@RUTGERS.ARPA:DP0N@CMU-CS-A.ARPA (01/17/85)
From: Don.Provan@CMU-CS-A Saying that "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" is the worst SF movie ever made is a bit like saying "Airplane" is the worst disaster film ever made. "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" is a *spoof*, and pretty damn funny one, too. "The Wizard of Mars" and "Plan 9 from Outer Space" are funny because they're so bad, not because they try to be funny. "Attack" is an entirely animal.
@RUTGERS.ARPA,@MIT-MC:MDC.JANICE@MIT-OZ (04/15/85)
From: Janice <MDC.JANICE%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA> I can't believe this cropped up on a worst sf movie list again. It was a JOKE, people -- a hack on the typical monster movie. Come on, already. It wasn't the funniest movie ever made, but it did have its moments. Janice -------
ph@wudma.UUCP (04/20/85)
> I can't believe this cropped up on a worst sf movie list again. It > was a JOKE, people -- a hack on the typical monster movie. Come on, > already. It wasn't the funniest movie ever made, but it did have its > moments. > > Janice As I understand it there are TWO "Attack of the Killer Tomatos" movies; one made in the fifties which was more or less serious (so I hear--I've never seen it), and one made during the seventies which was definitely parody. Probably the one being nominated was the older one. --pH /* * "Pardon me for breathing, which I don't do anyway so I don't * know why I bother apologising for it, oh GOD I'm so depressed." */
goldman@umn-cs.UUCP (Matthew D. Goldman ) (04/23/85)
I loved it!
@RUTGERS.ARPA:boyajian%akov68.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (05/11/85)
From: boyajian%akov68.DEC@decwrl.ARPA [Catching up on old SFL's...] > From: wudma!ph@topaz.arpa > As I understand it there are TWO "Attack of the Killer Tomatos" > movies; one made in the fifties which was more or less serious (so I > hear--I've never seen it), and one made during the seventies which > was definitely parody. Probably the one being nominated was the > older one. What you understand is utter hogwash. There is only *one* AotKT, and it is definitely a parody. There is a scene in it in which a Japanese scientist talks, with a bland American voice on the soundtrack and the lip-sync totally off. I can't believe that anyone could see this and think that the movie was trying to be serious. On the other hand, despite that fact that it is a parody, AotKT is a very poorly-made film, and probably deserves to be put on a bad-film list. It's still a scream to watch though. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...} !decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA <"Filmography is my pastime">