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Summary: kooky fun
Review: I've seen this movie over a dozen times, and I still don't really get it 100% but I think John Lithgow did a great job as the mad scientist. This film has a very 80's look and feel to it. It's campy and fun at the same time. There is a ton of extras, almost too many. I wish the commentary would have been better, but oh well, you can't have every thing. If you're a fan of Doc Savage or adventure stories, this might be in your pall park.
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Summary: It's About Time!!!
Review: After watching this great movie on crummy VHS formats for years, we can now see it the way it was meant to be shown. There are really great extras on the DVD. I highly recommend it to all Robocop, Jurassic Park, and SciFi fans. We get to see today's stars before they were really big. And there are so many of them in one show!
Buy it. Now!
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Summary: When should you buy this? REAL SOON!!!!!!!!
Review: A new, high-def transfer. Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. Deleted scenes. The original opening. Easter eggs within easter eggs. More features than you can possibly imagine. This is a dream come true. You may be wondering, is the movie itself any good? If you have to ask, you'll never know. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Great movie...awful commentary
Review: I'll go along with all the kudos presented by my fellow reviewers...this is an awesome movie, with truly great performances from everyone involved. So, I ask you, why must we put up with the silly assumption that Buckaroo is "real" in all the extras on this DVD? It's a major turn-off to a fan who'd really like to know more about the creation of this character. The commentary is the silliest...I just haven't even been able to sit through it all the way. The sad groans take over and I have to shut it off. Oh well, at least the picture quality is superb. It looks especially good if you've ever has the misfortune of witnessing the VHS pan and scan version.
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Summary: Drive-in-able
Review: This is a movie that is long overdue for a re-release with added/extra footage (the prologue about his family is perfect). I got this movie just to have as part of my vast collection. If this movie would have come out when drive-in movies were the big thing, it would have been shown on the really big screen. It's listed right up there with Deathrace 2000 and Rocky Horror as the 3 most followed (but cheasy) movies of all times. "And remember, No matter where you go, There you are."
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Summary: Sci-fi Cult Classic now on Widescreen (16:9 enhanced) DVD !!
Review: The 1984 Cult Classic "Buckaroo Banzai" is now digitally remastered, enhanced for 16:9 TV & best of all this DVD has 2 versions of this sleeper hysterical sci-fi tongue & cheek film.The original theatrical version (the public released fast paced, choppy & confusing). Note: Buckaroo was suppose to be a serial type series but never evolved. The extended version which is the best and is more informative explaining the origins of the "Banzai Family". To bad it ended up on the editing floor. That is probably why the film only had mixed reviews and a small sci-fi cult following! Well now thanks to DVD we now have the "EXTENDED VERSION - semi Directors Cut version which takes us into the cult world of "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" (Special Edition). This is fun stuff !!!!!!!! Believe me once you see this "Extended Version" you'll be hooked and you will enjoy the insanity & fun of the "Buckaroo Banzai" world. Great value, lots of background information, larger than life. Enjoy.
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Summary: My name is John Smallberries!
Review: I saw this film when it first came out and I sat in the theatre and watched it twice!! They used to let you do that in those days. I raved on to friends and family that they had to see this movie. No one did. When a rental version appeared, I was disappointed, the quality of the tape I rented wasn't great and it didn't translate onto a small screen so well. I am grateful that the film is on DVD, with all the DVD qualities so that now others can see what I originally experienced. The conceept did not take hold which is a shame. The sequel, which never got made was rewritten and "Big Trouble In Little China" was the result. I have been a fan, I named my cat BANZAI, after all. The DVD version is great, all the quirky lines and sub-text. Sci-fi, film noir, adventure and more. The film is full of one liner quotes that are timeless, like...Time was invented so everything doesn't happen at once. Laugh while you can Monkey boy, and Whereever you go there you are...buy this right away.
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Summary: It's sooooooooo eightys!
Review: BB is one of these movies with the highest quotefactor. Nearly all scenes contain a sentence, a dialoge or a gesture that one can use for any occasion. Its like Ghostbusters or MIB, but with one flaw: Noone knows it (esp. here in germany) and without the reference you can sound very strange, e.g. when quoting "tell ya later" as an answer to a serious question. Unfortunately there was never a good version of the movie available. Either the screen was filled with just a third of the original picture (as in the actual vhs-version), or when on tv they send a old fuzzy copy and cut the end credits(AAAARGH!). But now its here: The DVD that really was worth waiting for so long. The nonplusultra of everything, not just a DVD of BB, but al revelation, a bible, a real pressssssious (gasp!), something you will never ever lend to anyone because he would never give it back. The Movie is in great shape, widescreen and nicely renovated. Sound has been enhanced to todays high standards, the bonus material is just the dream come true for all of us believers in Buckaroos eternal gospel: There it is, the original beginnig with Jamie Lee Curtis as Buckaroos mother that explains, why BB is so determined to the jetcar experiment. The material is so complete, and its really nice to see, how proud W.D. Richter is about his masterpiece. This is how i remember the eighties (perhaps, for some of those who know me, it could explain some things). Get this DVD, all of you. And do the TV-show!
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Summary: (Mostly) 25 Word Or Less Review
Review: Grows less quirky and more tedious with time. Promising cast with little to do but ham (when allowed that much). DVD sidenote: Packed with more inane "goodies" than anyone could possibly want to see.
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Summary: SOMETHING DIFFERENT
Review: This movie is something one has to see to belive. It's so bizarre it's actually funny- mostly.
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