tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post42868758702449104..comments2024-03-28T07:17:29.768+00:00Comments on STARLOGGED - GEEK MEDIA AGAIN: 1979: MARVEL UK HOUSE ADS SLOW ROBOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15891511135128944714noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-88745444225353990992013-09-06T06:52:49.261+01:002013-09-06T06:52:49.261+01:00There were actually THREE Spidey flicks in the lat...There were actually THREE Spidey flicks in the late seventies. SPIDER-MAN was the feature-length CBS pilot, SPIDER-MAN STRIKES BACK was the two-part TV story The Deadly Dust and THE DRAGON'S CHALLENGE was the Hong Kong-lensed The Chinese Connection.<br /><br />Marvel have done a good job keeping both the films and TV show buried in the era of the big-budget theatrical series but all three of the faux features were mainstays of the British VHS era and seemed to be repackaged and re-released every few years. They could normally be found in the kids section of Woolworths (R.I.P). I have - occasionally - spotted them in charity shops but as VHS tapes vanish altogether, they're becoming pretty hard to find.<br /><br />Ironically, Marvel have hidden them from sight in the last decade-or-so but clips did appear in the Channel Five documentary THE SPIDER-MAN STORY which had the whiff of being at least semi-approved by Marvel (lots of lovely licensed clips from most of Spidey's screen adaptations) and first aired to promote the first feature film (and was repeated - as a revised edit - for the second film). SLOW ROBOThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891511135128944714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-90797055607939094162013-09-05T15:02:05.535+01:002013-09-05T15:02:05.535+01:00SR, did you say "faux feature films", pl...SR, did you say "faux feature films", plural? I remember only one Spidey "movie" but it was a long time ago !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com