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ATTTAAAAACCCCCK Of The Killer To-Maaa-Tooooeeesss!!
Merrick here...
Evidently, the time has come for a remake of ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES. This is not a joke; it's the top story on Hollywood Reporter's website.
No changes to the original plot have been revealed, but it still is expected to revolve around killer tomatoes.
...says THIS ARTICLE in Hollywood Reporter.
I could write about the bizarre wondrousness of this all day, and bitch endlessly about the inevitable desecration of a "classic", but...you know...
Personally, I think a KILLER TOMATOES movie in the style of Michael Bay would be pretty fantastic. Check out this footage from the original film:
See? That's some Bay action right there. How did Platinum Dunes miss this one?
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it was fun. maybe this will work out.
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of the tomatoes. Someone contact Ang Lee!
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God knows he needs the work...
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I mean, come on.
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I would pay to see it just for the audacity of it. Then again, I *didn't* see Snakes on a Plane(despite the it's-so-silly-it's-a-must-see hype), so maybe not.
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And Michael Bay action? Great!
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the studio gods have shined light into my little world. please keep the "pass the ketchup " joke... please
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best line ever. what a fantastically daft thing to write. I have no problem with this. These sorts of fun but hardly amazing films are the ones that i don't mind being remade if something has to be.
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This project should draw him like moths to a flame.
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...I might go see it. The great thing about Clooney is that he would actually do it.
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I've always wanted to see Killer Tomatoes done straight. Strip it back, ditch the campy aspects. We may only have one chance at this, guys. Petition?
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Sounds pretty boring.. I remember the original(s) but why a remake?
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It's like SNL-skits, It's a pretty funny premise. That's it.
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If Hollywood is down to remaking this garbage then they are in worse creative shape than I could have ever imagined.
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This movie is probably the silliest of silly movie premises. It would be quite ballsy for Hollywood to tackle it with seriousness. It would be ever more awesom if they could get a well-respected actor to emote and maybe even elicit tears from the audience.
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Pencil her in, Hollywood.
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...let him go as weird and off kilter as he fucking wants, and then see what happens. What's the worst that could happen? A bad Killer Tomatoes movie? How ever would the world survive...
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It's a great movie! On par with AIRPLANE! Unfortunately it came before ZAZ and people weren't prepared for this.
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Mar 11, 2008 8:40:42 AM CDT
And why are people still thinking that it's "serious"?
by derlanghaarige
I hear from so many people (who obviously never saw it) that they think it's something like "Kingdom Of The Ants", a serious SciFi-Horror-movie that horribly went wrong!
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We need a $200 Mil budget to do this one up right. Stupid F's. What made the first so great was that there was no money. Great tongue in cheek mocking of a genre. NOTHING they can do to "update" or "restart" as they like to call it now, this is going to be any good. Just goes to show, Hollywood is OFFICALLY out of Ideas. I forgot how funny the credits were. Thanks for the reminder.
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We need a $200 Mil budget to do this one up right. Stupid F's. What made the first so great was that there was no money. Great tongue in cheek mocking of a genre. NOTHING they can do to "update" or "restart" as they like to call it now, this is going to be any good. Just goes to show, Hollywood is OFFICALLY out of Ideas. I forgot how funny the credits were. Thanks for the reminder.
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haters start a campaign? "Keep the Killer Tomatoes Organic!"
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Tomatoes in Name Only!!!
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Flames on Tomatoes!!!!
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... as a tomatoe! Ellen Page can be the female tomatoe!
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Good grief.
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That would be cool. But they would need a scene with the old version playing in the background- such a catchy tune!
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It's called Attack of the Killer fuckin' Tomatoes, people.
That's tomatoes. Killing people. -
Why don't they just remake "Rocky Horror" while they are remaking cult classics. If they want to remake a cult classic, let them take on "Death Race 2000" and have Carradine play President Frankenstein!
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they are remaking death race
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I recall reading that Adam Sandler was working on a remake of the Killer Tomatoes. This would be a perfect choice for Happy Madison. A Horror Comedy in the vein of Shaun of the Dead
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"You want to make love to me because I drive the Monster and wear this costume."
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But a Day of the Triffids remake, done very atmospheric-scary and gory, is just what the doctor ordered, I tells ya!
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Dr. Morrison: "He means fruits."
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"...there's a little Jap in the air."
Dr. Morrison: "He means nip." -
Tim Burton could do it, easily.
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You are right, sir. Thanks the correction!
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is what would get "fixed" in a remake.
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It's like remaking Citizen Cane, The God Father, Indiana Jones.
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My lone ticket. I love Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Not sure how this can be redone.
