Monday, July 31, 2006
The 10 things from the 1980’s that show up in Miami Vice and
couldn’t help but make it #1 at the box office this weekend.
10) During the opening interrogation, on the TV in the background is the old lady in the Wendy’s commercials who would say, “Where’s the beef?”, this time portrayed by Dame Judy Dench.
9) The ‘Baby on Board’ sign in the rear windshield of the drug lord’s Delorean.
8) The top-loader VCR that Crockett hides the heroin in.
7) Crockett finds the drug lord’s transaction records saved on 5 1/4” disks for the accountant’s Apple 2e.
6) The handheld electronic Pac-Man game that Tubbs beats the hit man to death with.
5) Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Theo Huxtable, District Attorney.
4) The scene where Crockett employs break dancing (including the head spin) to woo the gangster’s girl.
3) When Crockett and Tubbs walk past a multi-plex and the titles on the marquee include Losin’ It, Porky’s II, The Last American Virgin, School Spirit, Fraternity Vacation, Class, Just One of the Guys, and My Tutor.
2) The Tiger Beat magazine at the newsstand that features Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas on the cover
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