Leslie Nielsen VS Steve Martin

[JackpotDen]

Consider them in their prime. You had naked gun, and you had the man with the two brains. I personally cannot make the choice...

[Wamplet]

Leslie Nielsen, because he wisely chose to co-star with OJ instead od Queen Latifah.

RAGDOLOL!

[Daveman]

Leslie Nielsen beyond a shadow of a doubt. He is a legend. Steve Martin is good, but nowhere near as good. I'm sure he's a better actor, but Nielsen is a far better comedian.

[Kalki]

The Dirty Rotten Scoundrel ownz all.

[Eddy Willson]

Steve Martin FTW \o/

[Dave-ros]

I can't choose either... although right now I'm fed up with trailers for Cheaper By the Dozen 2 (whose title seems to be more of a commentary on Hollywood's choice of movies at the moment), so Leslie is inching ever-so-slightly ahead... but then again, he tried to be so serious in Forbidden Planet and (until his character died in the first 5 minutes) The Poseidon Adventure, so that drags him back a bit... no, I can't choose -- surely you can't be serious, Dr. Hfuhruhurr! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I will say one thing: Repossessed >>>>>>>>>>>> The Exorcist http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[dudetheman19]

Leslie Nielsen is by far the best!!!

The only good Steve Martin movie IMO is Bowfinger :P That one was FUNNY as crazy

[docded]

Leslie without a doubt http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[LeadBullet]

I can't see how anyone would pick Leslie Neilsen. In the comedies hes in, what ends up being funny is mostly just weird crap happening in the background or the situation and not really so much how he delivers anything.

I'd have to go with Steve Martin based on all the things hes done including he can play musical instruments, and he also writes some of the movies hes been in, as well as novels. Like someone said about him before, to understand any of the movies hes in you have to look at the credits to see how involved he was in the writing process. Sometimes he wrote the thing, other times he just walked on as an actor. Which I think is basically all Leslie Neilsen does every time.

[Dr.Dude]

Dave-ros said:
...but then again, he tried to be so serious in Forbidden Planet and (until his character died in the first 5 minutes) The Poseidon Adventure, so that drags him back a bit... no, I can't choose -- surely you can't be serious, Dr. Hfuhruhurr! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif


I actually liked him in Forbidden Planet.... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/redface.gif and strangely enough, given the 1950's comic-booky style and campy tone of George Romero's Creepshow, I thought he still pulled off a surprisingly creepy as hell character in the small role he had there.

But as far as comedy goes.... I completely can't decide between the two. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dopefish.gif Both have been the best part of their own individual classic comedy movies. But I will say that Steve Martin seriously needs to stop starring in this shit like "Cheaper by the Dozen 2".

[YicklePigeon]

Police Squad! In Color! Starring Leslie Nielsen!. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Yup, Nielsen gets my vote.

Sure, Steve Martin was part of Saturday Night Live along with also-soon-to-be-stars such as Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray and more...but I remember SNL more for John & Dan (or Jake & Elwood as I prefer) more than anything.

Little tidbit: The first Blues Brothers album "Briefcase Full of Blues" was recorded in 1978 at the Universal Ampitheatre whilst opening for...Steve Martin. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Another little bit of probably useless information gratefully handed out.

Regards,

Yickle.

[Daveman]

Steve Martin was never actually a cast member on SNL, he just hosted more than anyone else all those years, so people remember him as though he had been on the cast.

[Marty]

good ol white haired Leslie

[Phait]

Steve Martin. All I remember Leslie for was NG, but Steve Martin... SNL, "Planes Trains & Automobiles", "Roxanne"... that and he can play the guitar and others - and well he's got humor.

It sure seems like Steve never changes from his white-haired self - as if he never grows older from the Steve we all know.

[Vivi]

Leslie of course.

[Daveman]

Phait said:
It sure seems like Steve never changes from his white-haired self - as if he never grows older from the Steve we all know.


Leslie is the same way. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
He had white hair in "The Poseidon Adventure" way back in the 70s. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Grande 3:16]

Voted Leslie Nielsen. But everything he's done after Naked Gun 33 1/3 has borderlined on depressing. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Marty]

i actually liked Scary Movie 3, thought it was way better than the first 2...

i do like Steve Martin (although i almost killed myself for watching "cheaper by the dozen") but without Leslie, i wouldnt know anyone else who could fill his shoes in the Naked Gun/Spy Hard kind of films and have the same effect.

