showard@udenva.UUCP (showard) (05/07/85)
[it's not a bug, it's a feature!] I saw Buckaroo Banzai about a month ago, and noticed that the name of the company run by Red Lectroids was Yoyodyne. Yoyodyne was the name of a big corporation in Thomas Pynchon's _The_Crying_of_Lot_49_. My question is, what other references have people seen in this film? I'm especially asking those who have seen it dozens of times. The reference to Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast doesn't count; it's a plot device, not an off-the-cuff reference. --Mr. Blore, in-house detective, KAOS Radio, U. of Denver
maverick@trwatf.UUCP (Mark D. Grover) (05/09/85)
> I saw Buckaroo Banzai about a month ago, and noticed that the name of the > company run by Red Lectroids was Yoyodyne. Yoyodyne was the name of a big > corporation in Thomas Pynchon's _The_Crying_of_Lot_49_. > > My question is, what other references have people seen in this film? What was the name of that big book in the background in the Shock Tower? I vaguely remember (even after four times): "Men of Earth" or some such. And in the Red's thermal pod: was that a picture of Mussolini or Fred Mertz? -- MDG "I've been ionized... but I'm all right now." (B. Banzai) ARPA: trwatf!maverick@SEISMO UUCP: ...!{decvax,ihnp4,allegra}!seismo!trwatf!maverick ...ucbvax!trwrb!trwatf!maverick