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Posted: 10/6/2004 10:54:02 PM EDT
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Foxx Headed to Miami Miami Vice that is. October 04, 2004 - Latino Review got a chance to speak with Jamie Foxx while the latter was doing press for his forthcoming release, Ray. The site asked Foxx about the rumors that he'll be playing Detective Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs in Universal's Miami Vice feature film. "Yeah man, it's happening," Foxx confirmed. And will Foxx's Ali and Collateral director Michael Mann helm the big-screen version of the TV series he executive produced? Foxx thinks "hopefully he will." In related news, Moviehole reports a rumor that "Mann would like Tom Cruise to play Sonny Crockett. Take it with a grain of salt for now, but it wouldn't be surprising if Mann wanted Pearly Whites, having apparently got along well together on Collateral." |
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not Jamie Foxx.
They are gonna fuck up another cherished memory. |
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Yeah, I have to agree with you on that one, but Mann isn't going to let the series that put him on the map be screwed up because of Foxx.
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How about bringing back all of the old cast? they are all still kicking. They are probably going to screw it up.
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+1 for another wasted project. Tom Cruise? Jamie Foxx? ....brother
ETA: Someone really likes Miami Vice to have an org website. MiamiVice.org |
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DUPE!!
I posted this weeks ago! http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=275590 |
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DO DO DO, DO DO DO, DO DO DO, DO DO DO, DO DO DO ........... There's trouble on the street tonight I can feel it in my bones I had a premonition That he should not go alone I knew the gun was loaded But I didn't think he'd kill Ev'rything exploded and the Blood began to spill So baby here's your ticket Put the suitcase in your hand Here's a little money now Do it just the way we planned You be cool for twenty hours And I'll pay you twenty grand I'm sorry it went down like this Someone had to lose It's the nature of the bus'ness It's the smuggler's blues Smuggler's blues The sailors and the pilots The soldiers and the law The payoffs and the ripoffs And the things nobody saw No matter if it's heroin, cocaine or hash You've got to carry weapons Cause you always carry cash Thre's lots of shady characters Lots of dirty deals Ev'ry name's an alias In case somebody squeals It's the lure of easy money It's gotta very strong appeal Perhaps you'd understand it better Standin in my shoes It's the ultimate enticement It's the smuggler's blues Smuggler's blues See it in the headlines You hear it ev'ry day They say they're gonna stop it But it doesn't go away They move it through Miami Sell it in L.A. They hide it up in Telluride I mean it's here to stay It's propping up the governments Of Columbia and Peru You ask any D.E.A. man He'll say there's nothin we can do From the office of the President Right down to me and you Me and you It's a losing proposition But one you can't refuse It's the politics of contraband It's the smuggler's blues Smuggler's blues SMUGGLERS BLUES By Glenn Fry Loved that series. Zen "This is my rifle, there are many like it, but this one is mine" |
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Once again Hollyweird has no original ideas and they have to recycle old TV Shows as a new movie.
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My all time favorite TV show.
Unfortunately, I won't be seeing the movie with Ton Cruise as Crockett and Jamie Foxx as Tubbs. Michael Mann is off his rocker... |
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I used to really like that show, but as I see a few reruns --- I find it is so dated that it is no longer interesting.
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Not automatically a bad idea, if done right. |
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is daisy duke going to be in it?
m.v. was a classic and revolutionary in its' day. now? kinda been done to death. |
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I'd prefer Michael Mann do a TV show of HEAT.
Now there's a good fucking idea. |
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It was a turd when it was on TV. It'll be an even bigger turd on the big screen. |
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The arc of an actor's career as explained by Don Johnson:
Naaaah. |
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Considering what they did to Mission:Impossible and Starskey & Hutch, I remain extremely skeptical.
I'm with Styer. Another cherished memory down the tubes..... |
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I agree. The TV show has not held up over time. What seemed new and exciting when I watched the first run episodes, now seems played out and kinda blah due to the scripts. It may also be because Miami Vice's mood and style were copied ad-nauseum in the following years. |
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I think this provides that answer to the question asked in this thread
www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=281855 |
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I took a course from Matt Burkett a few years ago.
