Miami Vice - Season Three
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Movie Reviews of Miami Vice - Season Three
Movie Review: Great episodes in season 3, but the way the DVDs were made, without song lyric captions, was not a good idea
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm glad that they finally produced seasons three, four, and five. Season three was one of the best, if not THE best, out of all of them. But what I don't like is that the DVD makers strayed away a little bit from the format that they did in the DVDs for seasons one and two. One thing that was GREAT in the Season One and Two DVD sets is that in the option for English subtitles or captions, whenever a song was played during a scene, the words and lyrics of that song would ALSO show. As part of the captions. But instead of sticking to that cool feature, the geniuses who finally put the seasons three to five DVDs together, decided to omit that lovely cool thing, which is a departure that I don't like at all, cuz in Season Three especially there were specific episodes that I WANTED to know the precise lyrics of certain song tracks. A little more clearly. And I was glad to hear that the Season Three Miami Vice DVD set finally came out. And one reason was I wanted to see the words of a few cool songs in Season Three episodes. With the captions option. Captions are still possible, but for some silly reason, when songs are played during scenes, the words don't nicely show up on the screen for that. Like they did in the Seasons 1 and 2 DVD sets. THAT'S ONE LOUSY CHANGE NOW IN THE FORMATTING OF IT !! Not a good idea. Probably a bit of laziness on the part of the engineers or video editors or whatever. Hence why only 4 stars instead of 5. At least part of the reason. (Because I'm rating the DVD formats and sets themselves too. Not just the episodes.)
Also, I actually preferred when the disks were two-sided, as in Seasons one and two DVDs. Anyway, another reason 4 stars instead of 5 is, while I like Miami Vice overall, sometimes, let's be totally honest, the violence, gun killings, etc, are a bit gratuitous and non-credible. At certain times. But what can you do? Even if all those near escapes and constant near misses, and some of the gun things are a bit over-done here and there, which they are sometimes, the total picture needs to be appreciated and understood. Those are two crazy under-cover cops. And fun and passionate. And also deep, in certain ways. And at least are not really corrupt and crooked. Like the sickos on "The Shield". (Even though the subject matter and drama on "The Shield" are pretty realistic and with good acting.) But nothing's perfect. Not even Miami Vice. Anyway, overall though, Don Johnson's hair and apparel and style are great. Drama and dialogue interesting and thought-provoking. Philip Michael Thomas is always in cool and sharp form. Edward James Olmos is always intense, sharp, and great in his speech and suave cool demeanor. Supporting cast really good. Scenery and imagery, topics. Nice stuff. Overall. Not perfect, but interesting and cool basically, in the overall sense. Again though, the DVDs themselves, were made differently than in seasons one and two, for some oddball reason. They should have stuck to that original format, in the DVD sets, instead of changing it in seasons 3 to 5. But you take the good with the bad. So overall, pretty good.
Movie Review: Vice Rules!
Summary: 4 Stars
This season was a sort of transition phase of the show, they ditched the whole STYLE aspect of the show, or were trying something new. Michael Mann was on his way out, and they brought in Law And Order mogul Dick Wolf. I think his approach to Vice added to the show, but also took away from it at the same time. Gone were the days of pastel colours, and fun episodes, and in it's place were more serious episodes, and no recurring storylines.
They ended season 2 with the episode Sons And Lovers, which focused around Calderone's daughter Angelina, who Tubbs had a relationship with, she has Tubbs' baby, and her brother vows revenge on Tubbs, and supposedly the baby and Angelina get killed in the crossfire. It was a bit of a cliffhanger in my eyes, but the season premiere of season 3 has no mention of any previous characters or storylines. They do end up tying up the loose end with Calderone's son in an episode called The Afternoon Plane which was somewhat of a dissapointment.
They get rid of the beautiful Black Ferrari Daytona Spyder in episode 2, which in this set is episode 1 (Episode 1 is really El Viejo) and they replace it with a Ferrari Testarossa. I find that the season starts off really boring, but once ya get to about the 3rd episode if you start with El Viejo as the season opener, then it starts to get good.
This season, since it is a bit of a transition period is really hit and miss. They have a good 4-5 episodes, then a few bad ones, then a few good ones, and so on. I find season 4 is a lot more consistent, but Season 3 has some really good episodes. 2 episodes that immediately come to mind are the intense WALK ALONE, where Tubbs goes undercover in a prison, and my personal favourite episode would have to be SHADOW IN THE DARK, which features an eery score from Jan Hammer, and is about a night stalker that breaks into peoples houses. The whole episode is eery, which was fitting that it was originally aired on Halloween.
Another great episode was the 2 parter Down For The Count. I won't spoil this episode, but it has to be seen. It's a great episode. I find the season premiere and season finale in this season really are boring.
Another thing I found weird about this season is the picture at times is really overly bright, or blurry because of some cheesy effect that they used at the time to make it look dreamy, from what I heard. I find it outright annoying. The 5.1 mix though is an awesome touch.
I will give this episode a 4 out of 5 stars, just because the season was hit and miss.
Movie Review: Miami Vice Rules!
Summary: 4 Stars
This 1986-87 Season of this police drama was awesome & takes me back to memory lane to when it was a popular Friday night show on NBC & to when I was 14 years old in the 8th grade back then.
MIAMI VICE's 3rd Season also takes me back to memory lane to when NBC's motto was "Come Home To NBC", which was NBC's credo from the Fall of 1986 thru the Summer of 1987.
This was also the first full season with Crockett's snazzy white Ferrari Testerosa too which was more upgraded than Crockett's black Ferrari used in the first 2 Seasons of MIAMI VICE.
It was also interesting seeing
-Mike Richards in "The Fix" episode before his co-starring days on SEINFIELD
-Singer Phil Collins in the "Phil The Shill" episode
-The Fat Boys in the "Florence Italy" episode
-George Takei in the "Red Tape" episode after his co-starring days on STAR TREK
-Ismael "East" Carlo in the "Cuba Libre" episode during his co-starring days on SANTA BARBARA & DAYS OF OUR LIVES
-Lou Diamond Phillips & Melanie Griffith in the "Red Tape" episode
-Wrestler Lou Albano in the "By Hooker By Crook" episode
-Former football celebrity John Matuszak in the "Viking Bikers From Hell"
It was also neat being able to watch these episodes complete & uncut as well as commercial-free as opposed to how they were shown in reruns on USA, FX, TNN, and TV Land which edited each episode by deleting too many scenes to allot more time for too many commercial disruptions.
Movie Review: Season 3, Overall I liked it.
Summary: 4 Stars
Someone else left a review of most of the other episodes, but there was one I liked. Red Tape. In order not to be next on the casuality list, Tubbs leaves Vice (sort of) and discovers who is leaking information to various crime bosses protecting their assests from nosy law enforcement investigators. I loved the music in this Episode. It had alot of star power in it too. Lou Diamond Phillips, Annette Benning, Viggo Mortensen. Wow!Movie Review: Really good cops and robbers show!
Summary: 4 Stars
After watching the first season, I decided to order the rest. I am on DVD session three. It is interesting to see how the show changes and grows. I am not always happy with what the producers do, but you cannot deny that it is always interesting. Looking forward to the remainder of the series. Much as I like Thomas, he is never the "star". Only Johnson holds this show together.