The perfect proto-superhero team movie: no origin stories, not even that much character depth, just a bunch of cool dudes doing cool stuff in the name of good.
Saw an interview recently with Clancy Brown, and he stated he didn't understand why he was in this sequence, since his character died, but he was happy to reunite with the cast. I always felt this ending was like a curtain call for a play. Everyone shows up.
I think that the commentary included a reference to his character thing "put on ice" until Dr. Banzai and the team figure out a cure for the "untreatable" toxin; perhaps it didn't take long at all?
@@PerrinRynning As a Rawhide fan, I consider this preposterous (yet plausible) idea as canon unless the "Buckaroo Banzai against the World Crime League" sequel movie disproves it.
i saw this just recently in a movie or show (not buckaroo) and I got so excited that the writers might be fans of buckaroo. I wish i could remember where tho..
A great quote by the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius! I love the quote and Buckaroo Banzai, but it's sad people only know the quote from a movie and sadder still that they don't know the meaning of the quote.
@@Strideo1 Nope! The fact that Nirvana is celebrated... The 80's were America's last great decade. Gangsta Rap and Grunge being celebrated as lifestyles rather than entertainment in the 90's all reaching that tipping point in 1997 is where everything went wrong.
I'm a 55yo gay man. I do not miss the 80s they were not a great time to live assuming you got out alive. We have the music and the movies and the style still. Also there are bands like the Midnight. Best to move on and just take on the style. Also with nostalgia it's a trap, You are only remembering the good shit like how your joints didn't hurt and ignoring all the awful.
God knows how many times I've watched this now, just on your comment, but Goldblum's expressions....it really is perfect, this movie leaves you so wanting for a sequel, if only to explain WTF happened, everywhere LOL
Haven't stopped thinking about this since I saw it and must have watched the clip over a hundred times now and couldn't agree more.Although, Goldblum doesn't need a walk, he does it with a smile.
One of the coolest, most imaginative, entertaining movies ever made, hands down. I've watched it a dozen times and it never gets old. Peter Weller can be Robocop, he can hold advanced degrees and teach college, he can be awesome in Longmire, he can appear as an expert on documentaries about ancient civilizations....doesn't matter because first and foremost he'll always be Buckaroo Banzai!
He didn't just appear as an expert on _Engineering an Empire_ , he taught classes in ancient history at Syracuse University. He has a PhD in Italian Rennaisance art history.
I have no less than 5 copies of the movie on DVD, two tshirts, a movie poster, a fridge magnet, several cosplay identification badges, quite a few pins, a copy of the Marvel comic book adaptation and the topper is a YoYodyne Propulsion Systems coffee mug. To this day the movie remains my favorite of all time. I might attend a Comic-con soon and get a pic with Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller). Buckaroo Banzai was my first real action hero even before they were called that. Peter Weller in an interview once said Buckaroo isn't a superhero and is made better by the people he surrounds himself with. Those hard rockin' Hong Kong Cavaliers, Buckaroos most trusted inner circle. Turning 60 this year reminds me that next year the movie celebrates its fortieth anniversary. I even have my eye on an Oscillation Overthruster. Update: I now have an actual screen perfect Oscillation Overthruster. I am told these are quite rare. My nephew even made me one from a 3D print file in Orange.
Not sure if anyone mentioned it here, but here's some trivia: the score hadn't been finalized when they shot this scene. So, they choreographed this scene to Billy Joel's Uptown Girl because it had a similar beat.
Because dang! There's some nasty versions of this track out there that are just mild torture compared to the real thing. Why don't some soundtracks like this get released? Are the owners allergic to money?
This scene should be studied by actors and film makers. Christopher Lloyd should have won an Oscar. JOHN LITHGOW should have won an Oscar. The writers should have won an Oscar. The casting director should have won an Oscar. The wardrobe people should absolutely have won an Oscar.
@@jimmymcfarland4184 No, 80's movies that we're still talking about 40 years later are the best. Nobody is talking about how awesome Laser Mission, Megaforce, Born American, or American Ninja were for good reason.
