S3E29: Diabolik! (2021)

For those playing at home: all 3 modern Diabolik films are available via RaiPlay (geoblocked, vpn at will) though sadly only with Italian subtitles

I thought the name sounded familiar; there was a fox kids cartoon adaptation that I remember seeing some of as a kid.

Now that kjb has reviewed this, I'm sure it will show up on Hulu in about 2 months.

Some terrible British gimp out there scuttling around parks at night like the lying figure from Silent Hill 2

I appreciate how this episode scratches my love of high fashion, kind of like the house of gucci episode did... thank you abi for taking meticulous notes on every outfit!!

Fun fact for the the Lego city bit, the original voice actor for those ads is also the voice actor for Agent 47! Build the guillotine indeed 😋

Dear KJB, These movies are on Blu-ray, from Italy. I found Amazon.co.it links for the first two with english subtitles

Tbh if we're going into Luca Marinelli territory I cannot wait for November to see M - Son of the Century

ADHD is fun!! I was curious why they decided to use a guillotine! I thought maybe Italy was like france and they were still chopping until surprisingly recently. But then an ADHD induced google rabbit hole it turns out Italy abolished the death penalty surprisingly early after unification and only brought it back during fascism. Even before they abolished it in the post war republic, it was only by firing squad. They did use the guillotine in the 19th century. Is it because the guillotine is over the top and they can reveal the head? Is the guillotine camp??

Honestly, Eva makes so much more sense if you think of her as a supernatural romance novel protagonist, but instead of a vampire she's dating a superthief. Also aside from this movie and the 68 movie the only Diabolik media I've consumed is the early 2000s animated series made by Saban that lasted 20ish episodes and was much more sanitised.

Alright, shooting my shot. I volunteer to make you some decent english subtitles for the next two Diabolik movies.

FWIW, you can find it in 1080p with the baffling subs, but it appears that the 3rd installment may not even have that level of subtitles

"South Africain diamond mine widow"is how Maye Musk spent her gap year back in the day

Oh hell yeahh! This movie's æsthetic is just immaculate. I also love how they don't try to water down the utterly amoral murderer from the original comics

Ten minutes in and the word “gimp” has lost all meaning

So how might one go about watching this film?

Can WE get the Abi walking tutorial? Please 🙏

Dev giving me a fucking heart attack with the Cameron drop

For the translated pronouns thing, in Italian you use "Lei" as a formal second-person pronoun but it's also the third-person feminine pronoun. Similarly, you can use "Loro" (they) over "voi" (you all) when addressing multiple people formally but it's less common.

I dont know if they ever made a proper movie adaptatation but there are some like hour long 60s-70s TV adaptations of the original Arsène Lupin novels, which kind of remind me of this vibes wise (gentleman thief, beautiful woman, disguises, things of that nature) could be fun for robbery season

Using the Gimp Suit for evil implies the right way of the Gimp and that really sounds like Gimp Bushido. Would watch a movie about that

guys, I *just* masturbated, I really can't go again right now...

Given you had so much fun with the original Diabolik, would you ever do Barbarella?

As possibly the only cis person who listens to this podcast, I've really come to almost understand and appreciate the trans specific jokes.

(Several years prior to the movie) Lord Kant: "Perheps O'll tek you to moy hame. Een Effrica."

i fear eurospy season will never be over 😔 (this is said jokingly and lovingly im so excited about diabolik)

At last 😍

Oh fuck yes I cannot wait to listen to this. I waited all last week.