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The Japanese Jaws Comic Is Full Of Gore And Nudity
Steven Spielberg's Jaws is an absolute classic that discouraged an entire generation of teens from going skinny dipping. Naturally, the killer shark flick inspired a crap-ton of merchandise, everything from video games to an inflatable children's toy for murder-themed pool parties. A Japanese publisher also released a comic book version of Jaws in 1975, though they seemed to misread what people loved about the movie in the first place.
In fact, we have reason to believe its creators weren't paying attention to the movie at all before popping out this pretty intense adaptation. At least, that would explain why they thought the leads resembled Clint Eastwood, Wreck-It Ralph, and Velma from Scooby-Doo.
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"Smile, you son of a bitch!" gets replaced with "Are you feeling lucky?"
They also seemed to agree that Spielberg's problem was that he left way too much to the imagination. The comic aims to correct that -- by featuring actual nudity in the opening scene, as opposed to Spielberg's chaste, Austin Powers-like use of backlighting.
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Because there's nothing sexier than nudity and 50 rows of teeth.
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