All flash and no substance. A series of MTV imitation sequences punctuated by the most violence seen on prime time TV up to that time.
In each season, the two cops killed an average of 40 to 50 people per season, at least two to three per show. IRL, all the cops in the whole state of Florida didn't kill that many people. Vice was trying to imitate Lethal Weapon, but didn't have a buddy cop pair with humor. So they lazily decided to be "gritty.'
As to the music, the show gets an extra point for a guest shot for Suicidal Tendencies. Even if they showed the audience dancing to them like bad Broadway dancers posing as punks.
Mostly the music was the likes of Phil Collins and Don Henley, two former rockers from the 70s trying to stay relevant by cutting their hair and doing bland pop songs.
Yes, the audience for this was not in their teens or 20s. Those kids went out on the weekends. It was the sheltered nerds staying home without dates or parties who thought it was cool. They, or frat boys being faddish, fell for the ridiculous fashions.
It was also people in their 30s who were the audience. They heard about that new MTV thing and imagined this show would clue them in. But as rapper Ice T said, "Miami Vice is small time, LA is the real deal!"
IOW, hip hop and rock fans mocked this show. Pop music and other fad followers imitated it for its first two years. The ratings fell pretty sharply after that, and it barely held on for the rest of its run.
In each season, the two cops killed an average of 40 to 50 people per season, at least two to three per show. IRL, all the cops in the whole state of Florida didn't kill that many people. Vice was trying to imitate Lethal Weapon, but didn't have a buddy cop pair with humor. So they lazily decided to be "gritty.'
As to the music, the show gets an extra point for a guest shot for Suicidal Tendencies. Even if they showed the audience dancing to them like bad Broadway dancers posing as punks.
Mostly the music was the likes of Phil Collins and Don Henley, two former rockers from the 70s trying to stay relevant by cutting their hair and doing bland pop songs.
Yes, the audience for this was not in their teens or 20s. Those kids went out on the weekends. It was the sheltered nerds staying home without dates or parties who thought it was cool. They, or frat boys being faddish, fell for the ridiculous fashions.
It was also people in their 30s who were the audience. They heard about that new MTV thing and imagined this show would clue them in. But as rapper Ice T said, "Miami Vice is small time, LA is the real deal!"
IOW, hip hop and rock fans mocked this show. Pop music and other fad followers imitated it for its first two years. The ratings fell pretty sharply after that, and it barely held on for the rest of its run.