Spider-Man in India

Lord Omlette writes "I'm really surprised no one else has mentioned this, but Spider-Man is getting redone in India! As an Indian-American, I'm quite excited. (Let's get it out of the way: even our comic book heroes are being outsourced, wtf!) The manga version of Star Wars was pretty good, but off the top of my head I can't think of any other comic books that were redone for a completely different culture. Anyone?"

Shiva H. Vishnu!

[daeley]

All Kwik-E-Mart employees must be skilled in the deadly arts. ;)

Someone hold back Stan Lee.

[Kenja]

Given the problems Stan Lee has had with getting paid for his creations in the US, I dont think he's too pleased about this.

Just don't touch Superman

[platypibri]

That's Truth, Justic, and the American way!

Spiderman's been offshored!

[Anonymous Coward]

"My movie went to India and all I got was this stinking t-shirt"

A better flyswatter

[Anonymous Coward]

The cows will be grateful

Re:What's he going to swing on?

[Anonymous Coward]

He would swing from the trees, like the monkeys do.

They would have to change his name:

Bhandri-Man!

Awsome!

[Narmi]

But can he dance like Shahrukh Khan?

Now

[blackmonday]

Now instead of saving new York city, Spiderman dances around buffet trays for 3 hours while the wedding guests clap in unison!

I object!

[platypibri]

I object to the punjabification of our super heroes.

Re:What's he going to swing on?

[nizo]

They just don't have the rows and rows and rows of skyscrapers for him to climb up, scale over and swing through.

Maybe he can use human pyramids of well-wishers instead? Plus there has gotta be some good use for several cows looped together with spidey-thread.

Re:Shiva H. Vishnu!

[NanoGator]

"All Kwik-E-Mart employees must be skilled in the deadly arts. ;)"

Well since we're being non-PC and stereotypical...

"So, did they lengthen the unmasking scene? Turbans do take a while to unwrap..."

Bollywood Superman!

[MsGeek]

This looks like a job for Dharmaman! Faster than a swinging monkey! More powerful than an Elephant! Able to leap Mount Meru in a single bound! Truth, Justice, and the Bharati way! With lots of singing and dancing!

Re:Well...

[Anonymous Coward]

I thought that issue where Mary Jane was raped by that tentacle creature was particularly disturbing.

Re:Just don't touch Superman

[IthnkImParanoid]

Never mind that Superman was foreigner who crashed into the midwest quite by chance to begin with. Hell, that makes him an illegal immigrant (he's taking our jobs!)

Re:Awsome!

[Anonymous Coward]

No, but he can dance like Dharmendra. Check this [pantsonhead.com] out.

Captain India

[panthro]

So if they were to outsource Captain America, would he be renamed to Captain India? (Would he sport orange, white and green? Would his shield have a huge Chakra design on it?)

This Reminds Me

[turgid]

There was a BBC comedy TV and Radio programme called Goodness Gracious Me, written and performed by Indians. It was superb.

One of the regular sketches involved a very patriotic Indian man and his young son. Whenever the son mentioned something, the father said it was Indian, had been done first in India, or was done by an Indian.

In one sketch, the small boy was reading in bed before going to sleep. His dad was watching over him. He was reading about Superman.

"Indian," his father kept saying.

"Superman can run faster than a train!" enthused the boy.

"Of course he is Indian," exclaimed the father, "Where else can you run faster than a train?"

I'll get my coat....

other country's?

[RancidLM]

Im still waiting for Spider-Man in Canada eh! with his super hockey powers and lumber-Jack Strength!
now wheres my Beer ya hosers!

Re:What's he going to swing on?

[gabbarbhai]

The tree-swinging version of him already exists: Hanu-man :-)

I'm kind of worried about people living around Mumbai airport in tin-roof huts and stuff. I wouldn't want Dhoti-man or his evil nemesis jumping on those. Besides, dhotis are not meant for high-velocity displacements. They tend to be left behind in such cases..

