The Influence Of Miami Vice - Why Miami Vice Is Still Relevant In 2024

[@ericfreeman1303]

Miami Vice was ahead of its time. The show was Pop Culture finest💯

[@agomodern]

It was exactly of its time. Dude, just look at the clothing and design of the show.

[@ryszakowy]

@@agomodern yeah those were the better times looking at miami and america now

[@clarissawestbrook2203]

In a few days will be 38 years since Miami Vice first premiered in changed tv forever! This show will always be iconic and one of the greatest tv shows of all time!

[@michellew4637]

Totally agree! I was 10 when it hit the screens, I'm 48 now and still a huge fan! Loved how the music fit the scenes, and of course, I LOVED Sonny 😍

[@maureencora1]

1980s Miami Vice was Like Spring & Summers And 1990s New York Undercover was Like Fall & Winters. Very Chic.

[@TKOin2life]

Well said and so true.

[@maureencora1]

@@TKOin2life Touche' (smile)

[@SIKE01]

the first two seasons of MIAMI VICE was magic

[@Its_Papa_John]

I love the Bren Ten mention. Not enough people talk about the pistol, and the influence Miami Vice had on its popularity!

[@tomahawk5118]

I still wish they’d resurrect the Bren Ten.

[@Ed-ds8qy]

10mm

[@ultrablue2]

If only the company could solve their QC issues, especially with the magazines. That’s what really did them in. They got to the point they shipped guns with any magazines in the packaging, rendering them useless. The idea of doing that today in the era of social media and instant flame wars would have torpedoed the company instantly.

[@samuelvillarreal4157]

Talking about Miami Vice but playing Lethal Weapon music!!! I love it!!!

[@VHS_NEON]

Lethal weapon is amazing! Definitely plan on making a few videos on the first 3 Lethal Weapon movies.

[@llorenstorrespr4409]

What a time it was to be alive during that gab between '84-'86.

[@clarissawestbrook2203]

I can't believe Sept 2024 will be 40 years since Miami Vice premiered!❤❤❤❤

[@wazzup233]

And they'll gonna celebrate it in Avalon Hotel in Miami this September. 😉

[@truthbtruth8559]

Miami Vice was groundbreaking. I miss it! Always the BEST 80's songs plus its own theme intro music was/is epic!! 👍💙🇺🇲🤩😎🎵😍🇺🇲💙❣ #MiamiViceForever #BackTheBlue

[@tonyhsloanejr]

I was born in 1976 and how I wish the style of Miam Vice would come back. So cool.

[@Nick.Brough]

I am the same age and it is up to us to bring it back, no-one else will!

[@mrpoizun]

Joke, right?

[@Beatleboylevi]

I love that you use Lethal Weapon music in the background. Two of my favorite things put together!

[@VHS_NEON]

Yeah lethal weaopn has an amzing soundtrack and I plan on doing a similar video on it soon.

[@richardhart9204]

… for me, they’ve always existed in the same Universe, along with Die Hard. 😊

[@clarissawestbrook2203]

I absolutely love Miami Vice especially the first two seasons. It's a great show and an excellent time capsule of the 1980s. I agree with this video and see it's influence in shows such as Law and Order, New York Undercover, Criminal Minds, The Wire, Dexter etc. This was an insightful video on a gorgeous and remarkable series.

[@VHS_NEON]

I agree 100%. I loved the first 3 Seasons. I think Season 4-5 is when it started to get too dark. But season 1-3 are amazing.

[@clarissawestbrook2203]

@@VHS_NEON I fully agree. I didn't even notice its influence on the Bad Boys franchise until you mentioned it. Are you going to do a ranking video of your favorite Miami Vice episodes?

[@VHS_NEON]

@@clarissawestbrook2203 I will definitely. Working on it atm. There are some really good ones.

[@lindacollins903]

I cannot count how many times I have rewatched all 5 seasons of MV on Peacock. In 2024, it will be 40 years since the series premiered and look how many people still love it, some who weren't even born 40 years ago. What other show can say that? And lest I forget, Don Johnson and PMT are the best looking duo in TV history then and forever. The chemistry between them was amazing 🔥♥️

[@clarissawestbrook2203]

@@lindacollins903 I agree I was born in 1994 but I love Miami Vice and even though it's a perfect time capsule of the 1980s and still feels fresh and modern too.

[@DestroyTheBeast]

Miami Vice was pretty much mandatory viewing back in the day.

[@VHS_NEON]

definitely

[@Rambo4President]

Watched season 1 for the first time, and it has already influenced my style. I’ve been wearing linen blazers and pants for a while, but it is only since MV that I wear them a little baggy and with colored shirts 😁

[@CHRISANDREOU4199]

Get some espadrilles no socks and hike up the sleeves on your blazer 👌

[@allanbard6048]

Macy's started that whole "Miami Vice" section yet again in the early 2000's. i lived in LA when the show was on, so the clothes were everywhere. And yes, I tried to re-create my MV style in the present day. One white linen suit; one deep orange (to use as mix and match); 5 designer tshirts; 2 notched lapel suits, one light gray and once dark navy; 6 dress shirts; and 4 ties. Got footwear from a couple different stores and my closet looks 80's badass again!

