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Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum make the least believable high schoolers ever in "21 Jump Street"
By James Brady RyanNovember 2nd, 2011, 6:30 pmComments (8)So, here is where I reveal my age: I have never seen the original 21 Jump Street. But I know enough to understand that it was about a young Johnny Depp playing a cop playing a high-school student. But I assume he looked, uh... at least somewhat believable? Because the big-screen remake isn't really selling the whole "cop undercover as a teenager" business.
IMDb vindicates me: Depp was twenty-four when the show started, Tatum and Hill are thirty-one and twenty-seven, respectively. But at least this trailer — and, I assume by extension, the movie — knows how silly it is, considering the jokes about how Tatum looking forty. (I'd peg him at a solid thirty-five, myself.) Besides the self awareness, though, there is actually a litany of reasons I will see this movie:
1. Despite myself, I think Channing Tatum is hot.
2. Ellie Kemper.
3. Dave Franco.
4. Ron Fucking Swanson.
Can those three, normally very funny and trustworthy people, make such a huge mistake? Tell me, those of you who've actually seen the original: how does this trailer compare?







Commentarium (8 Comments)
No one on the original 21 Jump Street looked like a teenager, least of all Johnny Depp. He looks younger now than he did then!
The original show took itself a little more seriously. And the cast was hot! Peter DeLuise? Seriously!
This has got to be the worst looking remake trailer I've ever seen. The original was gritty, grimy and often horrifing, but it had a lot of heart. The funny parts were realistic. If they didn't name drop "21 Jump Street", I wouldn't have even guessed it to be based off of the show.
Plus MSM totally agree about Peter DeLuise. He was amazing!
...well at least it tries to be funny. i guess.
tho channing tatum looks REALLY beefy there.
I'd have prefered it if they just did this idea with a new name. The movie looks funny and has potential, but now I just see it tarnishing one of my favorite dramas as a kid. Bastards
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