This was my dad's favorite movie ever. He was a dork and I now too love this movie. Rest in peace, Pops.
@ZestonN
3 жыл бұрын
Me and My Mom loved this movie!❤
@daddystabz
2 жыл бұрын
RIP
@David-iv6je
7 ай бұрын
I'd be friends with your dad. I saw this when it came out and it remains one of the all-time favorites
@danielrowan4716
3 жыл бұрын
I saw this movie in the theatre when it was released. I cannot describe my disappointment that the sequel never came to fruition.
@TomTermini
3 жыл бұрын
Also saw in the theatre, when it debuted! Big Trouble ILC was the “sorta” sequel.
@danielrowan4716
3 жыл бұрын
Tom, I recall hearing on some channel somewhere on here that Bonzai was in the same universe as all of the Carpenter films (The Thing, BTiLC, and Prince of Darkness) but can’t remember where. Big Trouble is possibly my favorite movie of all time. If nothing else they are thematically the same.
@biguy617
3 жыл бұрын
Starring Robocop Peter Weller
@dunkelfels
2 жыл бұрын
I tried to buy the comic after the film. I was offered bonsai breeding magazines. I got the comic at some point. bonus: dune trailer ran before.
@JackieSkellington
29 күн бұрын
@@biguy617 yep, he chose "robo" over "BB."
@Colorcrayons
3 жыл бұрын
I dare you to take a walk after watching the end credits of this movie, and not have that wistling beat form the tempo of your steps. Bonzai fans know what im talking about.
@BabbleOn777
9 ай бұрын
Can't be done, especially when you have the soundtrack in your bright yellow Walkman... The waterproof one. Lol, good comment.
@JamesJones-zt2yx
8 ай бұрын
And fans will also remember that at one point New Jersey is playing that glorious closing theme on the piano at the Institute. (I *do not* understand why there wasn't a soundtrack CD released.)
@Domozorro
5 ай бұрын
I always walk and whistle like that
@MementoMorituri
3 жыл бұрын
"I don't care if you went through a mountain in Texas. This is New Jersey, and when you play my joint you're just another act." Edit: You know you're an 80's kid when you have your favorite movies memorized.
@robertdochter277
3 жыл бұрын
"Sealed with a curse as sharp as a knife. Doomed is your soul and damned is your life."
@MementoMorituri
3 жыл бұрын
"Hello Doc. Who are we today, Albert Einstein?" "Lord John Whorfin. If there's one thing I hate is to be mistake for somebody else."
@spacedinosaur8733
3 жыл бұрын
"History is made at night. Character is what you are in the dark." ~ Lord John Whorfin
@scottmantooth8785
2 жыл бұрын
*don't really see that one very often on greeting cards do ya?*
@baconhussy8794
3 жыл бұрын
Love this movie! My Dad still chirps "not my planet, monkey boy" when shit goes wrong. I also ordered things at a local Brand Names under the name John Smallberries approx. 30 years ago because of this movie. Outstanding move IMO.
@carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679
3 жыл бұрын
you an i can be friends." I have said what your dad saidin corporate meetings. Always makes them pause
@spacedinosaur8733
3 жыл бұрын
I have a friend that gives out business cards for Yoyodyne Enterprises.
@brorjordas1979
Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣👍🏻 Lloyd was so damn phenomenal with his not my planet line.
@WillowGlen-hh7vp
Жыл бұрын
Ive always gone with "Shut up, Big-booty, you coward. You are the weakest individual I ever know."
@Judymoe
10 ай бұрын
In 1988, my husband and I played the end theme of BB at our reception. Our families were confused, but our nerdy friends? They got it, and they all danced to it. We also played the wedding march from the movie Flash Gordon which really confused the older folks.
@MisterCreative
3 жыл бұрын
BB was my late uncle Michael's best movie from a creativity standpoint. Goonies, Lethal Weapon, The Color Purple, Ironman 1, and Django were all great for their own reasons but BB is where his creativity as a production designer really shines. There are moments in all his films where his humor informs the style of the picture wether it is the gadgets in goonies, the tooth on the wagon on the spring in Django or the robots in Tony's garage in Ironman, but the ships and the look and feel of BB are his best work imho. Great video and thanks for mentioning him, even Tarantino "forgot" to mention my uncle being killed on his set of Django at the Oscars.
@SonofSethoitae
10 ай бұрын
Killed?
