Do you like Spider-Man better as an outlaw?!
Question: I'm talking about the one in the comics (mainstream Marvel continuity), not the movies. I loved it when he denounced Tony Stark (Iron Man) on TV, and think this new direction for the character (wanted fugitive WITH his secret identity known to all) is very interesting. What do you other Spider-fans think?
Answers: I'm talking about the one in the comics (mainstream Marvel continuity), not the movies. I loved it when he denounced Tony Stark (Iron Man) on TV, and think this new direction for the character (wanted fugitive WITH his secret identity known to all) is very interesting. What do you other Spider-fans think?
There is only one good thing about it... that Peter finally knows what it is like to be hunted by the authorities with good reason. And he has to worry because they know who he is anyb anybody could drop a dime on him.
But in a larger sense, he doesn't really need to know that by direct personal experience. So he can relate to bad guys better now, whoopee. Does Spider Man really need that...? Is Spider Man the one who has trouble relating to others around him and bothers others by taking their things and hurting them...?
No, of course not. It is the bad guys that do those things and they need to learn to relate to law-abiding people more so that they will have a stronger motivation for obeying the law!
It's a fallacy of political correctness, or mutliculturalism, or egalitarianism -- call it whatever you want -- that we think we have to stoop to the level of bad guys in order to truly understand them.
We understand them enough already: we want them to stop being bad guys. Becoming bad guys ourselves will do nothing to help them or us. If they won't listen to us, then it is of no use trying to talk to them any more.
What is scary is the kind of bad guy who trys to get us to talk while keeping on with his plans, the one who tries to get us distracted 'negotiating' while he pursues whatever selfish plan he was after in the first place.
There is an old story. A man was once challenged to get a demon to repent, but he tried and tried and couldn't do it. Then the demon offered him a bargain. He said, "Listen, become a little bit like me and I'll become a little bit like you."
The man thought he could become a litle bit like the demon and still recover from this. And he hoped that once the demon became a little bit like him, he could lead the demon to repentance. So, the fool agreed.
He kept his promise. He became a little bit like the demon. He became evil.
The demon also kept his promise. He became a little bit like the man.
BUT -- He became more like the part of the man that had become like the demon...!
and this is why these grim and gritty dark heroes are no good.
It's not just my opinion. Many others agree, and we have a lot of years of life experience to back us up. I really miss the old Spider Man, before he sunk to the level of threatening Kingpin's life. I miss Captain America.
I know how to be evil... I need all the help I can to be good!Those are the kind of heroes we need, today and always.
31 OCT 07, 2304 hrs, GMT.
naw, naw, naw its better that PP remains the unkown hero and continues to right the wrongs of the wrong doers I say.
OMFG! AGREED.....none of my friends think so! I WORSHIP you! FINALLY someone else agrees!
I certanily don't want him as in in-law.
first i don't get in to spider man my 13 yrs son might and as a outlaw i would love to get him and put him in the sink and run the hot tap on and wave him goodbye down the drain hole :-)
he's always been an outlaw even before the civil war.
I think its better because it goes to a more darker theme to it and more action to it.