[Film] The Naked Gun

[clapham_gull]

Controversial opinion but I didn't think the Naked Gun films were great, and I say that as a big fan of ZAZ.

I much preferred the Police Squad series it was based on, where the actors were more deadpan than in the films and the comedy was much subtler, and ultimately funnier. I thought Frank Drebin's character was goofed up a little bit too much in the films and the charm of the TV programmes was diluted too much.

I see the occasional Police Squad clip and it's standing up really well. It was a brilliant piece of work by all involved.

Still makes me laugh. Far superior to the films.

Leslie Nielsen a bit of a one off. Very very funny man but played it very straight for comedic effect like nobody else.

 

[Blue3]

Not a fan of remakes of films or music obviously there are some exceptions but on the whole they tend to be poorer copies

 

[jcdenton08]

Everybody knows this will be shit.

Oh come on. Nobody knows - I doubt even the cast and director knew if it worked until they made an edit. It might be really good, it might be poor, or - as with most things - it might be a matter of taste.

All I’m saying is I think the lead casting will work, then I gave a bit of evidence why based on videos - which you may or may not have enjoyed - but I feel are representative of his casting.

The film might be shit, but I love the franchise and I see the lead casting as good. I’m optimistic.

So no; not everyone “knows” this will be shit.

 

[DJ NOBO]

Love Airplane, love Naked Gun.
Surprised they are remaking Naked Gun as the humour is so of its time.
If they make a diluted PC version it will definitely be shit.

 

[The Clamp]

Oh come on. Nobody knows - I doubt even the cast and director knew if it worked until they made an edit. It might be really good, it might be poor, or - as with most things - it might be a matter of taste.

All I’m saying is I think the lead casting will work, then I gave a bit of evidence why based on videos - which you may or may not have enjoyed - but I feel are representative of his casting.

The film might be shit, but I love the franchise and I see the lead casting as good. I’m optimistic.

So no; not everyone “knows” this will be shit.

We all know it will be shit.

It’ll make some dollar.

But it will be gash.

 

[MattBackHome]

We all know it will be shit.

It’ll make some dollar.

But it will be gash.

Yep bang on

 

[jcdenton08]

We all know it will be shit.

It’ll make some dollar.

But it will be gash.

How much? Go on

 

[Comrade Sam]

As above, never convinced these things are a good idea

Mind you, I thought the same about the Dad's Army film they made a few years ago with Toby Jones and that was excellent

Was going to give it as an example why you shouldn't remake a classic.

 

[Comrade Sam]

Controversial opinion but I didn't think the Naked Gun films were great, and I say that as a big fan of ZAZ.

I much preferred the Police Squad series it was based on, where the actors were more deadpan than in the films and the comedy was much subtler, and ultimately funnier. I thought Frank Drebin's character was goofed up a little bit too much in the films and the charm of the TV programmes was diluted too much.

I see the occasional Police Squad clip and it's standing up really well. It was a brilliant piece of work by all involved.

Police Squad was a masterpiece and originally took the slot previously taken by The Streets of San Francisco. It flopped in the US but was a hit here. The films were a dumbed down (or up) version to win over the US market and I feel a lot was lost.
My best mate used to stay at mine every Saturday to watch it, then a few months later it would run on London telly, so we'd stay at his Gran's every Saturday as she lived the other side of the downs. I think we did the whole routine 3 years in a row.
I can only imagine the remake will be dogshite.

 

[Man of Harveys]

“Who are you? How did you get in here?”
“I’m a locksmith. And I’m a locksmith.”

 

[ROSM]

All I can say to Liam Neeson is 'good luck, we're all counting on you'

 

[Monkey Man]

Police Squad was a masterpiece and originally took the slot previously taken by The Streets of San Francisco. It flopped in the US but was a hit here. The films were a dumbed down (or up) version to win over the US market and I feel a lot was lost.
My best mate used to stay at mine every Saturday to watch it, then a few months later it would run on London telly, so we'd stay at his Gran's every Saturday as she lived the other side of the downs. I think we did the whole routine 3 years in a row.
I can only imagine the remake will be dogshite.

I seem to remember Police Squad being on at about 7pm or something like that. I stumbled upon it one day when I was a kid and was really thrown by the way it looked so old. Was it some long-forgotten classic? I started taping it with whatever spare VHS cassette was to hand and soon my brother and dad were obsessed with it too. But there was no information available to us to explain what the hell we were watching and that only added to the joy of the thing.

 

[Comrade Sam]

I seem to remember Police Squad being on at about 7pm or something like that. I stumbled upon it one day when I was a kid and was really thrown by the way it looked so old. Was it some long-forgotten classic? I started taping it with whatever spare VHS cassette was to hand and soon my brother and dad were obsessed with it too. But there was no information available to us to explain what the hell we were watching and that only added to the joy of the thing.

It may well have been on at the same time as Top of the pops first time round, so no one else at school had watched it. We didn't have a video at the time.

 

[jcdenton08]

Was going to give it as an example why you shouldn't remake a classic.

As for The Naked Gun 4 1/4, it is a reboot sequel, in the same series continuity. A remake is a different thing.

 

[jcdenton08]

We all know it will be shit.

It’ll make some dollar.

But it will be gash.

£50 says it scores higher than 50% on Rotten Tomatoes “Top Critics” (50% being average - far from shit)