Attack of the Pointless Remakes
When I read in The Hollywood Reporter last night that the fools behind YouTube sensation Ask a Ninja were planning on remaking Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, I was going to make jokes about it, but really the joke speaks for itself.
The original was an intentional cult movie; an unfunny spoof of bad ’50s sci-fi that are already funny by themselves. The fact that Tomatoes actually succeeded at becoming something of a cult says more about audiences than it says about the movie itself.
If anyone can come up with a single compelling reason why this thing needs a remake that doesn’t involve greed and a bankruptcy of creativity, please let me know.
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(wind blowing, tumbleweed rolls by…)
Yeah, got nothing. Bankruptcy of creativity it is.
I have no idea what Attack of the Killer Tomatoes even is. Shame on me. Most remakes suck anyway.
The title says it all, Nick.
Because you can’t get people to watch a 80-minute long static shot of a guy in a black mask?
Nick, you’re not missing anything.
Jeff, sometimes I wonder.
Wow, I really need to see Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
Here I’ve been wasting my life on Mizoguchi and Truffaut!
It’s worth seeing, once.
I confess, I tried to watch Tomatoes once and took the life’s too short approach about half-way through.
Had it not become a pop-cultural reference, I don’t think it would be worth seeing even once.
“The original was an intentional cult movie; an unfunny spoof of bad ’50s sci-fi that are already funny by themselves.”
Perfect summation.
That tomato was rotten.
The best thing about seeing AOTKT in a theater was the trailer for HALLOWEEN.
I think it’s worth seeing. It’s about mutant killer tomatoes. It’s funny if only for that.