Hey, be careful there – could you imagine what would happen if George Lucas decided to throw his media might into producing Buckaroo Banzai vs. the World Crime League? :eek:
And I know why the watermelon’s there. 
I know why the watermelon is there, and it’s almost as funny as the movie.
I’ve heard that a very early draft of the script to BUCKAROO BANZAI VS. THE WORLD CRIME LEAGUE was eventually turned into what we know as John Carpenter’s Big Trouble In Little China. Can anyone confirm or deny?
I hated that they put the answer to the watermelon question on the DVD. The watermelon is so absurd that any explanation is going to be IMHO unsatisfactory.
I don’t have the DVD. Call me a Luddite.
Is the Watermelon Revelation the same in the DVDas in the book?
There was a fictional explanation for the watermelon.
But tucked away on an easter egg on the DVD, they explained the real-world reason for it.
[Spoiler]The folks making the movies became aware that they had been utterly written off by the studio, and that the movie had been marked for abject failure even while they were filming.
They tested their theory by putting in the watermelon bit, a piece of obvious nonsense, just to see whether anyone at the studio level was even watching the dailies.
No one from the studio asked them about the watermelon. [/spoiler]
What does “real-world” have to do with anything?
Back to Lord John Whorfin/Dr. Emilio Lizardo - doesn’t one of BB’s guys actually make the statement “There’s someone living inside him.”?
Yes, I believe it’s Reno.