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I would def see this. Bring back Clooney
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HELLS YEAH!
I havent thought of that movie in a long time. Didnt it take place at a lighthouse? I remember watching it as a wee lad...ah, nostalgia...feels like....a warm hug...ahhhhhhhhh....um. What were we talking about?
Triffids!
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Doesn't 'get' camp.
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His role was tits. Just monotone all the way through. Eating cereal while the world around him goes to hell, and then selling out by promoting ATVs towards the end. Do it George. DO IT! ;D
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Finally a remake that makes a little bit of sense.
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M Night got there first.
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I don't think he won though.
I guess that means: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAPcagtoaMs -
How great is it when you have unexpected special effects while the camera is rolling? Amazingly, no one got hurt, so they just kept filming. It sure blew their budget, though.
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The money they used to make 10,000 bc could have made this, another toxic avenger AND money leftover for 2 more american ninja movies
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Oh God, please let that happen...
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That could actually use a remake.
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Or Pirates of the Paribbean? I can't tell...
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...under the force of it's own titanic lack of creativity and immense stupidity, Hollywood imploded in on itself like a dying star, sucking in every half assed film idea, stuck up talent agent and studio exec for light years around. Strangely, they weren't missed and for years after people wondered what exactly they needed them for in the first place.
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A clueless chef puts some Italian tomatoes into a salad spinner with Chinese cabbage, Spanish onion and African violet, and cranks that sucker till they fight.
It should go without saying that this will be directed by Paul Haggis. -
Mar 11, 2008 11:18:58 AM CDT
I never saw the movies, but I remember the cartoon series
by reel american hero
From when I was a kid, I was a big fan of that. I'm not sure how close it followed the movies though, I just remember the guy with the pilot goggles and the tomato chick who would turn into a tomato if she got wet...water poured on her I mean, it was a kid's show after all. And I remember the theme song, who could forget that. -
I'm hoping Gus Van Sant does a shot for shot remake...
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movies that suck?
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would be "expected to revolve around killer tomatoes"
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would be "expected to revolve around killer tomatoes"
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Let's remake "Manos The Hands of Fate", followed by the holiday favorite "Santa Claus Versus The Martians" while we're making cult classics.
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THIS PIE TASTES LIKE GRANDMA
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This movie was the pride of San Diego for a long time. I worked in theater with a lot of them. I see no reason to remake it, but I'm sure the creators will make some serious money.
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Tomatoes Eleven. Clooney, Pitt, Damon and the rest of the pack get splotched by big red juicies one by one.
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I think you'll find that Clooney was in the sequel, not the original. The bit with pitching ATVs was part of the script- they ran out of money and had to use product placement to generate revenue to complete the movie. It's so sad that I remember all of this about a movie I saw once, fifteen+ years ago.
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Of Hollywood running out of ideas. But that helicopter scene was good.....
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"Why not Remake "Night of the Comet" Instead?
That could actually use a remake."
PHILISTINE!!!! NO ONE CAN REPLACE CATHERINE MARY STEWART!!!
I hez spoken!
P.S. "Daddy would have gotten us uzi's..." -
But I don't know what's going on at Fox with it... I'd definitely have those Mighty Boosh guys in it, but I'd ditch that Gatchaman outfit. Sorry, too conspicuous. Plus, after the whole Phil Spector incident, they might have to change Swann as being a Simon Cowell-type character. Hopefully they won't set it on "American Idol"... -shudders-
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I haven't seen this movie in quite some time. Did you get the call letters of the radio station that was playing at the beginning of the movie?
Classic!!
I don't think a remake or reimaging will do the original any justice. -
Why not!
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No one has seen Ask A Ninja or cares? That's a pretty big deal for small web series creators to be hired to make a semi-major motion picture.
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it's just the way it has to be
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It would be a shame to waste all of those tomatoes while so many people go hungry. At last CGI can be justified.
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Directed and Produced by Michael Bay. AWESOME!
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...How do you remake this? Yes, it sucked, so theres room for improvement, but the whole intention of the film was to suck in the first place.
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Would be cool.
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yes!!
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Just as long as they don't try to make this serious AT ALL, or, conversely, don't try and go for the "Epic Movie" type of humor . . . ugh. The first really is gloriously shit-tastic, but this could easily be a horrible, horrible idea.
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can't be far behind....shoot them in the nose!
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i watched these as a kid and had some of the toys when they made the cartoon
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36NgK-vJc1M
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He should do this!
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...although they'll probably give it to Ang Lee who will explore the depths of the Tomato's soul and reveal its anger is simply a manifestation of it's jealously of toward carrots.
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"Killer Tomatoes in Space!". Seriously, they were considering it.
