I remember renting this on video in the mid ‘80s. I loved it. Was planning on watching it with a mate I was 14. He was out with his dad watching the football. So instead I watched it with my mother and sister. Good times. 👍🏼🇬🇧
@@generalzod8589 good man. I think we will find all of the good films have been made and the classics like these we got to watch first time around. I feel sorry for the kids that have to watch poor remakes and ideas that have been regurgitated and redone badly. We are the lucky ones with the fond memories 👍🏻 peace to you and yours 🇬🇧😀
Damn. I was a kid in the 1980s and this never came on any of the TV stations available to me. By the time I actually learned of its existence I thought it looked so bad that I couldn't bring myself to rent it. Such a shame as I'm sure I would have loved it when I was younger. Thanks for the video.
This movie came and went in theaters. Ten year old m really wanted to see it, so my mother who is a saint drove me almost thirty miles to see this at the one drive in theater that was showing it on a double bill with Cannonball Run. Loved both movies so much. Bought the hard to find DVD last year and watched it again for the first time in almost forty years and while it hasn't aged well, I still enjoyed it. Even showed it to my mother and thanked her again for the lengths she went to keep a little boy happy.
MegaForce, now that is a name I haven't heard in a long time. I think the last time I watched it was on a rented VHS cassette back in the 80s. Thanks for reminding me of it. A movie with so many decent actors that just really lost it's way.
Was one of my favorite movies from the time. I even had the toy motorcycle even though I was probably older than most of the kids that the toys were marketed to. The movie was and still is better than most movies in its genre. At the time, I had absolutely no interest in Rocky horror picture show, but I definitely remember this movie with extremely fond memories. Now I really wish that a sequel had been made, although the movie was fairly well self-contained. Having Megaforce as a series would have been absolutely awesome, yet there were other motorcycle hero TV shows at the time. It seemed like every vehicle on TV that was developed had AI, and their usually wasn't a team or a military team helping support the troops in the field. Barry Bostwick was also an extremely awesome choice for the movie. Again, having seen Rocky horror much later, I'm very glad that I saw him first in Megaforce.
Man, those Dune Buggies, the Hotwheels Molds for them have gotten SO much use over the years. I think ive seen them recently with Jurassic park branding on them?
I still have 2x Mega Destroyer 1 (the dune buggies), and 1x Mega Destroyer 2 (the black version), and 1x Tac Com (the 6-wheeled radar truck). I know Hot Wheels re-used the molds when they made a camo version called "Super Cannon", I have one of those too, but if you are correct and they made MORE versions, I would love to collect those too!
Saw this on video way back when I was a kid and loved it. Bought it on dvd eventually and still love it now. Being a petrolhead from an early age, the vehicles were the thing I loved the most. They looked so futuristic
Thank you for making this. Love your videos and I love this movie. I just recently looked it up to watch it a few weeks ago. It even took me a bit of remembering the name. I am so glad you made this
I got the Megaforce game for my Atari 2600 back in 82 at age 10 and saw the movie in theater and to this day I still have it Complete In Box and love playing it.
@@KesselRunner606 special forces is more about getting in quick and unnoticed, doing a precise hit and then vanishing. so yes in certain environments motorcycles and dune buggies are indeed used by special forces. www.americanspecialops.com/vehicles/motorcycles www.americanspecialops.com/vehicles/dpv/
I seen it on cable when I was in high school, not too long after it came out. It was so dumb I couldn't get through it. Ice Pirates and Mad Max were a LOT more fun, and Blade Runner, was freaking superb. I know Barry Bostwick from his mini-series George Washington, which was a big deal at the time but now seems more forgotten than Megaforce. Time is cruel that way sometimes.
I've been looking for this movie since I was 5 years old; mistakenly thinking it was a long lost Delta Force episode. My life is now fulfilled. Thankyou
This probably should have been a TV series especially as they had built all those vehicles. It might have become an earlier version of the A Team judging by the premise.
Saw it back then with friends in the cinema and we liked it. Definitely has a high fun factor. Especially the lines : "My name is Dallas." "What - like that awful TV series?? “ got a good laugh from the whole audience back then.
Saw this in the theaters and loved it as a kid. Bought the Atari game. Looked to buy the Motorcycles toy from Mattel only to find out years later, they had boxing/manufacturing issues. Still has a warm place in my heart. As cheesy at it was, stars like Michael Beck made this movie great.
