![]() ![]() Sidney Zweibel, aka "New Jersey," each of Banzai's bandmates is heavily implied to be a specialist in their own field of expertise. From "Perfect Tommy" and Reno Nevada to Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Imagine Tony Stark as the frontman of an Avengers-based musical supergroup. The Hong Kong Cavaliers weren't just Banzai's backing band but his fellow adventurers. But Buckaroo Banzai was always about more than just its title character. A true original of the science-fiction genre, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension is a qualified cult classic, featuring some of the most unusual, bizarre and electrifying concepts ever to make it to the screen. The recent revival of fellow '80s sci-fi property Quantum Leap shifted from the original show's solo hero and hologram sidekick to a full-fledged ensemble support crew. RELATED: Stranger Things Reveals Season 5's First Episode Title While the human psychokinetic Henry Creel was psychotic long before Eleven and the Upside Down transformed him into Vecna, Whorfin gained a foothold in our universe by possessing the brain of Italian scientist and Princeton professor Dr. Banzai's adventures across the 8th dimension see him run afoul of the rival racial factions of interdimensional aliens known as Black and Red Lectroids, whose contested homeworld is the hidden "Planet 10." The viscerally organic aesthetic of the Lectroids' 8th Dimension might remind Stranger Things fans of the dark, decaying mirror reality they've come to know as "the Upside Down." Just as the Mind Flayer and Vecna have attempted to lead invasions from the Upside Down into our world, so too have the Red Lectroids been mobilized by their despotic military leader, Lord John Whorfin. ![]()
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