# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/121 "2025-06-17T21:06:05Z")
Ok that made me laugh a few times. Much better than the first trailer. Was that Weird Al coming out of the bathroom? Must be, surely. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/122 "2025-06-18T03:11:44Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Was that Weird Al coming out of the bathroom? No. I thought so too the first time I watched the trailer linked to in post #109. Look at 49 seconds into the trailer. I replayed it several times and stopped it at that point. It’s not him. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/123 "2025-06-18T14:06:12Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > It’s not him. No, definitely not. But it _should_ be, since Al was in all three of the original _Naked Guns_. By the way, I do _not_ approve of the title being just _The Naked Gun_, without any sort of subtitle or modifier. ---
**Author:** ![Hermione1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d07c76/32.png) [@Hermione1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione1)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/124 "2025-06-18T15:58:26Z")
Someone on YouTube suggested The Naked Gun: Son Of A Gun. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/125 "2025-06-18T17:01:04Z")
Yeh that’s why I assumed it must be. Surely he’ll be in the film somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/126 "2025-06-18T17:16:19Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > One thing I think will be interesting - Liam Neeson can do deadpan, but there’s something inherently physically intimidating about his screen presence, which Leslie Nielsen never had. I wonder how it will work for this style of comedy. And I think it’s a lot harder to pull off this style of comedy than it might seem. So much of it is about tone, facial expressions, reactions, etc. I’m glad they’re trying, though. I’m willing to suspend judgment, but I’m inclined to feel the same way about anybody trying to replace Leslie Nielsen in the _Naked Gun_ franchise as anybody trying to replace Peter Sellers in Pink Panther remakes – you can’t replace the irreplaceable. ---
**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 18, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/127 "2025-06-18T17:20:24Z")
Yeah, if they don’t try to replace him but instead let Neeson be funny in his own way, it’s will be better. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/128 "2025-06-18T17:29:04Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > you can’t replace the irreplaceable So if someone persuades you to go see the film despite your misgivings and you discover that it’s the greatest movie ever made, you’ll decide that you must be insane. No sane person could possibly think that the irreplaceable had been replaced. You would then check into an insane asylum exepcting to stay there for the rest of your life. ---
**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 18, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/129 "2025-06-18T17:31:46Z")
Yeah, the thing about the three NG movies…they aren’t as funny as you might remember. When I watch them now, I’m like, “weren’t these better?” Oh sure, there are still hilarious parts, and chuckle worthy parts, but there are also cringy parts, and parts that just drag. For comparison, Airplane! for me is still awesome. I’ll probably try this new movie even so. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/130 "2025-06-18T18:05:30Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > > [@wolfpup](#): > > > > you can’t replace the irreplaceable > > So if someone persuades you to go see the film despite your misgivings and you discover that it’s the greatest movie ever made, you’ll decide that you must be insane. Not at all. I would just realize, with great surprise, that one of the most consistent and predictable trends in the entire history of movie-making had finally been broken. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/131 "2025-06-18T18:29:46Z")
I’m willing to give it a try. Neeson isn’t one of those actors whom you can easily pigeonhole; and while he’s mainly done dramatic roles, they have been quite varied. Plus, Leslie Nielsen and George Kennedy had a long career in dramas before moving into comedy, so why not Neeson? As long as he can manage that pair’s deadpan responses to absurd situations, he should be fine. ---
**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 18, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/132 "2025-06-18T19:25:53Z")
The thing that concerns me is that Neeson seems more menacing than Nielson was. If the humor takes this into account, it should be ok. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/133 "2025-06-18T19:32:36Z")
I mean, I think everybody has noticed that, so hopefully this is taken into account by the writers. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/134 "2025-06-18T20:07:40Z")
Of course he’s played non-threatening characters before, like in Love Actually. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/135 "2025-06-18T20:15:10Z")
As he observed himself in the _Life’s Too Short_ improv scene: > No one’s going to believe me as a fucking greengrocer. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/136 "2025-06-18T21:47:03Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Surely he’ll be in the film somewhere. Of course he will, and don’t call me Shirley. (Someone had to do it) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/137 "2025-06-19T11:33:24Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Yeah, the thing about the three NG movies…they aren’t as funny as you might remember. When I watch them now, I’m like, “weren’t these better?” Oh sure, there are still hilarious parts, and chuckle worthy parts, but there are also cringy parts, and parts that just drag. The TV show was better, as IMO the comedy style was better suited to the shorter, episodic format. Alas, it died too soon. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/138 "2025-06-22T00:08:16Z")
I saw the trailer for it at the movie theater today. Liam Neesom was just fine, but the jokes seemed a lot dumber than before. Like geared toward a 10-year-old instead of a 15-year-old. I really enjoy the old Naked Gun, but I only chuckled once. Hopefully the actual movie is better than the trailer. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/139 "2025-06-22T00:52:14Z")
Have you seen the naked gun movies recently? I think nostalgia can be a factor, as a lot of the jokes are probably dumber than you remember. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/140 "2025-06-22T00:55:41Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > I think nostalgia can be a factor, as a lot of the jokes are probably dumber than you remember. That’s true. I haven’t seen them recently. I saw _Airplane!_ not too long ago and thought it held up. And it’s true that not every joke is going to hit its mark for everybody. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612.md?page=8)