http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png http://io9.com/tag/megaforce http://io9.com/tag/megaforce If you haven't yet unburned from your mind the image of a blow-dried Barry Bostwick laughing heartily while flying his motorcycle against the bad guys in 80s cheesefest MegaForce, then we've got at least an hour of diversion for you. About five years ago, Matt Gourley and Jeremy Carter made a DIY web series called UltraForce, which took the MegaForce thing to its ultimate, CHiPS-in-the-future extreme. Two well-coiffed motorcycle guys are chasing down "the Alchemist," who is converting the world's water to gold! Yes, it's exactly the kind of plot you'd find in a real-life TV show (maybe even Heroes, especially if it involved time travel). The goofiness is extreme, the outfits more extreme, and the dialog is priceless. Check out all three episodes of UltraForce for free online. [UltraForce via Channel 101] Thanks, Jeff Crocker!

]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5060162&view=rss&microfeed=true It's so hard to choose just one awesome moment from 1982's Megaforce to feature. There's the Persis Khambatta battle simulator sequence, the "Endless Love"-tinged skydiving sequence, and most of all, the 20 minute battle between tanks, airplanes, motorcycles and dune buggies, where the motorcycles have anti-tank rocket launchers. But the flying motorcycle scene, which haunted the dreams of Trey Parker and Matt Stone until they copied it in Team America World Police, has to win out. The awesomely coiffed guy dances on his flying bike! Weirdly, our copy of Megaforce is in Italian. We have no idea how that happened.

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