TNL Movie Club Hall of Fame- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

[Advocate]

When are we going?

[D_N_G]

Real soon!!!

also john smallberries and bigbooty lol

[Advocate]

bigbooty lol

BIG Boot 'eee! BOOT'EE!

I finally watched this movie, I was done when I made the "when are we going?" comment. I have no idea how I never saw this film. It was entertaining and a ball of laughs. Even after all these years it was a great film. Litgow was awesome in this film, and Christopher Lloyd was entertaining. The pacing was excellent and even though they went through each of his occupations quickly. They explained each one well and didn't over saturate it with information.

8/10 - and that's cause they never explained the watermelon. lol j/k.

[BerringerX]

BIG Boot 'eee! BOOT'EE!

8/10 - and that's cause they never explained the watermelon. lol j/k.

BOOTAY! TAY TAY TAY *gunshot*

ALSO from here:

"Why is a watermelon trapped between those monstrous pressure plates deep within the Institute's Critical Stress Laboratory?" Team Banzai botanical agronomists have been for years hard at work on the problem of hunger in Third World countries under constant revolutionary turmoil. A nonpolitical, humanitarian effort, their goal has been to find ways to feed starving peoples in remote areas where traditional food delivery systems prove woefully inadequate. Often, the only way to get the nourishment into the bellies of the needy is to hit and run, avoiding all petty ideological side-taking. What you see in the Critical Stress Lab is a revolutionary watermelon capable of withstanding impact pressures of 300,000 pounds per square inch! Sweet, juicy and vitamin-packed, this remarkable fruit can be dropped from the bomb bays of low-flying aircraft into the backyards of disenfranchised villagers in the remotest backwaters of this angry planet. Just another Team Banzai effort to cut through all the unnecessary crap around us and help people help themselves. Look for high-impact, low cholesterol eggs next... and sooner than you think, shatter-proof whole-wheat taco shells.

[PaCrappa]

Radical. Thank you.

[Rumpy]

Some crazy shit was made in the 80's. Star studded cast too!

[D_N_G]

Beings from Another Dimension have invaded your world. You can't see them . . . but they can see you.

Your only hope is Buckaroo Banzai


ok so this movie rules as if you didnt already know.

i was so stoked on the tv trailer and my parents actually took me to see this in 1984, just six months after one of the other great camp movies that year 'Ice Pirates'.

it was like a little nerdy 7 year olds wet dream. and what sucked was waiting for the sequel that never happened. at least i got to see it again on vhs many times starting in 87 or so, that pretty much filled the void. and finally as soon as this sucker hit dvd bought it day 1.

my favorite part of the movie is the rolling credits sequence, freaking genius:



btw, the director W.D. Richter is also responsible for 2 more of the greatest movies ever made the 70's version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Big Trouble in Little China

[Josh]

So what. Big deal.

[BerringerX]

Let's go back up to my office and talk about this like two reasonable beings.

[animegirl]

Man, this movie was weird. Cool but just WTF inducing.