The epitome of 80s coolness. And a slate of perfect character actors, nailing every note. God bless Michael Boddicker, Earl Mac Rausch, & W.D. Richter.
I saw this in the theater in 1985 at a midnight showing. I spent the first half-hour wondering what the hell I was watching, the second half-hour giving over to it, the rest of the film riding along with the wave of silliness, and then cheering like crazy during the end credits (with a half-packed house). Something about that final march together just united this motley band of late-night stoners taking in a late movie. It was a moment I will never forget.
When it came time to film the end titles sequence, where Buckaroo and his friends are walking around a dry Los Angeles aqueduct in step to the music, the music wasn't ready. Composer Michael Boddicker told the film crew to use the song "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel as a placeholder, because it was the exact same tempo. Those scenes were filmed with "Uptown Girl" blaring from a boom box tied to the back of the camera truck.
Truly one of the greatest films in the Western canon. Incidentally, if you like this film you REALLY should get the DVD and listen to the commentary track, which is amazing and not just another commentary track.
I just figured out that this video fully encapsulates the 80's, from the music to the costuming to the performance of all involved, if you wanted to show someone the 1980's this is the video to use. Also this is at least on the top 5 of movies to show to help someone experience the decade.
This encapsulates many of the positive aspects of the 80s, but you have to sprinkle in the looming threat of nuclear annihilation and AIDS if you want the fully authentic 80s vibe tho
Did anyone notice the “Flex Capacitor” and this was before the “Back to the Future “ and also fast car driving into the mountain Back to the Future 111 . Western outfit!
Im 62 and have to say this posting is the best quality ive seen in my years of searching ... And daggy as it is, I do recall I may have tried to become a Blue Blaze Irregular way back when ...
I remember loving this when I was young. Years later, I tried to get my wife to watch it and we could barely sit through it. And yet, looking back, I want to watch it again.... Best 2 out of 3.
Mine also, Jim. I've watched Big Trouble in China about 1000x. Love Kurt Russell. If you want a movie your wife might like, consider "Delivering Milo" It's much, much deeper than I thought. I caught 15 minutes of it one day and I was WTH? Then I was home early one day, then WHAM! Watched it all. Closing credits, the song, unmistakable Allison Krauss. Baby, now that I found you. Peace out.
I took my dad to this film in Seattle when I was a teen. We walked out of the theater, and he stopped, full of what appeared to be a very emotional response. I thought he was crying. Then I saw that he was laughing so hard he was crying. When he finally caught his breath, he said, "That was the stupidest movie I ever saw." We both laughed and laughed, realizing that it was so dumb it was awesome. Ultimately, we had this as a frequent watch on the ol' VCR. He was always quoting the last line: "So what, big deal."
I really like the spin he does at 1:09. It focuses on his footwork so you know it happens without really seeing it. Just saw that he does it during the band scene as well. It’s great that one of the characters notices Perfect Tommy changed outfits and they seem to be talking about it. We know what they are saying but don’t get any dialog.
It took me rewinding the video 3-4 times to figure it out. 😂 He must have really good feet, those things don't have much cushion and I wonder how many takes it took to film this.
@@kall3467I remember thinking how comfortable that split toe is when he was walking, I've done Tabi socks before but not the shoes. Nowadays I think they have nice ones with cushion, but back then on that LA river concrete, maybe he built up the foot strength of a halfling
One of the most bravely creative movies I have ever seen. A fountain of weird pastiche wrapped in scifi and rock and roll. Easily in the top three list of _'How has this not been remade?'_
I missed this movie completely somehow. Just watched it. It was so odd. It was both mesmerising and jarring, amazing and awful. It feels like a pastiche only with full commitment, Like if Airplane had no punchlines and was a serious attempt at a disaster movie. And yet, it is spellbinding. It just has swagger and is enjoyable. Buckaroo is, in the space of two minutes, a brain surgeon, ninja, rocket engineer and pilot, and a pop star. He has a group of experts or frends, or discliples, or something that follow him blindly. I won't disagree with anyone that it is awful: i won't disagree with anyone that it is amazing - it manages to be both at once. It feels like film three in a four movie block.