@diogogomes3238
3 жыл бұрын
This movie is a pure masterpiece. I love everything about it. You cant be more 80s and awesome than BUCAKROOO BANZAIIII
@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812
2 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who thinks this is kind of a American version of Doctor Who?
@David-iv6je
7 ай бұрын
The deuce you say!
@vorpal120
3 жыл бұрын
Luv this one! The part that always gets me is, “The President wants to know what’s going on with the aliens….or should he just blow up the Russians? …..Which one is yes? Blow up Russia or number two?
@Murrlin27
3 жыл бұрын
HEY I was just thinking about that line!!
@shinankoku2
2 жыл бұрын
This line was featured in a trailer that I saw when I went to another movie. At the time I was twelve and had NO IDEA what I was looking at … me and my friend decided it must’ve been an apocalypse movie based on this line … never did see it in the theater until about five years ago.
@briansands9957
3 жыл бұрын
"Give her your jacket Tommy." "Why do I have to give her my jacket?" " 'Cause you're perfect." Perfect. I loved this flick.
@rottensquid
3 жыл бұрын
You got a point there.
@imustbecrazy5626
3 жыл бұрын
I made my wife watch this about a month ago. The look on her face the entire time was funnier than the movie ever was.
@imustbecrazy5626
3 жыл бұрын
@Shoenheim 😆
@alucard624
3 жыл бұрын
My parents likely had the same look, especially my mom. She still thinks it's one of the stupidest movies ever made but always cracks up at "No matter where you go, there you are."
@JimPark-63
3 жыл бұрын
My wife fell asleep three times when she tried to watch it with me. She now refuses to entertain even sitting down to watch it.
@carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679
3 жыл бұрын
i let my wife watch it..she said 'what the F was that?" BUT she recognized every scene in NJ, so i got a pass
@Pete...NoNotThatOne
3 жыл бұрын
As it should be.
@kilotun8316
3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, even Battletech, set literally a thousand years in the future, still feels the impact of Buckaroo Banzai and his Hong Kong Cavaliers.
@VenlyssPnorr
3 жыл бұрын
I remember reading the 3050 tech readout and cracking up at the description of the Axman.
@tmseh
3 жыл бұрын
Big Booty and the overthruster.
@kilotun8316
3 жыл бұрын
@@tmseh Big Boo-tay
@tmseh
3 жыл бұрын
@@kilotun8316 D-OoooooooH! Thank you. I love this movie, the cast is epic.
@mbryson2899
3 жыл бұрын
Right down to the watermelon.
@rottensquid
3 жыл бұрын
It takes an incredibly deft hand to make a movie this funny without including any jokes. But the magic of this film is partly that to this day, it's not clear how serious or how funny it was intended to be. That, I think, is the secret to it's success. It's a perpetual mystery. As a case in point, Weller's casting seems to me to work not because he's so cool, but because he's so incredibly understated. He approaches his roles with this extreme detachment, never chewing scenery or trying to add drama. He trusts in the script. So his rocket-scientist brain-surgeon samurai rockstar presents himself without a drop of ego or grandiosity, but in the driest, most understated way imaginable. That's why his performance is so funny and magnetic. He's the most over-the-top character in the most over-the-top B-movie imaginable, and he's playing it all like a guy getting on with his job. Like he has no idea he's literally the coolest person in the world, and if he did, that fact would be of no interest to him. And that just makes him cooler.
@jerrypeacock2234
3 жыл бұрын
''Why is there a watermelon in there?'' I still want to know.
@jasonblalock4429
3 жыл бұрын
The writer answered that years back, but it's not particularly exciting. The Banzai lab was doing horticulture research, breeding fruits and vegetables to be stronger for easier transportation. So they were stress-testing a watermelon they'd grown. The real-world answer is kind of funny, though. Midway through filming, the studio simply stopped sending the filmmakers any notes or feedback whatsoever, and the crew started to suspect the studio wasn't even paying attention to them any more. So they inserted the ridiculous watermelon bit, knowing that if anyone above them was actually watching the dailies, they'd get a note about it. No note came, so they took that to mean they could do anything they wanted since no one at the studio apparently cared.
@MementoMorituri
3 жыл бұрын
"I'll tell you later."
@mrgreatbigmoose
3 жыл бұрын
Make a watermelon rind so strong it can be airdropped. Now make a knife so strong it can cut open a watermelon rind so strong it can be airdropped...I'll tell you later. Oh. And Rawhide is still alive.
@jerrypeacock2234
3 жыл бұрын
It was really a rhetorical question, Joshua got it.
