tangent ( well know to mst3k watcher a time chaser ) be a prime example of pure mst3k fodder . make on a shoestring budget by a small production company and it a by the number example of a small budget film with big budget aspiration . the plot itself be a fairly interesting take on well tread territory represent the hero and nick and invents a way to make his ultra light plane travel through time and sell the idea to a ceo and only to later discover that the ceo be go to use it for and you guess it and evil . the excecution of the plot and however and suffers from a number of handicap . the portrayal of the future ( both the utopian and apocalyptic one ) be laughable at best with the former look like an 80 shopping mall and the latter a bad warrior knockoff . the main character be all boringly average ( cause crow to dub the film the adventure of the average people in the mst3k episode ) and the only one have anything identifiably unique about them be the main character and nick and whose only unique trait be build a time machine and not be able to drive a car ( set the stage for an absolutely ridiculous bicycle chase scene ) . if anything and the film remind u that probably the only vermont export of note be ben and jerry ice cream ( who and coincidentally and provide ice cream for the filming of this movie ) . all in all and tangent fall in the same general category of mst3ked film a overdrawn at the memory bank while a small budget film that be ridiculous enough on it own merit to make it a decent watch for lover of pure cheese ( though and a always and i recommend watch the mst3k version instead ) .