THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI: The Best Movie You Never Saw

[@ragecage462]

This was my dad's favorite movie ever. He was a dork and I now too love this movie. Rest in peace, Pops.

[@ZestonN]

Me and My Mom loved this movie!❤

[@daddystabz]

RIP

[@David-iv6je]

I'd be friends with your dad. I saw this when it came out and it remains one of the all-time favorites

[@danielrowan4716]

I saw this movie in the theatre when it was released. I cannot describe my disappointment that the sequel never came to fruition.

[@TomTermini]

Also saw in the theatre, when it debuted! Big Trouble ILC was the “sorta” sequel.

[@danielrowan4716]

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]

Starring Robocop Peter Weller

[@dunkelfels]

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]

@@biguy617 yep, he chose "robo" over "BB."

[@robertdochter277]

"Sealed with a curse as sharp as a knife. Doomed is your soul and damned is your life."

[@MementoMorituri]

"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]

"History is made at night. Character is what you are in the dark." ~ Lord John Whorfin

[@scottmantooth8785]

*don't really see that one very often on greeting cards do ya?*

[@Colorcrayons]

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]

Can't be done, especially when you have the soundtrack in your bright yellow Walkman... The waterproof one. Lol, good comment.

[@JamesJones-zt2yx]

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]

I always walk and whistle like that

[@MementoMorituri]

"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.

[@imustbecrazy5626]

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]

@Shoenheim 😆

[@alucard624]

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]

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]

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]

As it should be.

[@rottensquid]

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.

[@diogogomes3238]

This movie is a pure masterpiece. I love everything about it. You cant be more 80s and awesome than BUCAKROOO BANZAIIII

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Am I the only one who thinks this is kind of a American version of Doctor Who?

[@David-iv6je]

The deuce you say!

[@Judymoe]

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.

[@baconhussy8794]

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]

you an i can be friends." I have said what your dad saidin corporate meetings. Always makes them pause

[@spacedinosaur8733]

I have a friend that gives out business cards for Yoyodyne Enterprises.

[@brorjordas1979]

🤣🤣👍🏻 Lloyd was so damn phenomenal with his not my planet line.

[@WillowGlen-hh7vp]

Ive always gone with "Shut up, Big-booty, you coward. You are the weakest individual I ever know."

[@briansands9957]

"Give her your jacket Tommy." "Why do I have to give her my jacket?" " 'Cause you're perfect." Perfect. I loved this flick.

[@rottensquid]

You got a point there.

[@jerrypeacock2234]

''Why is there a watermelon in there?'' I still want to know.

[@jasonblalock4429]

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]

"I'll tell you later."

[@mrgreatbigmoose]

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]

It was really a rhetorical question, Joshua got it.

[@jamesbarnes3832]

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."

[@seanbrazell6147]

There simply is not enough Peter Weller in the world. That he is also an active, teaching professor of Roman History is just NEAT.

[@MisterCreative]

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]

Killed?

[@ended7688]

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.

[@vorpal120]

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]

HEY I was just thinking about that line!!

[@shinankoku2]

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.

[@kilotun8316]

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]

I remember reading the 3050 tech readout and cracking up at the description of the Axman.

[@tmseh]

Big Booty and the overthruster.

[@kilotun8316]

@@tmseh Big Boo-tay

[@tmseh]

@@kilotun8316 D-OoooooooH! Thank you. I love this movie, the cast is epic.

[@mbryson2899]

Right down to the watermelon.

[@grapeshot]

This movie use to be on HBO all the time back in the day.

[@the_bunse]

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]

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."

[@bleeneo101]

"Just remember, wherever you go,...there you are." RIP RMD 🙏

[@gringofett3944]

Which was later in 1986 rephrased in "Platoon" as "Where ya head goes, ya ass will follow".

[@chiefscheider]

If you're gonna quote an iconic movie line, Bruce...get it right.

[@geo386]

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]

I hear the song of my people when you speak.

[@jasonscottjenkins]

I saw this on HBO so many times in the mid 80's. Still waiting for the sequel.

[@michaelmartin8337]

With how they make films nowadays -don't hold your breath. AND STOP GIVING THEM IDEAS - YOU SAW WHAT THEY DID TO GHOSTBUSTERS

[@thomas6502]

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...

[@AldentheBlue]

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.

[@dll_Rhemuth948]

“Big Boo-Tay, Tay, Tay!” Actually watched this film in my high school physics class. Love it to this day!

[@WarrenSapir]

My family shouts this at each other on occasion! 😂

[@davethetaswegian]

Nerdy, yet amazingly cool characters. One of my favourite movies.

[@Chris.Davies]

I have seen this movie more than a dozen times, thank you.

[@davidsande2342]

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.

[@ZestonN]

Dude, I've watched the hell out of this movie for almost 40 years. 😀 It's one of my favorite movies! 😀

[@thepayne7862]

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]

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]

@@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]

​@@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.

[@clayratliff7727]

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.

[@jessecastillo3841]

This was one of my favorite movies to watch. When I was going up. Great movie.

[@jliller]

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]

Kevin Smith said he dropped out of the remake he was set to write and direct because the rights are actually in dispute.

[@michaelmcfarland1716]

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]

@@michaelmcfarland1716 I hate to tell you, but most cult classics are shitty.

[@robzilla730]

John Cusack as Banzai with Cage as Lizardo?

[@michaelmcfarland1716]

@@donalny but at least they watchable, and entertaining in a so bad their funny way.

[@leovalverde1508]

"History is made at night. Character is who you are in the dark." -Lord John Whorfin

[@mitchellhodgemeyer1950]

The second sentence is a quote attributed to 1930’s evangelist Dwight L. Moody. That movie pulls stuff from the most random sources.