@jamesbarnes3832
6 ай бұрын
Isn't that obvious? The follow up line is "I'll tell you later." It is kind of the point of the whole movie. "Don't question what is going on, just go with it."
@grapeshot
3 жыл бұрын
This movie use to be on HBO all the time back in the day.
@seanbrazell6147
3 жыл бұрын
There simply is not enough Peter Weller in the world. That he is also an active, teaching professor of Roman History is just NEAT.
@the_bunse
3 жыл бұрын
Unique and crazy, I saw this on rental and bought the Laserdisc, cost me a fortune to buy this on dvd later in the UK. Innovative 80's movie, once you see it you will never forget.
@thepayne7862
3 жыл бұрын
It's one of those movies when I recommend it to people and they ask me what it is about I just tell them."No description I give it will do it justice, you just have to watch it."
@ended7688
3 жыл бұрын
This came out when I was 6, and my dad took me. This movie has stuck with me ever since. The look of sheer adoration on another nerds face years later, when I was asked if I had seen BB? I replied, "oh you mean, The adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th dimension"? And we've been friends ever since.
@Chris.Davies
3 жыл бұрын
I have seen this movie more than a dozen times, thank you.
@geo386
2 жыл бұрын
I have watched this hundreds of times. It is one of my all time favorite movies. I have a poster, t-shirts, a coffee mug, identification badges, pins and five copies of the movie on DVD. This is the best movie I watch and obsess about. It is perhaps the best movie I ever SAW. I can sometimes be heard quoting lines from the movie. I now have two screen accurate Oscillation Overthrusters for my Buckaroo Banzai collection. I have no less than 5 copies of the movie on DVD, two tshirts, a movie poster, a fridge magnet, several cosplay identification badges, quite a few pins, a copy of the Marvel comic book adaptation and the topper is a YoYodyne Propulsion Systems coffee mug. To this day the movie remains my favorite of all time. I might attend a Comic-con soon and get a pic with Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller). Buckaroo Banzai was my first real action hero even before they were called that. Peter Weller in an interview once said Buckaroo isn't a superhero and is made better by the people he surrounds himself with. Those hard rockin' Hong Kong Cavaliers, Buckaroos most trusted inner circle. Turning 60 this year reminds me that next year the movie celebrates its fortieth anniversary. I even have my eye on an Oscillation Overthruster. Update: I actually now have a screen accurate Oscillation Overthruster I am a bit slow on things sometime, though it gets to my noggin eventually. I was listening to Legendary Labels: Sun Records and just like that the light went on. The Ike Turner song Rocket 88 is the Buckaroo Banzai intro to the short musical piece in the film. Yes, I know it is spelled Rockit 88 in the movie. The Oldsmobile 88 and its Rocket 88 V-8 motor are legendary performers. In fact, they were immortalized in the 1951 hit record, "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, who cut the tune that has been called the first rock 'n' roll recording.
@Knight3rrant
11 ай бұрын
I hear the song of my people when you speak.
@bleeneo101
3 жыл бұрын
"Just remember, wherever you go,...there you are." RIP RMD 🙏
@gringofett3944
3 жыл бұрын
Which was later in 1986 rephrased in "Platoon" as "Where ya head goes, ya ass will follow".
@chiefscheider
Жыл бұрын
If you're gonna quote an iconic movie line, Bruce...get it right.
@dll_Rhemuth948
3 жыл бұрын
“Big Boo-Tay, Tay, Tay!” Actually watched this film in my high school physics class. Love it to this day!
@WarrenSapir
3 жыл бұрын
My family shouts this at each other on occasion! 😂
@thomas6502
Жыл бұрын
The power of the world crime league is apparent even forty years later and this film is both a gem and a time machine. Can't wait to watch it again, in fact...
@jasonscottjenkins
3 жыл бұрын
I saw this on HBO so many times in the mid 80's. Still waiting for the sequel.
@michaelmartin8337
3 жыл бұрын
With how they make films nowadays -don't hold your breath. AND STOP GIVING THEM IDEAS - YOU SAW WHAT THEY DID TO GHOSTBUSTERS
@davethetaswegian
3 жыл бұрын
Nerdy, yet amazingly cool characters. One of my favourite movies.
@thepayne7862
3 жыл бұрын
I own the movie both digitally and on bluray I watch it once a year. It's my favorite Peter Weller movie, sorry Robocop you are number 2. It's a shame it wasn't more successful the first movie setup a great cinematic universe that they could have done future stories in.
