Sony America has patented a bizarre idea that would allow you to hurl virtual rotten tomatoes at actors while watching films on your television, accompanying examples illustrate viewers kicking characters' bottoms and squashing spiders climbing up characters' backs, earning points depending on their success.

"For example, avatars displayed to a user, in response to user gestures in the real world - e.g. in response to manipulation of a game controller or other such expedient - may toss tomatoes that stick to the actor’s face or bounce off the actor's face and roll along a table that appears in the movie or television show," reads another example in the patent, dug-up by Siliconera.

Simply, Sony overlays the original film image so effects can be applied without interfering with what's on the Blu-ray disc or hard-drive.

I think many would agree with me when I say, bizarre but and interesting concept none the less, and this is sure one way to spice up that boring chick flick.