Hello Macaw45! I Just returned from vacation to find a big jump in my number of subscribers and people keep telling me I have you to thank! Thank you so much for sharing my little corner of the internet to your viewers!
I must say, I chuckled when I saw the headline for this video and thought, "Okay, we must be running out of ideas if we're desperate enough to cover the freaking tomato plant." But I was surprised at how it turned into an exploration of Waterworld's vegetation and nutrition, and I was even more surprised to learn that the tree at the Atoll actually has gravestones; I never saw those before! And the fact that Universal licensed a freaking tomato pot is hilarious; they were really trying to outdo Star Wars when it came to merchandising everything imaginable! If you ever really do run out of ideas of stuff to cover, here are some suggestions! "Everything we know about the Mariner's rearview mirror that he offers to the boys at the atoll if they don't steal his stuff" "Everything we know about the Deacon's miniature golf set" "Everything we know about the store shelves the Mariner bought" "Everything we know about Smeat" "Everything we know about the skeletons of Enola's parents"
Haha! Yeah, I too was surprised when I got an entire video out of the tomato plant! Thank you for the suggestions for future video topics. I actually really love the idea of doing a video on SMEAT!
The mini tomato pot is friggin awesome. You don't get promo-merch like that these days. You win 2nd place in my obscure movie items book. 1st place going to an original Dune (1984). Very obscure Feyd Rautha action figure that actually came with the accessory cat/rat experiment vaccination cage. What could beat that!? 😆🤘
Tomatoes are fascinating plants. The seeds can survive the digestive system, and even the waste water treatment facility. Last year there was a big drought in Europe, and the river Rhine was almost dried up. On the now exposed river bed there grew tomato plants everywhere. The seeds got washed in the river after waste water treatment, and were able to survive there for months or even years.
"well... maybe he has some FOOD!!!!!!!!!" LOL the extended cut gladly explains where THAT came from. poor helen and Enola wanted some of that tomato. and hearing her scream food at the mariner cracks me up every time! 😆
It could be possible that the scenes where the smokers took the fruits from the great tree. Could be possibly be breadfruit. As that particular fruit as much as mangoes 🥭 and coconuts were amongst the most common in atoll and islands hopping. Though fertile drain able soil is ideal for growing these fruits. The can survive and thrive in sandy/somewhat salty soils which is perfect for a floating atoll as such in your presentation. But those are just my two cents on the subject matter at hand.
Aww yes! I am looking at images of breadfruit now and it's a near perfect match to the mystery fruit in the film! Thank you for this insightful comment MAH79!
Wow! Referencing the POGS! I'm always amazed that people still remember those things! I literally had to watch this to see how much material you found on such a small point in the film. Awesome job!
Beautiful video as usual. I'll be proud to tell my friends I watched a video on the lone tomato plant from Waterworld. That reveal at the end was pretty awesome too. Thanks for sharing your passion for the minutia of this great film.
Incidentally, every part of the tomato plant except the fruit is poisonous, so eating the leaves is not only counterproductive, as the Marine basically killed his rare and expensive plant by doing so, he also made himself sick in the process.
@@Swindle1984 Thanks Swindle! UA-cam Studios makes it pretty easy to check out all the comment activity on the channel in one place. I love reading everyones thoughts (besides the mean ones that specifically target me), and really I feel that chatting in the comments with other fans is the payoff to creating these videos!
Haha, yeah, I think this is one of my favorite videos on the channel. When I found out there was an official waterworld promotional tomato plant, I knew I needed to do an entire video on the subject!
Out of the 1000+ times I've been to the waterworld stunt show, I have never seen the plant presented as it is here. I don't recall it at all, but if I've ever seen it, it was in gregors tower entrance.
Wow! You have been to the stunt show 1000+ times?!?! I took that picture if the tomato plant in the show's arena in December of 2019. It was sitting next to where the seaplane lands. I am unsure if it's still there today.
I swear in a bit of the movie right before he drops the girl in the water because she says "i'm not afraid of you" he's chewing on the leaves one after another which is where all the leaves went, I remember this because I googled if you can eat tomato plant leaves and you can't the solimine in them makes them toxic
Interesting! I just Googled if you can eat tomato leaves, and it seems there is a bit of a debate on whether that's safe or not. It looks like most sources say that's safe, contrary to popular belief.
Really?! Feel free to share your diorama project with me on instagram or via email (links to both can be found in the "about" tab on my channel). I would love to check it out!
@@TheAtoll will do! Just a third left to do on the shuttle bay one I’m working on currently so then reference shots to go. I’m thinking a spot on atoll
Great video, it’s fantastic how you can make a video about a detail of the movie! What do you think a video about the wild animals of Dryland, I mean the wild horses and the seagull and why not other animals. Another video about the people who lived on Dryland, how they came on it before the land would have been submerged. Theoretically there should have been many other people on Dryland because they knew the earth would be submerged by water. Thanks again for your work!!
Thanks for checking out the videos! Yes, I have had several requests to do a video on Dryland and it is on my list! I just don't want to get to repetitive here on the channel, because I have covered quite a bit about Dryland in the videos on The Great Deluge and Enola's Tattoo. But you bring up a great point about uncovering more about the people that lived on Dryland before the arrival of the Mariner and his companions, even if most of that would be "fan theory".
I've always wondered what the side of the planter actually reads. Was it something from a ship with what I believe to be old cork floats? Or some old industrial relic? Also, I've always wondered what the netting over the 'dirt' was. Perhaps for water conservation, to help keep the smell...down, or maybe to protect it from the salt of the ocean? With how excited they were for 'real dirt' that pot surely smells...uh...interesting. The scent of shit and fish guts mixed with the headiness of salt maybe? In addition when I saw him yank it out of the ocean by it's stem I was very certain it wasn't real. Nice to have that confirmed.
Wow, that's a lot of good points Blake! I too tried to see what the side of the planter says, but could not quite make it out. And, yes, that is an interesting observation about the netting on the dirt jar. Got to keep that aroma nice a fresh!
The tomato plant at Universal probably isn't the one from the movie since tomato plants don't live more than 5 years, but you never know it may be a descendent of the original plant :)
Yeah, I don't believe the one at the stunt show is the same as in the film, and it's definitely a fake plant. I didn't know real tomato plants could live 5 years!
I have always enjoyed all the videos on this channel but haven't commented before, but now that China is being mentioned I can speak out- in a good way. I have only been to Universal Studios here once, but want to go back when the weather gets better. I looked through my pictures, which most of them were from Waterworld, and didn't see any tomato plants. I will look harder next time and update my progress if I find anything! By the way, I saw Waterworld when it was in theaters and that movie changed my life, both with my obsession of end of the world scenarios but also for sailing. Too bad I can't find a trimaran on craigslist, but my hobiecat is close enough for me!
Aw yes, Hobiecats are fun! Thank you for confirming that their is no tomato plant at Universal Studios Beijing. Perhaps they will add it some day. It is a very pivotal part of the lore! Haha!
@@TheAtoll maybe you could go back for a masters in film history or something, you’d write a bomb thesis about about waterworld I’m sure of it :), but you’re doing a perfect job as an historian for the film nonetheless
So, if he traded dirt for chits, and purchased the tomatoe plant, what substrate is the plant growing in?cant be dirt, or wouldnt it have cost him all his chits and then some if you compare thebsize of the pot and the amouny of dirt he traded. Add the value of the plant, he woukdnt have had enough for it?
Haha, yeah, I have thought about this before too. I guess whatever the "dirt" the tomato plant is planted in must not be very "pure", probably from the pool of sludge in the organon barge.
Fun fact about water world food . The smeat that we see is also in dawn of the dead (2004) . Its on the shelf in lunas room as we pan through . Edit i just found out its in The walking dead and supernatural .