@rottensquid
3 жыл бұрын
I feel like this film walks such a delicate tightrope, a second one might ruin it. What if they stuck in more jokes, or added more budget to the special effects, or something like that? It just wouldn't be the same. I find stuff like this is so magical because it almost feels like no one could have deliberately thought of it. It feels like a happy accident.
@thepayne7862
3 жыл бұрын
@@rottensquid I get that and apparently there is going to be a comic book or a book that is titled what the sequel was going to be. But yeah a sequel to Buckaroo Banzai might caused the original to lose some of it's charm.
@rottensquid
3 жыл бұрын
@@thepayne7862 I mean, I'm not too worried about that. I tend to take films individually as much as I can. I can enjoy a good sequel to a bad film, or a good film with a bad sequel. I just fear that Buckaroo Banzai's time has past, and though that cover looks pretty gorgeous, I worry it's just going to be a sad echo of a long-gone moment. With something like this, even at the time, the creators themselves seemed not entirely sure how it all came together, how much of it was deliberate and how much of it was accidental. I think with film it can be like that. It's a collaborative medium, and that means the chemistry between the collaborators has to be just right to capture the magic again. I hope the new book is great, but I'd be just as happy to leave Buckaroo Banzai as the one-off little masterpiece it is. I don't think people do that enough.
@AldentheBlue
3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies that my parents introduced me to. I can watch it almost at any time and it's a definite "feel good" movie.
@jliller
3 жыл бұрын
I watched this movie for the first time a few years ago. I was curious about it ever since I learned Star Trek made numerous references to it. Having seen it, I completely understand why it was a box office bomb. It's so quirky and odd that it was born to be a cult classic. It was really ahead of its time. Lots of fun, thanks in no small part to Peter Weller being perfect in the role and John Lithgow chewing scenery with reckless abandon. Given all the 80s nostalgia in recent years I'm really surprised this hasn't been remade, especially by Netflix or another streaming service where it could probably be very successful. The most important factor would be casting the right person for the title role and I'm not sure who could do it. I wouldn't mind Nic Cage going full Nic Cage as Lizardo.
@donalny
3 жыл бұрын
Kevin Smith said he dropped out of the remake he was set to write and direct because the rights are actually in dispute.
@michaelmcfarland1716
3 жыл бұрын
Please don't pray for a remake. Everything great they try to remake turns to crud. Let them remake the truly shitty movies that aren't cult classics. Let the writers show they know what their doing by turning bad dialogue and plotting into a good movie, not just rehashing the same plot and watering down for todays low thinkers.
@donalny
3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelmcfarland1716 I hate to tell you, but most cult classics are shitty.
@robzilla730
3 жыл бұрын
John Cusack as Banzai with Cage as Lizardo?
@michaelmcfarland1716
3 жыл бұрын
@@donalny but at least they watchable, and entertaining in a so bad their funny way.
@leovalverde1508
3 жыл бұрын
"History is made at night. Character is who you are in the dark." -Lord John Whorfin
@mitchellhodgemeyer1950
3 жыл бұрын
The second sentence is a quote attributed to 1930’s evangelist Dwight L. Moody. That movie pulls stuff from the most random sources.
@jessecastillo3841
3 жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorite movies to watch. When I was going up. Great movie.
@quattrobajeena135
3 жыл бұрын
So weird my customer just recommended this to me the other day. I had never heard of it then this video comes out
@clayratliff7727
10 ай бұрын
I loved this show from the first time I saw it. I was working at a movie theater as a projectionsit when it was released. Back when the reels had to be spliced together, part of the job was to watch the entire movie to make sure that it was put together properly. After that first viewing, I couldn't tell you how many times I watched it before I packed it up and sent it on its way.
@KonElKent
2 жыл бұрын
There is an almost 19 year age difference between me and my oldest brother; so by the time I reached my mid-teens he was reasonably well established in life. Figuring that it was better for me to "rebel" at his house than on the streets, he gave me access to his place. He had a wall full of VHS tapes of various cult classics. That's where I was introduced to Buckaroo Banzai (and Ice Pirates and Battle Beyond the Stars and...) I've been a fan for over 20 years now.
@davidsande2342
3 жыл бұрын
A fantastically fun movie,saw it in a theatre and it just blew me away. Saw it again a few years later at a double feature with flash Gordon, great fun.
