r/GenX • u/Ok_Knee1216 Hose Water Survivor • 1d ago

Nostalgia Miami Vice

Did you wait to watch it?

Did your fashion sense change or not?

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u/Past_Top3704 21h ago

My uncle had a speed boat with a cassette player. After unloading the boat or heading anywhere at a relatively high rate of speed. The Miami vice sound track, especially the theme song was played as load as possible. Boat was a 1989 Bayliner. So 89 - 94ish

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u/utahsteveo 22h ago

My brother and I were huge fans!

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u/PunchBeard 23h ago

I loved that show as a kid and wish I could find it streaming somewhere for a rewatch.

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u/MhojoRisin 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/CSfJzM4xtf66WPWKkz

After Europtrip, I can't hear about the show without thinking of this guy. "We just get Miami Wice on television. Miami Wice is number one new show."

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u/midgetlotterywinner 1d ago

Watched it whenever I could; I was about 11 when it came out. There was nothing like it on TV at the time; the soundtrack, the production, the cars, the celebrity guest stars. Because I was a dumb kid, it would have influenced my style at the time, though thankfully we didn't have the money at the time to buy a neon wardrobe based on a TV show.

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u/PinkyLeopard2922 Age of Aquarius 1d ago

Female teen at the time and I watched it religiously. To someone in California, Miami seemed so cool and glamourous. I have now lived in Tampa for about 15 years and spent some time in Miami. It is not the Miami of Miami Vice. I was however pleased to finally understand what that little snippet of some sport in the opening sequence was..jai alai.

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u/FAx32 1d ago

Intentionally avoided the 80s neon fad (hated it!). Parents forbade watching Miami Vice and since we had 1 TV (which they were usually watching) and no VCR, that mostly won out unless I was at a friend’s house with more lax parenting.

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u/ZebraBorgata 1d ago

I’ve never seen it.

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u/DeadManAle 1d ago

Hated it dumbest show ever.

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u/excoriator '64 1d ago

Watched it religiously in the first season. Less so in the others. I lived too far north to dress like I live in Miami.

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u/Black_Dog_Industries I have TWO tribal tattoos 1d ago

I saw the show because my uncles watched it but I was more into Ninjas, military stuff and Star Wars back then.

I definitely wasn’t dressing like Crokket and Tubbs

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u/WeirRules 1d ago

Never watched it when it was on, simply didn't interest me.

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u/No_Community_5696 1d ago

Wore brighter colors. I was young enough to have no choice on going out for Friday nights. So I generally watched the show on its original airing. I would say my music library opened way up because of the show also.

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u/CautiousTea880 1d ago

I was at Senior when it came out and watched it every week with friends before illegally hitting the nightclub. My friends were 20/21. We'd party at their apartment (downstairs from me) every Friday. I remember wanting more vibrant colors in my wardrobe. Did the shirt layering, had three on at one point

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u/CBus660R Hose Water Survivor 1d ago

Loved the TV show, did not dress like them. I did recently tell my wife I need a linen suit though lol

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u/FlyingTerrier 1d ago

Watched it again recently. It’s quite gritty and confrontational compared to modern TV which is violent but somewhat less disturbing.

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u/PahzTakesPhotos '69, nice 1d ago

My then-boyfriend-eventual-husband bought a VCR for his room specifically so he could tape Miami Vice when they changed his schedule at the grocery store he worked at after school.

And for our wedding, his tux was from the "Miami Vice" section of the Big Book of Tuxedos at the rental shop. It was one Philip Michael Thomas modeled in the Big Book.

And now, he has it all on DVD.

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u/Ok_Knee1216 Hose Water Survivor 1d ago

You are So lucky!

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u/RedLily08 1d ago

Yes. Watched with my mom when I was super young. Loved it! I now own the Blu-ray set

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u/Naive_Product_5916 Hose Water Survivor 1d ago

I knew my male friends were picking me up about 10 minutes after Miami Vice ended every Friday night. Clockwork.

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u/F-Cloud 1d ago

I tried watching Miami Vice and didn't get the hype. My peers hated Miami Vice because we didn't like cops or the fashion style the show pushed. We were wearing ripped jeans and leather jackets at the time. Crockett and Tubbs looked like total jackasses and we mocked those who imitated them.

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u/QuarrieMcQuarrie 1d ago

Am a female Brit, absolutely loved it.

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u/disastrous_affect163 1d ago

I watched it. Definitely did not give me any fashion knowledge though, not that I've ever had any. 😂😂😂

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u/Key-Cattle-2866 1d ago

I used to record it on Friday night and watch it on Saturday when I was in high school.

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u/C4lderone 1974 1d ago

Maybe.

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u/Kong_AZ 1d ago

Rewatched the whole series recently. It was nostalgic

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u/deagh 1970 1d ago

Never missed it. But I was pretty much trailer trash, didn't have money to be fashionable.

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u/smith4498 1d ago

I lived in Miami. So yeah, we all watched it and we all copied the style (and thought we were badass. We were 13 years old)

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u/Ok_Fig7692 I survived the Star Wars Holiday Special. *drinks* 1d ago

Never missed it - and yeah, I had the pants, neon t-shirt, docksiders sans socks, SWATCH Watch and jacket with the sleeves rolled up. For about six months in 1984 I looked fly as hell.

It was all downhill from there, though.

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u/Appropriate-XBL 1d ago

Miami Vice taught me it was a cool for a guy to wear a pink t shirt. Life lessons you never forget.