https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_Jump_Street
So, if you didn't know 21 Jump Street was a TV show in the late 80's and early 90's. Then it got remade into a movie which starred Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill. I personally love the movie and just started watching the show and I am super excited to start comparing the two.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092312/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/21-jump-street-review-1987-tv-series-1102082
This contains the basic information regarding the sitcom version of 21 Jump Street.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1232829/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9145306/21-Jump-Street-review.html
This contains the basic information regarding the movie version of 21 Jump Street.
Since this is a sitcom turned into a movie, there were not a lot of scenes that directly are the same. But our main characters had to get to Jump Street somehow so let's compare that.
In the sitcom version Tom Hanson just graduated at the top of his class, however his young looks makes being out on the job difficult and he is sent to Jump Street Chapel. The show has more of a serious and dramatic nature than the movie did, so the way he is sent to Jump Street should be no different.
In this version Hanson is the top, he is the best of his class on his own. He is qualified for the job, just his looks harm that. They find a best fit for him to do a good job.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0501950/
In the movie version, our two "heroes" are sent to Jump Street because during an arrest they forgot to read the Miranda rights. Since they are not the greatest cops and they look young, they are sent to Jump Street. Since this is a comedy, we had to have a more entertaining and funny way of actually getting to Jump Street so this is what they came up with.
In this version the two make up one good cop. One is physically fit and could not pass a test, and the other could ace a test but was lacking in the physical department. They are not real productive at their job, so 21 Jump Street I feel like was a way to get them off the field and give them a shot at being good at their job.
There are some astute observations here, however I think the main issue is that there doesn't seem to be much of a call to action for the reader, a reason why this should matter, an argument based on the content of each movie. As I understand it, one of the themes of the more recent version of 21 Jump Street is making fun of sequels and remakes, purposefully taking old stereotypes and flipping them on their heads. For instance, the joke where the main characters are in a car chase and keep expecting an explosion from things that would normally explode in other action movies (like a truck filled with flammable gas), but nothing explodes except for a fruit cart of all things. It might be possible that I'm getting it confused with 22 Jump Street, but you get the idea. The remake wanted to subvert the genre, and carry it's own weight instead of relying too heavily on the source material. I don't really have much of an argument to make (since I haven't even seen any of the Jump Street media, new or old, tv or movie!) but if you were to take what evidence and analysis you have here to say something about an important ideal or topic, then this blog post would be absolutely perfect.
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