Police Lt. Frank Dreben Jr. takes up where Dad left off, as THE NAKED
GUN revives a comedy classic. The effort is sincere, but the result is
more often nostalgic than hilarious. Liam Neeson is a good sport about things, and not-half-bad at deadpan, yet it was hard not to be reminded
of Leslie Nielsen's surprising perfection. Somewhat recommended.

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On 2025-11-20 06:17 PM, moviePig wrote:

Police Lt. Frank Dreben Jr. takes up where Dad left off, as THE NAKED
GUN revives a comedy classic. The effort is sincere, but the result is
more often nostalgic than hilarious. Liam Neeson is a good sport about things, and not-half-bad at deadpan, yet it was hard not to be reminded
of Leslie Nielsen's surprising perfection. Somewhat recommended.

I stopped watching at the 40-minute mark - right about the scene with
the snowman. I was actually getting a headache due to how horrid this
mess is.

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On 11/20/2025 5:30 PM, Alan Smithee wrote:

On 2025-11-20 06:17 PM, moviePig wrote:

Police Lt. Frank Dreben Jr. takes up where Dad left off, as THE NAKED
GUN revives a comedy classic.ÿ The effort is sincere, but the result is
more often nostalgic than hilarious.ÿ Liam Neeson is a good sport about
things, and not-half-bad at deadpan, yet it was hard not to be reminded
of Leslie Nielsen's surprising perfection.ÿ Somewhat recommended.

I stopped watching at the 40-minute mark - right about the scene with
the snowman. I was actually getting a headache due to how horrid this
mess is.

I suspect that people who didn't see the original (and AIRPLANE) are
likely to have a better time with it. Even so, I laughed a few times.



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On 2025-11-20 06:46 PM, moviePig wrote:

On 11/20/2025 5:30 PM, Alan Smithee wrote:

On 2025-11-20 06:17 PM, moviePig wrote:

Police Lt. Frank Dreben Jr. takes up where Dad left off, as THE NAKED
GUN revives a comedy classic. The effort is sincere, but the result is
more often nostalgic than hilarious. Liam Neeson is a good sport about
things, and not-half-bad at deadpan, yet it was hard not to be reminded
of Leslie Nielsen's surprising perfection. Somewhat recommended.

I stopped watching at the 40-minute mark - right about the scene with
the snowman. I was actually getting a headache due to how horrid this
mess is.

I suspect that people who didn't see the original (and AIRPLANE) are
likely to have a better time with it. Even so, I laughed a few times.

The ONLY time I laffed was at the thermograph scene with Pammy Anderson.
That was actually quite funny. After that it is all downhill for me.

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On Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:17:33 -0500, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
wrote:

Police Lt. Frank Dreben Jr. takes up where Dad left off, as THE NAKED
GUN revives a comedy classic. The effort is sincere, but the result is
more often nostalgic than hilarious. Liam Neeson is a good sport about >things, and not-half-bad at deadpan, yet it was hard not to be reminded
of Leslie Nielsen's surprising perfection. Somewhat recommended.

I remember there were all sorts of jokes about Leslie Nielsen and Erik
Nielsen (not to be confused with Erik Charles Nielsen who is an
American actor/comedian) switching places - the Royal Canadian Air
Farce once did a brief 2 or 3 minute spoof of Leslie Nielsen switching
places with his brother (who was Canadian Deputy Prime Minister in the
80s) in the Canadian Parliament (which is not normally known for
spoofing)

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On 23 Nov 2025 03:05:43 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
<tednolan>) wrote:

Oh, I saw The Naked Gun (2025) from a public library DVD.
This proves that the DVD format and the public libraries
are *current* technology, not "obsolete".

Well, I mean, someone who posts on USENET *would* say that...

I went shopping earlier today and had my car radio on most of the
way...(for most of my childhood my father had a Plymouth station wagon
which had a car radio - and I'm pretty sure that was before the advent
of transistors)

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On Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:43:27 -0800, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
wrote:

On Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:17:33 -0500, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
wrote:

Police Lt. Frank Dreben Jr. takes up where Dad left off, as THE NAKED
GUN revives a comedy classic. The effort is sincere, but the result is >>more often nostalgic than hilarious. Liam Neeson is a good sport about >>things, and not-half-bad at deadpan, yet it was hard not to be reminded
of Leslie Nielsen's surprising perfection. Somewhat recommended.

I remember there were all sorts of jokes about Leslie Nielsen and Erik >Nielsen (not to be confused with Erik Charles Nielsen who is an
American actor/comedian) switching places - the Royal Canadian Air
Farce once did a brief 2 or 3 minute spoof of Leslie Nielsen switching
places with his brother (who was Canadian Deputy Prime Minister in the
80s) in the Canadian Parliament (which is not normally known for
spoofing)

Also not to be confused with Charles Nelson Reilly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLnapb-30hA

Love this depiction of CNR by "Weird" Al Yankovic.