[@bradlafferty6076]

Excellent video, one of my all time favorite TV shows, you broke it down perfectly. I love Miami, I moved there in 1996. So many no name actors who became huge later. Great video.

[@perennialbeachcomber.7518]

Some of the best episodes in the Miami Vice TV series are in Season 2 (especially the thought-provoking pilot episode, "Prodigal Son"), the second half of Season 1, and the closing episodes of Season 5.

[@NixDarkLord]

@randywhite3947 Best season is 2, then 1, then 5, then 3 and last 4

[@fedr39]

Oh yeah! Prodigal Son was way ahead of its time and opened up to what's happening today. Amazing episode from the series. One of many actually.

[@cactusaviator]

The greatest tv show ever.

[@Asher-Sky]

Agreed 100+10% its impossible to recreate this show. It is a whole culture till this day🎉❤

[@UncleIJT]

No joke. I started watching MV 2023. Instantly I realized how many films, shows, and videos games the show influenced. I watched Nash Bridges often

[@SanderJohnson17]

I wanna dress like Ricardo Tubbs always

[@chantalslut]

I always wanted to dress like the girl in the white pvc dress. But my wife wont let me.

[@Streetw1s3r]

Smugglers Blues was Season 1

[@waltergross1269]

Very nice. Totally agree.

[@MichaelFreiberg-kl6ed]

Greatest Show ever made... Timeless Masterpiece ...

[@oldschool1079]

Loved this as a 80s kid. Watched it with my parents as a 9 year old kid in south east europe, in some shit one room rinky dink rental , toilet shared with another dude. These shows were welcomed evening escape from shit reality. Sonny and Tubbs with fancy Versace outfits, ferrari cars, slamming tracks. Everybody loved the cocky detective duo, but even as a kid my favorite was boss Castillo (Edward Olmos) bad ass strong silent type complete opposite from main characters.

[@NeilStuhlmiller]

80s and 90s were the last good decades. After that it was all downhill.

[@mattkase6644]

Certainly for broadcast television.

[@TheArchangelNexus]

Evan, Shadow in The Dark & Mirror Image was some of the best tv ever made ftw 🙌🏽

[@allanbard6048]

Tale Of The Goat; Honor Among Thieves?; Theresa; El Viejo. And yes, these are ranked by Jan Hammer's music.

[@mattkase6644]

Florence Italy, featuring Danny Sullivan!

[@stevemoore3951]

Evan is my favorite episode ever. The Lombard episodes were greatness. Heart Of Darkness. Season 1 and 2 are my favorite and into 3.

[@TheArchangelNexus]

@@stevemoore3951 those episodes was fire especially Stones War. There’s so many to name.

[@richardhart9204]

When I hear people say it was the advent of The Sopranos that changed TV ... I laugh! Before anyone working in the broadcast TV business could even contemplate thinking about a show of that nature, two shows had already broken the worn-out old mold of network TV. The first was Hill Street Blues, the show that first cracked that mold. The second was Miami Vice, the show that completely shattered that mold into a gazillion pieces, and essentially gave us the television and wider popular culture we all enjoy today.

[@johnrobins2553]

They got this series 100% right the acting, music and story is well ahead of it`s time. Sadly the culture we have today the chances of these series ever being repeated are very slim. Some would argue that it is too political, violent and celebrates gun culture. Nerveless as a petrolhead I love the cars they use which are now considered to be dinosaurs. Surely it helped the sales of Italian sports cars as well as the tourist industry in Miami.

[@MistaP13]

It’s crazy that a company goes bankrupt when they get too many orders!😳

[@agomodern]

8:20 And no mention of the Miami Vice staple: the Zero Halliburton suitcase.

[@MrJjburgess11]

I hope they make a new VicE City GTA for the new gen systems.

[@danielb.7224]

they did

[@royjennings4781]

Miami vice was the history Miami from 1975-1990. Miami is nothing like it was in 1971.

[@VHS_NEON]

Miami still has a lot from back then. It still has the same vibe and most of the same builings. Have you ever been there?

[@joshuaturnage5243]

I agree with the opinion of how Miami Vice was so influential and important to TV it self. You had shows before it that were either buddy cop shows like Simon & Simon even shows in exotic locations such as Magnum PI & Hawaii 5- 0 but they don't have the it factor.

[@daisyydaisyy7122]

The Rayban era for sure! Everyone wanted a pair of wayfairs ❤

[@daisyydaisyy7122]

Great video!!

[@VHS_NEON]

@@daisyydaisyy7122 thank you 🎷

[@stevemoore3951]

Still wear the tortoise. Prescription. Been wearing them since the 80’s. My signature. The kids can laugh at me and trends come and go but I’m rolling the Ray Bans Wayfarer for the rest of my days on The Planet.

[@mattkase6644]

I've been saying exactly this about Miami Vice for a number of years now, but I have to take issue with one point. I think it was the movie Risky Business that was far more influential in popularizing Wayfarer style sunglasses in the 80s.

[@andrewlabat9963]

It was absolutely the best show on television..

