Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!fortune!grw From: grw@fortune.UUCP (Glenn Wichman) Newsgroups: net.movies,net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: BUCKAROO BANZAI Message-ID: <4002@fortune.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 17:52:30 EDT Article-I.D.: fortune.4002 Posted: Wed Aug 15 17:52:30 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Aug-84 03:23:38 EDT References: <3171@decwrl.UUCP>, <3040@ut-sally.UUCP> Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 31 bip. First read the book. Then see the movie. Don't buy the Marvel adaptation, the artwork is lousy. The book is serious and funny. The movie isn't quite so serious or funny as the book. Buckaroo Banzai is (I hope) going to be the next James Bond, with a string of movies as long as your arm. The development of the supporting characters still needs a bit of work, though. Casting gets a 12 (out of a possible 12) in my book. Peter Weller pulls off the very difficult task of being Buckaroo Banzai. John Lithgow, who I am convinced could play any role in the world, does just fine as Emilio Lizardo/John Whorfin. The guy from TAXI and Star Trek III, whose name escapes me, plays an alien yet again, this time the avaricious John Bigboote'. (All the aliens are named John in this movie, but some of the last names bare mentioning: John Ya Ya John Repeat Dance John Small Berries John O'Connor John Ready to Fly and others. This movie could have been better, but not much. Expect to see Buckaroo Banzai posters, dolls, comics, saturday morning kid shows, basketballs, neckties, stained glass windows, and OSCILLATION OVERTHRUSTERS in your toystores soon. And remember that, no matter where you go... there you are. -Glenn