[NutWrench]

Leslie Nielson from Forbidden Planet (1956)
(P.S. How can you host images larger than 100k on ImageShack? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif )

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/3029/leslienielsoncommanderadamsfro.jpg

[Dave-ros]

NutWrench said:
(P.S. How can you host images larger than 100k on ImageShack? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif )



Er, you think of doing it, and then you do it, like standing up or walking?! I never knew they had any size limits, and I've certainly not run into them...

[Ivan]

Which one of the two played with Queen Latifah in Bringing down the house? Horrible movie. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mryuck.gif

[Dave-ros]

Steve Martin. I saw that on a plane in 2003, and it took me a year to find out the title... need I have bothered? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Ivan]

Dave-ros said:
Steve Martin. I saw that on a plane in 2003, and it took me a year to find out the title... need I have bothered? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif



Nielsen then gets my vote! o/

[Uncle Duke]

I'm not sure as though I understand why we're comparing the two. Because they both have white hair and do comedy flicks?

Leslie Nielsen is a mutli-faceted actor with a long history of performing in a wide variety of films, turning mostly toward spoofs and parodies in recent decades.

Steve Martin is former stand-up comedian who made a bunch of movies in the 80's that were great and today turns out one shitty movie after another because no one is any longer willing to write a script that would suit his specific brand of comedy.

Leslie Nielsen is the better actor and Steve Martin is the funnier comedian, but comparing the two is like comparing green apples to red apples. They're both old white guys who do funny movies, but the comparison ends about there.

[JackpotDen]

Uncle Duke said:
I'm not sure as though I understand why we're comparing the two. Because they both have white hair and do comedy flicks?



Older male actors
Similar appearance (kinda)
Similar film styles (slapstick physical gags) [see : Naked gun & Bowfinger]

EDIT : MOTHER FU*KER! what's the name of the film with steve martin where he plays a famous violin guy that pokes out people's eyes?

[Nessus]

Martin did some classic SNL bits like the Barbarians,Witch Trials and the one where Socarates didn't know that hemlock was actually poison.

[Wamplet]

Ivan said:
Which one of the two played with Queen Latifah in Bringing down the house? Horrible movie. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mryuck.gif



Steve Martin.

[John]

Daveman said:
Leslie Nielsen beyond a shadow of a doubt. He is a legend.



You don't know much about SNL history, do ya? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


Steve Martin is definitely the better actor, and when it comes to comedy he is a genius (He hasn't written much of his own stuff lately.)


Three Amigo's was great!!

[Needle]

I like Steve Martin, but nothing can beat TEH NIELSEN.

Also:
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/mgm/the_pink_panther/steve_martin/panther1.jpg
Why is this evil man pretending to be Clouseau?! It makes me cry!

[Dave-ros]

Haven't seen that, but I'm sure it wasn't as much of a travesty as Sgt. Bilko -- if they couldn't even do a simple thing like clone Phil Silvers, they shouldn't have made it, plain and simple! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tinyted.gif

[Needle]

It's not out yet.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383216/

[Dave-ros]

^^^ Oh dear God http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mryuck.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tinyted.gif Was the Peter Sellers original not insulting enough to the French for Hollywood's tastes? Or are they getting desperate for things to remake?

[laffer]

NutWrench said:
Leslie Nielson from Forbidden Planet (1956)
(P.S. How can you host images larger than 100k on ImageShack? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif )

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/3029/leslienielsoncommanderadamsfro.jpg



Is is just me or does he slightly resemble Harrison Ford in this pic?

[Usurper]

Goddamnit, I was hoping this thread was about an upcoming fight to the death between the two.

Considering that most people have an uncle and/or pet dog who is funnier than Steve Martin, I think it's pretty obviously Leslie for the win.

[jimbob]

Needle said:
It's not out yet.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383216/

wel, thats a bloody travesty http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

gimme peter sellers over him anytime!

[Kronx]

Neilsen's "comedic" ability was that he wasn't funny. His ability to treat the bizarre comedy of Airplane! and The Naked Gun as actual drama made it funny. I don't know if he even wrote any of the stuff he was in, but once he started trying to be funny, he wasn't funny anymore.

Martin was a much better comedian. The Jerk, The Lonely Guy, The Three Amigos... Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Roxanne, Parenthood, L.A. Story, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. There was some classic stuff in there. Not to mention his stand-up and SNL appearances.

I'm not saying Martin was the greatest, but he was funnier than Neilsen.

With that being said, I think Martin's fall has been much bigger than Neilsen. Neilsen's made a career out of being in a certain genre of movie, and once the really good practitioners of it left, he was stuck with movies that were helmed by folks ranging from mediocre to down right dumb.

