Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site convex.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convex!ayers From: ayers@convex.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: BUCKAROO BANZAI - A big thumbs-up (n - (nf) Message-ID: <38900010@convex.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Aug-84 12:53:00 EDT Article-I.D.: convex.38900010 Posted: Tue Aug 14 12:53:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Aug-84 01:13:28 EDT References: <1228@vax2.UUCP> Lines: 22 Nf-ID: #R:vax2:-122800:convex:38900010:000:718 Nf-From: convex!ayers Aug 14 11:53:00 1984 #R:vax2:-122800:convex:38900010:000:718 convex!ayers Aug 14 11:53:00 1984 The major plot of BUCKAROO BANZAI is summed up by the introduction roll-by: Banzai is about to test a supersonic jet car that will enter the eighth dimension (apparently the 5th, 6th and 7th were booked :-) ). Overhead, and on earth, aliens from Planet 10 are watching his every move... Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. UUCP: {cornell,decvax,ihnp4,sdcsvax,tektronix,utcsrgv}!uw-beaver \ {allegra,gatech!sb1,hplabs!lbl-csam,decwrl!sun,ssc-vax} -- !fluke!moriarty ARPA: fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA /* End of text from convex:net.movies */ This sounds a lot like the humor (and part of the plot) of the "Hitchhiker" books -- so howcum nobody's mentioned it before? blues, II