As a fan of 80's sci-fi, I'm surprised I've never even heard of this.. but 1982 was a packed year. At least two bonafide classic science Fiction films underperformed at the box-office that year.
This movie was EVERYTHING when I caught parts of it on late night TV as a little kid staying up past my bedtime on early 80's summer nights. Been looking for it forever, almost thought i had imagined it all, THANKS FOR THIS!
I first watched Megaforce as a kid in the theater and really enjoyed it. Still watch the movie on a regular basis and still enjoy it as much, if not more, than I did when I first watched it. It's a fun movie, that doesn't take itself to seriously. Even the villain is a pretty good guy that you can't help but like.
Love this movie!!! What a great weekend, my dad took me to see this when I was a kid!!! I got my DVD signed my Dallas 2 years ago at a comicon. AWESOME!!!
I remember how disappointed I was that they kept that flying motorbike shot as the last thing of the movie .. and it looked nothing like it promised to look like on the posters .. and no Persis on the wing :D
I Graduated from Raytown High... Didn't know we had a Missile/Rocket factory in Raytown. I would have gotten a job there... those missiles were Badass.
Excellent video! You and I seem to be on the same page on a lot of things, my friend. I really enjoyed Megaforce. I had the Dune Duggie toy, back in the 80's. I could've stared in Megaforce Part 2. I would've worn my Michael Jackson "Thriller" jacket, my Swatch and instead of a Tank I would've had an Armored Pogo Ball. I could've blew away the bad guys with my Laser Tag gun. LOL!
I saw this movie on video when I was a kid. Forgot it. It was only when Mystery Science Theater 3000 brought it back to my attention. I think it is one of the cheesiest, most badass movies of the 80s. I never knew it inspired Team America, lol.
Absolutely loved this movie as a child in the 80s. Had the toys in plenty of course. To this day i still want one of those dune buggies with the same paint and everything.
I loved this movie. It was one of 2 discs we had for the old, 1980s RCA Laserdisc. So, I watched it, many, many times. I too was disappointed it did not do better.
This movie has a special place in my heart, I remember seeing it twice at what they would call a " Grindhouse" in Phoenix Arizona called Westdale Showplace 4 Theater duplex it was one of the first of its kind back then. Face it all movies with cheesy back then but it was still good movie watching when you're a kid and "Megaforce" was all that but still watchable and fun. I missed the Westdale Showplace theater because I've seen a lot of good movies cult classics there that were second-run movies for $1 and you got to see all kinds of low budget B movies like The Sword and the Sorcerer, Drive-In Massacre, Graduation Day, Toxic Avenger, Warlords the 24th century, aka Battletruck a bunch of chop-socky kung fu flicks and re-releases of movies like Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Enter the Dragon. That's why this movie Megaforce and a bunch of other have a special place in my heart.
There is an store called South Coast Army Navy Surplus Store on Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach CA that had two of the bikes in the store and one of the dune buggies from this film out front in the parking lot for years. The place is closed now.
I happen to think about this movie last night, and even checked it out on eBay to see how much the blu-ray release would cost. Then, I noticed THIS UA-cam video already uploaded a few days ago. Most of the other movies JonnyBaak mentioned bought back memories, and that was when we could rent movies on VHS and Beta. I can remember *Megaforce* being fun to watch while my dad was like, "[your word here] movie!" That was the ONLY time I've seen it. My next time is gonna be on blu-ray, whenever I'm ready. I somehow never knew that the actress who played that woman in *Megaforce* also played Ilia in *Star Trek: The Motion Picture.* Maybe I might also check out the 3 Smokey and The Bandit and 2 Cannonball Run movies, as well.
As a kid I remember seeing ads for Mega Force in comic books But I never did see the movie back then but I really wanted to. I never noticed it out in theaters nor do I recall ever seeing a VHS anywhere. I had assumed for years & years it just never actually came out...until I started seeing reviews on UA-cam.
This has the look of a Saturday morning kids show. I could see it running the toy commercials between the shows episodes and a fast food chain offering the toy vehicles if you purchase their special meals.
The only time I saw any mention of this movie were ads on the back of a few Marvel comics back in 82. Never heard or seen anything of it until this video! I assumed it was a movie that just never came out.
I always wanted to see megaforce even the VHS was broken but only one copy at the time but now days I hope they bring IT back in full glory megaforce rocks.
