Friday
February 24, 2006
February 24, 2006
Speaking of dumb Spider-Man jokes
| Category: Blowing Off
The other day Lileks linked to this amazing clip of some little French dude jumping all over this crappy French apartment complex like he got bit by a radioactive spider or something, while being chased by bad guys. Turns out it's from a movie called Banlieue 13, and this urban-obstacle-course style of martial arts/extreme sports/whatever is called parkour (which this diminutive French gentleman invented). I don't think it's named after Peter Parker, but wouldn't it be funny if it was? I said, wouldn't it... oh, leave me alone.
P.S. Yeah, I know, "French martial arts" seems like an oxymoron. It makes more sense when you think of it as more of "a finely honed French method of running away."
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