@@TheAtoll Very cool, not only is the channel awesome but you're really good at what you do. I'm constantly learning something new and as far as the narration goes you keep us wanting for more it's just very well done bro. Keep up the good work my friend! I was talking to somebody at the Pittsburgh Comic-Con not too long ago and we were discussing how your channel is very underrated. Honestly it's groundbreaking I think how you take everything and how you do the videos the simplicity but the hard work is just great 👍
Since they probably gave out only a limited number of the promotional mini tomato planter, that is a very unique find. I'm now curious if anyone ever grew tomatoes from one.🍅
Your ability to dredge up so much interesting information from the deepest depths of Waterworld never ceases to amaze. Congrats on the heretofore unknown tomato pot. That's gotta be the Holy Grail of Waterworld collectibles!
the fruit on the tree looks like mangos, but kinda like with the "tomato tree" the plant they're "growing" on looks wrong. also interesting that the variety of tomato doesn't seem to matter... in the movie it's a cherry tomato, though the plant is clearly more stalky than a cherry tomato plant. the one at the stunt show seems to just be a beefsteak or something similar and the collectable claims to be "Rutgers" which is kinda in-between the 2 but definitely a larger variety than the one in the movie. tho from what I can tell Rutgers tomato seeds are still available if you want to grow them.
In universe, it's all of their biological waste which can be be composted into something that their plants can grew in. In terms of film production, it was a combination of food thicker and saw dust. I think I talk about all this in my video specifically on the Atoll set.
I have gotten this request a few times, and I think a very good suggestion for a video. The only issue is that I have absolutely no knowledge of firearms, so I feel like I'm not very qualified to talk on the subject.
I just wanted you to know, that i hated tomatoes before i saw waterworld and then changed my mind about them because of this silly wonderful movie. It remains to this day a prime example of how powerful storytelling can change minds.
That guy ate the leaves off a tomato plant...... and survived?! Tomsto plant leaves are toxic! The plant itself is a type of nightshade! That's why people used to think the fruit was poisonous.
Kind of escapist fantasy since no-one really needs any food or water, no-one dies who isn't supposed to die, no-one really suffers, they have the entire planet to themselves.
What I never could figure out was he paid/ traids dirt for chits, he then buys everything including the tomatoe 🍅 plant. Wtf was in the tomatoe bucket 🪣? DIRT! He got just as much dirt back as he traids for. The money not balance out...
Haha, yeah, I have thought about this before too. I guess whatever the "dirt" the tomato plant is planted in must not be very "pure", probably from the pool of sludge in the organon barge.
What’s exactly are the chits he uses for trading? Also I really love your channel, you’ve answered so many questions I’ve had. I wish we had a greater Waterworld universe to get story from.
Glad you are enjoying the channel! I am not sure exactly what chit are made of, but in one of my past collecting videos, I do show off some chit promotional keychains that came out around the 1995 release of the film. Haha, they are made of plastic! Hopefully we get that TV/Streaming show that was announced last year so that we have much more Waterworld to talk about!!!
those fruits remind me of either coconuts before the outside is stripped from them or mangoes. But the tree is wrong for coconuts and looks a bit warped to be mango. Then again that is an OLD tree and probably not growing in ideal conditions. Has the right leaves for mango (albeit a bit too large), the fruit is almost the right shape and the color looks about right. www.palmtalk.org/forum/uploads/post-1786-078198900%201313008909.jpg
Yes, totally! Mutant mangos was my first hunch as well. Other people in the comments have suggested Breadfruit, which I think does look quite accurate too.
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In the original Spirt the atolls and other settlements are using kelp as a staple crop and they even use kelp to brew alcohol as kelp cider.
Oh I do remember that now that you mentioned it! I should have put that in the video. I am gland you brought up here in the comments!
I am also gland you brought up that part of the spirt.
Wow I bet that's bitter af. But booze helps people in a stressful way if life.
@@TheAtollMaybe you could make a video about the food and booze of waterworld
That mini tomato plant has to be the holy grail of waterworld memorabilia!
Dude, I love it so much!
This youtube channel is the most ultimate youtube channel
Hello Macaw45! I Just returned from vacation to find a big jump in my number of subscribers and people keep telling me I have you to thank! Thank you so much for sharing my little corner of the internet to your viewers!
I must say, I chuckled when I saw the headline for this video and thought, "Okay, we must be running out of ideas if we're desperate enough to cover the freaking tomato plant." But I was surprised at how it turned into an exploration of Waterworld's vegetation and nutrition, and I was even more surprised to learn that the tree at the Atoll actually has gravestones; I never saw those before! And the fact that Universal licensed a freaking tomato pot is hilarious; they were really trying to outdo Star Wars when it came to merchandising everything imaginable!
If you ever really do run out of ideas of stuff to cover, here are some suggestions!
"Everything we know about the Mariner's rearview mirror that he offers to the boys at the atoll if they don't steal his stuff"
"Everything we know about the Deacon's miniature golf set"
"Everything we know about the store shelves the Mariner bought"
"Everything we know about Smeat"
"Everything we know about the skeletons of Enola's parents"
Haha! Yeah, I too was surprised when I got an entire video out of the tomato plant!
Thank you for the suggestions for future video topics. I actually really love the idea of doing a video on SMEAT!
I can't believe there was an actual promotional tomato plant and I love that you have one!
Haha, me either Jamie! Pretty darn ridiculous!
The mini tomato pot is friggin awesome. You don't get promo-merch like that these days.
You win 2nd place in my obscure movie items book.
1st place going to an original Dune (1984). Very obscure Feyd Rautha action figure that actually came with the accessory cat/rat experiment vaccination cage.
What could beat that!? 😆🤘
Tomatoes are fascinating plants. The seeds can survive the digestive system, and even the waste water treatment facility. Last year there was a big drought in Europe, and the river Rhine was almost dried up. On the now exposed river bed there grew tomato plants everywhere. The seeds got washed in the river after waste water treatment, and were able to survive there for months or even years.
Man, what an interesting comment! You make me wonder if I should have planted the seeds in my promotional planter. They probably would have sprouted!
It would be fun y if the Mariner was aware of that and his intention was to…. properly fertilise the seeds.
"well... maybe he has some FOOD!!!!!!!!!"
LOL the extended cut gladly explains where THAT came from. poor helen and Enola wanted some of that tomato. and hearing her scream food at the mariner cracks me up every time! 😆
It's quite the line delivery!!! Tripplehorn is "chewing the scenery" during the whole tomato eating scene!!!
Just wow .. Great work . I'm amazed you were able to find the Promotional Tomato planter. Super Rare find .
Haha! Yes, the planter was something I have been chasing for years! So glad to finally have it in my collection!
@@TheAtoll How you found it, is another story for another time...
It's actually refreshing to see someone genuinely so pumped about something I've never truly thought about.
Keep it up man.
Thank you for sparkiegizmo! Reading this comment really made my day!
It could be possible that the scenes where the smokers took the fruits from the great tree. Could be possibly be breadfruit. As that particular fruit as much as mangoes 🥭 and coconuts were amongst the most common in atoll and islands hopping. Though fertile drain able soil is ideal for growing these fruits. The can survive and thrive in sandy/somewhat salty soils which is perfect for a floating atoll as such in your presentation. But those are just my two cents on the subject matter at hand.
Aww yes! I am looking at images of breadfruit now and it's a near perfect match to the mystery fruit in the film! Thank you for this insightful comment MAH79!
I too thought it was breadfruit
Life pro tip- find yourself someone who looks at you the way this guy looks at tomato plants and you will be happy.
Hahaha!!!
The tomato plant is the best character.
I can't disagree.
Wow! Referencing the POGS! I'm always amazed that people still remember those things!
I literally had to watch this to see how much material you found on such a small point in the film. Awesome job!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for checking out the video!
I used to love pogs lol I used to collect and sell slammers when I was 12 lol
This channel is my new obsession.
