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OT: Has anyone seen or heard from BOandBARBECUE?
Did Luther Get Killed?
Was Taylor justified in killing Barnes?
Sandy and Sal
Write an epitaph for the characters
The Sword Fight
The Shark Attack
The jet pilot who dropped the bombardment at the final battle
Detour
Bunny and Junior
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I think it was more a case that Moss was actively being hunted not only by Chigurh (and formerly Wells) but also by the Mexican cartel. They obtained his location by the one Mexican politely bantering with Moss' mother in law. Moss was on guard by the pool but instead of Chigurh showing up it was numerous well-armed Mexicans that came to the hotel.
I do concur that Chigurh's hunting skills were other-worldly. He was just plain good at what he did.
That is all correct, GetWoke. It was the definitive end of the series. Note how Don Johnson wore his U of Kansas Jayhawks t-shirt in the final scene. He was from Kansas and I believe went to school there.
Yup, you just nailed it----the pacing and suspense was incredible for its time when it came out. Throw in the very eerie music created by Carpenter and it was truly a masterpiece of the genre. I still recall being very frightened and on the edge of my seat the first time I saw it years ago.
Interestingly all three of the teen guys Wally, Eddie and Lumpy did hitches in the service as did Beaver a little later. Was Tony Dow a photographer in the service? I did not know that. But yeah, aside from your initial boot camp and additional training and one weekend per month and two weeks each summer the guard would not eat that much of your time to be honest. But the beginning training could be a major disruption to a career already in progress.
We saw that with other famous young men. Elvis. Gary Lewis. The guy who played Eugene as one of the original band of Barkley brothers on Big Valley. Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean missed out on some early success as he had to do military service and things got recorded as Jan and Arnie. Rocky B. from the Steelers comes to mind.
It was fairly common as a sign of those times. The Cold War and Vietnam pulled many many men into compulsory military duty.
Yes, absolutely. Shadow in the Dark was actually a Halloween episode that aired on October 31, 1986. It was very much non-mainstream Miami Vice to be honest. It was a fun diversion though. Actually I don't believe the crazy nut actually had gotten around to killing anyone when he got his spree ended. But he was certainly going to do it very soon as he escalated things each time out. I think it may have been the only ep of MV where someone didn't get killed IIRC.
Maybe if I did have to pick one ep to showcase what you were looking for----The Hit List from season one. It had a tension and drama that was tough to beat and it did offer up a lot in terms of showing the glitz and brutality of the show. The hit man was chilling in the way he looked so normal and so casually fit in wherever he went without arousing suspicions of anyone. He just looked like your friend's unassuming dad from down the street.
I always marveled at the opening scene of Lombard with the two mobsters sitting smiling in the ice cream parlor while the song lollipop played. They looked and seemed like such nice guys until you realize that they are plotting a murder while there. It was the kind of thing that just seemed to set MV apart from all other shows past or present. It had something that would be hard if not impossible to duplicate. No doubt a part of Mann's genius.
Great question here! And a hard one to answer. I think different episodes really did well to capture certain things. For example:
Shadow In The Dark- Spooky and Creepy feeling. (Halloween ep)
Out Where The Buses Run- Shocking and a theatre of the absurd for sure.
The Home Invaders- A sense of frantic and desperation.
Lombard- Honor Among Thieves.
The Hit List- Fear and doom.
Glades- A sense of down home and backwoods Florida life.
The Milk Run- Irony and how badly things can end.
Viking Bikers From Hell- Brute power and a nearly unstoppable force.
El Viejo- Appreciation for the past and vendetta.
Trust Fund Pirates- Runaway privilege.
Definitely Miami- People are seldom who you think they are. Or I guess sometimes they are.
Evan- Guilt.
I guess so many of them conveyed a certain theme or style. The show was brilliantly done. Sorry, I can't pick one or at least not without some very serious thought. Did you have one ep in mind that did this?
I agree all the way here! Fantastic film that was very smartly written with some great acting and locales. Supporting players were awesome!
I do have to agree about the scuba tank atom bomb explosion thing. LOL. It was kind of silly to be honest.
I agree. Especially at that time period depicted. Martial law indeed and National Guard troops with orders to kill. They shot looters back then and would do the same for what Cyrus proposed.
Well said! It would have been the smash and grab times a million.
But no doubt Cyrus and his minions would have been rubbed out by the mob rather quickly once they started to squeeze mafia businesses and interests.
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