@RaptureMusicOfficial
2 жыл бұрын
This is one of my fav movies! We recorded it onto VHS in 80s over night, and I watched the movie the next day... and I was blown away! Super crazy scifi comedy musical satire stuff! One of the best movies ever made imho.
@spoogemop
3 жыл бұрын
"It's not my goddamn planet! Understand, monkey-boy?" "What's that watermelon doing there?" "It flies like a truck!" "That is good! What is a truck?" Flawless, even now.
@ZestonN
3 жыл бұрын
Dude, I've watched the hell out of this movie for almost 40 years. 😀 It's one of my favorite movies! 😀
@NeonPhyzics
3 жыл бұрын
I saw this film as kid during a special press screening (my geek culture aunt got tickets) and the audience loved it - critics called it "Monty Python meets Star Wars"
@NeonPhyzics
3 жыл бұрын
I also had the movies poster on my wall all the way through high school (6 years later)
@tooruoikawa8985
3 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid this guy who was comic book guy in real life from The simpsons told me to watch this movie. I was not disappointed. Definitely a great cult classic movie
@WaspandUnicorn
3 жыл бұрын
I own this on VHS and DVD! One of my all time favorite movies! John BigBooty?! John Manyjars? Classic!! This was ages ahead of it's time.
@leovalverde1508
3 жыл бұрын
John Smallberries...
@craiglortie8483
3 жыл бұрын
loved this one and Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins that came out the next year!
@arthurpendragon3000
3 жыл бұрын
Loved Remo Williams because I loved the Destroyer books as a teenager. I just wish the movie had a bigger budget to do things right.
@TheJtyork420
3 жыл бұрын
I watched the movie right after this and was not disappointed. I absolutely loved every min of Buckaroo Banzai and as a DrWho fan I could really feel the similarities between the 2. Thank u sir this was probably the best sci-fi recommendation of my life.
@collectmybrains
2 жыл бұрын
Love this movie. Part of me wants it rebooted properly and part of me says "do not tamper"
@SeanobLulz
2 жыл бұрын
I used to watch this movie all the time as a kid. It was regularly shown on Saturday afternoons on the UHF stations outside of DC in the late 80s/early 90s. My dad and I would watch it together, and it's one I always watch when I can to this day.
@aldoushuxley2107
3 жыл бұрын
LOVE LOVE Buckaroo Bonzai- was working on my 2nd PhD when The Movie Channel had this gem on constant rotation lol My grandkids LOVE this classic 😊
@bacht4799
3 жыл бұрын
I don’t know what is most awesome.. that you sir love this movie and would tell it here on this site or your grandkids love it too.. I think it’s both.. have a great day sir and take care 😊
@TheFilthy13
3 жыл бұрын
" Use more honey ", " Laugh now Monkey boy " Classic lines from this movie .
@Mandrake55
10 ай бұрын
The ones that stick in my mind are; "It's not MY planet, Monkey Boy," and "Was that 'yes' to pastrami, or 'yes' to the end of the world?"
@robgraham5697
3 жыл бұрын
Saw this in the theatres. Loved it. I was waiting in line with a friend who was a drummer. He had an early drum machine and was practicing riffs on it. I was reading the latest issue of 'Scientific American'. We started discussing one of the articles on quantum physic. Guy behind us in the line remarked, "You guys are plants, aren't you?" He thought we were some form of marketing. We were just nerds.
@aarjaycee3601
3 жыл бұрын
Love this movie Caught it once by pure chance decades ago (mid/late 80s) on TV and was instantly hooked Nobody I spoke to at the time saw it and very few have heard of it. Doesn't stop it being a slice cinematic cult classic gold. Nor did it stop me seeking out and buying the DVD release, yeah that's how highly I rate Buckaroo Banzai. And now, thanks to this video I learn there's a book coming out as a follow up. New album from Iron Maiden, a Buckaroo Banzai novel coming out, 2021 is finally starting to get good
@karenm.2185
3 жыл бұрын
Still one of my faves! It was a very unique film to say the least.
@xxxjordandangerouslyxxx
3 жыл бұрын
I saw this as a kid on cable, and instantly loved it.
@danwebber9494
3 жыл бұрын
BB always seems like part 2 of a trilogy that doesn’t exist. It makes references to things you feel like you should know. But in a good way.