Haha, thanks TrippleBeem! Glad you're enjoying this odd little corner of the internet!
I just watched a 17 minute video on a tomato plant and I enjoyed it good job my guy
Haha! Thank you for checking it out!
Beautiful video as usual. I'll be proud to tell my friends I watched a video on the lone tomato plant from Waterworld. That reveal at the end was pretty awesome too. Thanks for sharing your passion for the minutia of this great film.
My pleasure!!! Thanks for continuing to watch Doe Joe!!!
I’m not even a big fan of the movies but this channel, the quality and dedication to the lore has made me a subscriber
That's very nice to hear! Thank you for your subscription!
Incidentally, every part of the tomato plant except the fruit is poisonous, so eating the leaves is not only counterproductive, as the Marine basically killed his rare and expensive plant by doing so, he also made himself sick in the process.
HAHA, I always thought the leaf eating scene was so strange, and now with this context, it's just that much stranger! Thanks Swindle, great comment!
@@TheAtoll The fact you check for new comments on videos that are this old is almost as awesome as the work you do researching everything Waterworld.
@@Swindle1984 Thanks Swindle! UA-cam Studios makes it pretty easy to check out all the comment activity on the channel in one place. I love reading everyones thoughts (besides the mean ones that specifically target me), and really I feel that chatting in the comments with other fans is the payoff to creating these videos!
This channel is a masterpiece
I watched every one of your vids in a single day
Thank you so much, that means the world to me!
I didn't realize there was so much lore surrounding a simple tomato plant. Nice tomato plant collectible by the way!
Haha, yeah, I think this is one of my favorite videos on the channel. When I found out there was an official waterworld promotional tomato plant, I knew I needed to do an entire video on the subject!
Out of the 1000+ times I've been to the waterworld stunt show, I have never seen the plant presented as it is here. I don't recall it at all, but if I've ever seen it, it was in gregors tower entrance.
Wow! You have been to the stunt show 1000+ times?!?! I took that picture if the tomato plant in the show's arena in December of 2019. It was sitting next to where the seaplane lands. I am unsure if it's still there today.
7:04 PAYYYPERRR (ever since I watched this back in the theater, I've been saying it like this ever since. No one ever gets the reference)
Haha! Yep! I can't say "paper" any other way!
I’ve always liked the pots the plants were in. Very unique look
Yeah, totally. They seem perfectly built for Waterworld.
its really cool you show this much love towards a movie i never paid much attention too. im even going to rewatch lol
Haha, I am so glad you left this comment on my tomato plant video! I hope you enjoy your re-watch!
Wow man I can’t believe you managed to find the pot! Great video. The definition of a “deep dive!”
Hey Dan! Thanks for checking out the video. Yes, we just keep diving deeper and deeper! Who knows where the bottom is??!!?? Haha
I swear in a bit of the movie right before he drops the girl in the water because she says "i'm not afraid of you" he's chewing on the leaves one after another which is where all the leaves went, I remember this because I googled if you can eat tomato plant leaves and you can't the solimine in them makes them toxic
Interesting! I just Googled if you can eat tomato leaves, and it seems there is a bit of a debate on whether that's safe or not. It looks like most sources say that's safe, contrary to popular belief.
Can't believe there was actually a miniature tomato plant release. What about the music box? Did they do that too?
Haha! Hey, who knows. This film has some really bizarre merchandise!
Laughed out loud at the reveal at the end, awesome
Haha! Yes, I am glad to hear! That was the intended reaction!
this is a great video and your research is very thorough!
Hey thanks Jake! Glad you enjoyed the vid!
Awesome content - very impressive, very thorough
Much appreciated! Glad you like it!
12:15 oooh my God! Pogs! That took me back to middle school!
The Pogs! Haha, yeah, I actually made an entire video on the Waterworld pogs and trading cards last year if you want a deeper dive!
Fantastic!!!! 👍👍👍👍
A pretty silly video! Glad you enjoyed it!
