Be Ready to Jump

When the FOX network was just a little girl, she had a delightful program that I rather enjoyed called 21 Jump Street. Stephen J. Cannell was such a genius. If you are only a casual fan of Johnny Depp, or are just not familar with this part of his resume, do yourself a favor and check out a few episodes. But try to remember it took place in the late 80's and early 90's. While he had already been in A Nightmare on Elm Street and a few other things, if you look at his resume, he career pretty much took off after Jump Street. This show was about some cops that looked young enough to pass as a high school students, so they would go undercover and form friendships with troubled youths and tear those friendships in to pieces by revealing that they were cops, and arresting them or their friends. They would tackle serious issues like drug use, AIDS, depression, and others. Fairly often there would be a PSA style message after the show, presented by the actors, ala G.I. Joe. I was a pretty big fan of this show. I remember the episode Orpheus 3.3, in which Johnny Depp's character, Tom Hanson and his girlfriend Amy are in a convenience store that gets robbed and Amy get shot and killed. Hanson becomes consumed with guilt, thinking that he should have been able to do something. He watches and re watches the surveillance video of the shooting over and over, and isolates the incident down to 3.3 seconds. Clearly deranged, he starts figuring out all the things that one can do in that same amount of time, such as how many times you can ring a doorbell, opening beer cans, etc.

So, PBF, what in the hell does any of this have to do with Movie Scum? Well, jackass, there is a film version planned. Jonah Hill is apparently writing and producing it, and is so adamant about doing it his way, he has stated that he will walk if they do not let him. Accroding to Hill, "[Audiences are] not expecting what it's going to be. It's not a parody of the show. I'm not playing Johnny Depp's character… It's a group of people that go back to high school to deal with a drug problem. To deal with crime in high school." That doesn't sound too surprising, does it? "It's a funny movie with a lot of great action and a real story. I've been saying that it's like a John Hughes movie with Bad Boys style action."

If in fact, it is not a parody, I am good with that. Jonah Hill? Uh, I guess I am not that worried. I mean, I don't know if he can write, but he sure is funny. Just don't be in it, Jonah. That would be inappropriate. And I swear to God, if Richard Grieco is in it, hostages will be taken.