Best of Rifftrax 'Mega Force'

[@wileyschmitt]

*One little edit mess up.

[@AmyLSacks]

@@KaladinVegapunk "Dull & Dry"? Yeah, OK buddy. [rolleyes]

[@tomwatson9032]

@Bat Computer That's interesting... never thought of the two that way. There were a few times where Joel seemed to acknowledge that he was under The Mads' control, but yes, he was more festive and light-hearted.

[@cliffbooth1029]

You lost the edit contest (get it essay contest....never mind)

[@wileyschmitt]

@@cliffbooth1029 It was a good joke :)

[@troylowe814]

I begged my dad to go see this at the drive in. Afterwards my dad didnt talk to me for days.

[@ekop1778]

MEGA FAIL MOVIE WAS THE PITS

[@viceadmiralq90]

Not a cool dad.

[@brandongunnells7175]

Poor dad

[@ralphyetmore]

When I saw a trailer for this in a theater as a kid, I thought it was going the be the shit. I was wrong about "the" .

[@Neildo430ci]

I tried to copy flying wings for my bike + helmet. No one knew I made them.

[@zootopiawilson]

Lol...me too. I eventually saw the movie on VHS later and was like "I can't believe I wanted to see this as a kid.".

[@demonkingbadger6689]

They must have failed getting into GI Joe, and made their own team.

[@shawnfields2369]

@@demonkingbadger6689 Yep. Especially Swan from The Warriors, guess, that's why he figured joining Power Rangers Mega Force with Barry Gibbo the clown was a good idea?

[@tomwatson9032]

Persis Khambatta was gorgeous.

[@Theasworld1984]

I thought that was her

[@ryanbarker5217]

died far too young.

[@maxbrandt6]

Was she ever!

[@moebetta4224]

So was dystopian Barry Gibb.

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

Died in 1998, born 1948.

[@tonyleccese2102]

I went to a free screening of this just before it came out, and EVERYONE wanted their money, and time back.

[@leemcdonald1342]

You got your Joel-era MST3k in my Rifftrax.

[@johntumahab323]

"Computer...load 'Battletoads'." Seriously, if you can beat that, you're ready for anything.

[@virginiadare1587]

I find blond Barry Bostwick endlessly amusing. The outfit makes it even more hilarious.

[@Anynom]

"Based on a story. That's good, it's already better than any Transformers movie."

[@BigEOT3]

Anynom Considering how bad the original Transformers G1 Cartoon has aged, excluding the animated movie, it explains a lot

[@Virjunior01]

@@BigEOT3 you missed the joke. The entire cartoon was a giant toy ad. Famously.

[@MattC-ve2hx]

I love that they mentioned Puma Man--awesome!

[@LaDracul]

"Another 'Free Birdseed' sign? What's going on in this desert?" LMAO

[@laurallewien2165]

Clearly a set up by the Coyote to snare the Road Runner, of course 😉

[@LchanOtakudom]

I love when the RiffTrax boys make references to MST3k stuff so much! Also, thank YOU for the wonderful “best of” clip show and even showing the origin of jokes from the Sattelite of Love to RiffTrax!

[@control_the_pet_population]

"I Accuse My Parents" is a hilarious episode... highly recommended if you've never seen it.

[@victorhernandez8723]

“Computer, load Battletoads!” No! For the love of God, no! She’d never survive!

[@dabunnyman9133]

Y'know, looking at this now you realize that someone in Hollywood had just seen some Japanese Sentai Team shows and thought "hey, let's rip off their action scenes, it's not like anyone in the US will ever see them."

[@adcon00]

Did you mean "Haim Saban"?

[@matt0044]

Yeah but he at least paid.

[@jtcrocker1600]

Oh God we love him! MY GOD DO WE LOVE HIM!!!😆😆

[@deafmusician2]

The black guy... Wow... Haha!!

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

I know they're just jokes, but Henry Silva IMPROVES any movie he's in.

[@kellyweingart3692]

“Man, the Beastie Boys *really* know how to make a music video”

[@shawnfields2369]

Oh, I know, right?

[@favoritemustard3542]

Yeah, this looked a touch _intergalactic_ but definitely _planetary_ lol

[@kanna-san.]

I Accuse My Megaforce

[@AmyLSacks]

Hey, wasn't there also a short where a bully's whole raison d'etre was a girl beating him in an essay contest? Not to mention the one where the kid spoiled a desk using his essay contest prize... What was it with the mid-century and essay contests, anyway?!

[@Mattteus]

Amy L. Sacks it’s the short Act Your Age but he wasn’t sore about an essay contest

[@TheRadical42]

May the Mega Force Be With You. Always.

