TV's Miami Vice... Still good after all these years, or has gotten cheesy after all these years?

[MrScorpio]

[Bryan]

1. Surprisingly watchable

Loved it as a kid because it struck me as very "adult". Picked up the first season on DVD for a laugh, and discovered to my bemusement that the younger me was not entirely wrong.

I wouldn't put it in the same category as something like The Wire, but under the '80s cheese and the incredibly self-conscious art direction and costuming, it's a very seedy, cynical, and even depressing crime show.

[MrScorpio]

2. Which is why Michael Mann is a genius

One of my favorite directors

[Richard Steele]

3. Still more watchable than most of its contemporaries. nm

[Kutjara]

4. Cheesy, but in a good way.

The idea that undercover vice cops could remain undercover while driving around in a white Ferrari Testarossa is just one of the deliciously cheesy aspects of the show.

The way James Edward Olmos' character morphed into some kind of katana-wielding ninja was also brilliant high-camp.

All the moody Phil Collins and Glen Frey music just put another layer of mozzarella on the whole hilarious pizza.

My wife loves it and has a couple of seasons on DVD. I enjoy watching it with her, because it's such a wonderful look back at what we used to think was cool.

[madrchsod]

5. depends on the episode

i watched every episode when it was first on...some of the music still holds up after all these years

[CreekDog]

6. Have never ever seen an episode

Had a stereo TV but we weren't wasting that on the 2-bit covers the NBC would pay for.

[Skittles]

7. crap then, crap now

:puke:

[Vidar]

8. I had a cheap version of the Don Johnson white suit. First time I wore it,

three students jokingly tried to buy ice cream from me. Second time, I wore it to a dance. On the way, I had to fix a flat and became covered in grease. It was not worn a third time.

[Lyric]

9. Was there ever a time when it *wasn't* cheesy?

:shrug: