One More Day Discussion Thread

[BrianWilly]

Why not?

Kinda looks like Hellboy had a threesome with MJ and a Skrull.

 

[PhotoJones]

Why is he fighting in space?

He doesn't need to breathe anymore. That's one of Mephisto's gifts.

 

[Themanofbat]

He doesn't need to breathe anymore. That's one of Mephisto's gifts.

Gosh.... I hear the annoying buzz of the mosquito that never goes away...

 

[PhotoJones]

Are you one of my new trolls now?

 

[Anubis]

Was this posted?

THE “ONE MORE DAY” INTERVIEWS WITH JOE QUESADA, PT. 3 OF 5

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=12681

This guys an idiot.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

I wonder who this is?

Norman Osborn in a new disguise?

 

[CBG]

All right. Now, instead of having to build up this pact with Mephisto to dissolve the marriage, why not just divorce them?

Sure, that would have been a very easy solution. However, how would a parent feel when they had to explain to their kid that Spider-Man just got divorced from his wife? How would that headline read across the AP or on USA today? The same can be said with an annulment. Sure, divorce is a reality of life, but Peter Parker and Spider-Man are not the types of characters that would do that.

And so making a deal with Mephisto -- arguably Marvel Comics' closest equivalent to the devil -- is the better solution than divorce? It's easier to explain to kids?

 

[Anubis]

Looks like a robot goblin to me.

 

[Spider-Bat]

I just heard from a buddy what One more day is, what a stupid load of crap.

Quesada has ruined Marvel comics.

Every where I turn people talk about Marvel and they always mention how Joe is making the dumbest decisions, and I agree.

I don't even recognize Marvel anymore. These are not the characters I and so many others grew up loving all these decades.

 

[prince_dylan]

And so making a deal with Mephisto -- arguably Marvel Comics' closest equivalent to the devil -- is the better solution than divorce? It's easier to explain to kids?

there are so many flaws to his logic.

 

[stillanerd]

Well, having read the latest interview, if I'm reading it right, it's basically:

*Joe Q once again throwing JMS to the wolves, this time revealing that he wanted to change everything all the way back to when Stan Lee practically quit the book.
*Revealing that the "new and improved" Spider-Man continuity is that Peter and Mary Jane, while never married, were still a couple. Which means they were "living in sin" this whole time. Which of course doesn't explain how Harry is back, or why Peter has mechanical web-shooters again, or why Aunt May's house is still intact, etc.
*States that the Unmasking is now like what happened with the Sentry--it STILL happened, except now, nobody, including Spider-Man, remembers it. Thus confirming that Joe Q did it fact use the same plot device used in Flash #200. Not to mention lied when he said that the unmasking wouldn't easily be undone.
*Re-iterates that the core to Spider-Man is that he's single, and that his being married limits stories (i.e. Peter can't get a date with [insert female love interest here] because he's got to stop [insert random super-villain here].
*Points out that the difference between Amazing Spider-Man and Ultimate Spider-Man is that Spidey in ASM is an adult (which means that OMD has essentially turned Peter Parker into George Costanza from Seinfeld, only thinner, younger, and with more hair on his head).
*Again says why he rejected JMS original concept for [BLACKOUT]Sins Past[/BLACKOUT] because it would have made Peter have out-of-wedlock kids and was engaged in reckless, unprotected Sex with Gwen. However, ironically, because of the "new and improved" continuity, it basically means that Peter almost had an out of wedlock kid during the Clone Saga and was engaged in reckless, unprotected sex with MJ.
*And states that Spider-Man divorcing MJ would have made him a bad role model, as opposed to him consenting to deals that would allow the villain to get everything he wants--in this case Marvel's equivalent of the devil.

I mean, to watch him try to watch Joe Q spin his way out of this debacle is highly amusing.

I wonder who this is?

That's apparently Menace, one of the new villains being introduced. Best guess is that he's really Harry Osborn. And yeah, BrainWilly, he does look like the result between a three-way between MJ, Hellboy, and a Skrull.

 

[Sloth7d]

Why not?

Kinda looks like Hellboy had a threesome with MJ and a Skrull.

I was thinking "Lobo rip off" myself.

