It’s been over a month since I got my copy of the Miami Vice season 1 DVD, but I finally made my way through the last side of the third DVD last weekend. I have to say I still find the show as thrilling as I did watching it every Friday night as a grade schooler back in the day. Of course there’s a lot of cheese in that spread too, but it was one of the first shows to really be influenced by the impact of MTV, shooting long montages without dialog, where music is the primary expression of feeling. And then there are the cameos by a young Bruce Willis and Glenn Frey. And Don Johnson’s machismo (back when he had the looks to back it up). Worth checking out if you were ever a fan of the show, or of the glossy yacht lifestyle of the “Columbian drug cartels.” The upcoming movie version is never gonna live up to the original show.