I did not know it until I saw this video that I had toys from the movie. I remember buying some as a kid that I thought looked cool but man, I had no idea it was from this.
A great movie for its time and I wonder did the motorcycles inspire Street Hawk? Thats a thought. I didn't realize until this video there were so many actors in the movie.
Born in 84 here, I always remember "Megaforce" as being a bunch of war toys with "normal" tanks that were really tiny, and then scaled up to ship-sized planes with missiles as long as 3 of the tanks on them, was that something else?
Interesting to know that Needham tried to obtain the rights to GI Joe. I wonder if the plan was to make that into a live action series or Film? It would have been very interesting to see what he would have developed using the early 80's aesthetic available at the time.
I saw it in the theater when I was 11. I remember not liking it very much. I have never watched it again. maybe I should give it another try. Thanks for the videos I enjoy them very much.
I loved megaforce, have the DVD and the main song on my ipod. I thought it was a fun movie and not confusing. movie critics.. I've never liked their reviews. I've liked a lot of movies they don't and hated movies they liked.
My favorite character in Megaforce was Dallas. I still use one of his lines every now and then. "You know if I don't have someone to follow, I'm gonna get lost."
@@DaveLucas427 Dallas: "A guy once told me, "You love 'em in red, and you love 'em in blue, but mostly you love 'em in blue." Hunter: "I have no Idea what that means, and it's DUMB. Who said that?" Dallas: "You did." Hunter: "But wise, very wise."
Yeah I heard the song by 707 and then heard it was from a movie and I love Rocky Horror but I couldn't find it anywhere to see so I had to go to the high seas of piratebay but it was worth it! I mean a funky cheesy but fun movie that just lifts the spirits. I finally found the DVD at Wally World... "It's all on the wheel, it all comes around!" "The good guys always win... Even in the eighties!"
Fond memories of this movie, but your information on the song megaforce by 707 is a bit inaccurate. Journey did not re-record the song. Jonathan Cain, the keyboardist in Journey, co-wrote the song with 707. Journey was not involved and they never re-recorded it.
I was 17 when this came out. Too old to think it was good and way to young to see it as "so bad it's good" How did anyone think this movie was going to be a hit? It is emblematic of just how out of touch money is in our society. That industry would think so little of the "masses" that they could be manipulated into seeing this film in droves just by adding some basic elements and putting them in a blender. "Got some explosions, laser beams, cool costumes, special effects, and voila! Instant Star Wars. That's how you do it, right? "
Thanks for making this video. I see a lot of hate for this movie but it was totally awesome back in the day. i think i would have enjoyed a more serious version of the movie as much as i enjoyed this. Like someone else in the comments said. This movie is like something you would have make up with your friends on the playground. I think that was the main reason i liked it so much because you could put yourself square in the story as it played out. This was also when you didn't have to have separate male and female role models. Anyone could be Ace. ANYONE could because it was like a story you made up and you made yourself the main character.
I remember renting this on video in the mid ‘80s. I loved it. Was planning on watching it with a mate I was 14. He was out with his dad watching the football. So instead I watched it with my mother and sister. Good times. 👍🏼🇬🇧
I saw this in a drive in theater with my family in Orland FL. I loved it so much. Great memories.
@@generalzod8589 good man. I think we will find all of the good films have been made and the classics like these we got to watch first time around. I feel sorry for the kids that have to watch poor remakes and ideas that have been regurgitated and redone badly. We are the lucky ones with the fond memories 👍🏻 peace to you and yours 🇬🇧😀
Damn. I was a kid in the 1980s and this never came on any of the TV stations available to me. By the time I actually learned of its existence I thought it looked so bad that I couldn't bring myself to rent it. Such a shame as I'm sure I would have loved it when I was younger.
Thanks for the video.
same. never heard of it before
Yes, what was missing from your childhood was Barry Bostwick in a spandex bodysuit.
This movie came and went in theaters. Ten year old m really wanted to see it, so my mother who is a saint drove me almost thirty miles to see this at the one drive in theater that was showing it on a double bill with Cannonball Run. Loved both movies so much. Bought the hard to find DVD last year and watched it again for the first time in almost forty years and while it hasn't aged well, I still enjoyed it. Even showed it to my mother and thanked her again for the lengths she went to keep a little boy happy.
