jonny (good kind)downloading now, i gotta say one of the weirdest things about #neuroparty is that we won't be watching liek 15 different versions of the same movie, coherence is scary
hahahah the internet archive version is just a yify rip. this is a good sign https://archive.org/details/the-adventures-of-buckaroo-banzai-across-the-8th-dimension-1984_202201 #neuroparty
The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension (1984) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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we set the scene.... with a long scroll from starwars and and a soundtrack from a mid 80's education movie... #neuroparty
so we have the neuroanatomist and the neurosurgeon who just operates by vibes. i did not know that buckaroo bonzai was going to be riding the wild west of brain surgery #neuroparty
#BalaclavaGuy, good or evil? the music says good, but the briefcase says evil. #neuroparty
heat seeking missiles? we're expecting missiles!? i thought we were just doing brain surgery and riding rocket cars for fun #neuroparty
the rocket car can do brain surgery on the wall of rock and phase through it. everyone seems unphased by this #neuroparty
literally all of the practical effects, props, and costumes in this movie have been hot fire so far. how many things can you have sparking and exploding in a scene at once???? #neuroparty
this is the face of a guy who did in fact go through the hole #neuroparty
omfg the protagonists are DISCO TEENS, this is a #neuroparty #monsterdon crossover event, the timelines are merging
so many of the career ambitions of PIs to be totally incomprehensible, emotionally perplexing, and also secretly in the band of old guys make sense to me now #neuroparty
Woodswalked@jonny
No matter where you go- there you are.
No matter where you go- there you are.
rhetorical answersIf I remember this movie correctly, when they're torturing Ellen Barkin's character to get her to tell them where the overthruster is, it's in her purse (which she doesn't know) and that purse is made of transparent plastic.
I have to watch this again and see if it's as good as I remember or if it's one of those movies (like Remo Williams) that's better to reminisce about than to watch.
Good comparison. I think it is a movie that stands well for two viewings. The first is *turns brain off* with the second being *what did I just watch*. It is an experience of the unexpected, followed by a metatexual analysis to connote meaning. After that, there is no novelty to hold up for repetition. The philosophy is mostly that your don’t know where it’s going.
cc: @jonny
@Woodswalked @swordplay i certainly did not know where i was going but loved every minute of it. there are SO MANY moments of unexplained detail in the sets, props, and incidental characters that it seemed like they actually had enough material for 10 movies #NeuroParty
Jammed full of intentional, well thought out details. But it is a background version of a Jeff Goldblum delivered speech. Yes, there is meaning, insight and even a few puns, but it’s mostly the pauses before the punchlines that draws you into thinking about it in the moment.
Edit: vowel placement
cc: @swordplay
"Why is there a watermelon there?"
"I'll tell you later."
<never does>
(or something to that effect, effing hysterical meta)