Has Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy really never been filmed before now? I just saw the ad, and based on the cast alone I want to see it, but it looks awesome, too.
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Amy - Dec 28, 2011 9:42:16 am PST #17203 of 30000
Because books.
Polter-Cow - Dec 28, 2011 9:45:07 am PST #17204 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's funny that Connie brought up Big Trouble in Little China as a comparison because when I looked at my review of it, I realized that they are kind of similar in that they are both incredibly bizarre adventures, but one worked for me and one didn't. I think it's an issue of tone. I could never tell whether Buckaroo Banzai was supposed to be funny or serious, whereas Big Trouble was very clearly supposed to be serious, but in a funny way. It was funny BECAUSE it was serious. Plus, the main character was just a regular guy, and he had pizzazz. I could never get a handle on Buckaroo.
Consuela - Dec 28, 2011 9:47:31 am PST #17205 of 30000
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Has Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy really never been filmed before now?
It was a miniseries in the 1970s, starring Alec Guinness as Smiley.
Atropa - Dec 28, 2011 9:49:44 am PST #17206 of 30000
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Anyone else besides Jilli gonna see this? I probably will.
Hey! I resemble that comment. I just hope Tim Burton has come out of whatever fugue state or automatic pilot he was stuck in during the filming of Alice In Wonderland.
I haven't seen Buckaroo Banzai is ages. I should fix that.
Amy - Dec 28, 2011 9:55:57 am PST #17207 of 30000
Because books.
It was a miniseries in the 1970s, starring Alec Guinness as Smiley.
Ah. I didn't remember that at all.
Fred Pete - Dec 28, 2011 10:09:19 am PST #17208 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Buckaroo may be the ultimate "love it or hate it" movie. I love it, maybe because it came out at exactly the right moment in my life -- "laugh while you can, monkey boy" was a catch phrase in my circles for a couple of years.
There was a campaign for a second Buckaroo movie. I didn't get involved because I didn't think they could pull it off again.
Typo Boy - Dec 28, 2011 10:27:49 am PST #17209 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Anyone want to take a shot at explaining the Buckaroo appeal? Or is it one of those things that you just get or you don't?
Consuela - Dec 28, 2011 10:52:21 am PST #17210 of 30000
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It's simultaneously dorky and witty, it's very comic-book: Buckaroo is a superhero (neurosurgeon, test pilot, musician, basically Batman with a healthier psyche), there's this whole network of Blue Blaze Irregulars (who are simultaneously comic fans and researchers), he's surrounded by witty eye-candy (Perfect Tommy!). It's full of pop-culture references and the aliens are ridiculously over-the-top.
Plus he's rich and has his own plane, jetcar, and mansion/research labs. But he has his secret angst in how his parents died & his last girlfriend/fiancee did too. It's completely OTT.
Connie Neil - Dec 28, 2011 10:54:13 am PST #17211 of 30000
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Anyone want to take a shot at explaining the Buckaroo appeal?
I suppose it depends on your tolerance for weird things coming out of left field. My favorite parts are Dr. Lazardo and Jeff Goldblum's character. I don't have a good reason that I can put into words.
Fred Pete - Dec 28, 2011 11:11:49 am PST #17212 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
But it isn't just the over-the-top and coming out of left field. Buckaroo simply revels in being OTT and left-field -- with a straight face.