My first thought is, if this must be a remake, make it a parody of the current horror remake trends. Extra gore, unnecessary backstory, too dark to see anything... if not Rob Zombie, at least "Grindhouse" style. On the other hand, the reason the original still works so well today is that they didn't parody anything specific. It was just... funny.Man, I'm thinking about this way too hard. -
of humankind. biatches.
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How about Guillermo del Toro, Gus van Sant, Peter Jackson?
But the best choice would be Edgar Wright and co write with Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead)!!!! -
The!!!
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John Wayne Gacey?
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Period.
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perfect.
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Is Hollywood so out of ideas that they're remaking campy classics? Hey Hollywood, a big part of the charm of that flick was that these guys made a funny movie on a shoestring budget. Part of the humor came from that, ie, a giant tomato obviously built around a shopping cart. Don't remake this, you soulless assholes. It can never be as good as the original.
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"M. Dal Walton III, the force behind the remakes of "Day of the Dead" and "Terror Train," acquired the rights from Killer Tomato Entertainment and will produce." Oh God, no. Not that. The Day of the Dead remake was a fucking horrendous pustule on the sphincter of cinema.
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Mar 11, 2008 10:52:57 PM CDT
Directed by the Guy who made the Youtube "Ask A Ninja" Series
by thepilgrim
The camera doesn't even move in those "Ask A Ninja" clips. Weres the Visual Eye??? Hollywood felt this guy was perfect for the directing chair, based on the success of those damn tripodcast... I'm scared.
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Mar 11, 2008 11:02:19 PM CDT
mbeemer: Ashley Olsen would OWN Catherine Marie Stewart's part.
by c.k. lamoo
and Mary Kate could do Kelly Maroney. However, who could fill in for the immortal Robert Beltran, I don't know.
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Let'em remake that .. Couldn't do any worse than the original. By the way are they putting nipples on the tomatoes?
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It's gymnastics, it's karate, it's BOTH!!
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but I'll be DAMNED if that doesn't always have me on the floor laughing.
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it was called The Island and it was shit
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is what u mean
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Just no.
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I have a good pitch... it's set in a mythical land, around the time when a great mythical England sent their fattest stupidest people across the sea to slaughter hundreds of innocent Indians in a mythical America, and claim the land as their own. Lets call these fictional people 'yanks' for the sake of simplicity. Due to these 'yanks' total disregard for and abuse of the great English language, a number of victims of such lingustical blasphemy strike back... Nappys, (known as 'diapers' to these morons) come to life and start smearing themselves over people... Pavements (altered to 'sidewalks' by the cretins) begin to open up and swallow people whole... and the innocent fruit the Tomato (to-mah-toe) gets so offended at being re-labeled a TOMAYTO that they become murderous... hence the plot of the new 'Attack of the Killer Tomaytos' movie.
Fiction is great isn't it. -
So much anger in you. How's this for the great English language: fuck off.
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... telling someone to 'fuck off' on an attack of the killer tomatos talkback... lol....
and my film pitch was purely fictional... unless you know otherwise? -
I'm normally not the jingoistic type, but seriously fuck off, like your country has never done fucked up things (wherever the fuck you live)
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those two unfunny asswipes that do that stupid Ask A Ninja web thing. Did they only get 14 minutes ???
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My country... and the place I live are not the same.
I think my film pitch is very good.... almost believeable! -
"mbeemer: Ashley Olsen would OWN Catherine Marie Stewart's part.
and Mary Kate could do Kelly Maroney. However, who could fill in for the immortal Robert Beltran, I don't know."
BLASPHEMY!!! BLASPHEMY, I SAY!!!
Not that they couldn't play the parts, but NO ONE can match the bundle of adorable cuteness that was Catherine Mary Stewart in her prime!
You KNOW this to be true! -
steller job not responding
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Mar 12, 2008 8:39:34 PM CDT
Someone's remaking "Killer Tomatoes"! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!
by mrmysteryguest
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they said they love my script, but unfortunately its too similar to a currently in production documentary about the birth of America. What a pity.
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Where do you live and what is your country of origin if you don't mind me asking? I would just like to know where your hate of America and all us "dumb" Yanks is coming from. I realize that you trash America in other threads, but it seems like you tend to blame the U.S. for all of the world's problems. Does the U.S. fuck up things? Of course, no different than other countries. Do they let other countries drown in their own problems and not lift a finger to help them? Yes, as do other countries. Do I have a big problem with Bush? You damn right I do. So please, tell me where you are from. Is your country 'perfect' and does it do the right thing for the world? There's this thing called governments that tend to fuck things up, no matter which country's government we are talking about. No government gets a free pass.
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