Whoa! the news made me tingled with expectation. I mean check it out. Gundala Putra Petir (or Gundala, Son of the Thunder) is probably the first Indonesian superhero ever created. I had on one occasion said to my friend who would listen that if i had an unlimited budget to create an Indonesian film, i would filmed Gundala Putra Petir (i named this, General Sudirman biopic, and the remake of "Si Buta dari Goa Hantu", actually).
It should be easy though to guess his origin and abilities that some had questioned the originality of Gundala. But really, does it really matters? Not for me, though. I've been a fan of Gundala since i was a kid and it was something from my past that was buried and forgotten. But it lingers and with a right stimuli, such as this poster, the nostalgic moment was inadvertently surfaced. And my, what a sensation.
However, while i'm writing this post and doing some research in the background, it is possible (with a significant odds, by the way) that this news could be a hoax and nothing more but a fanboy having too much of a free time. I surely hope that this wasn't the case and we could really expect Gundala the Movie in 2009 just like advertised.
