What's this about?

Lately, it seems like many of the movies/shows are just a rehash or reboot of things that have already been done. And so I started to dive into the past. It's been fun, but I find myself losing track of which ones I’ve seen and whether or not I enjoyed them. Sometimes the titles themselves just don't tell me enough to remember.

I wouldn’t have voluntarily watched a lot of these movies when I was younger. It’s strange how interests change. That goes for what I read, too. I have another blog that explores books. I’m mostly reading older fiction and memoirs, and some of the books have led me to movies/shows and vice versa. In those cases, I may post the book review over here as well.

There will be spoilers, which is different than my book reviews. That’s mostly because I want to have enough information to help me remember what I’ve seen. I’m getting older. The brain doesn’t cooperate like it used to. What can I say? The gray hairs are catching up with me!

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

3 Dev Adam - 1973

There's something called "Turksploitation" films. They remade or used unauthorized footage of popular films to make low budget movies. I've seen reviews for The Man Who Saved the World, aka Turkish Star Wars, but I had little idea what I was getting into when I pushed play on this one.

Captain America, El Santo (a famous wrestler) and Julia arrive to help the local cops track down the supervillain Spider-Man. In true villain fashion, he starts the movie with the nefarious move of slowly approaching a woman vertically in a hole. He decides her fate, and then she gets a boat propeller to the face. Interesting start.

What follows is a weird and wild ride. We actually watched this a few weeks ago, but I've been sitting on the review, because I really wasn't sure what to say. Spider-Man was so weird. He kept murdering people while they were bathing, and the sex scenes were unnecessary. The end was drawn out, and I don't know how Captain America and Santo were sure Spider-Man was taken care of.

I found it interesting they crammed a wrestler into the Marvel universe. El Santo is a character I've seen before. There's an episode of MST3K called Samson and the Vampire Women. That movie is ridiculous fun, even without the commentary. In all, the real El Santo was in 53 luchador films that had him as a superhero fighting supernatural creatures, evil scientists, criminals, etc. It sounds interesting! Even though only four were ever dubbed into English, I'm still interested for sure. In this movie, it's important to note this is an unlicensed version (pretty sure everyone in this movie is unlicensed!) of El Santo, and he's played by the actor Yavuz Selekman.

This movie was something else. I'm not sure why Spider-Man was all about killing people, especially ones that were bathing. I'm not sure why they chose to show a stripper. And of all the music to take, I'm curious why they chose the music from Thunderball.

I'm a bit torn on this one. It was so crazy, and it had some fun moments. There were also a lot of unnecessary moments. I really liked the addition of the luchador, and I'd like to see more of him. I'm going to remain on the fence. This version of these characters was so weird...

Do something about those eyebrows, Spider-Man!



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