tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58901715031996194602011-04-21T14:48:48.220-07:00Jeff Simmermonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02288120007321715436noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890171503199619460.post-59108448524086039652007-05-02T09:57:00.000-07:002007-05-02T11:17:02.367-07:00<i><b>Japanese Spider Man</i></b><br /><br />The Japanese Spider-Man TV show aired in the late 70's and did what Japanese culture does best: took a pre-existing idea and made it completely insane. <a href="http://okfuture.net/2006/12/02/japanese-spiderman/" target="blank">In this clip,</a> several samurai led by a man with a beer can for a face have captured Spider-man and are menacing him with their swords. A Japanese mariachi appears on the hillside, strums a few chords and hoses the bad guys down with a stream of bullets emanating from his guitar, which naturally doubles as a machine gun. Spider-man escapes to thrilling music, using his spider-like abilities to strike some poses and rapidly climb a large pile of dirt. Our hero bests several bad guys with a few well-timed kicks and calls for his sports-car over his wrist radio. The man with the beer can face grows to Godzilla size and since this is 70's Japan, low-budget Voltron shows up to save the day.<br /><br />http://okfuture.net/2006/12/02/japanese-spiderman/<br /><br /><i><b>Spider-Man in the Bible</i></b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/simmermon/481558168/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/219/481558168_6d82ff5a9d_o.jpg" width="465" height="189" alt="spiderbible2" /></a><br /><br />It's not really Christianity that's so bad, it's just that Pat Robertson and Ned Flanders have pretty much given it a bad rap. I found a couple folks on Flickr that are using Spider-Man to tell Bible stories. One of them's <a href="http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=8763833&size=o" target="blank">definitely making fun</a> of Ned Flanders Christians ... <a href="http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=331466467&size=o" target="blank">the other guy isn't.</a><br /><br /><i><b>Spider-Man Ganesh</i></b><br /><br />Why is it weak when Christians co-opt Spider-Man to tell Bible stories, but when Hindu folks make a Spider-Man Ganesh it's cool? I'm not 100 percent on this, but I think it's because white people are just kinda lame. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/simmermon/480012075/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/213/480012075_1ff4e5a593_o.jpg" width="600" height="451" alt="Spiderman Ganesh" /></a><br /><br /><i><b>Bollywood Spider-Woman, Superman</i></b><br /><br />In this clip from a Bollywood classic, Superman and a woman in a Spider-Man costume fly over the city kissing, pausing to break funky dance moves in a city park, fight bad guys and celebrate their victory with more funky dance moves and in-flight smooching. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WWvT8hYf0qQ"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WWvT8hYf0qQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><i><b>The Electric Company - Spidey Meets the Yeti</i></b><br /><br />Man, I used to LOVE the Electric Company, especially the Spider-Man segments. Turns out they're still great -- this one features a young Morgan Freeman, Spidey jogging, and a misguided villain who self-medicates his heartbreaking homesickness by sitting on cold foods. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tqpTzjsRvAQ"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tqpTzjsRvAQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5890171503199619460-5910844852408603965?l=andiamnotlyingtest.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jeff Simmermonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02288120007321715436noreply@blogger.com0