My First, Last, And Only Words On One More Day
Dustin Christian | January 23, 2008
| 4:26 pm
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I wasn’t really going to say anything about “One More Brand New Day”, because I think it’s been done to death, but then I had a discussion with Mike Haynes from Panels of Awesome about how the way my long-standing love for the X-Men can result in a blindness to many faults in their stories mirrors the way his long-standing love for Spider-man results in a blind spot for many of his stories’ faults and I realized that I should probably make this post.
Because Mike really, really likes Brand New Day and I – someone who has no sentimental attachment to Spidey at all – really, really don’t.
I can somewhat understand how someone like Mike would enjoy the new Spider-man. It’s a throwback to the early years, when Spider-man was a lovable loser and things were a bit lighter and more care-free. I mean, we’re stepping back to the glory days of Stan Lee, taking the character back to his roots.
I have lots of problems with this, but here’s one of the big ones – neither Dan Slott nor Joe Quesada are Stan Lee and, even if they were, this is not the 1960’s.
I realize this is blasphemy, and I give Stan Lee all the credit in the world for how groundbreaking his work was at the time, but “at the time” is the operative phrase in that statement. By today’s standards, comics from the 1960’s blow. The writing, the art, the plot, all of it is crap. It broke new ground, it set the stage for all the great stuff we have now, but there’s no way in hell I want to go back to that crap.
While One More Day was coming out, Mike kept on saying that it may be the worst idea in years, but he thought it would result in such good stories that it would all be worth it. But this isn’t a good story; it’s a 30-year-old man living with the aunt that he has a very unhealthy fixation with and borrowing money from a super-villain best friend who is supposed to be dead.
And that brings me to my other unforgivable problem with Brand New Day/One More Day. It was so bad, such a retarded idea with such a ridiculous, unexplained resolution, that I can’t even accept what I’m reading now. How can we move on to a brand new day when we haven’t been given any explanation or closure as to how the previous “day” ended and this one began? There are so many unexplained plot holes and contradictions that not only Spider-man, but the entire Marvel Universe doesn’t really make sense right now.
I’ll give the book a little longer in the hope – for Spidey’s sake – that it gets better, but I’m afraid that I’m about done and Quesada lost me at
It’s magic, we don’t have to explain it.
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I just don't really want to get hung up on
Mike Haynes | January 23, 2008 | 4:42 pmI just don’t really want to get hung up on the past. OMD sucked. You won’t get an argument from me. However, it’s paved the way to something, in my opinion, that is good.
If I focused on how awful OMD was, I probably wouldn’t like BND but there’s a point where you just have to let go and look forward instead of looking back.
On a side note, that line by Quesada was complete garbage. Why he would ever say it is beyond me.
lol crazy ass line there, anyway i agree with you
Sai | January 23, 2008 | 4:54 pmlol crazy ass line there, anyway i agree with you Mr Crackerbob.
and your so fckn right on “but the entire Marvel Universe doesn’t really make sense right now.”
and bout the “unexplained resolution” didnt that demon guy memphisto told Peter & MJ that there world would be like they never got married…. and proberly Harry had no reason to get jalous on peter and shit so he didnt have to turn all green and stuff
or somethin like that.
(oepss yeah lil dark thought of me)and the way nobody knows who spidey is…. thats how it should be though…..
i hate the end of OMD when peter hugged his aunt in some strange love way. and aunt may callin peter “tiger” demnn wtf is that. ow and hate that he lost those powers he got from the queen. using old skool webshooters again
but there are lots of things i do like, “SPOILER” IF YOU HAVENT READ BND like JJJ havin a heart attack
so yeahh i like this book a lot but lots of stuff i dont like. i have to wait where this book is bringin me…. like it so far though.
I didn't mean to come off like I was picking
Crackerbob | January 23, 2008 | 4:59 pmI didn’t mean to come off like I was picking on you, Mike, I’m sorry if it seemed like I was.
Like I said, I can see why you like it and why you think it’s good, but I just don’t like it, similar to how you can’t stand Messiah Complex and I love it.
As far as not looking back, it’s impossible for me not to, because BND makes no sense to me. Taking into account that I don’t think OMD is very good anyway, and you have a stupid move to facilitate something that is a bad idea, so it’s bad idea squared.
Sai, dude, I appreciate your comments, but proofreading is your
Crackerbob | January 23, 2008 | 5:01 pmSai, dude, I appreciate your comments, but proofreading is your friend.
Anyway, Harry didn’t go green because of jealousy, Harry went green because, in his eyes, Spider-man killed his father and he inherited a bit of his dad’s crazy genes.
I like the old school webshooters, I think that Spidey should not have unmasked, but he DID. Using a retarded plotline to undo it is… retarded.
I collected comics when I was a kid. I
wozog | January 23, 2008 | 5:49 pmI collected comics when I was a kid. I have a spawn #1 which at the time I bought for $20. How much is it worth now? $15??
It's all good. For the record though, I never said I
Mike Haynes | January 23, 2008 | 5:52 pmIt’s all good.
For the record though, I never said I couldn’t stand MC. I’ve just never read many X-Men titles and therefore had no real reason to read it despite the great reviews it was getting. X-Men are great, I just don’t have the knowledge base or finances to jump into their world.
As for Spider-Man, One More Day is over. We both have our own opinions and that’s that. Moving on…
Wozog, depending on which cover it is and the condition,
Crackerbob | January 23, 2008 | 5:55 pmWozog, depending on which cover it is and the condition, it could be anywhere from worthless to 25 bucks.
Ahhh, my mistake Mike... I misread something you said as
Crackerbob | January 23, 2008 | 5:57 pmAhhh, my mistake Mike… I misread something you said as indicating that you thought MC was sub-par at best. My apologies for misrepresenting you.
It's all good. No harm done. Apparently, MC ended on
Mike Haynes | January 24, 2008 | 1:30 pmIt’s all good. No harm done. Apparently, MC ended on somewhat of a high note. Supposed to be one of the best X-Men stories in a long, long time.
...aaaannnnnd HOW! I'll be posting something about it later today, once
Crackerbob | January 24, 2008 | 2:24 pm…aaaannnnnd HOW!
I’ll be posting something about it later today, once I get some free time.