On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 4:22 PM, K.M. Richards <[email protected]> wrote: > Crime Story was one of my favorite programs in its day, and finding out that > Farina was a former police officer just made it more of a pleasure to watch.
Not only that, but a lot of the actors who played bad guys had been convicted of crimes. Rumor has it Farina genuinely didn't like a lot of them because of this, which made his on-screen contempt for them more genuine. > It was the first TV series I bought on DVD and I still enjoy watching it It was one of the first for me. I got a DVD player around the time Tower Records was going out of business, and I started my DVD collection by buying their stuff as the prices dropped. I bought a few seasons of things here and there, mostly '80s fare like "Sledge Hammer" and "RoboTech." I know "Crime Story" was among my Tower purchases, too. > I only wish Michael Mann had been allowed to shoot a made-for-TV movie to wrap > up the cliffhanger at the end of the last season. To me, that's what Mann's movie "Heat" is, only with Pacino in the Farina role. Many lines and even entire scenes from that film were borrowed from "Crime Story" (like the scene where Farina/Pacino learns he's been cheated on, and he takes the TV because the guy can screw his girl, but no way is he watching his TV). -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
