"Faustian field" !?!? Can you make a Faustian bargain with, say, the Weak Force? Or perhaps a whole bunch of sentient poppies?

Foil forehead triangles are clearly a fundamental part of the grand tradition of scifi moviemaking... forehead thingies in general, actually, now that I think about it.

Change the triangle on the forehead to white earbuds and you've got the present in a nutshell.

it's Maggie from the The Last Starfighter :)

@helenanapier: Actually that's a typo of "faustian fiend," but I like "faustian field" so much better that I'm leaving it.

BIM = BMI? Is this actually a really early version of copyright/DRM satire?

Er, wasn't this a really horrible Buck Rogers in the 25th century ep with the late great Jerry Orbach playing the ep's equivalent of Mr Boogaloo?

There has never been a lyric more telling than this sampling from The Apple's title track: It's a natural, natural, natural desire/To meet an actual, actual, actual vampire." Is it? Really. Every musical number in the film is either twisted genius or insanely stupid.
"Hey, who has five minutes and a rhyming dictionary?"
"I do."
"Good, write the songs for my futuristic Adam and Eve musical--quickly!"
Jebus, I love the Apple!

Their future is our present, only "dancy".

I am uncomfortable with images of the Jane Fonda Workout alongside lyrics of leather, whipping, and pain.

I am uncomfortable with whatever is going on with minion #3, the one with the tooth-jewels.

I am uncomfortable with the idea of him being my maaaaahhhstaaaah.

I am uncomfortable with the fact that this exists.

Sorry for the double-post, but of the people who view this video on Amazon - 6% buy Xanadu. Take that to mean whatever you wish.

Oh my ... this may be the movie I've been searching for, for quite a few years.
I only got a glimpse of it in the 80s and all I remember is a cheesy musical number that mentioned vampires and these weird-ass bubble dome cars.
I never found out what the movie was called.
I think this is actually it.

I own this and I can't overstate how essential it is. I mean, it DOES border on unwatchable at times, but it's also a one-of-a-kind trainwreck that occaisionally dips into being brilliant. I've probably seen it at least 5 times.

[www.avclub.com] gives a way better indication of how essential this fucking thing is.

The end is crazy. Literally crazy. It makes no sense whatsoever. It has nearly nothing to do with the first part of the movie. It is like there were two writers, one for the first half and on for the second. They didn't talk. And the second one was a hippy that did lsd while he wrote.

@DrMathochist: It totally is an early RIAA satire. Reminds me of how Tron (1982) is an early anti-Microsoft movie *before* Microsoft gained ascendancy. Really uncanny.

There's an episode of the last series of the British Kitchen Knightmares in which Gordon Ramsey goes to help out a restaurant owned by the star of this movie. Just so you know ;D

I netflixed this a little while ago to see if it lived up to the hype. It does and doesn't. While you're watching it you can't take your eyes off of it, but when it's over you totally forget you ever saw it. @zacwight: is totally right, the ending is insanity. SPOILER ALERT!!! Since Boogalow is a not-so-thinly veiled reference to the devil, then god is sort of Burl Ives in a big heavenly Rolls Royce who personally escorts all the hippies to heaven.

Did anyone else mention that this movie was supposed to be taking place in like 1994? Gah!

wasn't this the same plot as that horrible "54" movie with Mike Meyers?

Hey, I bought Xanadu (and Roller Boogie), what are you trying to say? If you don't like roller skates and tube socks, there might be something wrong with you. Come to think of it, silver triangles on the forehead might not be so bad either...

"The Apple"? Replace Mr. Boogalow with Steve Jobbs...

(Yes, I'd go that far, thanks for asking.)

BEARD GLITTER! this movie is all about the beard glitter.

All I can say is that you should be able to put a restraining order on certain people from going 500m near camera equipment.

This movie is awesome (where awesome == gut-wrenchingly terrible, but I love it anyway). The songs are bizarre and ridiculous, and the whole movie is basically a bad 80s hippie-christian propaganda piece. I'd say it was begging for a RiffTrax, but it really doesn't need one.

Oh, mah goodness. Caught this on late-night tv many moons ago and could not look away. The fall of Adam and Eve in disco glitter...[insert googly-eyes here]

Remember: it's a natural, natural, natural desire to see an actual, actual, actual vampire.

Yes, I've been trying to work that lyric into everyday conversation. Not really having a lot of luck there...

so this is supose to be sci fi? are you sure its not a mockumentary about today music industry? sounds way too real to me.

and here i was thinking i had too few options for bad movie night! it helps when the tunes are catchy.

God, I love this movie. I've never laughed harder at more unintentional funny in my life.

I just KNEW this would happen. After years under the iron fist of Benita Bizarre and her evil henchmen Woofer and Tweeter, the Bugaloos grow up and form their own mind-control cult, based in a high-tech gym, with Her Royal Highness Joy the Pure Satin Spirit in control.

And you do not want to know what Courage and Harmony do to non-believers on the treadmill. *shudder*

This sounds like a mashup between Steve Jobs and the Gou'ald.

Sure this isn't a prequel to Stargate?

This is incredible. On my last weekly trip to the record store, I grabbed the cameraphone to snap a photo of the mint condition LP of the Apple soundtrack. To wit: [picasaweb.google.com]

The photo cuts it off, but the music is apparently by George Clinton.

SPEEEEEEEEEEED POWER!

I was amazed by the wrongness of this movie. And I have an illicit copy of the soundtrack on my iPod, may have to bust it out.

SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED POWER!

Lovely. I pride myself on my affinity for Can't Stop The Music, Xanadu, Roller Boogie, Phantom Of The Paradise and other such schlock. But I did not know about The Apple. Today is a glorious day, indeed! I need not see the movie to know that the "innocent folk duo from Saskatchewan" have already captured my heart. Just added this little ditty to my Amazon wish list.