TOMATO IN THE FACE

HITTING IN YOUR FACE NOW!

TOMATO IN THE FACE!

Julio: Terry's long time, childhood best friend. He is the Little Havana Surf Club three time world champion. He goes to Pablo JR's School for the Gifted and he just got back from karate practice. It was totally invigorating.

The Hanzinator: He plays one mean game of cards. He's been Terry's main friend since middle school.

Nicole: Terry's bodacious girlfriend that kicks the crap out of him.

CatSip: What's the taste that all kitties love? It's CatSip! CatSip is delicious CatSip is fun! Let your kitty drink CatSip because it's delicious! Mmmmm CatSip! Delicious!!

Nunchaku Student: He used to live in Terry's apartment 50 years ago, he also never locked his door so people would just walk right on in! One time his psycho-bitch girlfriend (who hates Betty) came in and SHOT him! He now haunts Terry's Apartment with his long time best friend, The Necromancer.

"Makes you want to do drugs,
to see this crazy world DJ Hadoken lives in"
RockRanger

"It's not so much the original idea of the movie, more like a crack addict's reimagination of it"
BlindPanzer

Tomato in the Face is the fourth installment in RIA's movie series. The first being Ninja Gaiden, followed by the yet to be released Cosmic Battle of the Ages, and finally Army of Marxists at number three. As some may know, Army of Marxists was created for a college assignment, though, while still meeting the requirements, the concept just went over the heads of all the other students in the class. The evil professor was not pleased, and the following semester assigned a new movie project to the class, this time basically telling our group "YOU BETTER NOT PULL ANOTHER ARMY OF MARXISTS OFF" so we ended up producing a more down to earth, typical,
school movie!

The assignment was to illustrate stereotypical gender roles, like, for example, a girl constantly trying to lose weight in order to look like the "ideal" women in magazines and on TV. We chose to illustrate reverse gender roles within a relationship, the idea that the woman is the person who does the beating. Of course, nobody will believe the male if he claims that his girlfriend is beating him up, but the first time he tries to defend himself and hits back, he gets sent to jail.

So while we moaned and groaned through the planning, we decided we'd at least RIA-fy the end, which is where the title of the movie comes in. In essense, the whole point of the original movie is simply to build up...something...for the very end. Nothing else matters!

The movie was completed, submitted to the class, and although it wasn't the usual RIA material, the students in the classroom enjoyed it more than they did Army of Marxists. They still couldn't understand the end, however.

And then there was Tomato in the Face Redux. An effort by BlindPanzer to save
Tomato in the Face, it started out strong, though only two rough clips were produced and was never completed. It did set the gears in motion for what was to come, however.

And then DJ Hadoken got a new camera. Inspired by Tomato in the Face Redux, he scrapped the old project files and recaptured the raw footage of the film. He set out to make Tomato in the Face what it should have been, what was intended to be done from the beginning. He threw out the boring footage, and dug up the long lost CatSip footage, along with the infamous answering machine message. The Necromancer regained his voice and the true insanity of Terry's mind was finally brought to light. The consequences of leaving your apartment door unlocked were also further emphasized. The extra beat-up scenes that DJ Hadoken had to leave out of the original were brought back.

RIA's followers in RIA Cult also aided in the effort by submitting their own insane public message to spread the word of their cause. Their new golden idols, Antonio and Antonio's Friend have made an appearance.

Tomato in the Face Director's Cut was born.