Police Academy (1984) and its many sequels

Police Academy (1984) and its many sequels Sept 19, 2017 10:05:13 GMT deembastille likes this

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Post by stefancrosscoe on Sept 19, 2017 10:05:13 GMT

Sept 18, 2017 22:37:04 GMT deembastille said:

This is one movie and sequels I just couldn't get into. The only redeeming thing was Michael Winslow... god, he needed his own series.

I really didn't understand the sequels. I love humor and I love Mel Brooks type of pointless comedy but this was just too painful for me.

edited to add... not to piss anyone off but I noticed how most of the sequels were made from one year to the next... it takes longer than that to get a GOOD sequel into production. justsayin.

Not sure about a whole show starring Michael Winslow, but yeah he was funny in the beginning but then in the later ones, I felt he (and a lot of other characters from the Police Academy series) had maybe gone on for far too long, and their comedy acts was now becoming extremely tiredsome but that is of course not always the actors fault but more to do with lousy movie making and poorly executed scripts.
You are absolutely not pissing anyone off (well, not me that is) and I kind of agree that very few times, making a sequel a year, might ruin the chances of getting a quality sequel but I think as with the Friday the 13th movies, it was all about milking the money cow for all its worth, and it seemed like it worked as the first four films hit off well with the audience, the later ones however, I guess might have drawn better numbers when it comes to home rental VHS.