This is my favourite UA-cam channel and has inspired me to maybe make a diorama
Really?! Feel free to share your diorama project with me on instagram or via email (links to both can be found in the "about" tab on my channel). I would love to check it out!
@@TheAtoll will do! Just a third left to do on the shuttle bay one I’m working on currently so then reference shots to go. I’m thinking a spot on atoll
Great video, it’s fantastic how you can make a video about a detail of the movie! What do you think a video about the wild animals of Dryland, I mean the wild horses and the seagull and why not other animals. Another video about the people who lived on Dryland, how they came on it before the land would have been submerged. Theoretically there should have been many other people on Dryland because they knew the earth would be submerged by water. Thanks again for your work!!
Thanks for checking out the videos! Yes, I have had several requests to do a video on Dryland and it is on my list! I just don't want to get to repetitive here on the channel, because I have covered quite a bit about Dryland in the videos on The Great Deluge and Enola's Tattoo. But you bring up a great point about uncovering more about the people that lived on Dryland before the arrival of the Mariner and his companions, even if most of that would be "fan theory".
All I can is wow. I thought I was a geek. Perspective.
Hey, gota have your hobbies!
I've always wondered what the side of the planter actually reads. Was it something from a ship with what I believe to be old cork floats? Or some old industrial relic? Also, I've always wondered what the netting over the 'dirt' was. Perhaps for water conservation, to help keep the smell...down, or maybe to protect it from the salt of the ocean? With how excited they were for 'real dirt' that pot surely smells...uh...interesting. The scent of shit and fish guts mixed with the headiness of salt maybe? In addition when I saw him yank it out of the ocean by it's stem I was very certain it wasn't real. Nice to have that confirmed.
Wow, that's a lot of good points Blake! I too tried to see what the side of the planter says, but could not quite make it out. And, yes, that is an interesting observation about the netting on the dirt jar. Got to keep that aroma nice a fresh!
Amazing video! You keep bringing things up that I wouldn't have even thought of, like the lime tree and scurvy! Keep it up man!
Thanks a ton Loogi! I'll keep making them if you keep watching them!
@@TheAtoll you know it!!!
The tomato plant at Universal probably isn't the one from the movie since tomato plants don't live more than 5 years, but you never know it may be a descendent of the original plant :)
Yeah, I don't believe the one at the stunt show is the same as in the film, and it's definitely a fake plant. I didn't know real tomato plants could live 5 years!
Wow great video as always Atoll! Thank you for all your hard work. Keep em coming brother!
Thanks, will do!
I have always enjoyed all the videos on this channel but haven't commented before, but now that China is being mentioned I can speak out- in a good way. I have only been to Universal Studios here once, but want to go back when the weather gets better. I looked through my pictures, which most of them were from Waterworld, and didn't see any tomato plants. I will look harder next time and update my progress if I find anything! By the way, I saw Waterworld when it was in theaters and that movie changed my life, both with my obsession of end of the world scenarios but also for sailing. Too bad I can't find a trimaran on craigslist, but my hobiecat is close enough for me!
Aw yes, Hobiecats are fun! Thank you for confirming that their is no tomato plant at Universal Studios Beijing. Perhaps they will add it some day. It is a very pivotal part of the lore! Haha!
@@TheAtoll I can't completely confirm at this time, next time I go there I will do some investigation for your channel to get a solid answer!
I always saw the Atolls tree as an old mango tree. Its a source of that important Vitamin C too!
Awww, good thinking Craby!!! Now that you mention it, those do look like mangos. I didn't realize mango fruits could get so large!!!
@@TheAtoll There must be something in the water!
Dude you are fantastic at research, you should be a scientist
Haha! I guess it's too bad I went to film school!