"As an Indian-American..." Oblig Simpsons

[da3dAlus]

Apu: Today, I am no longer an Indian living in America. I am an Indian-American.
Lisa: You know, in a way, all Americans are immigrants. Except, of course Native Americans.
Homer: Yeah, Native Americans like us.
Lisa: No, I mean American Indians.
Apu: Like me.

Re:Am I the only one saying WTF?

[Senjutsu]

They want to capitilize on the name recognition of Spider Man while at the same time making a superhero that more Indians can relate to culturally.

So in their version, Spider-Man and Mary Jane are going to almost kiss each other and then spin away from each other and spend the next twenty minutes singing and dancing?

Re:What's he going to swing on?

[AKnightCowboy]

Nothing against India, his character wouldn't work well in my home city of Atlanta either. They just don't have the rows and rows and rows of skyscrapers for him to climb up, scale over and swing through.

He's going to swing on the hundreds of thousands of outsourced jobs, broken promises, and shattered dreams of American tech workers. Oh wait Spider-man? I thought we were talking about George W. Bush's re-election.

Is this to make him look more Indian or would there be a cultural backlash against tights?

I imagine it's similar to how most female comic book superheroes have extraordinarily large breasts. It's best to appeal to your target demographic.

Re:What's he going to swing on?

[Anonymous Coward]

Of course, it sounds politically incorrect but no Japanese show can be complete without a robot.

Re:Just don't touch Superman

[Saeed al-Sahaf]

Never mind that Superman was foreigner who crashed into the midwest quite by chance to begin with. Hell, that makes him an illegal immigrant...

...And probably a TERRORIST to boot!

Indian Superman

[Anonymous Coward]

Another US superhero to get offshored, but in a bad way. The URL says it all:
http://www.stomptokyo.com/movies/s/superman- indian .html

Dr. Octopus raping schoolgirls.

[glrotate]

Just what I've been wishing for all these years.

You have no idea what you are talking about...

[The Ape With No Name]

Constantine is a chain-smoking, sarcastic, bastardly magician from Liverpool.

I think you mean Michael Owen....

Just remember

[Anonymous Coward]

With great curry comes great responsibility!

Re:What's he going to swing on?

[rjamestaylor]

If it were being remade in PAKISTAN then he could swing from minaret to minaret. In India guess he'll have to settle to swinging from US call center communication towers...

Re:Am I the only one saying WTF?

[ManoMarks]

Out of curiosity, do most Indian comics have names that sound like Linux distros?

Re:Am I the only one saying WTF?

[wo1verin3]

>>Explain to me why we're re-doing comics for
>>other locales? Can't they make their own comics?

India is outsourcing it's superhero development and comic book writing to the US. I don't see a problem with it?

Re:What's he going to swing on?

[kfg]

If you're swinging from the Taj Mahal, where on earth are you swinging too?

"Hey, look at me. I'm on the Taj Mahal. But now. . . I'm on the Taj Mahal.

Now, for my next magical trick, I have to change into my Batgirl outfit and fire up the Royal Enfield, because I'm really getting sick and tired of going in circles."

KFG

Re:What's he going to swing on?

[Anonymous Coward]

Thats not a mass on skyscrapers, its more like a high rise area.

"Sir, he's getting away!"

"Its okay I have these four blocks staked out, after this he has a few semi's and a mosque. He ain't going anywhere"

Re:What's he going to swing on?

[Anonymous Coward]

but then, to an Indian, NYC is an exotic, far away place of strange excitment.

Wrong, it's a shit whole, everyone except for New Yorkers know that, including Indians.

You got Wolverine

[Anonymous Coward]

So STFU!

j/k :)

Re:What's he going to swing on?

[Afrosheen]

"...who do a far better job of creating characters that Indian language readers relate to."

My favorite character is Outsource Man! He can do any job any American can, but cheaper!

Next comes...

[aussie_a]

Spider-man Australia: 10 times more deadlier then before, 100 times more drunk then before.