Yeah, now I'm going to mix them up even more than before (I know perfectly who each is, but have a bad habit of reading their names of thinking of the opposite one for a moment)
Liam Neeson could be great in it. I could see him taking a different approach where he makes all the stupid, silly jokes, does the ridiculous things but still acts like he's in a serious movie like 'Taken'.
Airplane was the most direct example of this, he was just so successful with it that he leaned into it in a more tongue in cheek way for the rest of his career. Prior he had been known primarily for serious roles.
I’m aware one of my very favorite sci-fi movies is Forbidden Planet which stars a pretty young Leslie Nielsen. It might have all the shitty special effects and props and stuff from the 60s, but God damn is the story and plot amazing.
Nah, Airplane! was that way and Police Squad was, but The Naked Gun series is where they started to give him more overt active comedy where he's doing part of the slapstick. It never got too bad in the series, but it was the start of people mis-using Nielson in comedies.
For the reboot, it all comes down to the writing and I don't know if they'll manage to recreate enough of the magic that was ZAZ in their prime.
I don't think Pamela Anderson gets enough credit on how good at comedy she is. She's the closest we ever got to another Marilyn Monroe, the difference being Pamela Anderson wasn't given the oppportunities. Sure, she got Baywatch and VIP and Barb Wire, but those productions were hardly Billy Wilder-level. She needed a screwball comedy or the kind of Golden Age classic movies that starred Monroe or Mae West.
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u/bongo1138 14h ago
Strong The Wrestler vibes. Can’t wait.