@ralfmaximus4295
3 жыл бұрын
I saw BB in a theater on opening day and the crowd was... not kind. I remember walking out of it thinking the whole thing was dumb, a waste of time. My roommate at the time agreed and we bitched about how stupid the movie was on the drive home. But I couldn't stop thinking about it. A week later I paid again to see it in that same theater (crowds almost zero) then bought the VHS when it came out to show anybody who would sit still for 1 hour and 43 minutes. To this day it's one of my favorite films.
@shannonwittman950
Жыл бұрын
A true lesson in not paying much attention to movie critics. The only reason BB did not do better was the competition, as stated in this review. My buddy and I, both in our mid-twenties then and enthusiasts for offbeat and foreign films, loved BB. We were completely engrossed and otherwise laughed ourselves silly. Today I have a copy and watch it repeatedly. To this day BB remains among my all-time favorites. A crying shame that a sequel was never made. I don't know if today's actors can ever replace the original Buckaroo and the Hong Kong Cavaliers.
@wet-read
11 ай бұрын
It is the job of movie critics to give a more comprehensive analysis of films than the average viewer is either capable of doing or willing to do, generally speaking. That they might say negative things about a film you happen to like is of little consequence, and besides, they are just human beings in the end anyway; they may miss something or be too dismissive of another something. There are movies I like that I wouldn't call good movies, let alone masterpieces. And there are bad ones that I know are bad, or at least not very good, yet like them anyway (we call them "guilty pleasures"). All of that said, BB is one of the oddest films I've ever seen, and frankly, one I wouldn't call good or bad. It is sometimes interesting, sometimes bizarre, sometimes confusing, sometimes disjointed, and sometimes funny. I don't know how to think about it TBH.
@michellejones2416
2 жыл бұрын
I love “ Buckeroo Bonsai” and the “ Hong Kong Cavaliers “. Love it!!! The Lectroids, just love it. John, big Booté, oh yes 🙌🏼. All of the John’s. Thank you so much for sharing 💝
@chiefscheider
Жыл бұрын
*Banzai 😉
@trekkiexb5
3 жыл бұрын
I SAW this...and this is where I fell in love with Jeff Goldblum and Peter Weller. And John Lithgow...WOW!!! Heck, there wasn't any bad acting in here.
@BlackDoveNYC
3 жыл бұрын
I saw this on VHS shortly after it came out. I just remember a few things (1) the movie was nuts (2) I didn’t know what I was watching but I wasn’t ever bored (3) the name John Bigbooté and (4) Rosalind Cash looked beautiful.
@torquetheprisoner
3 жыл бұрын
that was a blessing in disguise that kev smith didn't do a seaqual
@TheNecronacht
3 жыл бұрын
"No matter where you go.., there you are..." I used to say this randomly to friends back in the day after seeing this flick in the theater. My friends would look at me like 🤔. Then 🤯 when they got it. Loved this movie, and still watch it when I catch it on TV now and then.
@godzilla2721
3 жыл бұрын
I have definitely seen this one a lot. A truly wonderful movie that should have had 10 sequels. Best closing credit sequence ever
@drewfrizzlexd2273
3 жыл бұрын
I love this movie so much and it kills me when my friends have no clue what it is.
@nigel-Rollercam-channel
3 жыл бұрын
I remember my Dad took me to the 1984 V-Con, the Vancouver Science Fiction convention held at UBC. It's a faint memory but I recall Yoyodyne coffee mugs and other weird memorabilia offered for sale from Buckaroo. I have had a fascination with this movie ever since but still cannot remember where I saw it the first time. I have a release on DVD but need to get the Bluray
@rafaeltogami
3 жыл бұрын
What I like about this movie is how light hearted it is… friendships seem genuine and the final walk is really nice, they seem to be enjoying what they were doing.
@djkarmad
3 жыл бұрын
New Jersey: “Why is there a watermelon there?” Reno: “I’ll tell you later.”
@warrmalaski8570
3 жыл бұрын
He was trying to make a watermelon that could be thrown out of a plane without a parachute and not explode. To make an no waste disaster relief food.
@mitchellhodgemeyer1950
3 жыл бұрын
I’d heard it was because, being both tired of notes from producers and convinced they weren’t actually reading the script being picked apart, Richter and Rauch inserted that scene to test whether or not the aforementioned producers were paying attention. No notes came back, discussing it, so it was kept in as a kind of ‘screw you’ to studio interference. I don’t know if that’s true, but it’s what I heard and it amuses me to think it so.
@chrisbaker8533
3 жыл бұрын
This is one of the great unanswered questions of life.
