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Recasting Couch

Michael B. Jordan alternative considered worse because familiar-star baggage; unfamiliarity with Daniel helped actual casting.

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  • Michael B. Jordan alternative considered worse because familiar-star baggage; unfamiliarity with Daniel helped actual casting.
Miami Vice The Rewatchables
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Most Rewatchable Scene

Split: the Cuba speedboat trip; the Haiti negotiation with the grenade

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  • The opening can be treated as the nightclub alone or the longer opening through the highway death; the nightclub is praised despite unexplained violence.
  • The opening mojito flirtation makes the drink appealing.
  • The meet-and-greet gone wrong and John Hawks suicide are candidates; the spoken surname is corrected from Harks to Hawks.
  • Other candidates are the Haiti negotiation, Cuba trip, trailer rescue/explosion, final shootout and actual ending.
  • A personal vote favors the breathtaking Cuba speedboat trip despite its illogical details.
  • The trip prompts questions about silent travel, seasickness, clothes, time away and whose house they use.
  • The boat scene recalls the television Calderon revenge Bahamas montage accompanied by Voices, and is praised as the best movie speedboat scene.
  • The Havana dancing is compared to the Anchorman flute sequence as an odd inclusion; the extended sex scene also seems long.
  • The intimacy nevertheless establishes why saving Trudy matters.
  • The other favorite is the negotiation with the grenade and Jackson Pollock threat.
  • The boat sequence is compelling enough to postpone dinner.
  • An estimated 250 miles suggests three or four hours at the discussed speeds, inviting objections about noise, nausea, cold and waves.
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What’s Aged the Best?

Music and cinematography lead, alongside mojitos, the hair and mustache, Cuba and silent driving.

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  • Mojitos are a major beneficiary, although the mojito conversation has comically little chemistry.
  • The mid-2000s music and Farrell hair and mustache have come around; modern widescreen presentation serves the photography.
  • Cuba is an appealing movie destination, with the Fast and Furious franchise cited as another user.
  • Silent driving recalls the television partners and a pleasure difficult to find in Los Angeles traffic.
  • Taking cell calls in speeding convertibles strains plausibility, as does talking on the speedboat.
  • The instrumental ending with the waterfall is praised; its band name is transcribed inconsistently.
  • The same band is discussed in connection with a football documentary and the Kobe doing work comparison.
  • Michael Mann is contrasted with Scorsese for using contemporary music; the filmmaker transcribed as Jonathan Demi is also praised.
  • Numb/Encore went from seeming like a bad commercial mashup to an inspiring athletic hype song.
  • The song also earns a place on a soccer-trip playlist.
  • The rock-rap, Moby and Latin-influenced house music now seem appropriate to the film and Miami club culture.
  • Music and cinematography are the final responses; silent rescue cutaways and the contrast between nighttime and daylight are praised.
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What’s Aged the Worst?

Flip phones, mumbling and difficult dialogue, with a qualified defense of Gong Li.

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  • Flip phones and mumbling are candidates.
  • A hypothetical marathon interview with Michael Mann is imagined to resolve their questions.
  • Research is said to indicate that Gongli memorized the English dialogue phonetically.
  • Her hands, eyes and intensity communicate beyond the words, although more improvisation and emotional presence are wished for.
  • The romance has unusual chemistry; the opening waitress interaction seems more sexually convincing.
  • The parking-garage dialogue makes the undercover premise hard to hear, compared with missing the setup in Die Hard.
  • Both speakers now favor Gongli, praising charisma and intensity while questioning the relationship with the remote bearded boss.
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Casting What-Ifs