The scene where he steals a motorcycle and the owner is angry until he realizes “Hey! It’s Buckaroo Banzai!” is my favorite little detail because it shows that his exploits are so widely known that ordinary people see him doing something crazy and just assume that he must be saving the world or something equally important. The whole thing makes much more sense if you’ve read the old “Doc Savage:Man of Bronze” pulp novels, because Buckaroo is basically a modern version of Doc Savage. A polymath genius superhero who runs around with his cadre of friends saving the world from evildoers, and who does so openly with no costume or secret identities. The Fantastic Four are actually in the same tradition. It’s a weird but fun little sub genre of superhero stories.
Ha ha! You know what? "Airplane" IS a disaster movie. Well, the comedic update of one. Check out "Zero Hour" (1957). Many, many of the straight, set up lines from "Airplane" are lifted directly, verbatim, from "Zero Hour"
That was Team Banzai. You didn't need to be a Hong Kong Cavalier or Blue Blaze Irregular to hang out. And hey were all experts in their respective fields of study. Suck on that Bat Family :D
One other item... this scene should be a commercial for anamorphic Cinema lenses.... just the general look and feel of this scene...it's literally just actors walking around in the empty los angeles river...But what makes it feel epic (besides the music) is, in my opinion, the use of anamorphic cinematography... literally a scene about nothing suddenly feels like an epic adventure and tells a story, because of anamorphic cinematography
I saw this when it first came out. As a young teenager then, it was one of the most unwatchable flicks of the time. Over the years, it kind of grew on me like a fungus.
Saw this in the theater when it first came out. I don’t remember what happened in it, but I remember being a little confused about what to make of it. There wasn’t any way to get other people’s help with making sense of it, aside from any immediate friends. Sure, there were professional critics in the newspaper and Siskel and Ebert on TV, but the way it is now where you can open your phone and immediately get EVERYONE’S opinion about anything is astounding. This movie seems to be beloved, and I think I’ll put it on my list to revisit it soon.
Awesome movie! I watched it when I was 13. The ending blew me away! I thought "look at all those heroes power walking! They seem to be enjoying life. If I could be there I'd be walking behind Bill Henderson: Casper Lindley !!" 😂
Dude, Ellen Barkin was so smoking hot in this movie. I remember when I first saw this movie decades ago I didn't like it, and thought it was goofy and dumb. But I revisted it some years ago and had a blast really enjoying it for all the camp; it's such an awesome and creative film!
This is one of the greatest motion pictures ever made. Its biggest criticism was that it was too hip and too intellectual. Maybe that is true, maybe not. But nonetheless, the film is brilliant.
Fun fact, the music for this scene wasn't completed at the time of shooting so they used Uptown Girl for the actors to move to as it had the same tempo.
Yes old boy , but he’s not a time Lord ………. Time the first false encumberment of man ………. It does exist there is only a change of the state of matter. A constant change. We just measure it . That’s all time is a measurement,it doesn’t exist.
That has got to be some of the most upbeat music I've ever heard. lol ❤I never saw or heard much about this movie back when I was a kid. Guess I'll check it out.
I have been watching this sequence ever this movie first came out and today is the first time I noticed that at 1:59, Perfect Tommy changes outfits in the middle of the sequence
I remember using tin foil to catch HBO signals in the project I grew up in an caught this film one night and I was hooked. I loved everything about this and the time period it came from.
The perfect proto-superhero team movie: no origin stories, not even that much character depth, just a bunch of cool dudes doing cool stuff in the name of good.
Don't forget Elen Barkin she's smokin hot !
Golden age pulp hero stuff.
And most important they didn't embarrass themselves or each other.
Saw an interview recently with Clancy Brown, and he stated he didn't understand why he was in this sequence, since his character died, but he was happy to reunite with the cast.
I always felt this ending was like a curtain call for a play. Everyone shows up.
if everyone shows up then where is John Bigbooty?
