# New "Naked Gun" movie starting Liam Neeson **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 4, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612 "2025-04-04T13:16:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/101 "2025-04-08T22:39:18Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > You’re joking, but didn’t they talk about doing a dark and edgy reboot of _Fresh Prince of Bel-Air_? Apparently it has already had 3 seasons with one more on order. I had no idea. > **[Bel-Air (TV series)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel-Air_(TV_series))** > > Bel-Air is an American drama television series developed by Morgan Cooper, Malcolm Spellman, TJ Brady, and Rasheed Newson. It is a reimagined version of the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and is based on Cooper's short fan film of the same name. It stars Jabari Banks, Adrian Holmes, Cassandra Freeman, Olly Sholotan, Coco Jones, Akira Akbar, Jimmy Akingbola, Jordan L. Jones, and Simone Joy Jones. The series premiered on Peacock on February 13, 2022. The second season was released on Februa... ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/102 "2025-04-08T22:39:26Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Well, maybe if the pie is ironic I’ve never heard of that flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/103 "2025-04-08T22:47:36Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I’ve never heard of that flavor. All the cool kids like it. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/104 "2025-04-08T23:22:46Z")
> [@FinsToTheLeft](#): > > On a very special episode of Happy Days this week, watch Fonzie as he is admitted to the hospital for treatment after his friends stage an intervention for his meth addiction. Fonzie only turned to meth after his torrid affair with Marion led to Howard’s gruesome suicide. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/105 "2025-04-10T02:17:11Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > > I’ve never heard of that flavor. > > All the cool kids like it. Irony is for millennials, like me. The cool kids are post-ironic. For example: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nsuSveDAlpI/hqdefault.jpg "Post-Irony, Meta-Irony, and Post-Truth Satire") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsuSveDAlpI) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/106 "2025-04-10T02:50:03Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Fonzie only turned to meth after his torrid affair with Marion led to Howard’s gruesome suicide. Not everyone believes it was suicide. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/107 "2025-04-10T16:48:26Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Not everyone believes it was suicide I’m sorry, but that’s bullshit; all of the doors to the house were locked from the inside; it’s not like, all this time, the attic has secretly been home to a brooding and unstable Chuck Cunningham… ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/108 "2025-04-10T17:09:31Z")
I heard it was Joanie and her secret affair with Al. ---
**Author:** ![yendis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed8c4c/32.png) [@yendis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yendis)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/109 "2025-06-17T12:29:56Z")
New longer trailer released. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uLguU7WLreA/maxresdefault.jpg "The Naked Gun | Official Trailer (2025 Movie) - Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLguU7WLreA) Has some jokes in the original style, still not sure if this will actually be any good. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/110 "2025-06-17T12:37:02Z")
I laughed. I think it mostly captures the tone, though Neeson is necessarily different than Nielsen. Nielsen was never physically intimidating; Neeson has that in spades. I don’t know yet how that will work for this style of comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/111 "2025-06-17T15:08:22Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I heard it was Joanie and her secret affair with Al. Man AI is taking over everything! First it answers our questions, then does our art, now it’s having affairs with our wimmin! ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/112 "2025-06-17T15:57:13Z")
New trailer looks pretty good. Honestly my favorite part is the coffee gag while driving 🤣 That is classic _Police Squad_ right there. ---
**Author:** ![Hermione1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d07c76/32.png) [@Hermione1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione1)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/113 "2025-06-17T16:28:33Z")
It seems to be following in its predecessor’s footsteps in another way. The original Police Squad series and Naked Gun movies were very much in the spirit of the cop shows/movies of the time (just look at the Police Squad opening credits). This seems to be a spot-on parody of current gritty cop dramas and action movies…like many of Neeson’s own! I’ve come across a comment or two saying that Neeson’s not meant to be a comic actor. But they seem to have forgotten Leslie Nielsen started out as a dramatic actor himself! (His character in Forbidden Planet was very much a proto-Captain Kirk.) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/114 "2025-06-17T17:05:48Z")
From the trailer, I like the scene where he unintentionally rips the guy’s arms off. I’m less thrilled with the recurring gag about crapping his own pants (or whatever digestive issue he’s having). I’d like to have more pun-ish, “Shirley, you can’t be serious.” Type jokes. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/115 "2025-06-17T17:13:15Z")
It’s certainly not the same style as the original _Police Squad_, but I hope it works anyway. The Spirit Halloween banner going up over the door was pretty great. Now if we can just get the original TV series on a streaming platform (for free of course!) I’m surprised they haven’t figured that out yet. I guess I could get out my video tapes, one of the first sets I ever bought, but then I’d have to find a way to play them. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/116 "2025-06-17T17:35:40Z")
This looks hilarious and i cant wait. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/117 "2025-06-17T18:02:49Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > I guess I could get out my video tapes, one of the first sets I ever bought, but then I’d have to find a way to play them I just checked my nightstand. I have some of my DVD sets. The ones that made the nightstand are: Police Squad Naked Gun - All three movies Airplane! Bean and Johnny English - I like Rowan Adkinson too ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/118 "2025-06-17T18:18:55Z")
So many bad comedies out there, it would be nice to have a very funny one. ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/119 "2025-06-17T18:20:36Z")
I didn’t know about this. I actually kinda want to see it ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/120 "2025-06-17T18:38:52Z")
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