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This movie is the biggest turd ever made. It's almost as bad as Blood Rayne. I don't understand its appeal.


Star Trek

Should indicate which series, as the original series was obviously created before Buckaroo Bonzai. Is it TNG or the movies or what that contains countless references? --12.226.230.75 18:52, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • It's TNG and DS9 for sure, I'm not sure about the rest. I'll see if I can check and edit that in when I've got the time.--MythicFox 14:00, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • There was also a reference in an episode of Voyager (can't remember the name of the eps.) where Janeway and Chakotay are in the holodeck and Janeway talks to a hologram and mentions beings coming out of the rocks and Chakotay adds "By way of the 8th Dimension."MindScream 12:16, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Also, there was an episode of Enterprise that featured Peter Weller, the guy who plays Banzai, and there is a scene where he very prominently uses a prop that is a exact duplicate of the oscillation overthruster prop. 147.31.8.101 (talk) 03:05, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup

There's a cleanup tag on this page, but no discussion of it here. If the page is clean enough now, I suggest we remove that tag. Oed 01:37, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good work; I have removed the cleanup tag. Joshuardavis 02:49, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

When commerce kicked Bladerunner into the dirt, Bonzai was born

This is still one of my perennial favorites and hope to see more posters contribute to the main page with obscure details and any insight into the latest Alien manifestation taking place in watermelon crops across the world.--71.131.191.31 08:39, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merge, World Crime League

Propose moving World Crime League into main Buckaroo Banzai article. Remember, Wikipedia has a search engine and is searchable with Google. There's no need to provide separate articles for minor characters, etc. --John Nagle 20:16, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not merge. There are several entities that use the moniker "World Crime League" , unrelated to the film "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension". --Helicopter01 01:38, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do not merge since, I feel, there are several aspects of the whole B. Banzai universe that can stand alone... Take for examplatory instance, List of minor characters in Blade Runner. There certainly could be something similar providing information on such characters as New Jersey, Perfect Tommy and Rawhide.. DrWho42 19:08, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Why the urge to merge?Helo01 11:47, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blue Blaze Irregulars or Blue Blazer Regulars?

When watching the movie, I always heard it as "Blue Blazer Regulars" instead of "Blue Blaze Irregulars" (although the two sound very close). At the bottom of the article in the FASA bullet, it mentions the "Blue Blazers" but in the body it calls them the "Blue Blaze Irregulars." Is there a canonical source on this? 128.195.20.127 23:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • I believe it is "Blue Blaze Irregulars." The allusion is to the Baker Street Irregulars in the Sherlock Holmes stories. If I could find my copies of the short-lived World Watch One fanzine (and hadn't given away my copy of the novelization), I believe I could verify that.

Lectoids

Where was/is it mentioned that the Lectoids are reptillian? I was always under the impression that they were insectoid, possibly due to their red and black division quite like red and black ants.--RedKnight 23:33, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]


(I believe the tern is really "Lectroids" as they were 'bio-electric' and there's electrical arcing going on when they get injured) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.121.81.140 (talk) 20:56, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question about possible change

Are the factoid subtitles that come on the DVD considered a source for plot information? Because, if so, this article is wrong in that Rawhide isn't dead, the Banzai Institute managed to put him in cryogenic suspended animation before he died and currently has an entire wing dedicated to finding a antidote to the spine's poison. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.51.89.79 (talk • contribs) 01:10, 24 November 2006.

Hi there... Welcome to Wikipedia! You may want to get a registered username, makes certain things easier. Also, it is typical to put new comments at the bottom. Also, as the banner says at the top, all comments on Talk pages should be signed with four tildes. --Bhuston 12:43, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Overthruster prop

The article mentions the possibility of the Flux Capacitor design being inspired by the Oscillation Overthruster, which is then discounted because the props look nothing alike. However, one of the controls for the OO is a triangular display with a similar look to the FC - this is probably what was meant.

Also, the OO prop itself appears in an episode of Babylon 5 as a Starfury component. [1]

--The CyberSlug 04:19, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Makes of automobiles in the movie

Quite a while ago I added some information about the makes of the automobiles featured in the movie. The jetcar in the opening sequence was a Ford truck, and later Banzai mentions that while escaping the mental institution, Warphin had copped a Maserati Bora and trashed it a few blocks away.

I am wondering why these additions would be redacted? I am fairly new to Wiki, so maybe I am missing something.

