Okay, I won't use this guy as an information source for sure, then.
While there are times that I don't think it works (I'm not a fan of Dan Slott's Spider-Man stuff, for example), there are cases where I think it does; director Justin Lin has gone on record as having enjoyed watching Star Trek: The Original Series with his family growing up and the Trek movie he directed, Star Trek Beyond arguably captured the spirit of the franchise best of the reboot movies series. Claudia Gray, a self-professed Star Wars fan, has been one of the better recurring Star Wars novelists in recent years. I suspect, like anything, it's a case by case basis.
Fair points. I think that Ernst has dropped the series (he hasn't brought it up again on in his reviews since), which is his right, even if i disagree with his reasons. Actually, I do think that the latter issues of the Conway/Stegman run seemed to suffer from rushed endings, esp. the finale with the Megazord Goblin. Maybe Venom wasn't the only thing that the Marvel brass wanted Conway and Stegman to do? (Personally, the Venom story has been my favorite of the series so far.)
Can't say I've been bothered by the series thus far in general (a few weak endings aside); if memory serves, the Coney Island story was largely about Annie learning things from Peter (and the original mini did have MJ be the voice of reason when their cover was first blown). Fair enough if things haven't been to your liking, though. I will concede that, while I'm not bothered by the series yet, I don't think that I've been enjoying the flash forward as much as the original batch of stories and that the RYV series in general is not my favorite comic in publication right now. Hopefully, it'll pick up soon.