melaniecadart

What a good surprise! I am currently at episode 6 and I can't wait to watch the rest of the season. It makes for a nice change to hear classical music in a TV series. And even though we can't say there really is any riveting plot, the 28 minutes fly by and just make you hungry for the next episode.

There is something very refreshing about this show. It has wit, clever humor, something appealing as well. Despite the catch phrase, I don't think they dwell too much on the drug and sex part. Episode 6 was VERY enjoyable...just leaves you in a happy mood. Like watching a great flash mob. Gael Garcia Bernal is perfect in his role. And I think the actress who plays "Hailey" is a good fit for the role as well. Not a wonderful actress in the sense that you can't really see a "performance", but I don't know, it feels right.

Anyway, I highly recommend it. Even if it's just for a "change of scenery".

Like most people of my generation, I LOVED 21 jump street. Like most girls of my generation, I LOVED bad boy Johnny Depp. This one episode "Swallowed alive" (season 3) really stuck. Especially the music ("are you sure" by the staple singers in the tunnel scene, "can't find my way home" by Steve Winwood at the very end...). Anyway, I had been waiting for years for a DVD release. Years. And then it came. I watched the first season thinking "wow ! so lame !" and what the heck is that electro-crap music ? I just thought I had embellished the show in my memory and that it just wasn't that good anyway. Well, that's part true. The dialogs are sometimes so cheesy they make me want to puke. No wonder Johnny Depp couldn't' wait to get the hell out of this show ! I hadn't understood his move at the time, but now, do I ! So, in search for comfort, I watched season 3 (without bothering with season2). And I watched "Swallowed alive". Aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ! Totally ruined !!! What have they done to my episode ?!! Even though I knew there wouldn't be the original music because, well, none of the other episodes had their music, I kinda hoped they would have replaced it with something that would keep the spirit of the episode. Boy was I disappointed. Elevator music wouldn't have been worse ! So, my box set made an express on ebay and I am now 21 jump street-free. I was so looking forward to jumping back in my 15 year-old skin... Well, I guess that won't happen anytime soon. And you know what the worst part is ? I had that episode on tape. And some stupid family member taped over it. Life is so cruel.