Colin Farrell as Crockett

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  • The reported chance for Edward James Almost to reprise Castillo was declined, disappointing the hosts; the transcribed spelling remains unresolved.
  • Jan Hammer reportedly declined a request for a different score.
  • The idea that the requested score was death metal is a joke and speculation.
  • Will Smith, Denzel Washington and Samuel Jackson are reported Tubbs alternatives; the list is doubted, with Smith considered more plausible.
  • Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Matthew McConaughey are reported Crockett alternatives; Cruise and McConaughey are strongly doubted.
  • Farrell remains preferable to Pitt and other stars; the performance is admired despite its perceived lack of conventional charisma.
  • The perceived strain in Farrell performance is compared to Martin Sheen in the Apocalypse Now making-of documentary.
  • The troubled, drinking television Crockett is seen as a fit for Farrell portrayal.
  • Farrell is described as looking worse and barely getting through the last third before the shootout; this is a subjective impression.
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The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance

John Hawks and Eddie Marzon are discussed as a split; the exchange contains a provisional concession before the split is offered.

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  • John Hawks is nominated, with another correction from John Harks; Dom from Entourage is also nominated.
  • The bald skinhead villain, Trudy and the other female officer Gina Calabrese are considered.
  • Gina police movement and shooting are praised, contrasting with the television women repeatedly assigned sex-worker cover.
  • Yarrow, the heavily bearded boss and Eddie Marzon are added; the apartment scene and vertical-integration line support Marzon.
  • An initial preference favors Marzon for going big in one scene.
  • A preference favors Hawks; the reply allows Hawks, followed by suggestions to split the award. No confident sole winner is imposed.
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Half-Assed Internet Research

Reported training, casting endorsement, billing and speedboat facts, plus the actors age gap.

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  • A research anecdote says Michael Mann arranged fake drug busts that Farrell initially believed were real; the account is questioned before being read.
  • Don Johnson reportedly selected Farrell when asked who should play Crockett.
  • Farrell reportedly received European top billing, while Fox received American top billing and emphasis in advertising.
  • The Cuba boat is identified as an MTI powerboat named Mojo, reportedly on sale for $500,000, inspiring an imagined purchase.
  • A lookup reports a maximum speed of 120 mph, prompting a shorter travel estimate but continued objections to the ocean ride.
  • Farrell is reported to be eleven years younger than Gongli.
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Apex Mountain

Mojo, mojitos, Dom and the cameras are endorsed; Farrell draws Miami Vice versus In Bruges preferences.

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  • Dom from Entourage and mojitos are introduced as positive cases.
  • Farrell is considered for a belated apex or Mount Rushmore; one preference is Miami Vice and the other is the title transcribed as in Bruch.
  • Jamie Fox, Michael Mann and Gongley are rejected as apex cases.
  • The Mojo speedboat is endorsed, with an imagined future purchase and Hawaii trip.
  • The Viper cameras receive an apex endorsement.
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Is This Movie Better With…?

Yes, especially Trejo as Alonzo

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  • Trejo could improve many roles, with Crockett, Tubbs, Fujima, Yarrow, Montoya and the sergeant considered.
  • Alonzo is a strong fit by analogy to Trejo role in Heat; his exclusion is jokingly called insulting.
  • A Trejo appearance is imagined as enough to make the film a blockbuster.
  • A falling-out during Heat or a schedule conflict is speculated as an explanation for the absence.
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Picking Nits

Implausible undercover resources and cover, boat logistics, redundant drug names and limited friendship.

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  • Cell phone conversations in speedboats and convertibles are implausible.
  • The source of the money for cars, houses and clothes is unclear; repossessed assets are a guess.
  • Long-term undercover work in one city seems implausible, especially with a Ferrari and a first-name-preserving alias.
  • The Cuba trip leaves questions about clothes and disappearance from a major investigation for days.
  • The drug sellers list meth, ice and speed as though distinct products, prompting criticism of the research and joking alternatives.
  • Crockett and Tubbs do not seem especially close; tension around Trudy and Isabella is discussed.
  • A friendship-building drinking scene like the one in 48 Hours is wanted; the director cut adds some driving together.
  • An invented sports-bar scene imagines where Crockett vanished, including sports-radio personalities.
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