[@scottmantooth8785]

*well, sorta...it's not like i'm here to tell you what to do or vaguely influence your fate by "suggesting" something that already exists in the same script you read just a few minutes ago....dua*

[@carloscolon1279]

“It’s the Chris Christie of military aircraft.” Groaning noises on take off.. hahahahah

[@Pfletch83]

"Computer... Load Battle Toads" and I lost it lol

[@ayndie38]

The Molly Hatchet had me rollin'! 😂😂😂

[@willtheangrydudeist9120]

I misses the Molly Hatchet... But loved the Thin Lizzy part

[@BigEOT3]

“The Good Guys always win, even in the 80s”

[@rorymacleod4520]

I remember seeing ads for this movie in comic books I read back in the 80s. Never saw it until the Rifftrax version. Hilarious stuff.

[@ohhkayy0919]

Eleanor Roosevelt's PISSED!!! ...... I'm dying on that one Joel

[@wileyschmitt]

Yeah I love the way he delivers that one. Tom's reaction to it is funny too.

[@sclarin2]

The Megaforce guys riding around on the bikes in their helmets with the dippin dots would make a good Daft Punk music video

[@rubberneckinc.8937]

Amazing idea

[@robertwalker-smith2739]

This was like stumbling across Free Ice cream Day while out walking.

[@CM-nv2vn]

This is such an underrated movie. "The good guy always win even in the 80s."

[@control_the_pet_population]

It's like if the producers of the GI Joe cartoon dropped acid and made a live action movie... an amazing achievement in awful 80s corny awesomeness.

[@moebetta4224]

"Barry Gibbo the clown"...best line.

[@RogueTwo]

"Who wants to see something really, really stupid!? Huh?! Stupid enough for you?!"

[@davajita]

11:19 Mike's distant "Not a chance, tutz!" is the funniest thing I've ever heard.

[@Micktaylorify]

Movies like these only made sense in the 1980’s, so if you weren’t there and you’re having a hard time comprehending all this … don’t worry about. For guys like me, it’s a guilty pleasure.

[@RatelHBadger]

They make total sense in a nonsensical way. I've tried making low budget short flicks with the same sort of formula, and I can't quite get it right. I guess they were on something else that made the movies... Work!

[@chillydawgg4354]

Some things you can't put a price on. Like pineapples, the stickers fall right off

[@donaldpetkus1612]

“Eleanor Roosevelt is pissed!”

[@wileyschmitt]

One of my favorite lines, and Tom's reaction is great too... "Oooooh!"

[@redmadman3000]

That was one hell of an essay contest.

[@thomaspalazzolo5902]

Love the violent swerve into I Accuse my Parents.

[@aaccount24]

I've definitely seen worse movies, but never one more chock-full of inexplicable choices. The sheer deliberateness of the cheese is mind-boggling.

[@artificialdumbness9118]

when this script was presented to a producer, he said, "we gotta do this."

[@ryanjacobson2508]

At the time the movie was released, the producer said that America needed more light-weight movies after the dismal 70's. But fun doesn't have to mean stupid.

[@typacsk]

He was referring, of course, to the massive line of cocaine that was on his desk at that moment

[@AmyLSacks]

Barry B. still enunciates better than the Paper Chase Guy.

[@jenaesmith7017]

So they all agreed not to laugh every time they see him

[@scottmantooth8785]

*and yet...they are all laughing on the inside...deep down...near the spleen...and where it truly hurts*

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

I never knew someone reading military time could be so hilarious

[@RatelHBadger]

0:45 When was Zack Galafinakis in an action movie?

[@charles4207]

“At least she ignored safety regulations ... like a man.” 😂

[@kellyweingart3692]

😂😂😂😂

[@kellyweingart3692]

“I won the get the crap kicked out of you contest”

[@kellyweingart3692]

“Continental Airlines...we don’t even exist anymore, and we’re still better than United”

[@kellyweingart3692]

🎵You’re my one and only Mega Forrcccee🎵

[@leovalverde1508]

I don't know what's cheesiest: the flying motorcycle, Hunter's face while flying said motorcycle, the guys cheering for Hunter OR Guerera's reaction to all of it.

[@georgewernerjr9362]

How about his elite fighting force including Master Bong Soo Han from "Kentucky Fried Movie"?

[@Nightweaver1]

"The snake has a gun!"

[@kellyweingart3692]

“Tell you what, slip me $100, and I’ll bite the limey”

[@kellyweingart3692]

“I’m English, you know”

[@kellyweingart3692]

“Unless you want to hear my theories on the moon landing” “Faked, you know?”

