Was OMD pointless?

[Kevin Nichols]

I enjoyed the consequences of OMD, Brand New Day, very much. OMD wasn't that good, but it served its purpose. However, if they were going to be replaced anyways, it feels like OMD was unnessecary.

Sure, but by that logic MOST stories are unnecessary.

1. Black costume - unnecessary
2. Venom - unnecessary
3. Wedding - unnecessary
4. Cosmic Spidey - unnecessary
5. Four-armed Spidey - unnecessary

And so on.

[bluebottle]

Sure, but by that logic MOST stories are unnecessary.

Exactly. Everything that has happened to Peter is necessary, it's character building.

Otherwise you'd just need to read Amazing Fantasy #15, and the current issue and you'd be fine. Everything between then and now doesn't matter.

Who wants that?

[Lars C]

There's a difference. OMD wasn't character building. It was a reset button. Kind of a soft reboot for Spidey. Do you think Flashpoint was character building too?

[jmresp]

OMD was not pointless. It is giving us something to **BITCH** about for the last 5 years and counting.

[Lars C]

I never bitched about it. Kinda liked a "younger" Pete again. But someone else being Spidey? That'll make me bitch and moan for sure!

[CrazyOldHermit]

OMD seems pointless to me because the events of BND could have happened without the marriage being removed from existence. It's not like DC's current Justice League run, for example, because that depends on history being completely rewritten.

[Kevin Nichols]

There's a difference. OMD wasn't character building. It was a reset button. Kind of a soft reboot for Spidey. Do you think Flashpoint was character building too?

This seems to be the classic point of contention. Some folks (myself included) see the story as character building. Others view it as a regression of the character. I guess it's all about perspective.

[bluebottle]

There's a difference. OMD wasn't character building. It was a reset button. Kind of a soft reboot for Spidey. Do you think Flashpoint was character building too?

I disagree, the events before OMD happened, they've just been rewritten. It's different in my eyes... Sort of an alternate timeline kind of deal.

[Superior Big Time Dave]

I keep thinking about how Dan Slott referred to this "Other Dan Slott" as the one who would be writing Superior Spiderman within the whole "Marvel Now" move, and that was somehow his way of tipping us off that the person who we will see as the Superior Spiderman is the same one who we've seen all along; Peter Parker....only "Superior"

[David_99]

I enjoyed the consequences of OMD, Brand New Day, very much. OMD wasn't that good, but it served its purpose. However, if they were going to be replaced anyways, it feels like OMD was unnessecary.

The only thing OMD gave us was an excuse for Pete to date other interesting people... Then he ended up with Cooper... I haven't read an issue since.

[Shade 20x6]

What part of Peter being married prevented "Dying Wish?"

Clearly not since we wouldn't have gotten tot his story without OMD.

Question answered.

SW

[Shade 20x6]

The point of every story is to entertain.

I don't buy that. OMD was a means to an end, and OMIT was clearly an info dump. They may have tried to build entertaining stories around each premise, but that wasn't the genesis for the idea to do them.

[Mister Mets]

What part of Peter being married prevented "Dying Wish?"

The scene where Ock/ Peter tries to seduce MJ would be a little different, as would the reactions of the characters.

I don't buy that. OM was a means to an end, and OMIT was clearly an info dump. They may have tried to build entertaining stories around each premise, but that wasn't the genesis for the idea to do them.

I take it the same would apply to the wedding issues.

[Shade 20x6]

The scene where Ock/ Peter tries to seduce MJ would be a little different, as would the reactions of the characters.

Not really. At least, no more than "everything happened the same except Peter and MJ weren't married." Unless something really off-the-wall happens in 700, I don't see how Dying Wish couldn't have happened in the pre-OMD continuity.

I take it the same would apply to the wedding issues.

I don't disagree with this.

[Chris S.]

I don't buy that. OMD was a means to an end, and OMIT was clearly an info dump. They may have tried to build entertaining stories around each premise, but that wasn't the genesis for the idea to do them.

I laugh when people bring up OMIT. I erased that story from my memory and you just jogged it back. Now I must reprogram it away...