chris@ISM780.UUCP (04/30/85)
I finally got around to seeing Buckaroo Banzai last friday. There were a few questions that sorta stuck in my mind, and i was hoping that someone more familiar with the movie could explain them to me. (1) What was the thing that BB found under the car after zipping through the mountain? (2) What was PP trying to do with the gun, and what did the scene in the jail really mean? (3) Were all the Hong Kong Cavaliers supposed to look like rock stars? Perfect Tommy looked like Billy Idol, and the guy who died of the spider bite looked like Bruce Springsteen. Thanks in Advance chris kostanick decvax!vortex!ism780!chris
root@trwatf.UUCP (Lord Frith) (05/03/85)
> I finally got around to seeing Buckaroo Banzai last friday. There > were a few questions that sorta stuck in my mind, and i was hoping > that someone more familiar with the movie could explain them to me. > > (1) What was the thing that BB found under the car after > zipping through the mountain? A red squishy organic icky thing of course.... > (2) What was PP trying to do with the gun, and what did > the scene in the jail really mean? Shoot the guy next to her by aiming through her ear.... -- UUCP: ...{decvax,ihnp4,allegra}!seismo!trwatf!root - Lord Frith ARPA: trwatf!root@SEISMO "Markland needs women!"
jsc@ucbvax.ARPA (James Carrington) (05/03/85)
>I finally got around to seeing Buckaroo Banzai last friday. There >were a few questions that sorta stuck in my mind, and i was hoping >that someone more familiar with the movie could explain them to me. > (1) What was the thing that BB found under the car after > zipping through the mountain? Apparently just some sort of random lifeform. I though I saw one of the Red Lectroids carrying one around just before it shot one of the spiders at one of BB's men, so perhaps that's where they come from. > (2) What was PP trying to do with the gun, and what did > the scene in the jail really mean? She was trying to kill herself. The bit in the jail is when Buckaroo realizes that PP is the twin sister of his wife, who {disappeared,died,???}. -- James Steven Carrington UC Berkeley jsc@ucbingres.arpa ucbvax!jsc
jim@randvax.UUCP (Jim Gillogly) (05/03/85)
In article <31600012@ISM780.UUCP> chris@ISM780.UUCP asks: > (1) What was the thing that BB found under the car after > zipping through the mountain? It's described as a "curiously shaped parasite", is obviously alive, and not obviously related to any life form in our ordinary plane of experience. Plotwise, it serves as tangible proof that B. Banzai actually went somewhere other than just into a mountain and out again. > (2) What was PP trying to do with the gun, and what did > the scene in the jail really mean? She was trying to commit suicide -- she had it aimed at her head when the waitress bumped her elbow and it went off. In the jail Buckaroo realizes that she's the twin sister of his late (?) wife. The "(?)" is a potential spoiler to hoped-for sequels to the novel _Buckaroo Banzai_. I assume that's what you're asking about the jail scene? > (3) Were all the Hong Kong Cavaliers supposed to look like > rock stars? Perfect Tommy looked like Billy Idol, and > the guy who died of the spider bite looked like Bruce > Springsteen. I don't think they were supposed to look like particular rock stars, although of course they are themselves rock stars (you mean you haven't heard of the famous H. K. Cavaliers??). Somebody told me he though B. Banzai resembled Adam Ant, if you want more examples. Also Pinky Carruthers, one of the guitar players, was played by Billy Vera, who has his own band, "Billy and the Beaters". -- Jim Gillogly {decvax, vortex}!randvax!jim jim@rand-unix.arpa
maverick@trwatf.UUCP (Mark D. Grover) (05/04/85)
> [Penny Priddy]...is the twin sister of his wife, who {disappeared,died,???}.
On their wedding day, Buckaroo Banzai's wife was killed by the
World Crime League, masterminded my Hanoi Xan.
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...ucbvax!trwrb!trwatf!maverickjim@randvax.UUCP (Jim Gillogly) (05/05/85)
>> [Penny Priddy]...is the twin sister of his wife, who {disappeared,died,???}. > >On their wedding day, Buckaroo Banzai's wife was killed by the >World Crime League, masterminded my Hanoi Xan. She was *apparently* killed ... Captain Happen, a Banzai Institute intern or resident who was suborned by Xan, asserted under duress just before his suicide that Peggy was still alive. When B. Banzai and company opened her grave in the family plot in Texas, it was empty. Think the slight scars behind Penny's ears have any bearing on this mystery? Given this ambiguity, I'd say the {disappeared, died, ???} of the original poster is justified. -- Jim Gillogly {decvax, vortex}!randvax!jim jim@rand-unix.arpa
gnome@olivee.UUCP (Gary Traveis) (05/14/85)
> >I finally got around to seeing Buckaroo Banzai last friday. There > >were a few questions that sorta stuck in my mind, and i was hoping > >that someone more familiar with the movie could explain them to me. > > (1) What was the thing that BB found under the car after > > zipping through the mountain? > Apparently just some sort of random lifeform. I though I saw one of the > Red Lectroids carrying one around just before it shot one of the spiders > at one of BB's men, so perhaps that's where they come from. > -- > James Steven Carrington > UC Berkeley > jsc@ucbingres.arpa > ucbvax!jsc Actually, the Red Lectroid had the "thing from under the car" because they were trying to get rid of any evidence of their existence as well as stealing the Overthruster. But then, they left behind the spider-things, so stealing the thing-from -under-the-car was not too smart. But then again, they ARE Red Lectroids! > Red Lectroids carrying one around just before it shot one of the spiders > at one of BB's men, so perhaps that's where they come from. > > (2) What was PP trying to do with the gun, and what did > > the scene in the jail really mean? > She was trying to kill herself. The bit in the jail is when Buckaroo realizes > that PP is the twin sister of his wife, who {disappeared,died,???}. > -- > James Steven Carrington > UC Berkeley > jsc@ucbingres.arpa > ucbvax!jsc *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***