--Vodalus 08:58, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Novelization?

In the article it states that a novelization was released to coincide with the DVD. Unless I am mistaken, that was actually a re-release of a novel that pre-dated the movie. Wayne Harrison —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.36.132.66 (talk) 22:19, 9 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Rawhide

The article says Rawhide is dead presumably. In the dvd commentary and the facts subtitle track it states that he was put on ice until they could find a cure for the Lectoid dart's poison and would be back 'soon'. Sliferjam 16:11, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

4.1 Watermelons: There is no mention of watermelons

Actually, it is very clearly a watermelon and is confirmed to be a watermelon within the special features of the DVD.--RedKnight 23:26, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Crisis on Infinite Earths #11/B.Banzai.

B. Banzai was not the name on Helena Wayne's apartment, it was B. Bundzai. I posted a link to the actual panel and it was deleted as being a Spambot entry. But the name was not B. Banzai. It was stated in several article at the time but is not true. It probably was a nod to the movie which had come out at the same time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.12.160.139 (talk) 03:45, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:12, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

References in popular culture

I removed this section from the main article as it is unsourced and a list which Wikipedia tends to frown on. I've put it here until some can cite these references and place 'em somewhere in the article. --J.D. (talk) 15:22, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • In the MMORPG World of Warcraft, on the border of Thousand Needles there is an area consisting of flat desert with a mountain. Tire tracks lead up to the mountain and abruptly end just before the mountain wall, but the tracks then resume on the other side, in Tanaris, and lead to a crashed vehicle - a reference to the test of the Oscillation Overthruster.[citation needed]
  • The computer game "BZFlag" includes a game element named the "oscillation overthruster" which allows a player to travel through solid objects.
  • The expression "monkey boy" is used in other movies. It was used in a different context prior to the Banzai movie, for example in The Great Locomotive Chase (1954). In the films Men in Black (1997) and My Favorite Martian (1999), however, it is used in the same context as used by Whorfin in Banzai; that is, a space alien referring to human primate origins.[citation needed]
  • The computer game City of Heroes contains a reference to the oscillation overthruster. In the game, it is an item that can be used by Science and Technology based heroes to increase the intangibility duration of their powers. There are also multiple references to the film contained "radio missions", including rescuing P. Priddy of the BB Institute, defeating Operative Whorfin, and bosses ordering heroes confined to the Pit.[citation needed]
  • The mercenary unit Team Banzai, led by the enigmatic Dr. Buckaroo Banzai, appears in the fictional Battletech universe. Team Banzai first appeared in the House Davion Handbook (Published by FASA in 1988 ISBN 1-55560-035-2) as an Elite mercenary Battlemech Regiment under contract to the Federated Suns. Further references appear throughout the Battletech Universe canon. Team Banzai is listed as comprising three Battalions: the Hong Kong Cavaliers, the Radar Rangers, and the Blue Blazers. Characters noted as belonging to Team Banzai (besides the unit's leader, Dr. Banzai) include Perfect Tommy, Reno Nevada, and Rawhide. The unit travels between planets on a jumpship named The Nth Dimension.[citation needed]
  • In the movie Nothing [2], John Bigboote's name is called over the PA system when Dave comes to work for the very last time.
  • In an episode of Spongebob Squarepants, Patrick's first goal of achievement was to "defeat the Giant Monkey Man and save the 9th Dimension", before Spongebob retorts by saying "it sounds a little hard", then decides it would be to "defeat the little Monkey Man and save the 8th Dimension."[citation needed]
  • The closing credits of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou feature the title character walking along a waterfront, joined one at a time by his companions. At the end he reaches his ship and a character who died during the movie is waiting for them there. This is almost a shot-for-shot replay of the credits for Buckaroo Banzai. Both movies feature Jeff Goldblum.

and more

another trivia point to work in somewhere: for a number of years there was a bar in Manhattan named Perfect Tommy's. I remember seeing an ad in the yellow pages. I think it depicted a man wearing a sandwich board sign that said "no matter where you go, there you are"; I know that that slogan was used in connection with the place. According to newsweek [3] they had velcro suit jumping there. The new york times mentions sumo wrestling using inflatable suits [4]. probably should have its own article. [5] says it was at 511 amsterdam ave. user Akb4 (not logged in) 141.154.78.25 (talk) 06:49, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not clear how that's remotely notable enough to be included. Xihr (talk) 22:41, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Even more

