Miami Vice Officially Announced! (now w/Feb. date) (1 Viewer)

[Keith I]

Yeah, as long as they didn't use Ace Frehley's remake in case it was cheaper to acquire!

I got Russ Ballard's Greatest Hits CD based on "Voices." I knew about "In the Night" from the Ace Frehley version so I was glad it was a 'greatest hit.'

As I mentioned earlier, I really REALLY hope that the music stays intact for the rest of the series because I'm looking forward to hearing Phil Collins and "Long Long Way to Go" from the season 2 finale "Sons & Lovers." Another CD I bought based on this song. Chills when you hear and see that song/scene.
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[Shane Martin]

I jumped off the fence and I'm LOVING IT.

What an excellent set this is.

 

[Aryn Leroux]

Shane: way to go! glad your liking it.

I am down to the last 4 episodes, the set is great!

My only complaint and its minor is these discs are to tight i am scared i am going to break them removing them ala my galactica set.

 

[Greg_S_H]

Ugh. That's how my Magnum discs were. I was sweating it. "Please come off. Please don't break. Please come off. PLEASE DON'T BREAK."

 

[Gord Lacey]

I'm not sure if you guys have ever tried this, but take a blank CD (maybe a coaster from a failed burn) and try snapping it. These things are amazingly flexible, so taking it off a tight hub shouldn't break the DVD.

Gord

 

[MattHR]

Gord, DVDs are more fragile than CDs. Remember, unlike CDs, they are manufactured as two pieces then bonded together. Many people (myself included) have encountered small cracks around the center hole of DVDs packaged on hubs that are too tight. Even the slightest flexing of a DVD can damage its content, if not crack the disc itself. Usually, just a small piece of the clear plastic from one side of the disc breaks off. Stress at the center can loosen the bond of the two sides, or even alter the layering of data (if it's a DL disc).

The studios must abandon this awful hub design! I can't believe they're still using it. You'd think by now at least a few studio executives would have noticed this problem and said, "Geez! Maybe we should design a better package!" Just because it works for CDs doesn't mean it's suited for DVDs.

I do use a bad CD to "loosen" up the hubs of these problem cases, by snapping it in-and-out several times, until the hub is "worn" enough to allow the DVD to be removed easily.

 

[John Swarce]

How many seasons did Vice run? Just curious as to if I should jump into Season One and buy the remaining sets.

John

 

[MattHR]

Five.

 

[John Swarce]

Thanks, Matt!

I think I'll pick this one up, then.

John

 

[Keith I]

I got the song list from several Miami Vice Web sites (and from the Usenet newsgroup when MV was on the air on NBC) and after watching this episode, I did not hear ZZ Top.

It could be that these sites just mirrored each other and got it wrong or ... say it isn't so ... Universal replaced or removed this song! Is there any way to check if this song was originally broadcast in this episode? I have a tape recording of the ep when it was on TNN and it also does not have ZZ Top.

It is listed again in "Whatever Works" in Season 2 so I am wondering if it was listed inadvertantly here. However, the MV newsgroup way back in the mid-80s also said "SDM" was in this episode. Could they have been wrong back then? I would think not since people were actually listening to the songs carefully to compile the list in the first place.

According to TV Shows on DVD's 1/8/05 report:

Mayer said the first season Miami Vice set will contain every piece of original music but couldn't say yet what plans for the following seasons will be.

So that means that all of these years, these MV sites got it wrong and ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man" wasn't in the episode? Unless my hearing is failing me, I don't hear it.
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[Gary_E]

I picked up this set on Sunday and I must agree it is very well done. One minor issue that drives me crazy is that this set, along with that 70's Show, will not play on my HTPC.

I use a PC to play DVDs through the video card's TV-OUT which is fed throughout my house. POWER DVD will not allow this set to be played while the TV-OUT is engaged. MOST ANNOYING!

-Gary

 

[todd s]

I am curious as to how it is selling. That will decide whether we get the original music in future releases.

 

[Jonny P]

"Miami Vice" on DVD is actually mentioned in this CNN/Money article about the fact that Universal has seen 400% growth in DVD sales -- spurred on by TV releases.

http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/14/tech...vd_sales.reut/

Go to amazon.com and other spots and you will see that "Miami Vice" ranks in the top 10.

 

[Keith I]

Small observation: On the episode "The Home Invaders" (Disc 3 Side B), there is no chapter stop after the theme/credits. Chapter 2 starts a little after the 14 minute mark. Strange, as how all other episodes' Chapter 2 start after the theme.

To revisit my previous post (last post on previous page), has anyone else heard ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man" in Episode 2 "Heart of Darkness"? This song has been listed in numerous Miami Vice Websites (including the MV Usenet newsgroup back in the mid-80s) since they started compiling these "facts." I don't hear this song.
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[Jonny P]

I have watched the first six eps...I will go back and check for you.

No one has seemed to notice the "pause" (possibly a layer change) that I experience on my Sony DVD player during the pilot when Sonny is sitting in the Ferrari talking to the guy who "sold out" to Calderone. It came right after he says "you were my partner..."

I don't notice it on my laptop's DVD player...

 

[Aryn Leroux]

I did not notice sharp dressed man at all either. Unless it played quietly in the background and i didn't notice it. The only ZZTOP song i heard was LEGS.

 

[AjayM]

This is far from "real" information, but I decided to pick the set up last Friday (of the release week), and I went first to Circuit City (closest store to the house), they didn't have any in the store. So next I bit the bullet and walked into Walmart, they didn't have any in the store either. Finally I went to Best Buy later that night, they had none on the shelves (all sold), and finally asked a guy who brought some out.

I think this is the first time in my DVD buying experience that I have ever seen a "sold-out" new release, granted stores may not have ordered big quantities (as it's a 20yr old TV show, not a hit movie release), but it was still very suprising.

 

[todbnla]

Mine arrived today from DD dvd, I think I already know the answer to this, but is this set only availble in full frame, correct?



I got my vice

 

[Matt Butler]

It was filmed in full frame so the answer is yes. Vice is in its OAR.

Im tight on cash right now but I want Heat, Vice and Greatest Am Hero now. I might have to trade a few things for now.

 

[Keith I]

I turned up the volume and still didn't hear it. It's the same with "Nobody Lives Forever": You can't hear "Green Onions" that much since it's in the background (when Izzy is showing the punks his shoes in the restaurant). But with "Sharp Dressed Man," I can't hear it at all.

Okay, from the Quantum Leap Season 3 thread, I've learned that http://www.miamivicedvd.com/ has a list of all the music (this is a Univeral Home Video site). ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man" is not listed for "Heart of Darkness." Of course, the cynic in me could believe that if this song WAS on the original broadcast, this list could be altered.
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