I realized that they are kind of similar
W.D. Richter co-wrote Big Trouble and directed Buckaroo.
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DavidS - Dec 28, 2011 11:36:29 am PST #17213 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Connie Neil - Dec 28, 2011 11:39:38 am PST #17214 of 30000
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W.D. Richter co-wrote Big Trouble and directed Buckaroo.
I knew there was some actual production link between the two, but I couldn't remember.
Scrappy - Dec 28, 2011 11:47:32 am PST #17215 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Also Buckaroo plays with all kinds of tropes in a thoroughly knowing way. There is a lot of reference to radio programs-- radio heroes always had fan clubs pretending to be part of the hero's story the way Buckaroo has the Blue Blazer Irregulars--but of course in this movie the club actually IS a network of people who help defeat evil, as well as the whole "War of the World" cover story and the president looking like Charles Foster Kane. Also the end is a lovely nod to Sleeping Beauty, only with electricity. The sheer crazy joy the film takes with storytelling and genre and language just delights the hell out of me.
Polter-Cow - Dec 28, 2011 11:58:37 am PST #17216 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
W.D. Richter co-wrote Big Trouble and directed Buckaroo.
Huh! Well, I like John Carpenter.
Juliebird - Dec 28, 2011 1:02:34 pm PST #17217 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I loved Buckaroo Bonzai as a kid, and I still enjoy it today. It's whacked, off-the-wall, but I dunno, grounded while still being silly? I haven't seen it in a while, but now I want to!
Polter-Cow - Dec 28, 2011 1:12:09 pm PST #17218 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's weird, most of the ways you're describing the movie seems like it would be my sort of thing, but I think it's all coming back to tone. I wasn't a big fan of Bubba Ho-Tep either, which also tried to walk the line between serious and silly. It's a tricky balancing act, and I guess sometimes it works for me and sometimes it doesn't. I really wanted to like it!
Also, I think I always conflated Buckaroo Banzai with Flash Gordon, so I expected him to have crazy space adventures. He didn't even have any adventures in the 8th dimension!
Typo Boy - Dec 28, 2011 1:40:02 pm PST #17219 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.
What PC said except for expecting Flash Gordon. Also, don't know how to explain this, but for me it was the wrong kind of straight facedness. And something about the timing bothered me a lot. Heh, I don't think we will fully understand each other on this. But at least I get the BB love a bit more even if I can't share it. I wonder if I'd like the comic book.
Juliebird - Dec 28, 2011 1:41:05 pm PST #17220 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
FLASH!
Ah AAH!
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 28, 2011 1:43:11 pm PST #17221 of 30000
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§ ita § - Dec 28, 2011 1:44:14 pm PST #17222 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I used to like Buckaroo Banzai, and then a couple years ago I tried the commentary, and it put me off thoroughly. I am off the bandwagon. I still like Perfect Tommy, but that's about it.