21 JUMP STREET Pictured: Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill. Can you tell them apart?
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The 2004 tv show was pretty gritty, from what I remembro.
Also, this review kind of stinks.
"21 Jump Street is this generation's answer to the slightly previous generation's 2004 remake of the forgettable cop show from the '70s!" Awful. That entire first paragraph is a total disaster. Why doesn't Vince tell us WHAT has been done with this franchise - how it compares to the previous ones? All he tells us is that "it's been remade, and here are some jokes."
The rest of the review is hardly more informative or well-written. But yeah, please comment again about my icon or my name.
I wouldn't be surprised to discover that Vince has other writing out there that's entertaining and creative. But at the moment I'm reading this review, and it's crappily written!
To be fair some more, the comparison between the Starsky and Hutch "re-imagining" from 2004 and 21 Jump Street "re-imagining" from 2012 is quite obvious. How did the 21 Jump Street franchise evolve? The exact same way, except it's a completely unnecessary movie that happens to be quite enjoyable (B+). Any more questions? I'd be happy to answer them with what you already read.
Anyway, fans of Vince, I'm sorry!
But I have one more question, Sassy Times. ""You peckernecks wouldn't know a contemporary riff on a cheesy cop show if it crawled up your iPad while you were tweetin'," we used to tell our slightly younger siblings back in 2009."
Why 2009?
I'm not sure how well I can answer your question, but I will try, since you have declared peace. I thought 2009 might have been when the Ipad was released, but it was actually 1st quarter 2010. Although, as with all Apple products, a generous amount of buzz and speculation would have flooded the internet before the release.
Then I thought it might have been when Twitter was released, but technically that was 2007. Although, 2009 would have been when Twitter's popularity really started to gain momentum.
The most succinct answer I have for you is that it is simply meant to reflect on how silly it is to have two very similar Hollywood re-imaginings within an 8 year span. Social media and technology then give us an opportunity to analyze such insanity.
There you have it. I have now officially over thought this to oblivion.