I think that the commentary included a reference to his character thing "put on ice" until Dr. Banzai and the team figure out a cure for the "untreatable" toxin; perhaps it didn't take long at all?
@@PerrinRynning As a Rawhide fan, I consider this preposterous (yet plausible) idea as canon unless the "Buckaroo Banzai against the World Crime League" sequel movie disproves it.
@@tohopes Boo-TAY TAY TAY!
@@OldTexasRonin I hope there's a cure for 40 years of frostbite, too. ;)
I’m here because I heard this music on hold for tech support, and despite not seeing the film for decades, immediately recognized it.
So funny! My son mentioned this to me yesterday (2022!) Bolsters my hope in the future and the generations that take it on.
I JUST heard this as background music on an ad for a show on NPR. Knew it the second it started playing.
Awesome cult movie!!
I just heard it on an ad for a podcast, and same.
@@number1mouse I just did exactly the same thing😊
That sounds like some great tech support!
No matter where you go, there you are. Great movie.
I put that as my picture quote in my HS senior yearbook. 1987.
i saw this just recently in a movie or show (not buckaroo) and I got so excited that the writers might be fans of buckaroo. I wish i could remember where tho..
A great quote by the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius! I love the quote and Buckaroo Banzai, but it's sad people only know the quote from a movie and sadder still that they don't know the meaning of the quote.
@@NATESORWes Anderson did his own version of it during the credits of Life Aquatic…. With Jeff G again!
I actually used that in a toast when my son graduated
I like how Weller gives Clancy Brown's character five, almost as if to say; "even death can't get the better of us!"
This movie is the epitome of 80's style. Sigh, I miss the 80's...😢
Yep American,s las great decade been downhill ever since.
RIGHT there with you
@@princybella5386 Nah, the 90's were still pretty great. The 2000's is where everything began to go downhill.
@@Strideo1 Nope! The fact that Nirvana is celebrated... The 80's were America's last great decade. Gangsta Rap and Grunge being celebrated as lifestyles rather than entertainment in the 90's all reaching that tipping point in 1997 is where everything went wrong.
I'm a 55yo gay man. I do not miss the 80s they were not a great time to live assuming you got out alive. We have the music and the movies and the style still. Also there are bands like the Midnight. Best to move on and just take on the style. Also with nostalgia it's a trap, You are only remembering the good shit like how your joints didn't hurt and ignoring all the awful.
This is a great Acting Lesson. Convey an entire Character personality by walking.
well they just stopped a race war
in time to "Uptown Girl."
God knows how many times I've watched this now, just on your comment, but Goldblum's expressions....it really is perfect, this movie leaves you so wanting for a sequel, if only to explain WTF happened, everywhere LOL
Haven't stopped thinking about this since I saw it and must have watched the clip over a hundred times now and couldn't agree more.Although, Goldblum doesn't need a walk, he does it with a smile.
This is the 80's In nutshell! I'm so glad I got to be there!
Perfect Tommy is so cool, he changes outfits without skipping a beat.
That's why he's perfect.
Exactly!!! @@InhumanCondition-gh2qj
"Why me?"
"Because you're perfect."
Nothing more to say.
One of the greatest character names in movie history.
If he wanted to, he'd do it again. 'Cause he's perfect.
Told my D&D group this is how I imagine the Campaign comes to an end. XD
How'd they react?
It's a travisty "Buckaroo Banzaii Against The World Crime League" was never made and the cast are all in their '70s now =' (
It was made. It’s called Big Trouble in Little China.
This is my happy place. Why is it so damn interesting?
Feels like home.
One of the coolest, most imaginative, entertaining movies ever made, hands down. I've watched it a dozen times and it never gets old. Peter Weller can be Robocop, he can hold advanced degrees and teach college, he can be awesome in Longmire, he can appear as an expert on documentaries about ancient civilizations....doesn't matter because first and foremost he'll always be Buckaroo Banzai!
Because he IS Buckaroo...
Amazing how many stars are in this movie before they became stars.
Preach it!
He didn't just appear as an expert on _Engineering an Empire_ , he taught classes in ancient history at Syracuse University. He has a PhD in Italian Rennaisance art history.