[@f12mnb]

In an era where stunt coordinators and stunt men have made great action films (e.g. John Wick series), this was created by Hal Needham who for years was Burt Reynold's stunt coordinator.

[@zombiedodge1426]

He also directed Smokey and the Bandit and The Cannonball Run. Show some respect.

[@Desiremademanifest]

So THIS is what happened to Brad after that night in Frankenfurter's castle: became a paramilitary George Michael...

[@demonkingbadger6689]

Now i got tim curry in drag singing "wake me up before you go go" in my head. I need a hammer to get it out.

[@StephenGillie]

11:43 How did the Warrior of the Lost World stars get in the plane from Time Chasers?

[@christieperry4361]

"I won the get the crap beat out of me contest"

[@jenaesmith7017]

Attention these blinking lights serve no propose

[@ajs3994]

No one is better at being Barry Bostwick than Barry Bostwick just standing there.

[@jmar1973]

@14:01 :"It's right up in there,isn't it?"😹😹😹

[@LordTalax]

Edward Mulhare! Devon from Knight Rider!

[@owenmadden7577]

I had an Atari game of this. Never saw the movie but I loved the game!

[@cityhawk]

15:05 Thank you for the Kentucky Fried Movie reference.

[@johnwelch461]

Is that the bald head women from star trek the movie ?

[@laurallewien2165]

Yes it is!

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

love Henry Silva!

[@bonniefinleyanimation]

"Are you happy, in your work?"

[@mstcrow5429]

Is that a Bond Girl? Or Persis Lambatta? Oh, it is! Thanks Crow!

[@jorgezarco9269]

Persis Khambatta from Star Trek The Motion Picture(1979). Mega Force(1982) used "Intro-Vision". This technique was also used in Rambo III(1988).

[@GabrielleCenter2000]

I lost it when it came to her flying the helicopter lol

[@guyvizard549]

You can really make out Barry's "Bostwick" in those pants, can't you?

[@jamesdenofantiquity]

In some other alternate reality this movie went on to spawn an entire franchise. After Mega Force VIII Amazon bought it, woked it up, and divided the fandom. In this reality, it sucks!

[@stvdagger8074]

Did anyone note that Megaforce soldiers wear a shoulder patch with their home country's flag. Hunter has a US flag, others have Japanese, French & Mexican Flags. Dallas, though has a Confederate Battle Flag! Is this an alternate universe where the south won the US civil war and still exists? I doubt that the US would contribute to a international force which allowed the flag of a failed rebellion against itself!

[@JamaicanCastle]

Well, Hunter did talk about the time he tried to recruit a straight-up mercenary to be in Megaforce, so presumably they don't all need to be sent by their country. Maybe Dallas just got in on his own merit. _(considers)_ On his own connections? No... Money? Well, on his own, certainly.

[@maxbrandt6]

His nickname is Dallas, so he's a Texan and Texas really wasn't part of the Civil War so that's a really odd choice to do that.

[@stvdagger8074]

@@maxbrandt6 Texas was very much a part of the Civil war. It succeeded from the Union and contributed many troops to the Confederate army. In October 1862 Galveston was occupied by Union troops. A successful counter-attack in January 1863 re-took the city for the confederacy. There were no other major union invasions a Texas was a back-water to the major struggles elsewhere, but Texans fought as far away as Gettysburg.

[@maxbrandt6]

@@stvdagger8074 Okay, thanks. I don't remember Texas being mentioned during the Civil War, I think my history classes (ages ago!) focused on the major conflict areas.

[@DarthPoyner]

@@JamaicanCastle He brought the hologram tape of the hot chick on the beach. Most popular man on the team.

[@kurtstergar1042]

To an 8 year old, this was a great movie.

[@Plotspider]

Was this movie just a giant mentos commercial?

[@edwardburek1717]

Ooh, this simply oozes 1980's!! And with bonus MST3K footage as well - does this count as a RiffTrax contribution by Joel?

[@brandonobaza8610]

Persis was so hot, every time she was on-screen, it made me say "God DAMNIT"

[@2degucitas]

That really is Barry Bostwick's hair. I had to look it up to be sure. It looks like a wig.

[@mikesecor6074]

I got a mantis in my pantis, lol. Whoops wrong flick.

[@CJBerdomas]

This is the worst season of Power Rangers.

[@donfisherjr.2404]

Here's a puzzler: Which is cheesier, the dialogue or the effects in this movie? 🤔

[@laurallewien2165]

Both! 😅

[@matt0044]

Such a stiff competition.

