When I was a kid, I loved this movie. It was just sci-fi enough, just funny enough,and just goofy enough.
My father used to make fun of me for liking this movie. This, and Baron Munchausen
I remember being intrigued by the tag in the closing credits, that Buckaroo would return. Alas, it never happened, though there were buzzings around for a while that it might just pop back up. There was talk of a possible TV show, and I saw some test CGI footage, but that passed too. To be honest, maybe it's just as well. As much as I'd love to see a new story, maybe things are better off being left as they were. Don't fuck with a good thing, and a good memory.
When the DVD was finally released in 2002, I was thrilled. I ordered it right away, and as soon as it arrived I got home and watched that night, and it was just as good as I remembered. I hadn't seen it in ages. Sure, it pops up in TV now and then, but it seems like not nearly as often these days. It's a damn shame if you ask me. People need to see this movie.
What have you got? Well, you've got a surreal plot about a race of aliens, the Red Lectroids, coming to conquer Earth, and a representative from the Black Lectroids, their mortal enemies, who want to help us stop them. Oh, and you've got Peter Weller, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, and Christopher Lloyd.
Trust me, you can't go wrong on this one.
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