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On 2025-11-24 22:41:20 +0000, Alan Smithee said:

On 2025-11-20 06:46 PM, moviePig wrote:

On 11/20/2025 5:30 PM, Alan Smithee wrote:

On 2025-11-20 06:17 PM, moviePig wrote:

Police Lt. Frank Dreben Jr. takes up where Dad left off, as THE NAKED
GUN revives a comedy classic. The effort is sincere, but the result is >>>> more often nostalgic than hilarious. Liam Neeson is a good sport about >>>> things, and not-half-bad at deadpan, yet it was hard not to be reminded >>>> of Leslie Nielsen's surprising perfection. Somewhat recommended.

I stopped watching at the 40-minute mark - right about the scene with
the snowman. I was actually getting a headache due to how horrid this
mess is.

I suspect that people who didn't see the original (and AIRPLANE) are
likely to have a better time with it. Even so, I laughed a few times.

The ONLY time I laffed was at the thermograph scene with Pammy Anderson.
That was actually quite funny. After that it is all downhill for me.

I've never been a fan of Airplane! and all the visual pun movies like
Police Academy and Naked Gun it spawned. I like a good comedy but those
are just dumb IMO.


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David Zucker Just Got Surprising Ammunition For His War On The New
'Naked Gun' Movie

According to prominent members of the entertainment media, The Naked
Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! is the best comedy film of all
time. We have an idea of what David Zucker might pick for the worst one.

The parody film-making legend Zucker recently trashed the fourth Naked
Gun film starring Liam Neeson for supposedly ripping off his comedy
style while falling victim to the money-grabbing, style-over-substance approach to filmmaking that took over Hollywood around the time when
Zucker?s career slowed down.

Zucker?s main points in his criticism seemed to suggest that he n
ever
actually watched The Naked Gun (2025), but, nevertheless, Zucker felt so

insulted by the new filmmakers? decision not to use his script fo
r the
film ? or involve him in its making at all ? that he laun
ched a media
campaign decrying the sequel before ever laying eyes on it.

?The glory of The Naked Gun is that it?s a shamelessly un
inhibited,
anarchically observational drive-by comedy that will make fun of
anything: global autocrats, stodgy film noir dialogue, safe sex, a professional baseball game, food left in the refrigerator for too long,?
??
Variety wrote of their top pick in the expansive list of the greatest
comedy movies ever.

Said the outlet of the film's makers, ?ZAZ first got famous for
Airplane! (1980), but here, in their genius m‚lange of deconstructed

movie clich‚s and mad puns, not to mention the mother of all satiric
al
love montages (set to Herman?s Hermits? ?Somethin
g Good?), they launched
the media-wise parody as big-screen comedy art form of its time,
creating a kind of modernistic Marx Brothers movie that tickles us with
a spirit so funny it?s timeless.?

https://www.cracked.com/article_49280_david-zucker-just-got-surprising-am munition-for-his-war-on-the-new-naked-gun.html


?Naked Gun? Reboot ?Totally Missed It,? S
ays Original Director

David Zucker is still mad about the Naked Gun reboot.

Zucker and collaborator Pat Proft had their own script ready to go for
Naked Gun 4, a screenplay he claims Paramount rejected because of a
sexist gag about breast reduction.

(The original Naked Gun movies are full of off-color bits ? if on
e joke
was really the problem, wouldn?t Paramount just ask for a new pun
chline?)

That narrative plays into a gripe Zucker shared with Fox News earlier
this year, complaining that ?PC (culture) has ruined comedy to a
large
extent.? In other words, stepping away from tired boob jokes is w
hy
?there?s no good comedy.?

Zucker grumbles to anyone who?ll listen that he was shut out of A
kiva
Schaffer?s remix. ?They have not contacted me to make a c
ameo or be
involved in the writing,? Zucker said, according to the Guardian.

?Whether or not they?re going to do a good job with it, t
his kind of
spoof, I mean it?s not rocket science, but it?s not easy.
?

Since then, Zucker has been all over the place, ping-ponging his
opinions about a Naked Gun that he wasn?t part of. During the sum
mer,
for example, he proclaimed that he was boycotting the sequel and refused

to see it.

Then, when the box office was decent and the reviews were enthusiastic,
he went public with his support. ?People are liking it, which is
great,?
Zucker told Hollywood Reporter. ?I really like the director, and
I just
couldn?t wish him more well.?

https://www.cracked.com/article_49150_naked-gun-reboot-totally-missed-it- says-original-director.html


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