The stories they're telling these days actually feel alot like the Mackie "reboot era". Very light, fun stories that really dont carry any weight. Admittedly its kinda a relief because prior to BND, the Spider-books had been depressing as hell (The Other, Sins Past, The unmasking, Back in Black, OMD).
BUT the one main problem i continue to have with these books is the portrayal of Peter Parker. The problem is that there's too many writers and artists on the book, so Peter Parker has a different look/voice every other month.I guess some people ar ecool with that, but i prefer it when there's one writer and one artist working on a character with a specific vision of that character. When JMS was writing spidey with JRjr, his stories felt like JMS was eventually taking him somewhere, that he had a roadmap planned for spidey. These days with all these writers, everyone's got their own vision of spidey that it just feels clustered and there's no specific vision planned for Spidey.
That's exactly what I was saying in another thread.
I've seen someone say "different artists have different tastes" well no that's not what we're saying. We're saying it's way too noticeable and feels cluttered when their changing every month.
But some people choose to defend every last part of Brand new day.
Which I have no problem with. But comeon...be realistic.
and I didn't notice it as much before. But Brand new day is ALOT like the mackie era reboot.
- Peter starts the first issue with Spider-man missing from the public eye.
- a spidey imposter is in his place.
- A new supporting cast is added. (with his new job)
- The issues were capitalized by it's titles. (VOLUME 2 #1) (BRAND NEW DAY)
- throwaway villains (like captain power
) are immediately put into play before using the originals.
- several possibly love interests are created.
But now everyone loves it, go figure. It's pretty much like the Peter pimp slapping Mj in Spider-man 3. It didn't bother anyone when done by someone else.
Man....he really can't find any love can he?
Glad to hear the JMS love. I know alot of people were hating on him for the totemic angle of Spidey's powers; but I felt the stories were really good - Morlun has been the only enemy I wondered how Spidey'd beat. As I said before, his handling of MJ and Pete's marriage was top notch. And even when there was alot going on, I never felt lost; the pacing combined with JRJR's artistry made everything flow so well, unlike whats going on now. I've read a few of JRJR's new issues, and even his abilities are hampered by this 3 a month rush. And I agree; the feel of the new stories seems old; like from the early 90s, and thats not a good thing. They're trying to hard, but not in the right areas - even more reason for me not to bother with Spidey stories right now. I'll wait till they get back on track.
Yeah it's crazy.
I loved his writing. Although I'm not a big of the last half it was certainly more interesting than Brand new day. Even though I didn't like the magic totem stuff, his potrayal of Peter Parker was so spot on that it STILL drew me to the character.
I never once remember saying "peter wouldn't do that"
Until Civil war came around at least. But that wasn't his story....
Right now I'm not all to sure that the other was completely his idea.
In the last story before it fell apart. A man pretty much tells Spidey, believe what you want.
It should have just been left open.
you know it's funny. Alot of people don't realize that when JMS started on ASM, that's when Quesada had come into power.
He allowed and pushed forward ideas that "forever changes the Spidey verse" every week.
All of the bottles have been open for Spider-man since he started.
- The origin
- The unmasking
- Gwen Stacy
- The marriage (Peter's romance)
- certain people knowing who Peter is (Aunt May)
He's shaken up the core foundation of the character so hard that Spidey is broken on every side pretty much. For me at least, there is no where the character can go that we haven't seen before and anywhere else might be out of character. We all know EXACTLY how everyone would react towards his secret identity. I thought he had the tightest and most realistic secret in comics. Now that's gone.
Some people feel that the whole point of Peter being Spider-man is that no relationship can work out. Nothing can go right.
That's not true. While he shouldn't be perfectly happy, he should be entitled to some happiness. We all have been there. Telling ourselves nothing will ever work out. But eventually it does. If you allow absolutely NOTHING to go right for Peter than the book becomes even more depressing. Does anyone really want him to become the hulk?
My 1 question if I ever got to meet Quesada is, how do you entertain your core fan base?
In my opinion, you should appeal to the masses. If their are enough fans complaining to get the news strip status quo changed back...that should speak for itself.
Some people are able to look at this as an extension to the Spider-mythos. I respect that but greatly disagree with it. It doesn't build on anything.
