Secret_Riddle
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Welcome to the board, anyway-
Basically what’s wrong about changing stuff to the extent that some of the characters in USM are altered, is that they cease to resemble the characters they were supposed to be based on.
Now, this would be fine if the villain for e.g., was called goblin hulk, but calling the character ‘Green Goblin’ is lame. In some areas of the book, though not all, USM is like the equivalent of what Kevin Smith envisioned for Superman 5. Basically it completely misses the point.
KS’s ‘Superman Lives’ script was not Superman, and USM is definitely not Spider-man.
It’s just some wimpy wannabe in a Spidey suit.
Don’t tell me not to bash it, I’ve been reading Spidey for 18 years.
Il bash it as much as I like.
It is s-hit.
Well your not exactly in the best position to judge what works in a SM comic or not then.
Any book you read for a year you are bound to develop a certain level of interest and care for the characters to which it inhabits. My guess is you have not stuck w/ any real Spidey comic for many months. I guess to a lot of new comers it can be a bit off putting to look at Amazing Spider-man and the cover says #537. USM is the easy jump on.
So you enjoy USM, I’m just telling you what’s wrong w/ it.
It’s a poor representation of Spider-man, since it aint the real webslinger.
Banshees a good friend of mine, outside of the hype, and yes hes just started reading comics within the last year. But hes read the first 200 issues of amazing. As well as issues 450 - to current. He read USM as he read ASM. He just personally likes USM better.
If your allowed to bash usm, then hes allowed to bash ASM.
There 2 very different comics and they both appeal to many.
I like both. Usm started out as an interesting what if? comic at first but its become a good contemporary version of the classic Spidey tale. It aims to be different in terms of stories and some characters, and thats what makes it a fresh and interesting read, especially with all the "life chaging" events constantly happening in the 616 universe in general.