Showing posts with label The Naked Gun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Naked Gun. Show all posts

Sunday, February 22, 2026

The Naked Gun 33.3 The Final Insult

 Yes this is very 1990s. There is a mention of Dr Kervorkian. We see Shannen Doherty, on screen. Jurassic park is still the biggest box office bonazana. Indeed OJ will murder his wife before this film hits blockbuster. Oh and you know what is really 1990s- 70s nostalgia. We see OJ wearing an Afro.

OJ does the American version of the goalkeeper catching the baby jokes

Phil Donnahue looking like Leslie Nielsen is a plot point. As I said 1990s. 

So it felt more dated than the orginal Naked Gun movie. In fact having the denouement- at the Oscars adds to this. The Oscars used to be exciting. I don't know if I am older or crankier but, I remember people used to stay up late for the Oscars

I was surprised by the Cameo's Olvia Dukakis, and James Earl Jones. Oh and Pia Zadora-who according to legend played Anne Frank on Broadway, and was so bad. That someone in the audience shouted ``She's in the attic''

Anna Nicole Smith. I was interested in getting a sense of her. I remember an old gf, used to compare herself to her.  She looks buxom and pretty, but the film doesn't do much with her

Marc Alamio- Gul Dukat plays a truck stop rapist. Who tries to force himself on Priscella Presley Priscella gets a sub plot based on wanting a baby-with Thelma and Louise overtones. It is as I said very very 1990s. Cheers was doing a similar storyline in 1992. Ally McBeal will do more of the same. 

That said because of the ages of Nielsen and Presley it feels more modern- everyone is middle aged now







Monday, September 01, 2025

The Naked Gun 2025

 

Yes I enjoyed this. I don't think it was worth a cinema ticket but I laughed and laughed

I think this is an older script- There is a reference to TIVO- and a long rambling description of Buffy the Vampire slayer. When Frank Jnr would have been streaming for a few years. There is a mention of Freedom fries -remember them and Janet Jackson

Speaking of Older things Pam Anderson looks great. She is also quite funny

There is a good dig at Jazz- The best since The Fast Show

The OJ joke is very good

There is an extended joke about coffee cups

I liked the fact they had CCH pounder playing the boss

Did they rip of the plot of Doll House? Is that why there is a Buffy reference earlier

I think though Liam Neeson is miscast-I think he is occasionally arch, Frank should be more straight


Lima zoo

My daughter, and the flamenco    This is an albino tiger, which is very rare- if it was not specifically bred by a collector