Italian Spiderman
by The Australian film collective behind the sci-fi spoof, The Time That Time Forgot, perfectly capture the look and feel of awkward, low-budget rip-offs from the ’70s — the psychedelic lighting, bad dubbing, and amazing hair. One almost wishes Italian Spiderman was for real. [more about Italian Spiderman]
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The Italian Spiderman trailer we posted a while back was a well done satire of real international reinterpretations of popular American characters, such as this Japanese Spiderman. Of course, the Japanese version has a giant, transforming robot.
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Damo said | 22 November, 2007
I am in tears! thank you so much if there could be more of this – I am sure I would need a rib cage support or some kind of stomach muscles and rib transplant – cause mine would be stuffed from laffin so hard…cheers to the big ears and mo! LAFF LONG AND HARD OR GO HOME CRYING!
popnutten :: le blog plus cool :: Kurze said | 28 November, 2007
[...] Italian Spiderman [...]
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fabienne said | 22 November, 2007
thank you so much for this video, it just made my day
Italian Spiderman… his power lies in his moustache, undoubtedly