Originally Posted by
blackspidey2099
Good for you, but I'd wager a lot of other people on these boards have done similar or have enough knowledge to do similarly. And if it's just a question of knowledge on the character, then that means your entire post was moot since Slott is the writer of Spider-Man and if he thinks those stories are fine then they MUST be fine because he's the writer (which outshines your resume). Anyways, I don't think your knowledge (which is undoubtedly very impressive) or anyone else's is enough to make their opinion into fact like you are trying to do.
Well, as someone who possesses all the skills you mentioned to a high degree, as well as having read all those Spider-Man stories, I can tell you what Spider-Man is supposed to be about. Really, there's only one thing which Spider-Man absolutely has to be about, and that is responsibility.
Looking at the original concept of the character isn't so simple since he was created as a teen hero who didn't have to be a sidekick and could do the job as well as adult heroes. Are you saying he should have never grown beyond being a teen? Because I disagree (and I'd wager you would as well). Furthermore, that's a horrible idea because looking only at the original concept ignore character development and growth. Spider-Man now doesn't have to be the same as the Spider-Man as the 1960s, and I'd say that's a GOOD thing (though, in my view, a lot of the changes have been for the worse - like the fact that 30 year old Spidey is apparently less mature than 15 year old Spidey - but that's because of the shitty management at Marvel that wants Peter to constantly regress; I believe the idea of character growth is still essential).
Peter now is a much more effective (and powerful) hero and scientist than he was at 15 - for obvious reasons. So it makes clear logical sense that he can (and does) take on much more varied threats, including time travel, multi-dimensional wars, global threats, outer space stuff, etc. while still doing the street stuff as well. Slott's run has been good in that it's always been clear that no matter what, Peter always takes the time to do the street stuff, even if it's just in the intro to stories or implied off-panel. Because who wants to read a multi-part story with Peter fighting against some gang members who he could defeat in literal milliseconds? There are ways to go around Peter just physically fighting street threats so it would be a challenge for Peter (like making it a mystery to solve, or something like that), but even they would be repetitive if done all the time. The next bit is just my opinion, but I feel like Peter works better in stories as the underdog, so it makes sense that as he becomes a lot more powerful he should face more serious threats so he can still be the underdog. Spider-Man trouncing gang members every story isn't great for dramatic effect. If you want to treat him like he's still a teen, then read some of the material where Peter is a teen.
Please let me know what "the actual definition" of Spider-Man is so I can either debunk it or have a laugh. Spider-Man is a character who's been around for so long that he has a different definition and different meaning to pretty much everyone who knows him. You may think your interpretation of the character is superior to everyone else's, but that's the only opinion which I'd ever say is 100% wrong.
Sure about that?
Okay, so now you are going on again about the idea there is an objective quality to things. If you are so 100% sure that Michelinie's run is clearly better while Slott's is garbage, and that that's a fact rather than just your opinion, why even make this thread in the first place?
I have no idea how this is related to the conversation.
How is this remotely like anything that's happened in Spider-Man? If I was reading a Spider-Man comic and 2 of the panels in the middle of the story were scenes from an Archie comic, I'd think that was very weird as well.