MegaForce, now that is a name I haven't heard in a long time. I think the last time I watched it was on a rented VHS cassette back in the 80s. Thanks for reminding me of it. A movie with so many decent actors that just really lost it's way.
Was one of my favorite movies from the time. I even had the toy motorcycle even though I was probably older than most of the kids that the toys were marketed to. The movie was and still is better than most movies in its genre. At the time, I had absolutely no interest in Rocky horror picture show, but I definitely remember this movie with extremely fond memories.
Now I really wish that a sequel had been made, although the movie was fairly well self-contained. Having Megaforce as a series would have been absolutely awesome, yet there were other motorcycle hero TV shows at the time. It seemed like every vehicle on TV that was developed had AI, and their usually wasn't a team or a military team helping support the troops in the field.
Barry Bostwick was also an extremely awesome choice for the movie. Again, having seen Rocky horror much later, I'm very glad that I saw him first in Megaforce.
Man, those Dune Buggies, the Hotwheels Molds for them have gotten SO much use over the years. I think ive seen them recently with Jurassic park branding on them?
I still have one of those from the 1980s. Never had a clue it was originally for this movie.
I still have 2x Mega Destroyer 1 (the dune buggies), and 1x Mega Destroyer 2 (the black version), and 1x Tac Com (the 6-wheeled radar truck). I know Hot Wheels re-used the molds when they made a camo version called "Super Cannon", I have one of those too, but if you are correct and they made MORE versions, I would love to collect those too!
I remember loving this movie when I was a kid.
This movie definitely looks like the target audience were kids.
Me too.
TESTIFY!!!!
Me too!
Yeah me too i thought it was the koolest movie ever at the time, but know i'm oh boy i actually liked this.
If I ever have a son, I’m gonna make sure that his middle-name is ‘Mega-Force’.
Either that, or Clive.
Saw this on video way back when I was a kid and loved it. Bought it on dvd eventually and still love it now. Being a petrolhead from an early age, the vehicles were the thing I loved the most. They looked so futuristic
Thank you for making this. Love your videos and I love this movie. I just recently looked it up to watch it a few weeks ago. It even took me a bit of remembering the name. I am so glad you made this
I got the Megaforce game for my Atari 2600 back in 82 at age 10 and saw the movie in theater and to this day I still have it Complete In Box and love playing it.
Saw this in theatre when it first came out. LOVED IT! Yeah, it was a B movie but there are a lot of really good B movies.
Yep and this isn't one of them utter wet fart of a film.
@@leejones3061 Pffft. This movie has scenes that put modern day 200 million dollar budgets to shame, cause they did it for real and no in CGI
Looks like Megaforce kind of "borrowed" a version of the flying motorcycles from Galactica 1980 :)
I just wish they had borrowed the better special effects too. ;)
Or Flash Gordon! XD
yes
They should have hired the same writers from BSG80, Even that would have been an improvement.
I remember hearing on TV at the time, that the military was interested in the vehicles used in the movie. May have just been marketing hype though.
Yes I'm sure they where desperate to get there hands on flying motor bikes
It may have been movie hype, but the US special forces do now use (non-flying) motorcycles and dune buggy style vehicles. Maybe they were inspired!
I swear i remember hearing that also.
Yeah, because nothing gives you battlefield superiority and repelling assault weapons' fire like pulling killer wheelies.
@@KesselRunner606 special forces is more about getting in quick and unnoticed, doing a precise hit and then vanishing. so yes in certain environments motorcycles and dune buggies are indeed used by special forces. www.americanspecialops.com/vehicles/motorcycles www.americanspecialops.com/vehicles/dpv/
I seen it on cable when I was in high school, not too long after it came out. It was so dumb I couldn't get through it. Ice Pirates and Mad Max were a LOT more fun, and Blade Runner, was freaking superb. I know Barry Bostwick from his mini-series George Washington, which was a big deal at the time but now seems more forgotten than Megaforce. Time is cruel that way sometimes.
I love this & Ice Pirates but to me Mad Max was not quite my cup of tea. Yes, Blade Runner is a masterpiece !
Ice Pirates is a favourite of mine. It struck a good middle ground between something brutal like Mad Max, and silly comedy like Spaceballs.
@@drewlovelyhell4892 Ice Pirates is so funny! You could never get that film made now. You're right, it's like Spaceballs and Mad Max had a kid.
I remember riding around on my bike with my friends playing MegaForce. I even wanted a spandex uniform for Christmas.