@@TheAtoll maybe you could go back for a masters in film history or something, you’d write a bomb thesis about about waterworld I’m sure of it :), but you’re doing a perfect job as an historian for the film nonetheless
So, if he traded dirt for chits, and purchased the tomatoe plant, what substrate is the plant growing in?cant be dirt, or wouldnt it have cost him all his chits and then some if you compare thebsize of the pot and the amouny of dirt he traded. Add the value of the plant, he woukdnt have had enough for it?
Haha, yeah, I have thought about this before too. I guess whatever the "dirt" the tomato plant is planted in must not be very "pure", probably from the pool of sludge in the organon barge.
6:20 - they will reappear - you know how and where 😅
Hahaha, can't get rid of them!
Fun fact about water world food . The smeat that we see is also in dawn of the dead (2004) . Its on the shelf in lunas room as we pan through . Edit i just found out its in The walking dead and supernatural .
Haha, wow! That prop gets around!
I wish somebody would look at me the way you look at your Waterworld collection lol. That little tomato plant though is pretty badass.
Yeah, I love that little tomato planter! Truly my favorite piece in the collection!
@@TheAtoll Very cool, not only is the channel awesome but you're really good at what you do. I'm constantly learning something new and as far as the narration goes you keep us wanting for more it's just very well done bro. Keep up the good work my friend! I was talking to somebody at the Pittsburgh Comic-Con not too long ago and we were discussing how your channel is very underrated. Honestly it's groundbreaking I think how you take everything and how you do the videos the simplicity but the hard work is just great 👍
Who would have thought, that there was a mini tomato plant form the movie?
Yeah, such a bizarre collectable!
Since they probably gave out only a limited number of the promotional mini tomato planter, that is a very unique find. I'm now curious if anyone ever grew tomatoes from one.🍅
Haha, yeah you have to wonder! I betcha someone did, and I hope they ate the tomato they grew with a knife!
I'm so glad this channel exists. Glad to know all us Hydroholics can meet! Always look forward to these brother! Back to the Deez!
Haha! Thanks for coming through T Bird! See you in the next one!
Your ability to dredge up so much interesting information from the deepest depths of Waterworld never ceases to amaze.
Congrats on the heretofore unknown tomato pot. That's gotta be the Holy Grail of Waterworld collectibles!
Yes, it is a collectible I have been chasing for a long time! So glad to have it in my collection now!
Regarding the fruit tree, I think there are three possibilities. Jackfruit, soursop or breadfruit.
My guess is: breadfruit
Yes, totally! Upon further research, I believe it to be breadfruit. Which I still have never seen in person!
The holy grail of the merchandise is the Prototype Helen
Oh yes it is! More on that in a future video....
@@TheAtoll Looking forward to it....amazing channel
So... how does the pollination work?
Wow! Actually, an excellent question.
the fruit on the tree looks like mangos, but kinda like with the "tomato tree" the plant they're "growing" on looks wrong.
also interesting that the variety of tomato doesn't seem to matter... in the movie it's a cherry tomato, though the plant is clearly more stalky than a cherry tomato plant. the one at the stunt show seems to just be a beefsteak or something similar and the collectable claims to be "Rutgers" which is kinda in-between the 2 but definitely a larger variety than the one in the movie.
tho from what I can tell Rutgers tomato seeds are still available if you want to grow them.
Good to know!
What was the sludge they were putting the dead body in
In universe, it's all of their biological waste which can be be composted into something that their plants can grew in. In terms of film production, it was a combination of food thicker and saw dust. I think I talk about all this in my video specifically on the Atoll set.
10:14 These fruits awfully look like avocados. Perhaps they are avocados and not some kind of mutation...
Haha, good point! I'd like to see avocados with gills and webbed feet too!
You know I see the plant at waterworld a live sea war spectacle at universal studios Hollywood
Heck yeah! Glad to hear someone else also spotted it!!!
@@TheAtoll thanks
can you do about waterworld guns
I have gotten this request a few times, and I think a very good suggestion for a video. The only issue is that I have absolutely no knowledge of firearms, so I feel like I'm not very qualified to talk on the subject.