[@tooruoikawa8985]

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

[@aarjaycee3601]

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

[@WaspandUnicorn]

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]

John Smallberries...

[@SeanobLulz]

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.

[@TheJtyork420]

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.

[@KonElKent]

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.

[@torquetheprisoner]

that was a blessing in disguise that kev smith didn't do a seaqual

[@quattrobajeena135]

So weird my customer just recommended this to me the other day. I had never heard of it then this video comes out

[@shannonwittman950]

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]

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.

[@trekkiexb5]

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.

[@MattsBaseballWorld]

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.

[@TheFilthy13]

" Use more honey ", " Laugh now Monkey boy " Classic lines from this movie .

[@Mandrake55]

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?"

[@aldoushuxley2107]

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]

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 😊

[@rafaeltogami]

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.

[@godzilla2721]

I have definitely seen this one a lot. A truly wonderful movie that should have had 10 sequels. Best closing credit sequence ever

[@xxxjordandangerouslyxxx]

I saw this as a kid on cable, and instantly loved it.

[@RaptureMusicOfficial]

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.

[@robgraham5697]

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.

[@craiglortie8483]

loved this one and Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins that came out the next year!

[@arthurpendragon3000]

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.

[@michellejones2416]

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]

*Banzai 😉

[@BlackDoveNYC]

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.

[@collectmybrains]

Love this movie. Part of me wants it rebooted properly and part of me says "do not tamper"

[@TheNecronacht]

"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.

[@danwebber9494]

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.

[@michaelbiscay9836]

Seeing how Kevin Smith's Masters of the Universe turned out, I'd say we dodged a bullet.

[@NeonPhyzics]

seeing Clerks 2 was all you should need to KNOW that we dodged a bullet

[@alucard624]

Kevin Smith needs to stay the hell away from everything.

[@robzilla730]

Kevin Smithee hasn't made a good movie since Dogma.

[@memnarch129]

@@robzilla730 "A candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very brightly my friend"

[@robzilla730]

@@memnarch129 Kevin Smith is NO Ridley Scott!

[@NeonPhyzics]

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]

I also had the movies poster on my wall all the way through high school (6 years later)

[@henrya3530]

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.

[@karenm.2185]

Still one of my faves! It was a very unique film to say the least.

[@drewfrizzlexd2273]

I love this movie so much and it kills me when my friends have no clue what it is.

[@durrtyjerzeeable]

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

[@ralfmaximus4295]

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.

[@MIKELIN8]

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.

[@shallendor]

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!

[@djkarmad]

New Jersey: “Why is there a watermelon there?” Reno: “I’ll tell you later.”

[@warrmalaski8570]

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]

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]

This is one of the great unanswered questions of life.

[@chrisbaker8533]

@@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]

@@chrisbaker8533 That's precisely why he hasn't released it to the public yet.

[@laranaarana]

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.

[@kylefukumoto5811]

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]

I didn't know that got to get them.

[@SirSmoldham]

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]

That would be awesome

[@deformemvita]

Buckaroo Banzai has been one of my favorite moves since the first time I saw it back in 1990.

[@toshibavoodoo]

I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW!!! I can't believe I didn't see the Perfect Tommy change of clothes at the end...

[@promnightdumpsterbaby9553]

I love the cast in this film. One of my childhood favorites. Owned it vhs lol peter weller is the friggin man!

[@spoogemop]

"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.

[@Mcflurry420]

Dude “) your taste in 80’s movies is spectacular

[@nigel-Rollercam-channel]

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

[@hectorheathcote9495]

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".

[@caldodge]

I bought the Shout! Blu-Ray. The "making of" video is longer than the movie was. It's awesome.

[@bigneon_glitter]

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.

[@randomrangoon5476]

Remember my dad showing me this movie and still enjoy it today

[@zsandmann]

That end hero walk is still the best

[@JimPark-63]

Saw it in the theater! I was hooked immediately.

[@Ulgarth]

From the first time I saw it in 84, it is one of my top ten movies of all time.

[@kimwelch4652]

Oh, I saw it. I saw it on opening night with my Buckaroo Banzai headband -- something they were handing out.

[@matthewronson5218]

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.

[@AkuTenshiiZero]

Gonna have to give this one a watch someday...So many actors that I love are in this.

[@codyt821]

This movie is just a total blast. Simply put, just a fucking romp. Endlessly rewatchable.

[@CourtneyGruenholz]

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.

[@JozeeWalz]

Proud to say I saw it on opening weekend and've been a devoted fan ever since. The origin info was quite interesting thanks!

[@mitchellhodgemeyer1950]

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.

[@BenChanNYC]

(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.

[@LucyLioness100]

Truly an underrated movie. I finally watched it a few weeks ago & it’s balls to the wall nuts and fun

[@UncleJackOnline]

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]

@Shoenheim yup, so yeah, just watch it for yaself

[@ABuffTV]

The end credits sequence alone is worth watching this movie for

[@jacobwebb2623]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! This is my all-time most favorite movie of all time! EXCELENT review!!!!!!!!

[@leemckenna8214]

OMG!!! REALLY!?!??!! IM SO STOKED RIGHT NOW!!! I FRIGGIN LOVE THIS FLICK!! STUBBLED APON IT ON CABLE IN HIGH SCHOOL! CLASSIC!!

[@digiacomtech5589]

Saw it and loved it, watch it again every now and then. Classic 80s movie fare! ;)

[@glazdarklee1683]

I saw this when it came out. I have never stopped quoting it, if only to myself.

[@alro2434]

One of the BEST movies I ever saw. Thanks.