[@adamlach6572]

The pilot long episode is an absolute gem. I like it more than Scarface.

[@JonathanParkes-x3b]

It's 1 reason I love Armani, it's glamour, it's ... oh ... chic 😎

[@dojocho1894]

It simply was the best One of the few police dramas where at the end of the show sometimes the bad guys got away

Seasons 1&2 10/10, 3 7/10, 4 5/10, 5 6/10

[@Crockett1984]

Good work! Are you going to the Miami Vice 40th anniversary in September?

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

I watched Miami Vice all the way threw about a year ago While watching the first season I told myself close to a dozen times that I am watching/just watched an episode that would have been my favorite episode dropped today/that day on any streaming site. THE FIRST SEASON WAS AMAZING!!!! The second season was better than all the others but had few highlights THE 3RD SEASON COULD HAVE BEEN THE BEST SEASON!!!! In my opinion season 3 had the potential to be better than the first season. It had the best gust characters, the best episode ideas by a long stretch, but the quality of work had dropped off to the point it didn't matter. If season 3 had the same love/care/craftsmanship as season 1 it would have been the best season of the show hands down. It had probably 6 of my 10 favorite intros - and may have had 4 of the 5 best genus concepts as far as episodes went but they screwed them up. All I could remember saying during season 3 was how the "dropped the ball on so many amazing concepts and intros" And of course there is what I believe could have been one of the greatest episodes ever, and could have been my favorite t.v. episode of all time (i think it was season 3) were Tubbs goes undercover and at the end they loose a few friend cops (one he holds in arms) THEY totally screwed that episode up because it could have had parts shifted to make it so much more impactful, and it was obvious the passion was gone - or they had elementry schoolers writing the script. A few episodes also didn't make sense at all in a rational sense... there were characters they should have used more (earlier) and many of the ones used multiple times were used back to back and while for some cases it made sense, for others they should have spaced some of the issues out to give the sense of a passage of time, while still touching on them in-between on other episodes. the coolest thing about the show was in every season and in many episodes you got the feeling like you were in Miami at least once - even if you were in alaska.... ... THEY NEED 2 MAKE COMICS OF AL THE ISSUES WITH ADDITIONAL EPISODES 2 IMPROVE THE SHOW AND THEN MAKE MORE ...

[@stevetrevor2633]

The drip tho! 👔🥶

[@ilmizarnanda]

Why they not making this kind of show again?

[@jaiyabyrd4177]

Made in America 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[@mrpoizun]

The emphasis on place, in this case south Floriduh, music and characterization definitely upped the game for cop shows. But the style- baggy, sloppy, pastel clothes and slippers? Thank God that went south in a hurry!

[@VHS_NEON]

Nah that style was iconic and you can still see it influencing modern fashion trends. People still wear suit blazers on tank tops and pastel colors are totally in right now.

[@MartyMcDoubleFly]

Ray-ban good, but saying nothing about "Carreras" is crazy

[@ilikepiproductions5916]

MTV Cops.....

[@franciscoriley3855]

Imagine all this started from that being mentioned in conversation.

[@tom357]

not to mention,i bought ScArab!😆👍

[@MickSupper]

Would have been nice to see the footage sync with your script. So easy to just show random footage of Miami Vice.

[@VHS_NEON]

Yes true I'm trying to synch the videos now but to be honest, people seem to like it anyway so maybe they don't really care that much.

[@adamx6000]

Miami Vice though was highly influenced by Scarface

[@VHS_NEON]

More like by the real life situation that Scaface talked about. Not so much by the movie itself.

[@adamx6000]

@@VHS_NEON true but one big influence solely from Scarface was the synth music score. Also Scarface may of helped Miami Vice being filmed on location in that the filming of Scarface was driven out of the town of Miami by the Cuban American Comunity that didn’t like how its town and culture were depicted. But by the time of Miami Vice a few years later, they didn’t seem to have that problem with the comunity and actually generated income and gentrification. So I think It might have been like what happened to The Godfather in that Italian Americans first were in fear of it, then were romanticized by the style despite the blood and embrace it.

[@stevemoore3951]

I agree with you. Brian Depalma made really visually appealing movies just like Michael Mann. By the time Michael Mann makes Manhunter and Crime Story he is next level. I’d love to see a MV series where Crockett and Tubbs were retired cops turned private eyes. DJ was great in Knives Out.

[@MickSupper]

Yep, a still see guys wearing sports coat with a t-shirt and jeans all of the time.

[@lukespector5550]

Transylvania finally gets Miami Vice???

[@CSM100MK2]

great script and analysis but your video editing is just completely random...

[@VHS_NEON]

True but honestly, this video was a total success for me. Great views and a lot of subs and likes so I think most people don't mind it being so random. Still, its one of my first videos and my editting has been improving lately.

[@CSM100MK2]

@@VHS_NEON glad to hear it! Keep improving!

[@ryszakowy]

remeber when they made miami vice movie without miami vice? yeah it was forgettable

[@michaelrytel2389]

Crime Story by Michael Mann was way better than Miami Vice.

[@samanthab1923]

Loved that show ❤

[@stevemoore3951]

It was very good. Different shows.