You're right....he didn't care about what his elderly aunt wanted. He didn't care about God's advice prior. He didn't care about his daughter. He didn't care about his wife or his marriage. He didn't care about mindwiping an entire planet and altering history. He only cared about not wanting to feel guilty about his aunt....not love...but didn't want to deal with it....so he threw everyone under a bus and guilted his wife and everything....so Aunt May could be living on devil power.
With all the sitautions Pete's been through, (and MJ)...if written right, they know way better than to do what they did. It was clear it was jsut an easy way to achieve and editorial agenda...it does not make sense and it doesn't portray this current alternate Pete as a hero in any light.
If "Devil May" realized she was now Gollum due to Satan and her nephew...she'd have a royal cow and slap him silly as her eyes became engulfed with hell fire!!
Further rubbing it in as to what a poor story this reboot is...is the fact that there is no follow up of the realistic consequences. The deal should be falling apart. BUt it is meant to be a GOOD deal for now, because the purpose wasn't "Story" but "reboot method". I also say that it is funny to not have a single character mind or care that their minds are all swiss cheesed with holes. Marvel (Joe) just was covering his butt by not wiping out current events by saying people remember things but can't at the same time.
He should have fully mindwiped or not...but he wanted it both ways...turning Pete into "Marvel's Biggest Loser" in the process.
5/4/2008
Well if Aunt May is "living on devil power", I'd kind of like to read that.
Just imagine: Peter's at home with Aunt May, eating a fresh helping of Aunt May's famous wheatcakes (whatever the **** those are) for breakfast, and all of a sudden Aunt May tenses. When Peter asks what's wrong, her eyes turn fiery and she becomes Spider-Man's newest enemy, a fiery demon from the underworld: Madame Methuselah!!
... Don't laugh. Give it six months. Mr. Quesada might think it's a good idea and put it in "The Amazing Spider-Man".
By the way, do you of you guys remember my petitions that I started back in January to save Spider-Man's marriage? (And really, how could you miss 'em? They're in my signature!
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And there's another petition of it that someone else started first at GoPetition.
Well, according to a friend of mine at the CountingDown website, it seems that Mr. Quesada does know about the petitions and knows about the fans that dislike "Brand New Day" and want to see Spider-Man's marriage restored into continuity...but he apparently isn't very fond of the idea. Here's what the poster said:
"ok well your going to want to hear this one. At the stan lee awards a fan went up to joe Quesada ( fan thought it was awesome that some thug from daredevil had the same name in the movie I have no idea on what he was talking about ) and told him about the online petition to save spider-mans marriage. Joe " Quote " stated that he has heard and seen it all but no matter how many people sign a petition there is NO WAY in h*ll that he will offer an apology to the fans or change what he has done because he HAS NO REGRETS on the decisions that were made. Also the rumor of him being fired by marvel was the first anyone has heard of it. I mean honestly this guy is a real p**** and it looked like the fan was about ready to smack him one for being so prideful about everything. So there you have it, no matter how many people sign the petition neither marvel or Joe will give a s*** or change anything. Nuff Said..."
This news was found here:
http://www.countingdown.com/movies/3716692/board?viewpost=4009811&start=60
If this post is true and Mr. Quesada said he has no regrets, it honestly wouldn't surprise me. I know he thinks that he is doing what's right for the Spider-Man comics in the long run by having the Spidey's marriage erased and keeping Peter single. But I'll have to politely agree to disagree with him on that one. I'm going to keep away from "The Amazing Spider-Man" comics, I will continue to not buy them and I'll continue to try and get enough support to convince Marvel that retconning Spidey's marriage wasn't a mistake, but that taking the marriage
away was a mistake. No matter how long it takes, no matter how many months I have to wait, I will continue to keep trying because I simply cannot support this "Bland New"... er, "Brand New Day" Spider-Man.
After all, this is what we have to remember about "One More Day" (special thanks go out to shinlyle and moraldeficiency for listing most of these examples first):
Q: Did Spider-Man and Mary Jane make a deal with the DEVIL?
A: YES
Q: Is that a good thing?
A: NO (Just ask Ghost Rider. Either one of them.)
Q: Are deals with the DEVIL known to backfire?
A: YES
Q: Is Aunt May now alive because of the DEVIL?
A: YES
Q: Did the deal preemptively abort Peter and MJ's daughter (whether it was Baby May or not)?
A: YES
Q: Did Aunt May ask Peter to let her die and be at peace?
A: YES
Q: Was Mary Jane the one who agreed to Mephisto's deal first, and then negotiated with Mephisto and also convinced Pete into agreeing, topping it all off with that whole "Be my hero" speech she gave him?
A: YES
Q: Should Peter and Mary Jane have logically accepted this deal?
A: NO (but really, when is it EVER logical to deal with the Devil?)
Q: Would ANY husband choose to do any such a thing to their wife they've been married to lovingly for years?
A: NO
Q: Is it out of character for the heroic Spider-Man and his faithful, loving wife Mary Jane to accept this deal?
A: YES (I know people disagree because Spider-Man was trying to save a life, but isn't Aunt May a seventy-something walking heart attack waiting to happen? Hmm...then again, isn't our Vice President?)
Q: Should heroes start making deals with Mephisto too?
A: NO, but that probably won't stop Mr. Quesada in the future
I really hope "Brand New Day" doesn't last and we get back the REAL Spider-Man into the comics and get the Spider-Marriage back. After all, this is comics. Anything can happen. I mean, Ben Reilly was SUPPOSED to be the real Peter Parker and "Spider-Man: Chapter One" was SUPPOSED to be the real "origin" and early adventures for Spider-Man. Look how well
those turned out. The only differences are that now Mr. Quesada's the EIC of Marvel and "Brand New Day" is actually liked by some fans, something neither "event" succeeded in getting.
Well, thanks for reading and have a good night, everyone.
Sincerely,
Stuart Green
P.S. I saw "Iron Man" on Friday and I, too, thought it was an excellent film. However, as good as "Iron Man" was, I'm looking forward to "The Incredible Hulk" even more!
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)... and sales aren't necessarily "dropping", they are stabilizing... and they'd have to sell below 65k per week in order to match what Spidey monthly totals were before, so I don't believe anybody is ready to hit the panic button yet...
), but I took Miken's, "It isn't," as his answer to your, "I hope it's here to stay," not that he was saying the current Spider-Man doesn't remind you of the one you know from your early Spidey reading days.