[@christieperry4361]

The essay contest returns!!

[@matbuchanan9765]

Any idea why the Rifftrax clan doesn't offer the Megaforce movie anymore? This is the only riffed version I can find anywhere 🤔 Also, many thanks for this little slice of heaven...

[@yewtoob2007]

Reportedly, the lost the rights. Too bad, it was a great rifftrax

[@marccolten9801]

I thought he looked familiar. The "weird Asian" guy also starred in "A Fistful of Yen"

[@georgewernerjr9362]

THE Master Bong Soo Han!

[@jondunmore4268]

6:34 -- Everything wrong with the hero's face: - his eyes are too close together - his mouth is too tiny - his hair is frosted - his hair is frosted *too high* - his hair is a different color than his fake beard - he thinks he's Rob Lowe - he *doesn't need a headband*

[@matt0044]

Power Rangers really should’ve thought twice before naming their 20th season after this movie.

[@shawnfields2369]

They did? They chose to name one of their seasons after a forgotten movie that had Swan from The Warriors, and Kenny Logins' evil twin? No wonder both of these things bombed...and no wonder Swan more than likely never talks about being in this... because if I were in this, I wouldn't want to talk about being in it either...

[@AliasUndercover]

Meshugganah Force!

[@Jayfive276]

Oh it's whathisname from The Warriors.

[@kellyweingart3692]

lol

[@kellyweingart3692]

“Megafoooorrrrccceee, come out and play-yay”

[@Buford_T_Justice1]

“Even wif towtaw concentwation!” Kentucky Fried Movie’s A Fistful of Yen! That’s a deep cut!!!

[@hjebone]

Gotta get this one. Thanks!

[@wileyschmitt]

I don't think it's available anymore, not sure though.

[@hjebone]

I missed the boat on this one... 😱

[@shawnfields2369]

​@@hjeboneSo did I...by about 5-6 years!

[@maxbrandt6]

LMAO Commander Berry Gibbs!

[@wkanost]

I think that was on the movie poster. “The Douchiest!”

[@leMaquereaudAngouleme]

15:35 is that Ron Silver, I can't find a credit of him anywhere for this movie!?

[@SuperODST1]

It's like if a 12 year old wrote GI Joe after reading Starship Troopers, trying to rip off Xenophon, and repressing some things.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

Ironically, early 80's GI Joe was more realistic and subtle than MegaForce.

[@leemcdonald1342]

Which MST3k episode had the essay contest?

[@wileyschmitt]

I Accuse My Parents, #507.

[@leemcdonald1342]

@@wileyschmitt Thank you.

[@joshuablack8221]

2:40 The absolute best 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jenaesmith7280]

I can't untie my headband

[@kellyweingart3692]

It’s Devon Miles and Lieutenant Ilia

[@kellyweingart3692]

“Jabba’s Palace, now open to the public”

[@scottmantooth8785]

5:48: *"are you here for the essay contest?"*

[@TheRealNormanBates]

1:10 How can he win the essay contest? He's not hispanic! Look out! The snake's got a gun! 7:21 screw Megaforce! You got the one man killing machine from *A Fistful of Yen!* 15:00 looks like I'm not the only fan. I mean.. I'm not on Only Fans! 10:47 did Barry just bonk his head on the door? 17:03 is the guy on the back left with the pornstach the same doofus cop in *The Untouchables?* The one Malone questioned at the gun range?

[@burtknighten1873]

Wish Mike and Joel would do one together

[@warface4881]

I forgot this movie existed.

[@scottmantooth8785]

1:41 *"i've got your "essay" right here...WITH extra punctuation*

[@parkpunk2]

Where can I stream or buy the whole episode?

[@wileyschmitt]

www.rifftrax.com/megaforce

[@MOUNTAINEER1976]

"I'm a douchbag!!"

[@kellyweingart3692]

“I am the douchiest, baby!”

[@kellyweingart3692]

“Let’s go blow up a children’s hospital”

[@kellyweingart3692]

“Yeehaw!”

[@kellyweingart3692]

“This dinner blows”

[@K4rt80y]

I see your MegaSchwartz is as big as mine!

[@fredfinks]

Megaforce: the 80s schlock movie

[@gabrieldjatienza6971]

Barry Bostwick's porn beard..lol

[@ariels3372]

this is what the gi joe movie should have been like

[@MaximillianArturo]

Those costumes, everyone is wearing spandex :)

[@a.jcheshiremen7822]

“I’m behind you, Ron.” “I know, Gerald.”