@@JonMartinYXDfitting because he’s clearly a renaissance man.
Perfection, Best 80s Hero-walk ever
HAHAHAHA
Filmed at Sepulvida Dam. Same location used in escape from New York.
Thanks
Still my ringtone.
Wait there is a Ringtone for this ?! I am using that
I am definitely going put it on my phone 💖
I have no less than 5 copies of the movie on DVD, two tshirts, a movie poster, a fridge magnet, several cosplay identification badges, quite a few pins, a copy of the Marvel comic book adaptation and the topper is a YoYodyne Propulsion Systems coffee mug. To this day the movie remains my favorite of all time. I might attend a Comic-con soon and get a pic with Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller). Buckaroo Banzai was my first real action hero even before they were called that. Peter Weller in an interview once said Buckaroo isn't a superhero and is made better by the people he surrounds himself with. Those hard rockin' Hong Kong Cavaliers, Buckaroos most trusted inner circle. Turning 60 this year reminds me that next year the movie celebrates its fortieth anniversary. I even have my eye on an Oscillation Overthruster.
Update: I now have an actual screen perfect Oscillation Overthruster. I am told these are quite rare. My nephew even made me one from a 3D print file in Orange.
The 80's in all it's glory. I love it!
A sci-fi action flick that does not take itself seriously, which results in being one of the coolest in the genre without even trying.
Such a great movie....
#thegamgeeßwerehere
I loved that movie. Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
Not sure if anyone mentioned it here, but here's some trivia: the score hadn't been finalized when they shot this scene. So, they choreographed this scene to Billy Joel's Uptown Girl because it had a similar beat.
I dont remember hearing it that day.
I am currently watching this video on my phone (with the sound turned off), but with "Uptown Gitl" playing on my tablet.
It syncs...and it works.
Brilliant!
You do understand that you've only ADDED to the final...thing, right?
Now I want to watch this with Uptown Girl playing!
We demand Michael Boddicker's full score be released in high quality!
Clarence stole the rights to it
Wasn't that the guy who tried to kill Robocop? :)
@@IHateCZcamsHandles615 Can you fly bobby!!
@@IHateCZcamsHandles615That's exactly what I thought when I saw this.
Because dang! There's some nasty versions of this track out there that are just mild torture compared to the real thing. Why don't some soundtracks like this get released? Are the owners allergic to money?
This scene should be studied by actors and film makers.
Christopher Lloyd should have won an Oscar.
JOHN LITHGOW should have won an Oscar.
The writers should have won an Oscar.
The casting director should have won an Oscar.
The wardrobe people should absolutely have won an Oscar.
Release Predator back into theaters and Arnold would have won Oscar gold.
80’s films are the best
You're insane.
Big BooTAY! TAY!!! TAY!! TAY!!
@@jimmymcfarland4184 No, 80's movies that we're still talking about 40 years later are the best. Nobody is talking about how awesome Laser Mission, Megaforce, Born American, or American Ninja were for good reason.
@@Jermbot15 Don't forget Gymkata
The epitome of 80s coolness.
And a slate of perfect character actors, nailing every note.
God bless Michael Boddicker, Earl Mac Rausch, & W.D. Richter.
Don't forget Ronald Lacey (the Nazi interrogator from 'Raiders of the Lost Ark': "We... we are, heh, not thirsty") as the US president! RIP
I saw this in the theater in 1985 at a midnight showing. I spent the first half-hour wondering what the hell I was watching, the second half-hour giving over to it, the rest of the film riding along with the wave of silliness, and then cheering like crazy during the end credits (with a half-packed house). Something about that final march together just united this motley band of late-night stoners taking in a late movie. It was a moment I will never forget.
This is a brilliant way to say goodbye!
Such cheerful positive energy ✨️
Haven’t seen this movie since I was a kid and I barely remember any of it, but for some reason this scene is etched in my mind.
"Don't tug on that; you don't know where it goes"... the neurosurgery scene 😂
Literally my favorite end-credits. Still. And I saw this in the theatre when it came out!
agreed! (and I was there too!)
