The people behind the movie did their research! The movie even pulls off a massive deep cut when one of the gang members recalls that Hason, “played saxophone at my sister’s wedding.” In the 21 Jump Street pilot, Hanson was a huge fan of playing the saxophone. The Hoffs and Ioki appearances weren’t just easter eggs the movie really is set 20 years after the original show. In that moment it clicks into place and everything makes sense. And if there were any doubts in anyone’s minds they just reused the names as a reference? Tatum’s Jenko tells the old guys he’s in Jump Street, and Hanson responds with, “You guys are Jump Street? That’s funny because we were actually Jump Street.” It’s only at the climax that the film puts all its cards on the table: two of the villainous gang members threatening our heroes suddenly make an about face and reveal themselves to be the original series’ lead characters, Tom Hanson (Johnny Depp) and Doug Penhall (Peter DeLuise) they’re now working for the DEA. They’re watching a movie that Dustin Nguyen starred in, that’s a good easter egg! Same thing when Dustin Nguyen, who played Ioki in the series, is on the TV in the hotel. Sure they refer to her by her original character name but again, it just feels like a quick reference. Even the cameo of original cast member Holly Robinson Peete doesn’t wholly make this apparent. The first hint at this comes in the film when the movie’s protagonists Jenko and Schmidt ( Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill) are assigned to Jump Street and they’re told that the police are “reviving a cancelled undercover police program from the ‘80s.” By itself this line could just be taken as a setup for a meta joke about needless remakes and reboots, and a not full blow confirmation of being in the same universe. The 21 Jump Street movie was a sequel to the original TV series! What most don’t realize is that, buried deep in the plot of the film, is that this was no reboot. To the average viewer, it was just another in a long string of Hollywood remakes, albeit a very strong one. It’s the same basic premise where cops go undercover as teenagers, but it played more as comedy than drama. On the surface the 21 Jump Streetmovie was a reboot of the classic ‘80s TV series starring Johnny Depp.
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