TVGeek: 21 Jump Street - The Movie?

Oh no you don't.

I will put up with remakes of every horror movie from AMITYVILLE to WHEN A STRANGER CALLS. I will put up with endless cribbing from Asian horror and recasting Rachel Weisz to ruin my MUMMYs. I will even enjoy I AM LEGEND while ignoring its completely rewritten ending.

But.

Jonah Hill of SUPERBAD developing a 21 JUMP STREET movie??

You know, if they did a 21 JUMP STREET movie, I'd probably be thrilled. Face it: I was a tween in the heyday of JUMP STREET, and therefore I was required to be in love with Johnny Depp. Along with every heterosexual red-blooded American girl.

I also had a crush on Peter Deluise, but let's just keep that between you and me. Hey, he made me laugh. And you just know that Hanson was seriously high-maintenance. (I viewed Richard Grieco as a poser bad boy. He was, however, nice eye candy.)

Look, as a grownup I know JUMP STREET was a kickier AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL, with its serious moral to every story and public service announcements by the cast afterward. And yes, I always wondered how many high schools that city had, because they should have been made as cops a dozen times over.

But come on, it was a show in the 1980s dealing with alcoholism, racism, homophobia, sexual promiscuity, AIDS... and the president hadn't even said the word AIDS yet.

Do us a favor, Hollywood. If you intend to demolish our childhood, leave JUMP STREET alone. We will rebel. At least I will. Some 1980s shows deserve to be parodied. JUMP STREET does not. Now, you want to do a straight-up movie, maybe update it to our heroes as cops training new JUMPers, get Johnny Depp and you have a guaranteed hit even if you hire trained monkeys to write.

But some things really should be sacred. And I think you'll find all those tween girls who loved Johnny Depp grew up to watch the PIRATE movies. We will not find you funny.

Comments

[Piglet]

It's a PARODY!!?!? Oh NOOOOOOOES!!!!

Ah, Peter DeLuise. How I loved you. Have you seen him lately!? http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2219151360/nm0217938

Jason Segal reminds me of Peter of yore. His full-frontal nude scenes in Forgetting Sarah Marshall totally made the movie for me.

Er, um, TMI?

[Kathy]

They did it to Starsky and Hutch, I guess I'm older than you Culture Geek because I was hot for Paul Michael Glaser.

Thanks goodness they actually did "Miami Vice" straight.

[Faith]

Never saw it, but I became a serious fan of Depp after seeing him in a pirate move and something completely different and when I was told he was the same person, my reaction was "No way!" I love actors who totally disappear into the role. So now I'm curious about 21 Jump Street which I never saw. Is it on DVD? Netflix?

[Kathy]

I don't know about DVD but I have seen it begin rurun during the weekday afternoons on our local RTN station. Channel 13 on Charter cable.