Axel-In-Charge - Dec 7, 2012

[Lars C]

But you don't actually believe that their intention was first & foremost to find something that would anger the fans, right?

No, of course not. I'm convinced that Dan Slott, Steve Wacker and the others are trying to tell what they believe is the best possible story. But teasing and provoking is a strategy they have, and maybe they just hope to gain readers with shock tactics?

[RDMacQ]

No, you didn't.

Pre-written narrative? Dude all I asked for was for you to back up your statement, which you didn't do.

You just proved my point right there.

Sure I would, but you have an obvious dislike for anything from Steve that it makes it hard for me to take anything you say about him serious.

Here again.

I asked you to back up your statement and show a post where Steve or any creator goes after a poster for having a legit criticism of a book.

Which I did.

However, I don't know what your interpretation of "legitimate" is. Most of the time, it seems that ANY criticism of the book or the creators doesn't seem to be "legitimate."

The post you showed didn't do that, not even close.

But when you are the one who is judging what is or is not "legitimate," how can you really be trusted to determine something without bias.

Most of the time, people making these statements don't establish what is or is not "valid" or "legitimate." They just say it isn't, and claim a "win." But playing ignorant doesn't make their argument any more salient (if they had one) nor does it disprove the other person's claim.

What IS your definition of "legitimate" or "valid?" What is the criteria? And- more importantly- why is YOUR interpretation more important than some other person's? How de we know YOU aren't swayed by bias, coloring your interpretation of these claims?

If you are setting yourself up as the authority on what is "valid," then you need to prove that claim. Otherwise, there's no reason to take the claim that the other person didn't prove their point seriously. It just comes off as sour grapes.

The things you're saying about these creators are false, there's no other way around it.

Again, you can make this claim all you want. Doesn't make it true.

See how easy that is? You're claim isn't valid. You didn't prove anything. It isn't "legit." Easiest thing to do in the world.

[ishikabe]

"Life goes on. Peter Parker fans will sort of fade away over the months and years, and you'll have a bunch of people who only know the new cast. It's probably similar to what happened with Ben Reilly back in the day. And fans seem to want him back."

Wow. It really kind of seems like SW just said that Marvel is done with Parker fans, no really cares about them and is marketing the book for new fans.

For some reason, THIS interview has somewhat killed my excitement for Superior. That just seems like an awful way to address fans who've been around for 50 years, 700 issues and whatnot.

It is awful. I'm glad Image is getting my money.