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[-] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

I am not sure it is possible to still make these kinds if movies today. They get cringey so damn fast, not sure why. Was the same with the new Mel Brooks series on Netflix. Forgot the name, just full of cringe masturbation jokes, it's just all very dated humor.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

Mom can we get some Leslie Nielsen?

Sorry, best I can do is Liam Neeson.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago

Same initials at least, but Neeson does do comedy, I'll give it a shot

[-] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

It’s that serious delivery he does so well lol. This Ted 2 scene was brilliant

[-] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

He was also really good on his episode of Derry Girls. If this movie isn't funny, I don't think it'll be his fault.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

It's nice to see those ridiculous gags, just simple stuff. Old movie before was either catch the joke or miss it. This trailer is pretty basic tho.

I just hope it doesn't get cringe.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Just fucking no.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

This trailer doesn't really have the same vibe as the original. Some funny bits though. Maybe it will be good?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

I’m not sure Seth MacFarlane can quite pull off the ZAZ dumb humor, but no one thought of Leslie Nielsen as a comedic actor before Airplane, so I can give Liam Neeson a chance in the role.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 23 hours ago

I definitely think the weak link will be Seth McFarlane. You can see in the trailer that there are a lot of jokes that lean more into the sophmoric rather than the absurd.

Also, it feels too angry.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago

I made it to the part where Liam rips the arms off the bad guy and stopped watching. That's only ten seconds into the trailer!

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

I like the jokes they're making, as there seems to be hope that it's a spiritual successor rather than just another sequel/rehash.
One can hope. Loved the originals.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

That's casting I would least expect.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Nielsen wasn’t considered a comedic actor before his role in Airplane and he was cast because they wanted him to bring the serious, dramatic actor presence/reputation to the role, so it’s worked before

[-] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Oh I didn't mean it in a bad way. The dramatic Neeson with Naked Gun style humor worked on me. I don't remember the original movies that much but I felt it did have similar energy.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

"I went up and down areas with a cosh, hoping I'd be approached by somebody - I'm ashamed to say that - and I did it for maybe a week, hoping some [uses air quotes with fingers] 'black bastard' would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could kill him." - Liam Nelson

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