@chrisbaker8533
3 жыл бұрын
@@warrmalaski8570 That's a really stupid idea. If it's strong enough to survive an impact, what will it take to be able to crack it open and eat it?
@warrmalaski8570
3 жыл бұрын
@@chrisbaker8533 That's precisely why he hasn't released it to the public yet.
@MattsBaseballWorld
4 ай бұрын
Film way ahead of its time. Glad friends pulled me along to go see it when it came out, just a classic you never get tired of watching.
@kylefukumoto5811
3 жыл бұрын
Earl Mac Rauch not only wrote the screenplay and sequel novel, but also several comics for Moonstone, Buckaroo Banzai The Prequel (2008), BuckarooBanzai: Big Shot and Buckaroo Banzai: Origins with director W.D. Richter, both in 2009.
@thepayne7862
3 жыл бұрын
I didn't know that got to get them.
@deformemvita
3 жыл бұрын
Buckaroo Banzai has been one of my favorite moves since the first time I saw it back in 1990.
@durrtyjerzeeable
3 жыл бұрын
This is a fav of mine...one of the few that when somebody asks about...I just say Watch It and so far never fails off the cast going full crazy is always worth it
@henrya3530
2 жыл бұрын
This is still one of my all-time favourite movies. I saw it when it came out in 1984 and have it on DVD in my collection. Definitely a work of genius. Other movie makers have tried (and failed) to replicate elements of Buckaroo Banzai in their own works but nothing really comes close.
@SirSmoldham
3 жыл бұрын
YES! I was waiting for this one. LOVE THIS MOVIE! Hell, I still have a Buckaroo Banzai headband. Still waiting for the rumored sequel that adds Jack Burton from "Big Trouble in Little China."
@GTEmeraldRepublic
Жыл бұрын
That would be awesome
@MIKELIN8
3 жыл бұрын
I have loved this movie since I was one of around six people in a theater in center city Philadelphia watching it. When it finally came on cable, I taped it with my VCR. Since that technology has been surpassed, I now have it copied on my DVR.
@michaelbiscay9836
3 жыл бұрын
Seeing how Kevin Smith's Masters of the Universe turned out, I'd say we dodged a bullet.
@NeonPhyzics
3 жыл бұрын
seeing Clerks 2 was all you should need to KNOW that we dodged a bullet
@alucard624
3 жыл бұрын
Kevin Smith needs to stay the hell away from everything.
@robzilla730
3 жыл бұрын
Kevin Smithee hasn't made a good movie since Dogma.
@memnarch129
3 жыл бұрын
@@robzilla730 "A candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very brightly my friend"
@robzilla730
3 жыл бұрын
@@memnarch129 Kevin Smith is NO Ridley Scott!
@laranaarana
3 жыл бұрын
I bought this movie on VHS back in the 80s and then on DVD as soon as I saw it at my local Walmart. Weird but wonderful.
@shallendor
3 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best movies of all time! Most people i know. love this movie! This is one of the most talked about movies by nerds! The cast is so wonderful and talented! I've seen it so many times!
@bigneon_glitter
3 жыл бұрын
If you were an '80s kid & had cable, you watched _Buckaroo Banzai_ & _Big Trouble In Little China_ at least once or twice week _for years_ - whether you intended to or not. They were always on. Favorite bit: during the climax when Buckaroo storms the alien complex, the aliens' automated alarm system is saying "There are monkey-boys in the building!" on repeat.
@promnightdumpsterbaby9553
3 жыл бұрын
I love the cast in this film. One of my childhood favorites. Owned it vhs lol peter weller is the friggin man!
@JozeeWalz
2 жыл бұрын
Proud to say I saw it on opening weekend and've been a devoted fan ever since. The origin info was quite interesting thanks!
@carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679
3 жыл бұрын
there was a time when every student had their picture taken with a cowboy hat at the New Brunswick Police Station at college. Guess which college. And EVERYONE knows that wall is near Drumtwacket, Billy. Team Banzai forever.
@hectorheathcote9495
3 жыл бұрын
Saw this in theaters in 1984. Bought it on VHS then DVD when it came out. Love it just as much now as I did 37 years ago. Kind of a bummer we didn't get to see "Buckaroo Banzai Vs. The World Crime League".
@CourtneyGruenholz
3 жыл бұрын
Gawd I love Buckaroo Banzai !! I like movies that are a little off kilter with no specific genre and this just takes the cake. Peter Weller is just so cool as a rock and roll scientist and I am just so into Lewis Smith as Perfect Tommy.
