the most beautiful comic book movie: 3 Dev Adam

[selinker]

What: 3 Dev Adam ("Three Giant Men"), a.k.a. Turkish Spider-Man vs. Captain Turkish America, a 1973 Turkish film featuring the long-awaited team-up of Captain America and Mexican lucha wrestler Santo against a surprisingly evil and overweight Spider-Man. Here it is in its entirety, without the burden of subtitles:

Comments

[gearhead69]

Holy edible eyesockets! (Wrong character, I know, but I couldn't help it.) I've never seen this or heard of it, but now I have to, and I'm spreading the word to my movie-geek friends who have the time and money to hunt this stuff down for me.

Roger Corman did the Fantastic Four? I'm afraid to look. I might just find something else to add to the "must watch" list.

[selinker]

I actually own a copy of Corman's unfinished FF movie. One of the perks of being a creative director on a Marvel game, apparently.

[gearhead69]

I've seen a number of Corman films, and he's a master at...well, what he does. He helped a lot of upcoming actors/directors when they were trying to get a leg up in the business. Apparently, he had a real attraction to being extremely frugal.

[jessicala]

I want to believe. But then I look at the calendar, and ...

[selinker]

You think I filmed an entire movie in Turkish for April Fools Day? That's even beyond... well, okay, no, it isn't. But I didn't.

[selinker]

"Any more bright ideas? Why don't you strip down and have a hundred people stare at you!"

[thedan]

I refuse to argue with any choice of an El Santo movie.

Although if you doing most beautiful comic book movie not actually based on a comic book, I would nominate Unbreakable.

Oh wait a minute. This is one of them April Fool things, isn't it. :-P

[selinker]

How about an El Santo movie where he frequently removes his mask? Because that's what 3 Dev Adam is.

And yes, now that it is April 2, I might have come to my senses. Expect an update.

[zotmeister]

I saw Killer Condom on late-night cable long ago, in its entirety, in the original German (with English subtitles). It was quite possibly the most perfect balance of humor and wrongness I've ever seen. The presentation of the protagonist's monologue during the climax [not a pun] was surprisingly clever. - ZM