That show sure made the mid-1980's a cool time to be a cop, even a small town one. Oh, man, was I wishing I could swap my S&W 586 for a Bren 10, but no doing!
That show sure made the mid-1980's a cool time to be a cop, even a small town one. Oh, man, was I wishing I could swap my S&W 586 for a Bren 10, but no doing!
At least the S&W worked!
I knew a guy who had a BrenTen with the box, extra mags, etc. he sold it for a pretty penny to, as he put it, “ some Miami Vice nerd”.
Sonny's Model 645 was replaced with the new Smith & Wesson Model 4506, also chambered in .45 ACP. Sonny's 4506 can be seen in the beginning of the episode "Victim of Circumstance" when he is sitting in a cafe, looking at it.
I got my hands on a Bren 10 when they came out, except they were not shipping magazines with them. Tried for about 6 months to get a mag and never got it done. Found some guy that thought is was cool and sold it to him and bought 2 deltas.
Writing from the gateway to the great BluMtns in southeastern Washington.
Just remember, "You are the trailer park and I am the tornado". Beth Dutton, Yellowstone.
Michael Mann had some good advisers on the crew. There was some good gun stuff here and there on the show. This draw from concealment was the real deal, smoking fast.
Michael Mann had some good advisers on the crew. There was some good gun stuff here and there on the show. This draw from concealment was the real deal, smoking fast.
Miami Vice overly-dramatized minor acts that were part of a bigger play that the show ignored, insomuch as it was intended to reflect the Miami culture in the 70's and early 80's. Miami was transformed by the Medellín Cartel of which the key players were Jorge Ochoa (not Pablo Escobar) in Columbia and Griselda Blanco in Miami. There were innumerable smugglers, but they were all either working for those two or trying to rip them off. The TV show makes it seem as though there was a whole panorama of drug-related crime without any unifying factor, but in fact it was driven almost entirely by one operation. Obviously the show is fictional and did not portend to be a documentary, but it still influenced a lot of American's understanding of what Miami was like while keeping them ignorant of some important facts. One of those facts is that the United State Government was for a long time content to look the other way. The Federal agencies that were primarily responsible, the DEA, what is now called CBP, and the Coast Guard were doing nothing at all about the massive amounts of cocaine coming into Miami. It was having the effect of multi-billion dollar stimulus on the city and there was no apparent reason to intervene because it appeared that everyone was benefiting. That was until Griselda Blanco began a violent murder spree. If that woman wasn't psychotic, she certainly had no regard for human life whatsoever. She was ordering hits one after another in a near continuous string, most of which were carried out without regard for collateral damage. It was only her reckless disregard for peace and human life that forced the US Government to intervene.
If the US Government was standing idly by as a stream of billions of ~1980 USD (about 4X the value of 2021 USD) was flowing to Columbia, you can bet they had some intention. Maybe to fund a war against FARC or maybe they would repatriate it as payment for Venezuelan debt. If Blanco forced them to crack down, it's amazing how she got away with it. How she got off the hook was a stunning story.
That's some interesting history. I heard that violent crime was very high at that time . Maybe that Griselda gal was why?
How often does a classic series end up on the big screen or comeback series with the original cast after all those years? That's amazing.
If you think about it, remind me when you hear of it's release. I have family that went into law enforcement because of this series. I warned them ahead of time that it's not really glamorous and I doubt they'll be issued a cigar boat for commute. Lol.
Miami Vice was just a little before my time but I remember the craze well. I had the Don Johnson spiked haircut and really dug the intro with the uptempo music and quick cut scenes. Especially the woman in bikinis.
I lived in key largo in 1992-1993ish. Smuggling was part of the pop culture. LEO was in cars, planes, boats, etc... you couldn’t go 5 miles on US1 without seeing blue lights. You could buy “seaweed” for $20/quarter. Scheit that hit the water not sealed tight and took on seawater. People chopping out lines on the bar at the Caribbean club, go fast boats docked up with rumbling motors shaking the windows at plantation yacht harbor marina where I worked. My roommate got stabbed in the parking lot of the paradise pub for hustling some Haitians playing pool. Had a guy that used to come in and slap $100 bills in all our palms for anything we did. S.Florida in the early 90’s was the wild, Wild West.
I lived in key largo in 1992-1993ish. Smuggling was part of the pop culture. LEO was in cars, planes, boats, etc... you couldn’t go 5 miles on US1 without seeing blue lights. You could buy “seaweed” for $20/quarter. Scheit that hit the water not sealed tight and took on seawater. People chopping out lines on the bar at the Caribbean club, go fast boats docked up with rumbling motors shaking the windows at plantation yacht harbor marina where I worked. My roommate got stabbed in the parking lot of the paradise pub for hustling some Haitians playing pool. Had a guy that used to come in and slap $100 bills in all our palms for anything we did. S.Florida in the early 90’s was the wild, Wild West.
Should have been here in the 70's.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want.
