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From: dtuttle@uw-june (David C. Tuttle)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Yes, even yet another Totally Bad Movie
Message-ID: <375@uw-june>
Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 17:18:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: uw-june.375
Posted: Mon Oct 14 17:18:08 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 15-Oct-85 20:33:02 EDT
Organization: U of Washington Computer Science
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My, oh, my, how soon we forget.  I would have thought that by now
somebody would have mentioned this movie as being "worthy" of 
the Totally Bad label (which it richly deserves).

I am speaking of the movie "Megaforce".  Remember it?  Not many people
saw it in first release (a "one-week wonder" in 1980).  It was advertised
on the back of comic books for six straight months, and not even the
little kids were taken in by it.  It made a brief foray into pay movie
channels, but quickly died there, too.  *Nobody* could stand watching it.
It was *that* bad!!!

"Megaforce" was the name of a secret super-motorcycle-riding assault
team led by Ace Hunter (Barry Bostwick, "badly miscast" (L. Maltin)).
Persis Khambatta played the Mysterious Woman, and someone terrible
played the Villain.  All truly forgettable performances.

They tried to be Space-Age GI Joes, and it just didn't work.
They had super-powered cycles that shot missiles and could fly.
They had a hokey motto, "Deeds Not Words".
And the end of the movie featured the lamest good-guy line I've ever heard:
   Ace Hunter turns to the camera and says:
	"And remember, the good guys still win, even in the Eighties."

The stunts were contrived and boring.  The acting was embarrassing.
The cinematography was sometimes laughable.  There's actually a love
scene between Hero and Woman during a free fall!  A parachutist was
filmed on descent by a fellow jumper, and Our Hero was "videoed" onto
the screen, much like a TV weatherman in front of the national map.
He was transparent at times, and, well, you get the idea...

We're talking no redeeming value here.  Sure, it would be unintentionally
funny for a few scenes, but then you just felt sick about it and would
clamor to get away!  BARF!!!
This should get a unanimous vote for Totally Bad.  If it doesn't, I will
be very surprised... (well, I'm waiting... :-)
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David C. Tuttle             "Life is just a parade of Republicans and meat."
Computer Science Dept.                                  -- Zippy the Pinhead
University of Washington
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