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domino_blue (domino_blue) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-06-08 20:04:00

Current location:	somewhere out there
Current mood:	calm
Current music:	Queen
Entry tags:	char: spider-man/peter parker, creator: roger stern, creator: ron frenz, publisher: marvel comics, series: one perfect moment week, theme: manly tears

One Perfect moment did we have a Spider-man one yet?
This scene really defines Spider-man as a character and is one of the best most memorable comic stories of all time.
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	icon_uk 2009-06-08 07:15 pm UTC (link)
	That is indeed a truly lovely little moment! Emotionally manipulative as all hell of course, but that's beside the point! (Reply to this)

	sherkahn 2009-06-08 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	As much as I love this classic moment in Spidey lore, I know that the current powers that be in Spidey editorial may use this moment to reveal once again who is under the mask as they resurrect the dead boy, keep his brain alive and toture the kid for info... still, love this great, humanizing moment in the legend of Spiderman. It showed Peter having a good soul. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	okkult3000 2009-06-08 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	It's okay; as of BND, this story never happened. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lbd_nytetrayn 2009-06-09 12:17 am UTC (link)
	Nah, it happened; they just revoked a dying child's last wish, that's all. --LBD "Nytetrayn" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_stig213 2009-06-09 01:53 am UTC (link)
	"Spider-Man, will you show me who you are?" "...No." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	salad_barbarian 2009-06-09 07:49 pm UTC (link)
	"Spider-Man, will you show me who you are?" "Sure thing!" Spider-Man goes to remove his mask, trips and slams into a wall causing the building to collapse, killing them all the children. Darn that Parker luck. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	salad_barbarian 2009-06-09 07:52 pm UTC (link)
	...killing ~~them~~ all the children.* Darn my writing ability. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	foxhack 2009-06-08 07:57 pm UTC (link)
	I remember when this was adapted for the TV show. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	greenmask 2009-06-08 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	But then Tim was a girl! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

psychop_rex
2009-06-08 11:43 pm UTC (link)

And it sucked! Because they stretched it way further than it ever should have gone! And threw in Doctor Octopus and his Octo-Bot! And a cabdriver who was stereotypically Jamaican AND a stereotypical 'you go, girl' type! And gratuitous Superman references that didn't make any sense! And cabbies were formed into a posse to save the day, and I believe Madame Web got involved somehow, if I remember correctly, and oh, it sucked. By and large, I like that show, but that episode was just eye-roll city.

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	greenmask 2009-06-09 11:36 am UTC (link)
	Awh, I liked the taxi driver posse, if only because it felt so wonderfully late 80s/early 90s movie. Also, Madame Web was always a plus. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

psychop_rex
2009-06-09 03:26 pm UTC (link)

Well, yeah, if you're just going 'Woo! Fun!', and for most of the series, that's fine, but that isn't the point of the story they're adapting. The story is supposed to be POIGNANT, and somewhat tragic, not filled with annoying Jamaican accents and big explosions and 'Octo-Bots'. If you can't adapt a story like that for the small screen without those things, then you should leave it alone.

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	greenmask 2009-06-09 03:32 pm UTC (link)
	Well okay, that I can see. It was still poignant at the end I think though? And to make a whole half-hour sail on the tragic intimacy of spider-man and a dying kid would be both very very tricky and exhausting. But I hadn't pondered it that way before. I guess maybe it is a bit too much of a see-saw. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	taggerung301 2009-06-08 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	this is such a strong story (Reply to this)

	kingrockwell 2009-06-08 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	I don't remember where I read this first, but has always been one I loved. (Reply to this)

	(Anonymous) 2009-06-08 11:42 pm UTC (link)
	This story always makes me sad... then I think of of the Empowered parody of it and smile again. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	a desperate plea... sweetestbaboon 2009-06-09 10:55 am UTC (link)
	Please, please post if at all possible! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: a desperate plea... lurkslikefox 2009-06-12 02:01 pm UTC (link)
	Seconded! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	queenanthai 2009-06-09 12:00 am UTC (link)
	These are MANLY TEARS, OKAY? MANLY TEARS! ...yeah, I know I'm a girl. MANLY TEARS! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	domino_blue 2009-06-09 12:02 am UTC (link)
	par for the course with this story. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	joysweeper 2009-06-10 01:32 pm UTC (link)
	Motto. I know this was posted in its entirety on Old S_D, but I don't remember the title of the post. (Reply to this) (Parent)