I've been looking for this movie since I was 5 years old; mistakenly thinking it was a long lost Delta Force episode.
My life is now fulfilled. Thankyou
Why have I never heard of this movie??!! Those vehicles look like something from Damnation Alley
From what I remember it was a good film. A little camp and cheesy but that was the ‘80s. Good fun. Worth a watch. 😀👍🏻🇬🇧
Strange that I don't remember it either. I watched HBO a lot in the 80s
I saw it at the theater when it came out, plus on vhs from blockbuster and on cable and currently have it downloaded on my computer.
It Wasn't Set in The 90's, Ace Says to Duke "The Good Guys Always Win....Even in The 80's.
This probably should have been a TV series especially as they had built all those vehicles. It might have become an earlier version of the A Team judging by the premise.
Saw it back then with friends in the cinema and we liked it. Definitely has a high fun factor. Especially the lines : "My name is Dallas." "What - like that awful TV series?? “ got a good laugh from the whole audience back then.
Was a big fan of this as a kid in the 80's. Certainly a lot of camp, but a lot of just crazy silly fun too!
I saw this in theatre, and liked it as a teenager
Pure cheese but one of the greatest films of my youth! Megaforce was WAY ahead of its time! Thanks for sharing!
Saw this in the theaters and loved it as a kid. Bought the Atari game. Looked to buy the Motorcycles toy from Mattel only to find out years later, they had boxing/manufacturing issues. Still has a warm place in my heart. As cheesy at it was, stars like Michael Beck made this movie great.
As a fan of 80's sci-fi, I'm surprised I've never even heard of this.. but 1982 was a packed year. At least two bonafide classic science Fiction films underperformed at the box-office that year.
This movie was EVERYTHING when I caught parts of it on late night TV as a little kid staying up past my bedtime on early 80's summer nights. Been looking for it forever, almost thought i had imagined it all, THANKS FOR THIS!
I first watched Megaforce as a kid in the theater and really enjoyed it. Still watch the movie on a regular basis and still enjoy it as much, if not more, than I did when I first watched it. It's a fun movie, that doesn't take itself to seriously. Even the villain is a pretty good guy that you can't help but like.
I still remember how bad him flying that motorcycle looked at the end. 🤣🤣
"To defend democracy, peace & justice around the world"...ahh if only we could return to these ideals
Love this movie as a kid, seen it twice in the theater back in the day,
Now it's plain out silly.
The best unintentional comedy ever, spark one up and laugh your head off. A seal team with Bee Gees hair, gold spandex suits and flying motorcycles.
As a kid seeing this on HBO, this movie was blown away!
An upside down flying motorcycle. What else can you want?
Me and my family saw this at a drive in movie theater in Orland FL in 1982. I loved it so much, that I Mega Force crazy for months afterwards.
Love this movie!!! What a great weekend, my dad took me to see this when I was a kid!!! I got my DVD signed my Dallas 2 years ago at a comicon. AWESOME!!!
I remember seeing the ads for this as a kid but had to wait until it went to tv a year or so later. Still enjoyable to watch.
I still 💕 this movie it doesn't come on TV enough.
I remember how disappointed I was that they kept that flying motorbike shot as the last thing of the movie .. and it looked nothing like it promised to look like on the posters .. and no Persis on the wing :D
I remember the TV ad when it came out back in the 80's calling it ( Megaforce it's Magafun ) but I've never seen it I might have to check it out
Dude!! You just blew my mind. I totally forgot about MegaForce. I had several of the vehicles. Thanks for the flashbacks.
I Graduated from Raytown High... Didn't know we had a Missile/Rocket factory in Raytown. I would have gotten a job there... those missiles were Badass.
Love this movie. Got it on blu ray recently.
Will it come 2 4k
@@kascnef
Highly doubtful. The blu ray version is good quality though.
Excellent video! You and I seem to be on the same page on a lot of things, my friend. I really enjoyed Megaforce. I had the Dune Duggie toy, back in the 80's. I could've stared in Megaforce Part 2. I would've worn my Michael Jackson "Thriller" jacket, my Swatch and instead of a Tank I would've had an Armored Pogo Ball. I could've blew away the bad guys with my Laser Tag gun. LOL!
This was on all the cereal boxes. When I watched it as a kid it was mind blowing. It has the same effect now but for different reasons.
