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  • THE NAKED GUN (no spoilers)

    From moviePig@3:633/10 to All on Thu Nov 20 17:17:33 2025

    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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  • From Alan Smithee@3:633/10 to All on Thu Nov 20 18:30:53 2025
    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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  • From moviePig@3:633/10 to All on Thu Nov 20 17:46:41 2025
    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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  • From Alan Smithee@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 24 18:41:20 2025
    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.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.1
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From The Horny Goat@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 24 17:43:27 2025
    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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  • From The Horny Goat@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 24 17:46:02 2025
    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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  • From shawn@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 24 21:19:34 2025
    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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  • From super70s@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 24 21:59:09 2025
    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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