One More Day Discussion Thread

[Darthphere]

Wacker tries desperately to be funny, repeats that OMD is what it is, and that he and his people are just focusing on making good comics and moving forward. Pretty much the same as the interviews that came out before OMD was over.

Yeah, more and more people are seeing beyond the whole "I'm Steve Wacker, I'm funny!" shtick.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

He repeated the official Joe Q mantra that people talking = good, even if they're just shrieking at the top of their lungs how much the comics suck. That annoyed me almost as much as the fact that it turns out to be true 9 times out of 10.

 

[mybotisgone]

Think that's bad. Take a look at some of the youtube videos.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=spider-man+one+more+day&search=Search

 

[RAMORE]

I couldn't find any Spider-Man threads on the front page, and then I realized that discussions about OMD were taking place in a bunch of random threads. I figured that it's probably a big enough source of discussion to warrant its own thread, so here it is.

To start it off, I just read Newsarama's Best Shots team's roundtable discussion of One More Day.

Basically, it's a b****-fest. None of the reviewers liked it, but what's impressive is that they actually make some solid points--points many posters here have made, in fact--and they're very candid about their disdain for Joe Q's choice to run with the story in the first place. I gave up on Newsarama's op/ed stuff a while ago because they seemed to just be a big-2-appeasing bunch of shills, but maybe there's hope for them yet.

I can't help wondering how old all of the reviewers are, though. One of them openly admits that he couldn't read when Spider-Man was unmarried, and it seems like Joe Q could easily just come in and shrug their complaints off with a grunt and a "You're too young to get it, kids; just keep reading Spider-Man and you'll see how much better it is without MJ."

OK Life's been busy and I haven't been on here in forever but I had to come talk about this OMD ****e What the hell?!?!?! It's such bad writing, its its...well I suggest everyone read the article corp posted above cause they say pretty much everyresponse to how this is ******ed. I'm finally going to take spidey off my pull list the only thing staying is spider girl

 

[RAMORE]

Update I just called my comic shop and took off all spidey title except spidergirl It's the only way they might listen.

 

[PhotoJones]

Ok, I don't think we need around the clock updates on your comic buying habits, pal. Thanks anyway.

 

[RAMORE]

Have some respect for your elders son. I was commenting on a board for comments so do be quiet.

 

[PhotoJones]

You're three years older than me, dude.

Also, I like how you can tell me to be quiet, but not vice versa. Nice.

 

[RAMORE]

I actually have no idea how old you are I was referring to the date you joined. Plus I only told you to be quiet because you sait it to me first

 

[Themanofbat]

Honestly, it's funny how people are "boycotting" Spider-Man and removing it from their pull lists because they think MJ and Peter MUST be married... I bet people thought the same thing in 1973 before Gwen got her pretty little neck snapped...

The only problem I had intially is the fact that Harry was brought back to life, but there appears to be more than meets the ye on that one, so I'm giving the new teams the benefit of the doubt to prove to me that such a move was worthwhile.

The fact that continuity is more or less still intact is good enough for me.

 

[PhotoJones]

I actually have no idea how old you are I was referring to the date you joined. Plus I only told you to be quiet because you sait it to me first

Well, if you're going by the join date, then you better your elders, boy. This isn't the first username I've had on these boards.

 

[mybotisgone]

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This is just sad.

 

[RAMORE]

Well, if you're going by the join date, then you better your elders, boy. This isn't the first username I've had on these boards.

Don't get into a pissing contest it's windy.

 

[PhotoJones]

I was correcting you. You know, you should start taking all that advice you're dispensing. It'd do you a lot of good.

 

[Themanofbat]

I like all these YouTube videos where the people on them are so ignorant about certain things that couldn't be cleared up with a few visits to a comic news site...

 

[Red]

Cheese.

 

[PhotoJones]

You're such a spammer.

 

[Red]

You wouldn't have it any other way.

 

[PhotoJones]

For anyone interested, Slott and I are best buddies now. He's coming over to play bridge tomorrow night.

 

[JackBauer]

Honestly, it's funny how people are "boycotting" Spider-Man and removing it from their pull lists because they think MJ and Peter MUST be married... I bet people thought the same thing in 1973 before Gwen got her pretty little neck snapped...

I think it's been pretty well estabilished that the problem isn't with separating them, it's with HOW it was done.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Honestly, it's funny how people are "boycotting" Spider-Man and removing it from their pull lists because they think MJ and Peter MUST be married... I bet people thought the same thing in 1973 before Gwen got her pretty little neck snapped...

The only problem I had intially is the fact that Harry was brought back to life, but there appears to be more than meets the ye on that one, so I'm giving the new teams the benefit of the doubt to prove to me that such a move was worthwhile.

The fact that continuity is more or less still intact is good enough for me.

Peter and MJ as a married couple is how I've always known Spider-Man. I know intellectually that they haven't always been that way, but it's what I grew up on and it's what I prefer. It's more the gall that the editorial staff has in claiming that the character is so ungodly limited simply because they can't be bothered to come up with ways to work with the marriage, and that they feel the need to have a universally single Peter Parker when they already had a majority of comics featuring the character single in the first place. Now, there's also the fact that they pretty much half-assed the retcon itself. "It's magic" doesn't automatically work for all the reasons JMS outlined in his response on Newsarama.

For me, anyway.

 

[Themanofbat]

Peter and MJ as a married couple is how I've always known Spider-Man. I know intellectually that they haven't always been that way, but it's what I grew up on and it's what I prefer. It's more the gall that the editorial staff has in claiming that the character is so ungodly limited simply because they can't be bothered to come up with ways to work with the marriage, and that they feel the need to have a universally single Peter Parker when they already had a majority of comics featuring the character single in the first place. Now, there's also the fact that they pretty much half-assed the retcon itself. "It's magic" doesn't automatically work for all the reasons JMS outlined in his response on Newsarama.

For me, anyway.

But we're assuming that Peter will be perpetually "single"...

We already know that Pete & MJ have been a "couple" for a while now (in this new status quo) and something broke them up... Marvel will play this for a while, but eventually, they will date again (movies and other merchandizing will dictate this), and perhaps be a couple for another 20 years... not being legally married doesn't make them love each other any less.

So who knows? Let's hope we can get some good Spidey stories for a change.

 

[VICTORVONDOOMX]

Well, if you're going by the join date, then you better your elders, boy. This isn't the first username I've had on these boards.

List please.

You're such a spammer.

Pot. Kettle. Black.
..heh

 

[VICTORVONDOOMX]

I think it's been pretty well estabilished that the problem isn't with separating them, it's with HOW it was done.

Yep. I've always HATED the marriage... but still think that since Pete is and has been married for so long, to end it in this fashion... well... it's ridiculous.

 

[PhotoJones]

Pot. Kettle. Black.

..heh

I don't go into random threads and post "Cheese."