'Green Goblin' flies through Paris Bastille Day celebrations armed with a rifle
Didn't Spider-Man just get back from a trip through Europe... coincidence?
Didn't Spider-Man just get back from a trip to Europe? COINCIDENCE... I think not.
The 14th of July is Bastille Day, the national day of France, a celebration of the Storming of the Bastille, a turning point in the French Revolution.
But on Sunday, Bastille Day belonged to French inventor Franky Zapata, who literally flew over the Bastille Day celebrations (led by French President Emmanuel Macron) like the Green Goblin.
Fier de notre armée, moderne et innovante. pic.twitter.com/DQvIfPolQf
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) July 14, 2019
This was part of a military parade, featuring the 10 European countries that make up the European Intervention Initiative. Zapata stole the show, zipping through the air on a turbine engine-powered hoverboard, armed with a rifle.
Zapata was the inventor of this device and, in 2018, was given a €1.3 million grant by the French military to make it functional for military use.
Folks on Twitter made the obvious connection: Zapata is the French Green Goblin.
whats the tactical value of the green goblin in a modern conflict situation https://t.co/CmSp2krm0Z
— j.r. hennessy (@jrhennessy) July 14, 2019
mfw I see the green goblin pic.twitter.com/pR7lSfCIpj
— illy bocean (@IllyBocean) July 14, 2019
Wow, they introduced the Green Goblin in the France Cinematic Universe pic.twitter.com/tMRexA7Q9C
— Lights, Camera, Pod (@LightsCameraPod) July 14, 2019
Green Goblin is here
— Bᴜʟʟsᴇʏᴇ (@hmzacr) July 14, 2019
pic.twitter.com/2nUNOToGpO
Didn't Spider-Man just get back from a trip to Europe?
Coincidence? I think not.
