Impossible remake? (1 Viewer)

[Spitfrnd]

I was wondering if anyone would call me on that. Yeah, I concede that, but that aspect always bothered me a bit as all the secondary character cops seemed to dress pretty off-the-rack. I did like the Ferrari Spider until they blew it up. It was one of those "time and place" shows that might be hard to recapture. -- Al

No doubt. I have been watching the re-runs on dvd and it is interesting how the show progressed. Certainly Michael Mann's direction and the show's rich video palette and integrated music are a large part of its appeal. It is in fact hard to seperate the show from its fantastic music. At a time when other shows simply used "TV music", it spent over $10,000 per episode to obtain original recordings from popular artists like Roger Daltrey, El Debarge, Devo, Jackson Browne, Meat Loaf, Phil Collins,Bryan Adams, Tina Turner, Peter Gabriel, ZZ Top, The Tubes, Dire Straits, Depeche Mode, The Hooters, Iron Maiden, The Alan Parsons Project, Godley & Creme, Corey Hart, Glenn Frey, U2, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Foreigner, The Police, Red 7, Laura Branigan, Ted Nugent, Suicidal Tendencies, The D*m*ed, and Billy Idol. Several iconic artists even guest-starred in episodes, including Phil Collins, Miles Davis, The Power Station, Glenn Frey, Suicidal Tendencies, Willie Nelson, Ted Nugent, Frank Zappa, The Fat Boys, and Sheena Easton.

Also oddly some actors were just born for a given role. Don Johnson may not have done much else but he was perfect as Crockett and the same can be said of Phillip Michael Thomas as Tubbs. Somehow a remake is not likely to produce the same chemistry and certainly not deliver the same innovation for its time.

 

[Ragnar]

Want to hear something poor....someone is remaking....'Scarface'

It'll never work!

Please Nooooooooo .

"last time your gonna see a bad guy like this mate let me tell ya"..."Make way for the bad guy there's a bad guy comming thru"

 

[lancer]

No doubt. I have been watching the re-runs on dvd and it is interesting how the show progressed. Certainly Michael Mann's direction and the show's rich video palette and integrated music are a large part of its appeal. It is in fact hard to seperate the show from its fantastic music. At a time when other shows simply used "TV music", it spent over $10,000 per episode to obtain original recordings from popular artists like Roger Daltrey, El Debarge, Devo, Jackson Browne, Meat Loaf, Phil Collins,Bryan Adams, Tina Turner, Peter Gabriel, ZZ Top, The Tubes, Dire Straits, Depeche Mode, The Hooters, Iron Maiden, The Alan Parsons Project, Godley & Creme, Corey Hart, Glenn Frey, U2, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Foreigner, The Police, Red 7, Laura Branigan, Ted Nugent, Suicidal Tendencies, The D*m*ed, and Billy Idol. Several iconic artists even guest-starred in episodes, including Phil Collins, Miles Davis, The Power Station, Glenn Frey, Suicidal Tendencies, Willie Nelson, Ted Nugent, Frank Zappa, The Fat Boys, and Sheena Easton.

Also oddly some actors were just born for a given role. Don Johnson may not have done much else but he was perfect as Crockett and the same can be said of Phillip Michael Thomas as Tubbs. Somehow a remake is not likely to produce the same chemistry and certainly not deliver the same innovation for its time.

It was cutting edge and ahead of everything else. Johnson managed some other stuff such as Miami Vice West, aka. Nash Bridges and a couple of decent movies such as Dead Bang and The Hot Spot. P.M. Thomas kinda just disappeared (johnson did give him a guest spot on Nash Bridges). It was a great "period" piece. Watching them today is kind of bittersweet. Some of the shows hold up, some don't. I loved the heck out of it in the 80's, though. -- Al

 

[Wraith]

I was wondering if anyone would call me on that. Yeah, I concede that, but that aspect always bothered me a bit as all the secondary character cops seemed to dress pretty off-the-rack. I did like the Ferrari Spider until they blew it up. It was one of those "time and place" shows that might be hard to recapture. -- Al

Hey! Some of us are still living in the 80's. You can't put a value on timeless fashion statements like electric blue trousers, pink muscle tops, white blazers and canvas deck shoes.

