The last animated Spider-Man movie was a wonderful overload of the sense, with incredibly kinetic cartooning, outrageous style choices and some great character work.
But while it really cements Miles as the future of all things Spider, the big spider-society multi-versal thing was already feeling stale and unwashed, and they are all, quite frankly, a bunch of unimaginative losers, not worthy of the Spider-Man name.
The rabidness with which Miguel O'Hara and the hundreds of other Spider-Men chase after Miles is so obviously villainous, because they, more than anybody, should know that the ends do not justify the means, but still insist that somebody has to die before anybody can really be a proper Spider-Man. It's the rules, man.
This requirement, that Spider-Man has to stand over a dead body before he becomes a true hero, just bugs me, in the same way it's always annoying to se religious people express their bafflement that atheists aren't murdering their way through life, because they don't believe in divine retribution.
Because it's the obviously right thing to do, maybe?
Peter Parker is a goddamn genius, but his origin story is so selfish, like he can't see this obviousness in doing the right thing. And extending that to the vast, vast majority of Spider-Men throughout existence, degrades the whole idea of Spider-Man
If so many of them can't transcend this strict requirement, what good are they? If they don't even try to save the day, regardless of fate or destiny, then they're not fucking Spider-Men, they're just cosplaying.
Miles is the hero of these films, so we're obviously not meant to be on the side of the mob, but when so many wear a spider mask and don't even try to buck the system, they're all just terribly ordinary.
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