Trishbot said:
Despite Miguel O'Hara being my favorite Spider-man, not having Mayday Parker really rubs the salt in the actual Spider-Girl fans' wounds (as if her comic getting cancelled and her universe negated by One More Day didn't help matters already).
Not a fan of Ultimate Spider-man either, from the cutaway humor to the characterization to... wait, who's that annoying kid calling himself Nova? That's not Richard Rider!
They re-did Nova a while back after killing off most of the Nova Corps. and then bringing them back. The new one is Sam Alexander (in the comics) and he's hated, being a bit too young, and not making much sense. His big claim to fame was coming back to earth to warn of approaching catastrophe. The basic consensus is that Sam Alexander can pretty much go die in a fire, but not before he suffers for a while from testicular cancer.
That said Nova is something Marvel seems convinced will be a big success and apparently they have been sitting on the rights, getting ready to parlay them into something big. Given that Nova arguably covers the same ground as both Green Lantern (DC) and Spider Man I see the potential here, especially seeing as the character is unknown enough for them to have a lot of freedom with the character especially after having killed off/erased the version of the character that made it a cult classic.
I play gazillion's "Marvel Heroes" game on and off, and as a result I listen to a lot of comics chatter, and you can also pick up some interesting business information by looking at what Gazillion is up to and what goes on around the characters they put into the game. Nova for example was a character slated for initial release in the game, but he's so far been a no-show despite having moved on to their second batch of characters. Apparently this is because while they have the rights to do it, Marvel has been keeping things tied up, and allegedly isn't especially happy that Gazillion signed the rights even for a game like this after the fact. Apparently he was one of the more expensive characters to get permission to make/sell, and also since everyone hates Sam Alexander and wants Richard Rider it raises some interesting questions, about whether or not some of the conflict might be revolving around the possible release of a Nova: Enhanced costume right off the bat to give people the character they might actually want to pay to play (which would also make him one of the most expensive characters in the game).
That said I have to say that this whole news about Spider-Man is eye-rolling, but then again the whole "Ultimate Spider Man" thing was horrible (I couldn't get into watching it) so it seems like it's par for the course. To be honest I'd rather see Mayday Parker remain "dead" than have her dragged through the mud knowing what this show would do to her.
As far as Milo Morales goes, while a lot of people like him for political/social reasons, he's not actually a well liked character, he pretty much stands out just because he's a ethnic swap using a famous hero's name. He sells decently because people think the oddity will make him collectible, and one of the big jokes is that he's the best thing going on in "The Ultimate Universe"... and yet nobody reads his comics since they all go into shoeboxes. As a general rule it seems the majority of fairly serious comics fans don't hate him, but pretty much feel that it's a tasteless stunt, and that if Marvel wants more minority super heroes in the media it needs to start using the good ones it has. As some people have pointed out we get Milo Morales, and Heimdall gets turned black, both stunts, yet when they actually make a movie where they can bring one of the cooler black heroes to the forefront, in the storyline that created him, they decide to do very little with him. I'm of course talking about Bishop in the last X-men movie. I mean seriously, the whole point of the character is that he's sent back in time by a Native American super-genius mutant inventor, they cast a big name to play him, but then re-do the story so they can send Wolverine back in time (or his mind rather) and replace Forge with Kitty Pryde in an equally bit role for... no good reason since her having a time projection power
was never even explained.... at any rate, since they are going multiversal with the new story arc, it makes sense they would use Milo (I mean really, they seem to be pushing here as it is) especially seeing as he's current and in publication.... and personally I doubt many care what they do to him in this show. I'd rather see him than the real Spider-Girl, since it means Mayday can someday be resurrected with dignity.
Personally I think for Ultimate Spider-Man they need to introduce some more "cool" heroes like Rocket Racer, Forbush Man (winner of "The Amazing No Power" , Captain Ultra, The Impossible Man (old Fantastic Four), Slapstick, Frog Boy (NOT to be confused with The Toad), and others as regular heroes in the series. They will fit right in with Milo and Sam... Indeed Sam and Rocket Racer can have a contest to see who sucks more. Frog Boy (old joke applicant to be Spidey's partner if I remember) can eventually return home with Milo to improve his cool, Captain Ultra can faint every time kid-Iron Fist lights up his hand, and Slapstick and Impossible Man can both be seen walking off the show because "this is just too silly, even for us...".... as for Forbush Man, well he's a talented Janitor (being based on the actual Janitor in the Marvel offices apparently).... he'll probably be the most useful guy of the bunch... and for the final episode of the new season he can become "Dark Forbush Man" and WTFPWN everyone, because really... Dark Forbush Man was awesome enough to not be a daydream.