Still works for me every Friday night

(Apart from the lack of Ferraris - don't seem too keen on issuing those out for some reason. )

Loved the series then, still enjoy it now.

 

[lancer]

Hey! Some of us are still living in the 80's. You can't put a value on timeless fashion statements like electric blue trousers, pink muscle tops, white blazers and canvas deck shoes.

Still works for me every Friday night

(Apart from the lack of Ferraris - don't seem too keen on issuing those out for some reason. )

Loved the series then, still enjoy it now.

LOL. Another MV fan caught in the time warp of the 80's. It was THE show of the 80's and everyone who was anyone wanted to be on it. Had me hooked when I saw the pilot show. That show had a great run and only started to lose steam after it "jumped the shark" by having Sonny lose his memory and becoming a hit man. And as Spitfrnd said, where else could you see such an array of Rock stars, Hollywood stars, and even political stars such as G. Gordon Liddy?
It was a winner. -- Al

 

[Combat]

With the transition to digital broadcast TV here in the US, these old shows are now a hot commodity because the networks can multicast several different channels. These old shows are an inexpensive way to use some of those extra channels. I've seen shows like "Emergency" and "Adam-12" that I haven't seen in years. Sort of the grade B TV shows from the 60's and 70's that were not aired much in the last few decades.

Remakes are usually, but not always, a very, very bad idea. Fans of the original will hate them because they are so fond of the original characters.

 

[lancer]

With the transition to digital broadcast TV here in the US, these old shows are now a hot commodity because the networks can multicast several different channels. These old shows are an inexpensive way to use some of those extra channels. I've seen shows like "Emergency" and "Adam-12" that I haven't seen in years. Sort of the grade B TV shows from the 60's and 70's that were not aired much in the last few decades.

Remakes are usually, but not always, a very, very bad idea. Fans of the original will hate them because they are so fond of the original characters.

Yeah, we get Adam-12 and Emergency alone with others like Dragnet, who's message and stories still hold up pretty well. -- Al

 

[Spitfrnd]

Hey! Some of us are still living in the 80's. You can't put a value on timeless fashion statements like electric blue trousers, pink muscle tops, white blazers and canvas deck shoes.

Still works for me every Friday night

(Apart from the lack of Ferraris - don't seem too keen on issuing those out for some reason. )

Loved the series then, still enjoy it now.

Well as I am still watching it I obviously loved it also. I agree with Al about the memory loss gimmick; that was lame.

So speaking of cop shows and being trapped in the wrong decade, how do you like Life on Mars? I am working my way through Season 1 on dvd and rather like it so far.

 

[Wraith]

Well as I am still watching it I obviously loved it also. I agree with Al about the memory loss gimmick; that was lame.

So speaking of cop shows and being trapped in the wrong decade, how do you like Life on Mars? I am working my way through Season 1 on dvd and rather like it so far.

It's propa policing guv, like wot it should be. None of this namby pamby, fluffy, 'lets wrap 'em in cotton wool' stuff.

 

[Spitfrnd]

It's propa policing guv, like wot it should be. None of this namby pamby, fluffy, 'lets wrap 'em in cotton wool' stuff.

Right then.
"I don't know... [pause] ... who the biggest d***head is round here. [to Ray Carling] You, for what happened... [to Sam] You, for your holier than thou act... or me, for having any of you on my team."
Philip Glenister gets all the good lines.

 

[Wraith]

Right then.
"I don't know... [pause] ... who the biggest d***head is round here. [to Ray Carling] You, for what happened... [to Sam] You, for your holier than thou act... or me, for having any of you on my team."
Philip Glenister gets all the good lines.

He's the boss. The lines go with the rank.