Life Aquatic end scene is basically a homage. Also good.
I saw this in the theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the Jean Cocteau, the little indie theater later bought and refurbished by GRRM.
Still can't get enough of film to this day!!
I find great, cult films (like this one) have a lot of heart and depth.
You can see both here - just in the end credits.
☮
When it came time to film the end titles sequence, where Buckaroo and his friends are walking around a dry Los Angeles aqueduct in step to the music, the music wasn't ready. Composer Michael Boddicker told the film crew to use the song "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel as a placeholder, because it was the exact same tempo. Those scenes were filmed with "Uptown Girl" blaring from a boom box tied to the back of the camera truck.
Wes Anderson did a tribute to this walk for the ending of The Life Aquatic.
Sepulveda flood control basin?
I watched this so many times as a child... I watched it again last night and its still so good, but for entirely different reasons. lol
I don’t think anything could ever be more “80s” than this. It’s beautiful.
Is this where Goldblum perfected his walk for the End of Independence Day?
Truly one of the greatest films in the Western canon. Incidentally, if you like this film you REALLY should get the DVD and listen to the commentary track, which is amazing and not just another commentary track.
I remember seeing this for the 1st time back in 1984. I was not sure what the hell i was watching, but I loved it! Fond memories forever
Same here, I did enjoy the "Monkey Boy" line however.
This is my hype music 👊
I just figured out that this video fully encapsulates the 80's, from the music to the costuming to the performance of all involved, if you wanted to show someone the 1980's this is the video to use. Also this is at least on the top 5 of movies to show to help someone experience the decade.
True dat
This encapsulates many of the positive aspects of the 80s, but you have to sprinkle in the looming threat of nuclear annihilation and AIDS if you want the fully authentic 80s vibe tho
This is one of the most totally awesome scenes about nothing that's ever been filmed...
The 80s with the best decade of my life enough said
Did anyone notice the “Flex Capacitor” and this was before the “Back to the Future “ and also fast car driving into the mountain Back to the Future 111 . Western outfit!
Yes! *flux
Supposedly the 88 mph in BTTF is a nod to BB, as in Buckaroo Banzai.
The oscillator Overthruster was also used on a ST:TNG episode...
😊
Im 62 and have to say this posting is the best quality ive seen in my years of searching ... And daggy as it is, I do recall I may have tried to become a Blue Blaze Irregular way back when ...
I think all of us fans are Blue Blaze Irregulars one way or another.
One of the best endings EVER. So, 80's and so cool.
I remember loving this when I was young.
Years later, I tried to get my wife to watch it and we could barely sit through it.
And yet, looking back, I want to watch it again....
Best 2 out of 3.
Buckaroo, Time Bandits and Big trouble in little china. The three movies I love the most and the three movies my wife wishes were never made.
Mine also, Jim. I've watched Big Trouble in China about 1000x. Love Kurt Russell. If you want a movie your wife might like, consider "Delivering Milo" It's much, much deeper than I thought. I caught 15 minutes of it one day and I was WTH? Then I was home early one day, then WHAM! Watched it all. Closing credits, the song, unmistakable Allison Krauss. Baby, now that I found you. Peace out.
This movie starts verrrry slowly. It isn't until Buckaroo finds the lectroids for the first time that it picks up.
Love Robert Ito & Peter Well Clancy Brown John Lithgou & Ellen Barken great movie
I took my dad to this film in Seattle when I was a teen. We walked out of the theater, and he stopped, full of what appeared to be a very emotional response. I thought he was crying. Then I saw that he was laughing so hard he was crying. When he finally caught his breath, he said, "That was the stupidest movie I ever saw." We both laughed and laughed, realizing that it was so dumb it was awesome. Ultimately, we had this as a frequent watch on the ol' VCR. He was always quoting the last line: "So what, big deal."
I’ve loved this movie since it first came out. I’m 62 now.
I really like the spin he does at 1:09. It focuses on his footwork so you know it happens without really seeing it. Just saw that he does it during the band scene as well.