I was 10 years old. It was the first movie we recorded on VHS from TV. I watched it hundreds of times. So cool and fun memories.
I saw this movie on video when I was a kid. Forgot it. It was only when Mystery Science Theater 3000 brought it back to my attention. I think it is one of the cheesiest, most badass movies of the 80s. I never knew it inspired Team America, lol.
I remember the fan club ad on the back cover of comic books, it said " are you man enough for Megaforce?".
There were a lot of movies I liked as a kid and now when I watch them… kids today are lucky.
Those Motorbikes is evertything you need to knw, when I was a kid that was the coolest thing ever.
Absolutely loved this movie as a child in the 80s. Had the toys in plenty of course. To this day i still want one of those dune buggies with the same paint and everything.
I enjoyed this film as well, nice run down memory lane, feller.
I was 13 years old in the summer of ‘82, the perfect age to appreciate the rad combat vehicles AND Persis Khambatta.
I have a physical copy of this on DVD. I haul it out every couple of years to watch..
I loved this movie. It was one of 2 discs we had for the old, 1980s RCA Laserdisc. So, I watched it, many, many times. I too was disappointed it did not do better.
This movie has a special place in my heart, I remember seeing it twice at what they would call a
" Grindhouse" in Phoenix Arizona called Westdale Showplace 4 Theater duplex it was one of the first of its kind back then. Face it all movies with cheesy back then but it was still good movie watching when you're a kid and "Megaforce" was all that but still watchable and fun. I missed the Westdale Showplace theater because I've seen a lot of good movies cult classics there that were second-run movies for $1 and you got to see all kinds of low budget B movies like The Sword and the Sorcerer, Drive-In Massacre, Graduation Day, Toxic Avenger, Warlords the 24th century, aka Battletruck a bunch of chop-socky kung fu flicks and re-releases of movies like Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Enter the Dragon. That's why this movie Megaforce and a bunch of other have a special place in my heart.
I loved this movie, mostly for the vehicles, but Ace was cool too.
If only they had made 3.75" scale Mega Force O-rings and vehicles..
There is an store called South Coast Army Navy Surplus Store on Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach CA that had two of the bikes in the store and one of the dune buggies from this film out front in the parking lot for years. The place is closed now.
I've never heard of this film before now!
Saw it on rifftrax years ago🙂
Ah, I was trying to remember this movie _ I think it had the color changing vehicles - right?
Yeah. They changed to black for the night time.
I thought I had imagined this film ! Thanks man. Made my day !
Terrific video jonny! 👍🏼
One of my favorite movies as a kid
I loved the campiness of this movie. Back in the 80s we watched it in pirated vhs. My brother and me laughed our a's off!!
I happen to think about this movie last night, and even checked it out on eBay to see how much the blu-ray release would cost. Then, I noticed THIS UA-cam video already uploaded a few days ago. Most of the other movies JonnyBaak mentioned bought back memories, and that was when we could rent movies on VHS and Beta. I can remember *Megaforce* being fun to watch while my dad was like, "[your word here] movie!" That was the ONLY time I've seen it. My next time is gonna be on blu-ray, whenever I'm ready. I somehow never knew that the actress who played that woman in *Megaforce* also played Ilia in *Star Trek: The Motion Picture.* Maybe I might also check out the 3 Smokey and The Bandit and 2 Cannonball Run movies, as well.
I remember this being released on VHS, Australia maybe 1985.
1:07 I'm a HUGE fan of GI Joe and I didn't know that. Cool.
As a kid I remember seeing ads for Mega Force in comic books But I never did see the movie back then but I really wanted to.
I never noticed it out in theaters nor do I recall ever seeing a VHS anywhere. I had assumed for years & years it just never actually came out...until I started seeing reviews on UA-cam.
Oh man... Hilarious!! was my favorite movie when I was 6-7
This looks like a goofy, fun movie to watch when you just want to relax and switch your brain off. We need more movies like that nowadays.
You just described it perfectly!
@@joelsteverson Thank you!
I loved 🥰 this movie as a kid and was one of the first ones I watched in lockdown. Still love it 😍
The guys from Rifftrax called Barry Bostwick "Barry Gibb-o the Clown" in this movie :-)
This has the look of a Saturday morning kids show. I could see it running the toy commercials between the shows episodes and a fast food chain offering the toy vehicles if you purchase their special meals.
