between 'it's a Michael Mann film' and 'it's Miami Vice', based on my memories of the god-awful clothes of the original, which even now make me shudder to think of them...

Date: 2006-06-25 03:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] khek.livejournal.com
Didn't Michael Mann have something to do with the original Miami Vice?

I clicked "Colin who?" because I just can't seem to remember who he is from film to film. Then again, I've not been watching a lot of movies lately, I've been catching up with old TV shows on DVD.

But...er...Ican'tbelieveI'madmittingthisbut...I actually kind of liked the clothes in the original. So there.

:)

Date: 2006-06-25 05:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] graculus.livejournal.com
According to IMDb, he was an executive producer on the original, though I'm still not sure how much resemblance there's going to be between that and the new movie.

Date: 2006-06-25 06:48 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] aizjanika.livejournal.com
I hated the Starsky & Hutch movie, because I thought it trashed the original. There were a few amusing moments, but I really hated what it did to the original. I was a fan of the show way back in the 70s, though. The characters in the movie were *nothing* like the show and I dislike the idea of making silly parody movies about serious old shows. (OTOH, when I watch S&H (the original show) on DVD now, it quite often makes me laugh...and not at the funny parts, either. *g*)

I don't remember the awful clothes of the original. I can remember thinking they looked cool. *g* I know nothing about the MV movie, though. I had no clue who was in it, but I only watched the show for maybe 1 1/2 seasons. Is the movie supposed to be a parody or will it be gritty and dark?

Date: 2006-06-26 06:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] graculus.livejournal.com
The movie trailer makes it look like a run-of-the-mill action movie, with no clear ties to the original series, which was why I was so stunned when the title came up...

Date: 2006-06-26 08:40 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] aizjanika.livejournal.com
Weird. Well, maybe it is just a regular action movie. I'd really rather that, I think, though I doubt I'd bother to see it either way unless it finds its way in my house somehow.

(Oh, and I meant that I thought the MV clothes from the original show were cool--uh, back then, that is. *g* I don't exactly have good taste in clothes now either, though.)

Date: 2006-06-25 02:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moss6886.livejournal.com
Gotta admit his more recent movies don't show it, but he can indeed act. If anyone doubts, go watch Tigerland...

Date: 2006-06-26 06:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] graculus.livejournal.com
I guess running around and shooting things up is easier/makes more money than actual acting? ;)

Date: 2006-06-26 10:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moss6886.livejournal.com
I'm a'thinkin' so...

Date: 2006-06-25 06:43 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] aizjanika.livejournal.com
I've only ever seen him in that movie where he played Alexander the Great or something like that. I thought he was good in it, and I didn't even recognize him or figure out who he was until about 3/4 of the way through the movie. *g* I liked the other guy, though--the one who was on My So-Called Life. heh

Date: 2006-06-26 06:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] graculus.livejournal.com
As soon as I saw the promo pics for that movie and he's riding around with bleached hair, I knew it wasn't for me...

Date: 2006-06-26 08:38 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] aizjanika.livejournal.com
Hee! In which movie did he have bleached hair? The Alexander movie or Miami Vice? *g* ::is confused:: I only vaguely remember the Alexander movie, so it's possible that I'm horribly confused about everything. (I didn't see it in a theater either. I don't like the theater at the best of times. I think I rented this one with my daughter or she had it somehow.)

Date: 2006-06-26 06:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] graculus.livejournal.com
The Alexander movie, since this one he's going for the 'too cool to shave' look instead... meh.

Date: 2006-06-27 06:56 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] aizjanika.livejournal.com
Hee! I don't even really remember what he looked like in the movie, and it wasn't that long ago that I watched it.

Date: 2006-06-26 04:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] praderwilli.livejournal.com
What exactly is this guy famous for? He's not that good looking. He can't act. Even his sex video is boring as hell. I have no use for the Colin Farrell. Can he please just go away now?

P.S. The Miami Vice movie looks like deep fried ass. If anyone is wanting to see a TV show remade into a movie, I would recommend Strangers With Candy. At least HoYay is acknowledged in that movie. In fact it is celebrated.

Well, that's just my opinion. YMMV.

Date: 2006-06-26 06:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] graculus.livejournal.com
He seems to be famous for being famous, which is hardly anything to write home about. And that's without the concept of seeing him having sex. Ewww.

Date: 2006-06-27 05:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] praderwilli.livejournal.com
Ha! I can't help it though. When I find out a "celebrity" has a sex tape on the internets my curiosity forces me to track it down. I can't help it. Invariably, I wish I hadn't bothered, because I usually need a brain bleaching and/or an eye scrubbing.

Curses be to my damn curiosity which foils me every time.

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