The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Trailer

[MrBonzaiTree]

Bow ties are cool.

[narutosramenbuddy]

@MrBonzaiTree bowties ARE cool.

[DwRockett]

this movie kicks ASS!

[StuartTheGamerNerd]

ahhh yes THE robocop! :D

[StaraziaSelin66]

....i was surprised to see that banzai's suit in the first few seconds of this looked an awful lot like Matt Smith's outfit.

then i realized the obvious: matt smith got the idea from him. (buck did it first, bow ties are cool.)

[cepson]

How could they make such a crappy trailer for such an awesome movie? That might explain why it bombed in theaters. Such a shame. I'm still waiting for the sequel. :(

[SofaKingMusic]

@bloodrunsclear i was just complimenting your comeback to that guy and agreeing with you. you don't have to be a dick about it.

[bloodrunsclear]

@SofaKingMusic

Oh! Sorry, I thought you were condemning me to hell ^^;

[SofaKingMusic]

@bloodrunsclear yeh, good one.

[KhaosJr]

I was fortunate enough to meet Peter Weller at the legendary New Beverly and Aero Cinemas (in that order); I'm the very proud owner of a NAKED LUNCH DVD and BUCKAROO BANZAI: THE NOVEL, both of which he signed for me. (He even included BB's signature phrase on the novel!) Moreover, I believe Filmation cheated him and his fellow Hong Kong Cavaliers by not giving them their own animated series like they gave HE-MAN & SHE-RA. (What a crossover that would have made for!)

[bloodrunsclear]

@KhaosJr

I'm fond of both actually ^^

I notice he didn't give you Leviathan XD

There is a short CGI trailer for what might have been, showing Buckaroo saving the space shuttle.

[neo83gr]

the doctor?

[aotearoa703]

Bowties are cool

[46LCG]

"Wherever you go, there you are." XD Best line ever!

[daphnemohajer]

I used to watch this movie like once a week when ai was a kid! BUCKAWOOOOO

[Jasonbobdude]

I take it that this is all we need to know about the movie? I have a feeling this will be a new favorite for me.

[BWHORROR]

@bloodrunsclear WD Richter had nothing to do with the horror movie Slither. He was involved with a TV movie named Slither in the 70's, but the newer FILM version of Slither didn't involve him at all. It was written and directed by James Gunn, who wrote the Dawn of the Dead remake, Tromeo and Juliet, and at least one of those awful Scooby Doo movies.

[thetan63]

The greatest film of ANY decade :)

[doctorw2]

i miss the eighties wish i could go back there and live forever :(

[bloodrunsclear]

@BlackChevy65

Huh?

I LOVED the 80s! Especially compared with today.

What sucked about it?

[wolfganggangwolfe]

@bloodrunsclear Politicians, uncontrolled consumism, tele-evangelism, disco, bad taste in general

[bloodrunsclear]

@wolfganggangwolfe

As opposed to todays rampant hedonism, political correctness, misanthropy, reality TV, lazy pop music, and bad taste in general?

[SofaKingMusic]

@bloodrunsclear haha...burn

[TheBestGuitarSoloEVR]

pee wee herman?

[LSDHipHop]

@TheBestGuitarSoloEVR

i thought the same effing thing, the suit was unmistakeable

[anto31100]

I remember to watch it as a kid.Just remeber I enjoyed.

[QAndJMovies2]

Peter Weller the most UNDERRATED actor of all time

[CgPallaeon]

Goddamn I wish I lived in the 80s to dress like that

[leif011]

how have i never heard of this!

[bloodrunsclear]

@leif011

Its close to the ultimate cult classic movie XD

[SoapClawtooth]

At least we know where Matt Smith got his costume from now.

[iamFuroshus88]

Watched this movie baked at my friend's house, it was awesome!

[StealthTroops]

Rock, aliens, crazy german scientists, brain surgery, fast cars and unconventional humor? This is quite obviously a movie i have to watch

[ragekage52]

11th doctor!!!

[ZyxthePest]

"Tell him yes on 1 and no on 2"

Whenever someone asks me my opinion on something for someone else, I give them that answer.

[melanie993]

Anyone know the name of the song?

[bloodrunsclear]

@melanie993

That my friend in the Buckaroo Banzai theme :)

[MsCKDexter]

Bow ties are cool

[Damecos]

Unusual but interesting trailer. Still not sure what the movie is actually about yet but now I certainly want to find out.

[CAinfowarrior]

Worst Movie Ever..

[bloodrunsclear]

@CAinfowarrior

Hmm? Why so?

[saintofrevenge1]

saw this on mgm hd for the first time it blew my mind

[ddchojnacki78]

I was 6 when this movie came out, it was a movie we watched all the time in my house and I thought everyone on the planet saw this movie. As I grew up I sadly realized that was not true and almost no one I know has watched it. That's how I knew I was going to marry my husband, it was a movie his family watched all the time when he was kid. :) His Dad bought the DVD for me before he even met me! Make fun of the 80's all you want, some damn good movies came out in the 80's.

[JUARITOSWAY]

wow, I didn´t know the guy from robocop made other movies. He looks like peewee herman.

[MrUnidyne]

At my church's annual trivia competition, I got to choose our team's name. I chose "Team Banzai"... AND WE WON!

