Ep. 835 - The Naked Gun

The Filmcast

Tv & Film, Entertainment News, News

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

David, Devindra, and Jeff commit to the relationship horror of Together, head into battle with Chief of War, and explore adventures with small animals with the second season of Kiff. Then they follow the misadventures of Frank Drebin Jr. in The Naked Gun.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding TV Newsletter
Devindra - macOS 26 Tahoe preview at Engadget
Jeff - The Science of Big Splashes

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching (~00:16:30)
David - Together, She Rides Shotgun, Architecton
Devindra - Happy Gilmore 2, Chief of War, She Rides Shotgun, The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
Jeff - Kiff S2, Billy Joel: And So It Goes: Part Two

Featured Review (~01:05:06)
The Naked Gun
SPOILERS (~01:19:45)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the filmcast, a podcast about movies.
0:23.4	I'm David Chen and you're kidding. So am I.
0:27.7	Joining me today's Dimitra Hardwar.
0:30.0	Once again, another naked gun movie without any portographic shots of a fully disassembled gun.
0:36.4	And Jeff Kanata.
0:38.4	Drunk, Jeff?
0:39.7	A little.
0:40.3	Just enough to wake me up.
0:43.2	Those are vague and oblique references
0:44.9	of the fact that today on the podcast,
0:46.4	we are going to be reviewing
0:47.8	the new Akiva Schaefer naked gun.
0:51.9	Is it a sequel, guys?
0:53.0	I think this is technically a reboot, probably, right?
0:55.5	It's a requal.
0:56.4	It takes a requal because it takes place in the universe. Yes. It's a follow-up to the naked. He's the son of the original Frank Trebin. Frank Grebin, right. So it's got to be. It's got to be. Anyway, it's a legacy sequel. The 2025 Naked Gun is what we'll be discussing today.
0:53.6	Of course, you can find more episodes of the show at the Filmcast.com.
0:56.0	Email us at slash Filmcast at gmail.com. Support the podcast at patreon.com slash film podcast. Today we've got a couple of announcements, some email follow-ups, and then some what we've been watching, a really packed what we've been watching today. A lot of great stuff to discuss.
1:28.0	So let's get into it.
1:29.6	First of all, big announcement or small announcement, got a report from a bunch of people last week
1:37.5	basically saying, hey, when are you guys going to upload your Fantastic Four review?
1:42.2	What's up with a Fantastic Four review?
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