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From: grw@fortune.UUCP (Glenn Wichman)
Newsgroups: net.movies,net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: BUCKAROO BANZAI
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Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 17:52:30 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 15 17:52:30 1984
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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