I've never been one to complain about the number of movie sequels or remakes but it does seem to be getting ridiculous. Everything from The Crow, to Point Break is getting a reboot. Hell, even Red Dawn is being remade! Now 21 Jump Street, the TV show that made Johnny Depp famous, is getting a reboot on the silver screen. I admittedly haven't seen any episodes of 21 Jump but this seems more like Superbad from the cops' perspective than a show that covers typical issues, "including alcoholism, hate crimes, drug abuse, homophobia, AIDS, child abuse, and sexual promiscuity." Oh well, I guess 1987 was a long time ago.
Fun fact: by the later seasons of the original show, Johnny Depp hated his role and wanted to leave. As a result he didn't care and would make ridiculous suggestions to the producers one of which "included the discovery by the other characters that [Depp's character] was obsessed with peanut butter, and would be discovered by the other characters smearing it all over his naked body." I hope this is included in the reboot.
Mirror, Mirror releasing within a few months of Snow White & the Huntsman is no coincidence. After Alice in Wonderland became the 9th highest grossing movie of all time (I don't get it either) movie studios have decided to cash-in on "adult fairy tales." The Huntsman has decided to take the epic action-adventure route while Mirror, Mirror is going for the quirky comedy. However, comedies generally should be funny and just about every joke in that trailer fell on its face. I'm not particularly optimistic about either Snow White adaptation but Mirror, Mirror definitely looks worse.
This Week's Trailer Trash Throwback: One of Tom Cruise's earliest films, the fantasy epic Legend.
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