Stupid question, but John Lithgow’s character was supposed to be alien possesed, right?
He got half stuck in the alien world, before getting pulled out, and afterwards scheemed to get home. All the other aliens followed him, but when the good guys could see the aliens in their true form, Lithgow’s character still looked like Lithgow (still human).
I always assumed that the others (like Christopher Lloyd and Vincent Schiavelli) were aliens taking human forms, like glamours, which is why the good guys could see them for what they were. But Dr. Emilio Lizardo (lithgow) was a human who was taken over by an alien consciousness (John Whorfin), hence he always appeared human.
The formula only let people see actual Lectroids who were disguising themselves. Whorfin wasn’t disguising himself; he was inhabiting a human body. Thus he would appear as human, even to those who could otherwise see Lectroids.
OK, that’s what I was thinking. It just kind of threw me that Lizardo had the inteligence of an Lectroid, the strength of a Lectroid, and all the other Lectroids recognized him as being one of them, yet, he didn’t appear as a Lectroid when everybody else did.
Well, thanks for answering, I appreciate it.
I agree with Otto and Lou, but is there any scene in the movie where we’re even sure that Lord Whorfin still looks human when they’re breathing from those snorkels? They only ever cross paths during the showdown at Yoyodyne, and I don’t remember if any of the HKC ever even see him. And aren’t Bigboote, et al., shown in their human forms during that sequence as well?
Buckaroo gets the electrochemical zap through the phone, and subsequently sees Whorfin/Lizardo at the Yoyodyne factory. Since Whorfin/Lizardo is never shown in Lectroid makeup, the safe assumption is that he was not bodily a Lectroid but a possessed human.
I think there is a more pressing question at hand:
why is there a watermelon there?
I’ll tell you later.
“Wait - don’t touch that.”
“Why do I have to give her my jacket?” “Because you’re Perfect.” “You do have a point.”
god I love that movie.
“Where are we Going?!?!” “Planet 10!!” “When will we get there?!?!” “SOON!”
What is the bottle Penny is drinking from when the spotlight is put on her at the nightclub?
(sorry - trivia hijack.)
It’s “Give her your coat.” “Why me?” “Because you’re perfect.” “You have a point there.”
“Where are we going?”
“PLANET TEN!”
“When?”
“REAL SOON!”
This movie gave me one of my favorite phrases, which I get to use less often than I would like:
“Laugh while you can, monkey-boy!” 
Ahem…that’s Banzai.
One o’ my all-time fav-o-rite films.
And yes, I know the Secret Of The Watermelon Experiment.
You got me Otto - exact phrasing beats paraphrasing every time.
Ah - but what was she drinking?
PA system:
“Warning! There are monkey-boys in the complex!”
Great flick.
“It’s not my planet, monkey-boy!”
The actual quote is
And I saw that a lot in my Rev. Jim voice. Surprise, surprise, no on gets it.
And wasn’t Penny drinking from a bottle of Old Vat 69?
We have a winner!!
Well done, Sean!
Your prize: one slightly used Oscillation Overthruster! Now - can you sing?
Never mind all that! When are those goddamn teases going to give us BUCKAROO BANZAI VS. THE WORLD CRIME LEAGUE?!! :mad:
I mean, if Lucas could pick up Star Wars again after all those years . . .
“BigbooTAY! TAY! TAY!”
BLAM!