I just wanted you to know, that i hated tomatoes before i saw waterworld and then changed my mind about them because of this silly wonderful movie. It remains to this day a prime example of how powerful storytelling can change minds.
Wow! What great story! I would have never expected a comment like this when I made this deep dive for the channel. Thanks for sharing!
That guy ate the leaves off a tomato plant...... and survived?! Tomsto plant leaves are toxic! The plant itself is a type of nightshade! That's why people used to think the fruit was poisonous.
Hmm, intresting. I looked up if tomato leaves are poisonous to humans, and it appears that they are not. Perhaps it's certain verities that are toxic?
@@TheAtoll Huh.... Really? Ok, I just looked it up too. Oh. I got it mixed up with *potato* plant leaves. XD THOSE are toxic.
@@TheAtollstill, better safe than sorry and don't eat tomato leaves, just in case.
I always liked the lime tree...
I really did not appreciate this movie enough.
HahA, I love that you left this comment on my tomato plant video! Yeah, there is a lot of great details and world building in waterworld!
F for the tomato character.
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The old growth fruit tree kinda looks like a jackfruit
Yes, I just looked up some images of jackfruit and totally agree!
Just try to get the same kind of tomato seeds and get the waterworld tomato plant growing experience! :-D
True enough!!! I was going to try growing some tomatoes this spring!!!
You should grow an actual tomato plant next to youe water world collection lol
I think that's a great idea! I should have thought of that myself.
it's not a tomaato plant it's a tomaarto plant
Funny thumbnail
Haha, yeah, thanks!
Cool
Haha, this is still one of my favorite videos on the channel!
@@TheAtoll It gives me some good screenshots for a possible Wasteland project
You would think he would have saved the seeds
Haha, you know what, that also bothered me!
Bet they had some dope weed strains
Haha! Yeah, we would hope!!!
best UA-cam content
Hey, Thanks so much SSkotte!!!
Agreed
Kind of escapist fantasy since no-one really needs any food or water, no-one dies who isn't supposed to die, no-one really suffers, they have the entire planet to themselves.
Im sorry I don't quite follow. Do you mean this about the film Waterworld?
hmm yummy tomatos
Haha, I should have made this a cooking video!
Tomato seeds survive the human digestion system. They are actually a huge problem in sewage treatment where sewage meets sunlight.
Haha, wow okay! I did not know that! Maybe I could have grown those seeds if they are that hardy!
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Hey thanks for coming to the premier Adam!
@@TheAtoll always trying to be there for each one!
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Thanks again for visiting the Atoll, Stoner Cat!
What I never could figure out was he paid/ traids dirt for chits, he then buys everything including the tomatoe 🍅 plant. Wtf was in the tomatoe bucket 🪣? DIRT! He got just as much dirt back as he traids for.
The money not balance out...
Haha, yeah, I have thought about this before too. I guess whatever the "dirt" the tomato plant is planted in must not be very "pure", probably from the pool of sludge in the organon barge.
@TheAtoll well it wasn't until I found your channel I even knew about the organization barge. Love the channel keep up the good work!
What’s exactly are the chits he uses for trading? Also I really love your channel, you’ve answered so many questions I’ve had. I wish we had a greater Waterworld universe to get story from.
Glad you are enjoying the channel! I am not sure exactly what chit are made of, but in one of my past collecting videos, I do show off some chit promotional keychains that came out around the 1995 release of the film. Haha, they are made of plastic!
Hopefully we get that TV/Streaming show that was announced last year so that we have much more Waterworld to talk about!!!
those fruits remind me of either coconuts before the outside is stripped from them or mangoes. But the tree is wrong for coconuts and looks a bit warped to be mango. Then again that is an OLD tree and probably not growing in ideal conditions. Has the right leaves for mango (albeit a bit too large), the fruit is almost the right shape and the color looks about right.
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Yes, totally! Mutant mangos was my first hunch as well. Other people in the comments have suggested Breadfruit, which I think does look quite accurate too.
I’ve always liked the pots the plants were in. Very unique look