@BenChanNYC
11 ай бұрын
(9:55) The musical sequence is important because it does what most musical numbers do in a musical - it's a narrative shortcut, but one that's important to the plot. It introduces Penny in a way that imprints her importance in a short amount of time in a movie that doesn't have time otherwise to establish the romantic interest. It's actually a super-economical way to invest an audience.(then they threw in the twin sister thing too, but it still would have needed a way to get the audience emotionally invested) The film doesn't stop so Peter Weller can sing. That scene introduced the main female character in a place where she's at her lowest and ends with her trying to kill herself. It's an important scene if you're able to focus on someone other than Buckaroo.
@Ulgarth
3 жыл бұрын
From the first time I saw it in 84, it is one of my top ten movies of all time.
@toshibavoodoo
16 күн бұрын
I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW!!! I can't believe I didn't see the Perfect Tommy change of clothes at the end...
@UncleJackOnline
3 жыл бұрын
was one of those movies you told people to see for themselves because you just couldnt explain it correctly to make it sound watchable...especially with the singing
@UncleJackOnline
3 жыл бұрын
@Shoenheim yup, so yeah, just watch it for yaself
@jon-paulfilkins7820
3 жыл бұрын
A Late friend loved this film, he was also a huge pulp adventure novel fan and pointed out that Buckaroo Banzai felt like a re-work of Doc Savage for a more modern time. Then, the film made perfect sense to me.
@kimwelch4652
11 ай бұрын
Oh, I saw it. I saw it on opening night with my Buckaroo Banzai headband -- something they were handing out.
@Mcflurry420
3 жыл бұрын
Dude “) your taste in 80’s movies is spectacular
@blazerocker1734
3 жыл бұрын
I saw this as a teen and didn't really care for it. Well, that was about thirty years ago and I may not have been of the proper mind to really appreciate it back then. I'll have to give it another try. Thanks for the review.
@AkuTenshiiZero
2 жыл бұрын
Gonna have to give this one a watch someday...So many actors that I love are in this.
@mitchellhodgemeyer1950
3 жыл бұрын
I grew up in a small town, with only a single-screen movie theatre available, so this movie was never going to end up there, even though I desperately wanted to see it. Fortunately, the 1980’s brought forth the popularity of the VCR and renting movies to watch at home, allowing me to see my most sought-after features - Blood Simple, Brazil, and (to my absolute pleasure) The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. Now you understand why those Redletter guys fix VCRs.
@caldodge
3 жыл бұрын
I bought the Shout! Blu-Ray. The "making of" video is longer than the movie was. It's awesome.
@randomrangoon5476
3 жыл бұрын
Remember my dad showing me this movie and still enjoy it today
@matthewronson5218
3 жыл бұрын
I loved, loved, loved The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension and recall there was a sequel intended or at least talked about, which went away as sadly as it did in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Along those lines of awesome 'failures' in my viewing included Howard the Duck and Hudson Hawk.
@coriolass
3 жыл бұрын
Never saw?!?! I saw this on release weekend, even had a Team Banzai headband, the 80's was wonderfully weird. And always remember, "no matter where you go, there you are".
@getsugatenshou4309
3 жыл бұрын
Yes yes! I love this movie. I have it on several Hds , backed up just in case!! I keep the comic adaption in sealed plastic bags.
@patraic5241
3 жыл бұрын
A wonderfully entertaining flick. One of my favorites.
@Brad772006
3 жыл бұрын
I could say that this movie was released at the wrong time and in today's comic book heavy climate this movie may have caught on. Although I honestly cannot say that because this one is so unique that it would probably still only click with a segmented audience.
@leonswan6733
3 жыл бұрын
Who never saw it well that's too bad. I enjoyed this weird movie as a kid in the middle 80`s. The first thing that got my attention in the beginning of the movie was the Jet Car that went though the stone hill ( some how ). Monster Trucks, Top fuel dragsters and Jet cars was the rave for young boys those ages back then ( I was a Jet Engine Mechanic in the U.S. Air Force ). It was very weirdly entertaining and I never forgot it. I still enjoy watching it at 42 and beyond. A+
@LucyLioness100
3 жыл бұрын
Truly an underrated movie. I finally watched it a few weeks ago & it’s balls to the wall nuts and fun
@digiacomtech5589
3 жыл бұрын
Saw it and loved it, watch it again every now and then. Classic 80s movie fare! ;)
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