It’s great that one of the characters notices Perfect Tommy changed outfits and they seem to be talking about it. We know what they are saying but don’t get any dialog.
One of the greatest ensemble of actors ever.
All this time, I finally figure out that Rawhide was wearing the Tabi boots!
It took me rewinding the video 3-4 times to figure it out. 😂 He must have really good feet, those things don't have much cushion and I wonder how many takes it took to film this.
@@kall3467I remember thinking how comfortable that split toe is when he was walking, I've done Tabi socks before but not the shoes. Nowadays I think they have nice ones with cushion, but back then on that LA river concrete, maybe he built up the foot strength of a halfling
Still the greatest end credit sequence of all time.
The Life Aquatic does a fine homage!
I love how without the credits this is just happy people happily marching around.
One of the most bravely creative movies I have ever seen. A fountain of weird pastiche wrapped in scifi and rock and roll. Easily in the top three list of _'How has this not been remade?'_
Anyone who would remake this movie would ruin it.
Because it would be a crime to do so.
You don’t remake perfect
Forget a remake how about a sequel?
Been into scifi my whole life and I can't figure out how it took me until recently to watch Buckaroo Banzai. Instantly loved it.
I havent even seen this movie and I like it already.
Great energy 👌
Somehow this entire scene just makes you want to walk WITH them! So cool!
I missed this movie completely somehow. Just watched it. It was so odd. It was both mesmerising and jarring, amazing and awful. It feels like a pastiche only with full commitment, Like if Airplane had no punchlines and was a serious attempt at a disaster movie. And yet, it is spellbinding. It just has swagger and is enjoyable. Buckaroo is, in the space of two minutes, a brain surgeon, ninja, rocket engineer and pilot, and a pop star. He has a group of experts or frends, or discliples, or something that follow him blindly. I won't disagree with anyone that it is awful: i won't disagree with anyone that it is amazing - it manages to be both at once. It feels like film three in a four movie block.
The scene where he steals a motorcycle and the owner is angry until he realizes “Hey! It’s Buckaroo Banzai!” is my favorite little detail because it shows that his exploits are so widely known that ordinary people see him doing something crazy and just assume that he must be saving the world or something equally important.
The whole thing makes much more sense if you’ve read the old “Doc Savage:Man of Bronze” pulp novels, because Buckaroo is basically a modern version of Doc Savage. A polymath genius superhero who runs around with his cadre of friends saving the world from evildoers, and who does so openly with no costume or secret identities. The Fantastic Four are actually in the same tradition. It’s a weird but fun little sub genre of superhero stories.
Ha ha! You know what? "Airplane" IS a disaster movie. Well, the comedic update of one. Check out "Zero Hour" (1957). Many, many of the straight, set up lines from "Airplane" are lifted directly, verbatim, from "Zero Hour"
@@jrobson100 He absolutely is the 80s Doc Savage.
Yeah there's a side by side video showing how much of it was almost line for line, just with a punchline or visual gag added to it. @@unprofound
That was Team Banzai. You didn't need to be a Hong Kong Cavalier or Blue Blaze Irregular to hang out. And hey were all experts in their respective fields of study. Suck on that Bat Family :D
Pure joy. (I feel like Jeff Goldblum's face looks at 1:26 in the hero walk.)
I feel pure joy looking at Ellen Barkin's great hips at 1:05
When Peter Weller looks over at Goldblum and his face says "I can't believe they made you wear THAT."
I see in Goldblum's face "all the possibilities of the future " now in Goldblum's face; "fuck it, we had our chance, just fuck it"
@@chiefscheider Great body and a beautiful face. She was PHENOMENAL!!😍
I have to appreciate the choreography of this moment.
I feel like I’m 11 again, seeing this for the first time in the theatre.
Definitely give off an 80's music video vibe 😊
Easily one of my top 5 movies of all time. There is nothing like this little gem of a film totally unique!
