One More Daze

You can probably find a million reactions to One More Day on the Internet by now. If you're only to check one of them out, make it this one:



Make sure your speakers are on so you can hear the music. It's so much less without it.

What's great about this is there's something in it for everyone. If you hated One More Day, you can pump your fist and cheer him on. If you loved it or simply don't care, you can laugh at... well, really.

Other One More Day-related items I feel like talking about:

Very successful (and talented, in my opinion) sci-fi/fantasy writer George R. R. Martin has weighed in on the story.
"Retconning sucks. Leave the goddamned continuity ALONE, for chrissakes. What happened, happened. Take an old character in a new direction, fine, cool, but don't go back and mess around with the character's past. It's a breach of trust with your audience, as I see it. The DC universe has never really recovered from the Crisis on Infinite Earths, despite all the Crises that have followed, and I think the Marvel universe, and Spidey in particular, will be a long time recovering from this decision. So that's my two cents. In a nutshell: boo, hiss, shame on you, Marvel. If I had a rotten tomato, I would throw it."
What I find fascinating about his comments is that this is the first time I've seen a professional writer, in any medium, come down so strongly in support of continuity (not that it's a topic that comes up much, admittedly). Even those who talk about it favorably and consider it important will also stress that you shouldn't let it become a straitjacket or feel compelled to adhere *too* closely. Martin, though, describes it as practically sancrosact, something whose integrity is essential to good storytelling. "What happened, happened." I can't recall any other writer ever expressing this opinion, comic book writers included. Not a single one. Mark Gruenwald might have, but that's a guess based solely on his reputation as continuity's champion.

The following was written by a fairly popular writer back in January of last year, lloonngg before anyone knew what would happen in One More Day:
"I've kind of been wondering if that's their ultimate solution to the
Spider-marriage -- deliberately break so many concepts that when the
Big Reset comes, people welcome it, and if the marriage is dissolved
along the way, it'll be seen as a side effect rather than as the true
purpose.
"I have no insider knowledge on any of this, but I've used a similar
principle from time to time..."
Given where this comment was made, I won't mention who the author is. While the place on the web s/he wrote it is perfectly accessable to everyone, there's no reason to believe s/he expected it to be seen by comics fandom at large. (Not that it will be just because it's quoted here. It's just that you never know who'll accidentally stumbles in through some search word or other.) S/he most likely wouldn't care if comic fandom at large did see it, but just in case...
At first, I wondered if what this comment guesses at came true... in which case Marvel failed miserably. However, on second thought, it's probably not the case. My understanding is Joe Quesada has been pretty public about his preference for a single Spider-Man, which he wouldn't have been if he was going for this sort of misdirection.