Did people see this?
I really enjoyed the first Spiderverse film and went into this thinking it will be good but man ... the movie really craps on Peter Parker. We have black spidermen and black spiderwomen and fat women spiderwomen and fat black women spiderwomen and shaved head spiderwomen ...
Anyone but Peter Parker except a small showing by the one from the last film at the end. And the entire movie is about how Miles is an "anomaly" and it should have been Pete in his universe as well. Just shoving down our throat how Peter Parker shouldn't be Spiderman.
Not to mention all the #BLM, trans lives matter, crapping on capitalism, etc in the background ... like it's all so tiring. I hate it.
What part of Peter Parker being a failure of a man in the first movie wasn't an indication that they were destroying his character?
White male, unemployed, doesn't bathe, lazy, fat, sleeps on the floor like a hobo, doesn't cook for himself, has bad manners for everything, is cynical, arrogant, selfish, failed his wife, has no will to change, does nothing to be a better man than he is, just lets the dirty environment consume his existence.
See what i'm talking about?.
Peter Parker, no matter what universe you put him in, no matter how hard life gets for him, he's a winner, a genius, he would never let himself get put in that position...that "no matter what you do nothing is going to change" mentality, that's the real point they really want to get across with his character, that message is for you. (particularly white young men)
You are presented with the black boy woke symbolized in a positive light, and you are presented with the old white man as everything that is wrong... even in the way the lighting is used in Miles and Peter's homes, everything was calculated to feel disgusted with Peter.
So for me, I don't see anything surprising in this movie, it's what they have been doing not only to his character, but to all the characters that defended western values and morals in America.
This is the purpose of any "multiverse" to take something that people actually like and pollute it with alternate versions that are still "lore accurate" even though it completely destroys the reason people liked it in the first place.
IT used to be a way to make up new stories that used existing characters, but absolutely didn't fit the lore. Goofy stuff like Batman as a pirate or Punisher getting the Venom symbiote. The kind of crazy stuff that could do well, but would cause too many issues with the lore if it was part of the "official" story line.
The problem is that modern writers are lazy and incompetent.
Yes, exactly. There used to be some great Elseworlds stories, like Superman: Red Son, exploring "what if Kal-El landed in the Soviet Union?" or Batman: In Darkest Knight, asking "What if Bruce Wayne got the Green Lantern ring instead of Hal Jordan?" That last one is the source of that old "Overpowered" demotivational poster meme you've probably seen.
But this? This is crap, meant only to say "step aside, whitey, the REAL stars of the show are here!"
Always remember:
Peter Parker is Spider-Man.
Miles Morales is Miles Morales.
Not always. I think DC handles their multiverse better. But if it’s marvel it’s guaranteed to be to destroy the original characters