[bloodrunsclear]

@MrUnidyne

The Hong Kong Cavaliers triumph! :D

[orwellianson]

@MrUnidyne "...OF COURSE!"

[dracheous]

Nobudy cumz in here - SEKRIT

^^^^ is what's written on the "aliens" super "sekrit" lair door. Seriously this movie is SO bad its awesome....

[mjkjsa]

Weller is tha man- Robocop, Naked Lunch and Banzai who else can claim a career that cool

[Ibringthetruth1]

Lithgow was incredible in this.

[metastasisman]

Fantastic movie, I've loved it since it first came out. But it is definitely a niche film, and doesn't appeal to most. I'd like to say that has something to do with IQ, but that wouldn't be fair.

[bloodrunsclear]

@metastasisman

Profound nuttiness also comes into play XD

Big Trouble Little China was made using the sets that would have been used for its sequel which is a shame it never got made. Still an awesome movie in its own right :)

[inkredyble]

haha i have to say..."cockfest" hahah

[DOMuricu]

This is definitely one of those movies you either love or just feel bewildered by. Was it inspired in part by Doc Savage: Man of Bronze? Only seen it once but it was probably too deliberately absurd for me.

[KingCharltonHeston]

The ultimate cult classic.

[Bizarronumber4]

'Big Deal! So What?!'  I like this movie too!

[HBomb81]

Clancy Brown totally looks like Seth Rogen in this movie and god damn was Ellen Barkin not the hardest body in the 80s?!?!?!

[PatB10752]

Truly one of the most under-rated films in the annals of our miserable little planet.

[bloodrunsclear]

'It's not my goddamn planet monkey boy!' XD

[xenadon]

@bloodrunsclear "Remember, wherever you go, you're there".

[bloodrunsclear]

@xenadon

'Hey, hey, hey, hey-now. Don't be mean; we don't have to be mean.'

[JKSpiero]

@xenadon Um... doesn't that go: "No matter where you go... there you are"? I just picked up a used VHS copy for $2 at a flea market sale (good clear copy for a tape) and nowhere in the movie itself does this famous quote actually appear.

[xenadon]

@JKSpiero It does. I don't have the movie memorized, unfortunately. And he says that when he's performing with his band close to the beginning of the movie.

[JKSpiero]

@xenadon Oh, okay uh... guess I'll have to rewind the tape and look again.

Great running gag with the static shock. Shame he didn't say: "Damn! Where's a sheet of fabric softener when I need one?"

[Talula470]

We watched this in math class. Let's just say I'll never look at Bob Marley the same way again!! Haha John Parker looks like him!!

[cbob0080]

A few very quotable lines.

[bloodrunsclear]

I think so too! I still hear people say 'It's not my goddamn planet monkey boy!' sometimes.

I thought it was funny their reference to the oscillation over-thruster in Might and Magic 6!

[LONGOBT]

god this is a bad ass movie they should have made another one

[xnonsuchx]

@LONGOBT - They wanted to, but just couldn't come up with a script anyone was willing to finance. There's supposed partial scripts out there for it, but I don't know if any have been authenticated as true.

[AllyndDudnikov]

BRC.

Do know where I can find this song?

[BlueMaxxW]

DANG!

I was hoping this was a trailer you might have made for the mythical sequel... You know... "Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League"

Still, there is much to love here. Great job.

[bloodrunsclear]

Hm...I've thought of doing that...

[HBomb81]

ftr - WORLD CRIME LEAGUE script became BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA - Hanoi Xan became Lo Pan. Its an interesting situation - apparently Jack Burton was a minor character in the first BANZAI and eventually became the lead. So at least we have it in spirit... thought who knows what may have been...

[bloodrunsclear]

I liked Big Trouble Little China.

I kind of thought of Jack Burton as Snake Plissken's ancestor or something XD

[buck4r00b4nz41]

@HBomb81

You can almost sort of match the characters in BTILC to their Buckaroo Banzai counterparts. Here's what I came up with:

Eddie Lee - Perfect Tommy

Wang Chi - Buckaroo

Lo Pan - Hanoi Xan

Miao Yin - Penny Priddy

Uncle Chu - Dr. Hikita

[gamerdude223]

OH HELL i remember this this was way fun

[bloodrunsclear]

I think it's a shame that a sequel was never made.

You can actually see all the costumes and sets they had for the sequel to this movie though because they made another movie using them! It's called Big Trouble Little China.

[gamerdude223]

HOLY HELL AGAIN i watched that move alot when i was little :D

[jonoles]

Dude, memories of amazingness come flooding back. 'Strap in and prepare for cross-check.'

[bloodrunsclear]

"Pleasea extinguish anhay smookin' materials!"

[redsimonDE]

Wow, really strange.

[bloodrunsclear]

When my parents saw this in a theater when they were young they didn't believe it was an actual movie, and neither did I when I saw it for the first time. Weirdly enough though, each and every element shown in the trailer is important to the plot...

[redsimonDE]

Every element? That's scary.

[moviedirector88]

What is this movie about?

like the music

[bloodrunsclear]

The tune can get stuck in your head if your not careful.

As for the plot, it's one of those films that really difficult to explain without having first seen the film. But I'll try...

The son of a japanese physicist who is obsessed with the legend of the American cowboy develops a rocket car which can travel through solid matter into the eighth dimension, and then...

Yessh, this isn't going to work! You could probably find this one on net-flicks though.