Science fiction comedies are hard to pull off. For every Back to the Future or Ghostbusters, there’s a Howard the Duck or Evolution. The ‘80s, in particular, were lousy with sci-fi comedies, but that doesn’t mean they were all just chasing a trend. Among all the decade’s cult sci-fi films, one stands apart because there’s never been a movie like it before or since. And while it’s a bit obscure, the strange and charming mishmash of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension has inspired geeky artists for four decades.
