Mystery Science Theater 3000: THE SIDEHACKERS Rewatch

April 30, 2020 5:57 AM - Season 2, Episode 2

Rewatch! On Thursday: Rommel is a mechanic who participates in weird motorcycle races in his off time. He introduces the unstable J.C. and his gang to his sport, but events take a violent turn. A grimy and depressing take of shattered love and revenge. How did this episode become one of Mystery Science Theater 3000's earliest beloved classics? A lot of it has to do with the sport of sidehacking depicted in the movie, which is two-person motorcycling on a dirt track, with a driver and a rider who leans their butt way out on a sidehack to balance the bike out on sharp turns. An obviously extremely dangerous sport that's the subject of some hilarious extended riff runs. Previously.
posted by JHarris (7 comments total)

MST Club is our weekly (currently twice-weekly!) showing of episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000. We've been through the entire show once, and are taking a second orbit (although this time maybe minus a few clunkers -- I don't look forward to sitting through The Castle of Fu-Manchu again). Tonight's [Thursday's] episode is in our usual room at https://cytu.be/r/Metafilter_MST3KClub. The show starts off at 7 PM Eastern, with the episode happening at 9 PM. Joooin uuuus....
posted by JHarris at 6:01 AM on April 30, 2020

Doesn't hurt to have a low IQ....
posted by Chrysostom at 11:20 AM on April 30, 2020

You magnificent bastard!
posted by stevis23 at 12:14 PM on April 30, 2020

butts you say? count me in.
posted by some loser at 2:13 PM on April 30, 2020

Did someone say sidetalking?

No? Oh sorry, never mind.
posted by ckape at 7:47 PM on April 30, 2020 [1 favorite]

This turned out to be a rather grim movie in the end. Who knew the desert sidecar motorcycle racing scene was so violently high-stakes?
posted by some loser at 6:11 AM on May 1, 2020 [1 favorite]

It was grimmer in the original cut - the show cut a good bit.
posted by Chrysostom at 6:51 PM on May 1, 2020 [1 favorite]