 

[Ion Kenshin]

Well, having read the latest interview, if I'm reading it right, it's basically:

*Joe Q once again throwing JMS to the wolves, this time revealing that he wanted to change everything all the way back to when Stan Lee practically quit the book.
*Revealing that the "new and improved" Spider-Man continuity is that Peter and Mary Jane, while never married, were still a couple. Which means they were "living in sin" this whole time. Which of course doesn't explain how Harry is back, or why Peter has mechanical web-shooters again, or why Aunt May's house is still intact, etc.
*States that the Unmasking is now like what happened with the Sentry--it STILL happened, except now, nobody, including Spider-Man, remembers it. Thus confirming that Joe Q did it fact use the same plot device used in Flash #200. Not to mention lied when he said that the unmasking wouldn't easily be undone.
*Re-iterates that the core to Spider-Man is that he's single, and that his being married limits stories (i.e. Peter can't get a date with [insert female love interest here] because he's got to stop [insert random super-villain here].
*Points out that the difference between Amazing Spider-Man and Ultimate Spider-Man is that Spidey in ASM is an adult (which means that OMD has essentially turned Peter Parker into George Costanza from Seinfeld, only thinner, younger, and with more hair on his head).
*Again says why he rejected JMS original concept for [blackout]Sins Past[/blackout] because it would have made Peter have out-of-wedlock kids and was engaged in reckless, unprotected Sex with Gwen. However, ironically, because of the "new and improved" continuity, it basically means that Peter almost had an out of wedlock kid during the Clone Saga and was engaged in reckless, unprotected sex with MJ.
*And states that Spider-Man divorcing MJ would have made him a bad role model, as opposed to him consenting to deals that would allow the villain to get everything he wants--in this case Marvel's equivalent of the devil.

I mean, to watch him try to watch Joe Q spin his way out of this debacle is highly amusing.

i swear, he's like a storm of contradictions. It seems like Joe Q gets an idea he thinks is awesome and then when it blows up in his face and the fans are in uproar he tries to pass the buck. It's ridiculous own up to it man you had a ****ty idea which turned out to be a ****ty story.

 

[Sloth7d]

Was this posted?

THE “ONE MORE DAY” INTERVIEWS WITH JOE QUESADA, PT. 3 OF 5

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=12681

I said this in another site, but I'll repeat it here too.--

How does buying Spider-girl mean we love the marriage? Doesn't that mean we...I don't know... like Spider-girl? If anything, the high sales of previous Spider-man issues, where they have been married for over 20 years, should demonstrate exactly how much we support it.

I swear Joke Q continues spouting illogical, contradictory non-sense every time he speaks on this.

 

[Sugarculted]

You think Joe already knew fans were absolutely going to hate it, so he placed such talent onto BND? Seems that way.

 

[Ion Kenshin]

^^^possibly...who knows...i just know someone needs to get him the hell out of there!!!

 

[yenaled]

You think Joe already knew fans were absolutely going to hate it, so he placed such talent onto BND? Seems that way.

So he would have put really bad talent on BND if he thought the fans were going to like OMD?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Why is he fighting in space?

Because he doesn't have all the weight of that ball and chain anymore.

Ba-dum, pssh! Thanks, I'll be here all week.

Also, I love this part of the CBR interview:

In his story, Mephisto was going to change continuity from as far back as issues #96-98 from 1971. In Joe’s story, Peter drops the dime on Harry, and that helps get him into rehab right away. Consequently, MJ stays with Harry, and Gwen never dies and never has her affair with Norman, etc., etc. And in the end, Peter and MJ are never married.

This, in my mind, while it neatly puts the pieces back in some way, was not what we wanted to do. First, it discounted every issue of “Amazing” since that story arc.

Ah, so rampantly retconning continuity is fine, just as long as it doesn't go thirty years back instead of twenty.

I said this in another site, but I'll repeat it here too.--

How does buying Spider-girl mean we love the marriage? Doesn't that mean we...I don't know... like Spider-girl? If anything, the high sales of previous Spider-man issues, where they have been married for over 20 years, should demonstrate exactly how much we support it.

I swear Joke Q continues spouting illogical, contradictory non-sense every time he speaks on this.

It'd be great if Spider-Girl did get a spike out of this, though. He's told us what he expects of fans if they truly like the marriage, flawed logic though it may be--why not give it to him? Maybe he'd finally get off his high horse and figure out that he's in the minority about hating the marriage?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

New York Post article on One More Day.

 

[PhotoJones]

Yeah, I read that yesterday. It's funny when MB names get printed in actual newspapers as being reputable sources of comment.

 

[Darthphere]

New York Post article on One More Day.

Any publicity is good publicity right? At least 12 people will go "Wow, let me check this out!"

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, I read that yesterday. It's funny when MB names get printed in actual newspapers as being reputable sources of comment.

Well, they're fans, right? Fan enough to devote time and energy to posting on message boards, at that. I wish they'd found someone with more eloquent soundbytes to quote, but it's still fairly sound, I think.

 

[PhotoJones]

Well, they're fans, right? Fan enough to devote time and energy to posting on message boards, at that. I wish they'd found someone with more eloquent soundbytes to quote, but it's still fairly sound, I think.

I just think it's silly that the Post didn't contact those members and get REAL NAMES.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Oh, well yeah, that's kind of silly.

 

[Harlekin]

Or y'know, the journalist just could've gone to a comic book shop and ask opinions there.