Jump to content

R. I. P. Leslie Nielsen


MixMasteR

Recommended Posts

naked-gun.jpg

Leslie Nielsen, the star of the movie Airplane! and the TV series Police Squad! has died from complications of pneumonia at a hospital in Florida. Originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Nielsen appeared in over 200 movies and TV shows in a career spanning six decades.

 

    After Airplane! became a hit, the film’s directors — Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker — wanted to take the film’s slapstyle style of comedy to TV. They asked Nielsen to play the lead role in their new series “Police Squad!”

 

    In the show, Nielsen played Frank Drebin, a stereotypical police officer modeled after characters in earlier police TV series. The show lasted only six episodes but earned Nielsen an Emmy nom for lead actor in a comedy series.

 

    Six years later, Nielsen reprised his role for a feature-length version of the show, Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad, as well as two sequels.

 

    Other credits include 1956’s Forbidden Planet, the 1960s TV series Peyton Place, Dr. Kildare and The Bold Ones: The Protectors.

GR:

Τον ξέρουμε σήμερα ως αποκλειστικά κωμικό ηθοποιό, σύμβολο του παλαβού χιούμορ της σχολής ΖΑΖ. Και λογικό, γιατί το Airplane! είναι ίσως ο πιο εμβληματικός του ρόλος. Λιγότερο γνωστό είναι το γεγονός ότι μέχρι το 1980 ήταν μια φοβερά γνωστή φάτσα της αμερικάνικης TV, καρατερίστας από τους πιο σημαντικούς, έχοντας στο ενεργητικό του δεκάδες εμφανίσεις σε ό,τι σειρά μπορείς να βάλεις στο νου σου. Και παίζοντας κυρίως σοβαρούς ρόλους, συνήθως μάλιστα κακούς. (Φαντάσου αν σήμερα γυριζόταν για πρώτη φορά μια κωμωδία με το φαρσικό χιούμορ του Airplane, και πρωταγωνιστής ήταν ο Zeljko Ivanek, για παράδειγμα.) Το ότι σε ηλικία 54 χρονών οι ΖΑΖ του έδωσαν ουσιαστικά τον πρώτο του πρωταγωνιστικό (κόντρα) ρόλο ήταν μια κίνηση ιδιοφυής, τόσο αναπάντεχη και αποτελεσματική που καθιέρωσε τον Nielsen ως αποκλειστικά wacky comedy πρωταγωνιστή.

H επιτυχία του Airplane δίχως αμφιβολία οδήγησε στο Police Squad!, ίσως την πρώτη σημαντική brilliant-but-cancelled σειρά στα χρονικά. Όλοι ξέρουμε τις ταινίες στις οποίες οδήγησε (τα, διαφόρων βαθμίδων επιτυχημένου χιούμορ, Naked Gun), όμως αυτή η σειρά που άντεξε για 6 μόλις επεισόδια είναι μάλλον το αστειότερο πράγμα που δεν έχεις δει ποτέ σου.Συνοδεία των απίθανων τίτλων τέλους που είχαν τα επεισόδια του Police Squad! (πόσο μπροστά!), αποχαιρετούμε τον Leslie Nielsen, που αργά χθες το βράδυ πέθανε στα 84 του χρόνια.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.



  • Posts

    • My fascination with Chernobyl's impact led me to discover a comprehensive article here https://chernobylstory.com/blog/51-fact-about-chernobyl/ packed with facts about the disaster's aftermath and recovery efforts. This article provided me with a broader perspective on the socio-economic and ecological implications of the event, making my visit more insightful and enriched my understanding of the complex legacy of Chernobyl.
    • imbadon.com If u deleted me from the content, it is your problem. This 200 euro is not money at all. But you... just scammer. People should know about you. I can share the whole conversation if you want, but it will not change that you are a scammer. 
    • For upcoming changes, You should consider making those 3 tabs (or whatever more You will have with new games) more visible and standing out, because right it looks like all topics hidden under those 3 tabs.
    • While not particularly active over the years, I've been around for as long as I could remember, so here are my 2 cents too. On top of what has already been said, I'd like to touch on a few thing that might be improved upon. While it is easy to notice and say "there's lack of engagement" or "community has outgrown the ganre", I've seen numerous forums get forgotten and die while others continue to thrive to this day. The main issue, in my humble opinion, is that the sector has been commercialised to an unsustainable extent. When nobody is willing to share anything, even if it is just a rework of an open-sourced or already-shared resource, the sense of "community" gets deminished. Now back on the pressing matter. From what I've seen, the lack of engagement could be circumvented with a redesign and functionality expansion that would/could/should include: - a built-in chat functionality. - incentives for engagement/interaction, ideas of which I'll list as separate pointers, as not to limit your creativity. But just as an example, from a more user/human perspective, having an easily identifiable way to get into "the club of the cool kids on the block", figuratively speaking, is an incentive on its own. - separation of the reputation into reactions and reputation. One to be used to posts, such as up-vote and what not, while the other to be awarded as means of appreciation. - automated ranks with actual benefits/perks, not like the current ones providing nothing. - the ability to hide text for user/group of users, not just premium/no premium. - increased visibility of the HOT topics and the RECENTLY ACTIVE threads/posts. Can be also expanded to most liked posts, etc. ps.: I'll update my post when I have some free time on my hands.
  • Topics

×
×
  • Create New...