He, like so many instructors, usually starts out his class by going around the room asking people to introduce themselves and talk a little bit about how you got into shooting. Everybody was like, "I'm so-and-so, and I got into shooting because I wanted to learn how to defnd myself and family /My Dad or friend or husband got me into shooting/I just enjoy shooting..." and so on and so on. I was tha last one to go. I said, "Hi everybody, my name is Dolomite - and did you ever see that episode of Miami Vice where Ross Seyfried plays a hit man - and there's that one scene in the first 5 minutes where he goes from a surrender position to executing a perfect Mozambique on a guy in about a second? After that, I just knew I was going to get into pistol shooting." Matt's eyes light up and he starts nodding rapidly, "Oh yeah man! I just saw that episode last week! Cool!" Nothing Michael Mann does can be wrong. |
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Two great episodes of Miami Vice, before it "Jumped the Shark" (around its third/fourth season.)
1. "Out Where the Buses Don't Run" - w/Bruce McGill ("D-day" from "Animal House") & David Strathairn. McGill played an insane retired detective brought in to help hunt down a once disappeared Coke dealer who beat the rap on a case he worked on years ago . Strathairn played his former partner. An awesome twisted ending with Dire Straits' great "Brothers In Arms" playing over the top.. My description doesn't even do justice to how good an episode this was. 2. "Definately Miami" - w/Ted Nugent. The Nuge played a psychopath thug in this one and did a heck of a job. Another great last scene featuring a perfectly matched song (Godley & Creme's "Cry"). I still can't get the image of cars buried in the sand out of my mind. That first epsiode mentioned w/McGill is better than most movies. |
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I remember that. I have NEVER seen anyone move that fast before! |
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Best one was the one with Bruce Willis as the international arms dealer.
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Yep... Or: Evan The one with John Leguizamo as Calderon Jr. Smuggler's Blues The one in NYC etc.... I still have both the soundtrack and Jan Hammer's "Escape From Television" album. LOVED that music! |
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I'll give Michael Mann the benefit of the doubt on this movie project. I think it will be OK, AS LONG AS MANN IS DIRECTING! If we hear later that Mann has jumped ship, well look out. I would really hate to see my long time favorite TV series turned into an embarassing comedy like the recent "starsky and Hutch" turd.
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HEAT was a TV movie before it hit the big screen. Came out in 1989, it was called LA Take Down. It's the PG rated version of HEAT, pretty much the same movie, just different actors, weapons ( no FNC,the good guy uses a SPAS-15) and a few different scenes.
A big screen Miami Vice will be interesting, not sure it will be anything other than a third installment of Bad Boys...but we shall see. |
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There was a TV show that was very similar to Heat called Robbery Homocide Division. Starring Tom Sizemore as the Lt. of his squad and had very similar camera work, etc.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315686/ Cheers |
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Good one , also the ones with G.Gordon Liddy, Phil Collins,Glen Frye, and Ted Nugent. |
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Oh is that bad huh? I haven't seen the guy that plays Tubbs since the show left the air years ago. I enjoyed the show tremendously, especially the gun play. All of the anti-gunners back then thought that this show was a lesson in weapons training. I'm listening to the sound track from the TV show right now. My favs are You Belong to the City by Glenn Fry, In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins, and Flashback & Evan by Jan Hammer. |
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Totally kick-ass tune! Has anyone seen the Good Times episode where Phillip Michael Thomas played Thelma's Jamaican boyfriend? |
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Wasn't that episode where Nuge blew up Crockett's black Daytona with a LAWS? The look on Sonnys face was priceless. episode also featured several Nuge tunes too. |
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God Damn I hope that's a joke with the vin no talent and feebles! Sounds like their gonna fuck this one up real good. I bet they are too scared to roll out the testarossa as well. |
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I would prefer for them to make a parody out of it. Let a Zucker instead of Mann take it on.
You could have Crockett shaving but the stubble just stays. It is an easy show to write gags for. |
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Go all out. Sean Connery as the Lt. Rosie McLard as one of the girls. The black guy from Kangaroo Jack as Tubbs. Richard Simmons as Crockett.
But don't fuck with Izzie & Noogie! They were the real stars of the show. |
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That wasn't Ross playing the shooter, Jim Zubiena was the assassin.
Arc And yes he is quick and the moves looked great. |
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You know what's really cool? The year he did that episode, my partner beat him at the Bianchi Cup. |
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