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![]() Marketed as a lost Spider-Man movie, Italian Spiderman was deliberately filmed as if it were a film from the 1960s or '70s. ![]() Various creators at Marvel have taken kindly to the parody, even though the film was never an official Marvel project, including Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and even Stan Lee himself was impressed, stating "Spider-Man with a mustache, maybe we should have done him this way." (via Youtube). Created by filmmaker Dario Russo, and released in 2007, Italian Spiderman was one of the earliest independent movies to achieve viral status online, parodying the exploitation movies of the 1970s and '80s. Maybe they didn't want to rehash what had been done on-screen two times over already, but it felt weirder to not acknowledge it.Despite being unlicensed by Marvel, and acting as a parody of the titular Marvel Comics character, Australian film Italian Spiderman still has an important place in Spider-Man's cinematic history. We see his initials on some luggage Peter uses in "Far From Home." The sequel trilogy acted like he never existed. May strangely never mentioned him, but we know he existed in the MCU. There were some real stakes in his relationship with May and the struggles she faced after losing the love of her life.įor whatever reason, the new trilogy never explored Ben Parker and the effect his loss had on Peter and his aunt. The films even showed a small rift between the two when Peter revealed to Aunt May that he believed he was the reason Uncle Ben was killed because he lied about being at the library when Ben was shot. Instead, she tried giving him money for his birthday at one point. She also had an entire subplot about how she tried to hide the fact that she was struggling to pay her bills and was too proud to ask for help from Peter. ![]() She was a focus of attacks by both the Green Goblin and Doc Ock. Not only was she Peter's conscience, but she was more than a background character. ![]() Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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