One other item... this scene should be a commercial for anamorphic Cinema lenses.... just the general look and feel of this scene...it's literally just actors walking around in the empty los angeles river...But what makes it feel epic (besides the music) is, in my opinion, the use of anamorphic cinematography... literally a scene about nothing suddenly feels like an epic adventure and tells a story, because of anamorphic cinematography
I adore this movie and everything and everyone is it.
I somehow missed this at the cinema and only watched it years later. It reminded me of Doc Savage Man of Bronze but a very eighties take.
I Love This Scene. I can't believe there are people out there who never heard of this film.
Didn't realize how much I needed this!!
I saw this when it first came out. As a young teenager then, it was one of the most unwatchable flicks of the time. Over the years, it kind of grew on me like a fungus.
I definitely wasn't cool enough to grok it when I was 13, but it's a fun watch now.
Perfection
I now dress like a wizard and walk around with my crew like this. We are on a rock shooting through space surrounded by morons. Own it.
Main character in your own story bub.
I like it
I hope there is no remake, they will just f it up.
Great melody!!! Really loved the movie and this melody!!!
Perfect Tommy switches outfits in the middle of the scene. I never noticed that before.
Peter Weller incredible actor, singer, musician😮
And Doctor 😎
Saw this in the theater when it first came out. I don’t remember what happened in it, but I remember being a little confused about what to make of it. There wasn’t any way to get other people’s help with making sense of it, aside from any immediate friends. Sure, there were professional critics in the newspaper and Siskel and Ebert on TV, but the way it is now where you can open your phone and immediately get EVERYONE’S opinion about anything is astounding. This movie seems to be beloved, and I think I’ll put it on my list to revisit it soon.
I loved this movie as a child. Where as all the good movies gone?
They went the way of all the good cowboys.
Luv this Thanks for posting.
Awesome movie! I watched it when I was 13. The ending blew me away! I thought "look at all those heroes power walking! They seem to be enjoying life. If I could be there I'd be walking behind Bill Henderson: Casper Lindley !!" 😂
This was the best part of the whole movie!
Dude, Ellen Barkin was so smoking hot in this movie. I remember when I first saw this movie decades ago I didn't like it, and thought it was goofy and dumb. But I revisted it some years ago and had a blast really enjoying it for all the camp; it's such an awesome and creative film!
And really, what a fucking cast for that movie. Impressive as all hell.
My Childhood favorite. 80s music and movies and actresses and actors. The best.
This is one of the greatest motion pictures ever made. Its biggest criticism was that it was too hip and too intellectual.
Maybe that is true, maybe not. But nonetheless, the film is brilliant.
Absolutely magnificent!
Fun fact, the music for this scene wasn't completed at the time of shooting so they used Uptown Girl for the actors to move to as it had the same tempo.
I know what song this is supposed to be set to!!! But I'm glad we got the Synth score!!!!
Makes it THAT much more memorable!!!!
One of my favorite movies of the 80's. I even named my dog Buckaroo Banzai😀
Heroic, iconic and definitely wonderful. In a skewed 1980's way, Buckaroo is the American Doctor Who
Yes old boy , but he’s not a time Lord ………. Time the first false encumberment of man ………. It does exist there is only a change of the state of matter. A constant change. We just measure it . That’s all time is a measurement,it doesn’t exist.
Actually he was meant to be Doc Savage if Doc was created in the 1980's instead of the 1930's!
Music is truly special
Love this crazy movie! Thank you for posting this. 🤠
That has got to be some of the most upbeat music I've ever heard. lol ❤I never saw or heard much about this movie back when I was a kid. Guess I'll check it out.
I really wish they had been able to make more.. the possibilities of other differenc endings like this would have been fun.
I have been watching this sequence ever this movie first came out and today is the first time I noticed that at 1:59, Perfect Tommy changes outfits in the middle of the sequence
Love the movie and love the music. Thank you for posting it.
I miss my childhood. The 80s were the best
I simply love everyone who worked on this film in any capacity. :)
I remember using tin foil to catch HBO signals in the project I grew up in an caught this film one night and I was hooked. I loved everything about this and the time period it came from.
This end scene was the coolest part about this movie. That, & the name John Bigbootay