  • In the MMORPG World of Warcraft, on the border of Thousand Needles there is an area consisting of flat desert with a mountain. Tire tracks lead up to the mountain and abruptly end just before the mountain wall, but the tracks then resume on the other side, in Tanaris, and lead to a crashed vehicle - a reference to the test of the Oscillation Overthruster.[citation needed]
  • The computer game "BZFlag" includes a game element named the "oscillation overthruster" which allows a player to travel through solid objects.
  • The expression "monkey boy" is used in other movies. It was used in a different context prior to the Banzai movie, for example in The Great Locomotive Chase (1954). In the films Men in Black (1997) and My Favorite Martian (1999), however, it is used in the same context as used by Whorfin in Banzai; that is, a space alien referring to human primate origins.[citation needed]
  • The computer game City of Heroes contains a reference to the oscillation overthruster. In the game, it is an item that can be used by Science and Technology based heroes to increase the intangibility duration of their powers. There are also multiple references to the film contained "radio missions", including rescuing P. Priddy of the BB Institute, defeating Operative Whorfin, and bosses ordering heroes confined to the Pit.[citation needed]
  • The mercenary unit Team Banzai, led by the enigmatic Dr. Buckaroo Banzai, appears in the fictional Battletech universe. Team Banzai first appeared in the House Davion Handbook (Published by FASA in 1988 ISBN 1-55560-035-2) as an Elite mercenary Battlemech Regiment under contract to the Federated Suns. Further references appear throughout the Battletech Universe canon. Team Banzai is listed as comprising three Battalions: the Hong Kong Cavaliers, the Radar Rangers, and the Blue Blazers. Characters noted as belonging to Team Banzai (besides the unit's leader, Dr. Banzai) include Perfect Tommy, Reno Nevada, and Rawhide. The unit travels between planets on a jumpship named The Nth Dimension.[citation needed]
  • In the movie Nothing [6], John Bigboote's name is called over the PA system when Dave comes to work for the very last time.
  • In an episode of Spongebob Squarepants, Patrick's first goal of achievement was to "defeat the Giant Monkey Man and save the 9th Dimension", before Spongebob retorts by saying "it sounds a little hard", then decides it would be to "defeat the little Monkey Man and save the 8th Dimension."[citation needed]
  • The closing credits of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou feature the title character walking along a waterfront, joined one at a time by his companions. At the end he reaches his ship and a character who died during the movie is waiting for them there. This is almost a shot-for-shot replay of the credits for Buckaroo Banzai. Both movies feature Jeff Goldblum.
  • The popular computer game BZFlag has a flag that is called the oscillation overthruster that allows the tank to go through objects.
Unsourced and trivial material.--J.D. (talk) 14:55, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Big Trouble in Little China connection?

I heard that when the decided to tank the "World Crime League" sequel they rewrote it and it became Big Trouble in Little China. I wonder if there is any truth to it?--76.31.242.174 (talk) 19:51, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

“…has reached cult film status”?

Is this a fact, or opinion? How could it possibly be measured, and therefore should it be the sort of language for use in an encyclopaedia entry? What sort of criteria make it possible to judge? Would three fans who watch it every day confer that status on it, or two hundred people watching it once a month, or what? It might also want to be said that the “cult” if it exists is probably limited to the U.S., as it doesn’t seem to have any following at all anywhere else in the world.Jock123 (talk) 17:30, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Seems like a film is a "cult film" if attracts a following of a certain sort, as do films like Eraserhead, Repo Man, and films by Jim Jarmusch. The use of the term in recognized media is confirmation, as supported by footnotes. RMcGuigan (talk) 17:37, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It is generally considered a cult film by a variety of sources. Movie critics refer to it as a cult film when mentioning it. [7], [8]. Allmovie Guide considers it a cult film. [9]. Movie books describe it as a cult film. [10], [11]. -- Whpq (talk) 17:43, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"the car diesels"

A Google for that phrase turns up like 5 results for that usage. Does anyone outside of car people actually know what "to diesel" means as a verb? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.40.70.128 (talk) 08:23, 25 August 2010 (UTC) For a gasoline engine "to diesel" is for it to continue operating after electrical power is removed. (see Dieseling) 214.4.238.180 (talk) 16:06, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's a commonly-used term everywhere I've lived. rowley (talk) 16:37, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fictitious novels

Is it really necessary to say "fictitious novels"? rowley (talk) 16:38, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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