The only time I saw any mention of this movie were ads on the back of a few Marvel comics back in 82. Never heard or seen anything of it until this video! I assumed it was a movie that just never came out.
I always wanted to see megaforce even the VHS was broken but only one copy at the time but now days I hope they bring IT back in full glory megaforce rocks.
I loved it so much I've bought it several times on VHS and DVD
You kill ot Johnny. This is important history. 🙏
This was the 1st movie as a 80's kid imo that didn't live up to it's exciting movie poster
I saw it in the theater when I was 13... I can't even remember paying any attention to it?
I did not know it until I saw this video that I had toys from the movie. I remember buying some as a kid that I thought looked cool but man, I had no idea it was from this.
A great movie for its time and I wonder did the motorcycles inspire Street Hawk? Thats a thought. I didn't realize until this video there were so many actors in the movie.
That list of movies that came out around the same time... lol, never had a chance! Great movie though, love it. Still rewatch it from time to time.
I loved this movie as a kid.
Born in 84 here, I always remember "Megaforce" as being a bunch of war toys with "normal" tanks that were really tiny, and then scaled up to ship-sized planes with missiles as long as 3 of the tanks on them, was that something else?
I love this ball of cheese. "Ace Hunter" has to be the best name in history.
Saw this in the theater.... advertising on the back of comic books works!!!
Interesting to know that Needham tried to obtain the rights to GI Joe. I wonder if the plan was to make that into a live action series or Film? It would have been very interesting to see what he would have developed using the early 80's aesthetic available at the time.
I saw it in the theater when I was 11. I remember not liking it very much. I have never watched it again. maybe I should give it another try. Thanks for the videos I enjoy them very much.
Re-imagine MegaForce in 2021 , but do it in the style of Paul Verhoven's "Starship Troopers" and you might have a hit.
I loved megaforce, have the DVD and the main song on my ipod. I thought it was a fun movie and not confusing. movie critics.. I've never liked their reviews. I've liked a lot of movies they don't and hated movies they liked.
Yes it was an 80's action cheese fest,, but it was highly entertaining 80's action cheese fest.
My favorite character in Megaforce was Dallas. I still use one of his lines every now and then. "You know if I don't have someone to follow, I'm gonna get lost."
Here's my favorite line: "You love 'em in red and you love 'em in blue, but mostly you love 'em in blue." I have no idea what that means.
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Dallas: "A guy once told me, "You love 'em in red, and you love 'em in blue, but mostly you love 'em in blue."
Hunter: "I have no Idea what that means, and it's DUMB. Who said that?"
Dallas: "You did."
Hunter: "But wise, very wise."
It cant be set in the 1990s because at the end of the film the main character says"the good guys always win...even in the 80s"
Boy, if you can't tell *this* was made in the 80s just by looking at the costumes. 😀
I remember renting the VHS in the 80s....that flying motorcycle scene heh 🛵
I remember this movie when I was 12 years old.
Yeah I heard the song by 707 and then heard it was from a movie and I love Rocky Horror but I couldn't find it anywhere to see so I had to go to the high seas of piratebay but it was worth it! I mean a funky cheesy but fun movie that just lifts the spirits. I finally found the DVD at Wally World... "It's all on the wheel, it all comes around!" "The good guys always win... Even in the eighties!"
Fond memories of this movie, but your information on the song megaforce by 707 is a bit inaccurate. Journey did not re-record the song. Jonathan Cain, the keyboardist in Journey, co-wrote the song with 707. Journey was not involved and they never re-recorded it.
I was 17 when this came out. Too old to think it was good and way to young to see it as "so bad it's good"
How did anyone think this movie was going to be a hit?
It is emblematic of just how out of touch money is in our society. That industry would think so little of the "masses" that they could be manipulated into seeing this film in droves just by adding some basic elements and putting them in a blender.
"Got some explosions, laser beams, cool costumes, special effects, and voila! Instant Star Wars. That's how you do it, right? "
Thanks for making this video. I see a lot of hate for this movie but it was totally awesome back in the day. i think i would have enjoyed a more serious version of the movie as much as i enjoyed this. Like someone else in the comments said. This movie is like something you would have make up with your friends on the playground. I think that was the main reason i liked it so much because you could put yourself square in the story as it played out. This was also when you didn't have to have separate male and female role models. Anyone could be Ace. ANYONE could because it was like a story you made up and you made yourself the main character.