Even Peter Parker''s job is outsourced....

Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:01 am by Fear Factor

Here is what people from Gotham Entertainment Group, the Indian publishing licensee of Marvel Comics, have to say about the "desi" Spiderman: "Spiderman India interweaves the local customs, culture and mystery of modern India, with an eye to making Spiderman's mythology more relevant to this particular audience. Readers of this series will not see the familiar Peter Parker of Queens under the classic Spiderman mask, but rather a new hero — a young Indian boy named Pavitr Prabhakar.

As Spiderman, Pavitr leaps around rickshaws and scooters in Indian streets, while swinging from monuments such as the Gateway of India and the Taj Mahal."

And guess who will give the mandatory headaches to Spiderman India? "Mumbai's first web-swinging superhero will be joined by a reinterpretation of the classic Spiderman villain, the Green Goblin, reinvented as a Rakshasa, an Indian mythological demon."

news link and concept arts:
Gotham News Press Release

Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:31 am by Jim Groovester

Maybe he'll get to fight some evil Paskistani villain or something.

Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:32 am by freighter fighter

Ey! put down my bleedy daughter you flying demon!

Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:08 am by H.Q. Victor

Not enough tall buildings to swing from either.

Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:09 am by Tawakalna

"your Spiderman came to my house and he kicked my dog, and now my dog needs operation..."

but in the desi version he WILL get the girl, have a great moustache and get to web-sling from Delhi to Geneva to Rome in one edit..

Edited by - Tawakalna on 7/21/2004 11:13:32 AM

Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:23 am by Fear Factor

Not enough tall buildings to swing from either.

That really depends. If background dancers in saris could spawn and materialize from nowhere, why can't buildings?

Wed Jul 21, 2004 4:03 pm by Indy11

Taw,

You've tried to follow a Bollywood production too? It was a very odd experience. Sound track was crap but that seems to be a signature element of Bollywood.

Wed Jul 21, 2004 4:31 pm by Tawakalna

I love Bollywood.

Wed Jul 21, 2004 4:46 pm by Heltak

Pavitr Prabhakar

whoever made that needs shot.

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Wed Jul 21, 2004 4:48 pm by Wolf_Demon

i agree with heltak (for once)

that really is a sad attempt to make the name sound like the original name...

Thu Jul 22, 2004 4:23 am by Dev_Wood

Fear Factor said: That really depends. If background dancers in saris could spawn and materialize from nowhere, why can't buildings?
LMAO. =D
Maybe the Indian Peter Parker has to fight mutated Bengali Tigers or giant pacifist mobs.

Thu Jul 22, 2004 4:42 am by Tawakalna

his beloved is called Marihasha-Janinder, and he's fighting Dr. Octopandanabad

Thu Jul 22, 2004 9:24 am by Krazy Scout

Errrrrr........riiiiiiiiiiiiiight..ok, er, ah, um, eh

Ok I give up, what in the world are you on about

Thu Jul 22, 2004 4:34 pm by mustang

I'm starting to really wonder about India, 5% of our jobs are going there or are already, Bollywood is booming, Spiderman has been offshored, even their cricket team is looking pretty hot. Their politicians must be doing something right.

Thu Jul 22, 2004 4:43 pm by Indy11

There is such a huge population in India and the standard of living for the vast majority is so low that the jobs that have gone there as out-sourced "technology" work is held by the young adults from the top 10% of that country.

As it stands, the outsourcing in the US, while still happening has begun to backfire. Although I dare say that my work IT help(less) desk has a suspiciously consistent sub-continental "tvahngk" to it. They all have Americanized first names but of an out of synch sort ... I mean one that doesn't match the accent.

The backfire has been that the smaller tech shops have pulled back and regrouped with local hires. Long distance out-sourcing to India seems to work best when you need "grunt" work done, like help(less) desks.

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