Martin on the other hand started going down with My Blue Heaven. I think he gave it his all, but I remember leaving the theater thinking "I can't believe I just saw a bad movie with Steve Martin and Rick Moranis in it."

After that Martin started hitting the same role again and again. I loved Parenthood, but he was almost the same guy in Father of the Bride, Housesitter, and so on.

Sgt. Bilko and Bowfinger were the last movies of his that I enjoyed.

Bringing Down the House should have been good, but they went the wrong way with it. He should have gone for Queen Latifah. It could have been a nice satire of the "polite" racism that exists on both sides of the coin. Instead, we get Martin floundering through an emotionless void of a movie.

[Daveman]

I think the real thing here is HOLY SHIT IT'S UNCLE DUKE.

[LeadBullet]

I agree with Kronx. All Leslie Neilsen did was stand around in an absurd situation, and what made it kind of funny was that while doing it he just had the same dumb, blank and unknowing look on his face. There were funny moments in his movies but most of them weren't really because of him.

[Uncle Duke]

JackpotDen said:

Uncle Duke said:
I'm not sure as though I understand why we're comparing the two. Because they both have white hair and do comedy flicks?



Older male actors
Similar appearance (kinda)
Similar film styles (slapstick physical gags) [see : Naked gun & Bowfinger]

EDIT : MOTHER FU*KER! what's the name of the film with steve martin where he plays a famous violin guy that pokes out people's eyes?




Fair enough, and I don't think I said in my last post but definitely Steve Martin. Anyone that can make venereal disease out of balloon animals is okay in my book.

[Daveman]

JackpotDen said:
EDIT : MOTHER FU*KER! what's the name of the film with steve martin where he plays a famous violin guy that pokes out people's eyes?



Are you talking about "Wrongfully Accused"? That's the first scene in the movie. Also that's Leslie Nielsen, not Steve Martin. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[JackpotDen]

Daveman said:

JackpotDen said:
EDIT : MOTHER FU*KER! what's the name of the film with steve martin where he plays a famous violin guy that pokes out people's eyes?



Are you talking about "Wrongfully Accused"? That's the first scene in the movie. Also that's Leslie Nielsen, not Steve Martin. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif



*Embarassed* yea, looks like it. Is there a scene where he smacks an arab guy in the balls with a tenis racket, and the guy falls on his knees saying "ALLAH!" and Ryan says "Oh, he's preying! Mecca must be that way"

[Zeipher]

Uncle Duke said:

JackpotDen said:

Uncle Duke said:
I'm not sure as though I understand why we're comparing the two. Because they both have white hair and do comedy flicks?



Older male actors
Similar appearance (kinda)
Similar film styles (slapstick physical gags) [see : Naked gun & Bowfinger]

EDIT : MOTHER FU*KER! what's the name of the film with steve martin where he plays a famous violin guy that pokes out people's eyes?




Fair enough, and I don't think I said in my last post but definitely Steve Martin. Anyone that can make venereal disease out of balloon animals is okay in my book.



Steve Martin stopped being funny when he starred in cheaper by the dozen. Leslie Nielsen hasn't stopped being the cheesy Frank Drebin character, and I think that's what makes him funny.

Sup Uncle Duke.

[Zztx]

Leslie Nielsen - his guest performance as the homicidal psychotic sheriff-gone-nuts in Bonanza was hee-larious.

http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[jazgour]

dudetheman19 said:
Leslie Nielsen is by far the best!!!

The only good Steve Martin movie IMO is Bowfinger :P That one was FUNNY as crazy



You must watch "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
way better than bowfinger

[Acid]

There both funny, but i'd have to go with Nielson,

[Hudson]

http://www.filmsite.org/posters/airplane.jpg

"Surley you can't be serious!"

"I AM serious, and don't call me Shirley."

That's it. Threads over. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Marty]

^ so true http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

anyway, out of the blue i found out there's a scary movie 4 (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808489310/info) with Leslie in this one too (and also directed by David Zucker)

i liked scary movie 3, didnt like the first two (too many seman gags)
so hopefully it'll be all good
http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Tang Lung]

Leslie Nielsen is God, and If Steve Martin stopped making films 10 years ago he would of been Jesus (but now he's just one of the three wise men).

[Sir Lemonhead]

I have yet to laugh at anything Steve Martin has done. He's kinda in that "annoying and unfunny comedian" category along with Robin Williams and Jack Black.

Leslie Nielsen is a legend though http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif