Comments on: ‘Could Spider-Man become a reality?’ asks Mail Online

By: Beelzeboogie

Beelzeboogie — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:18:53 +0000

“It echoes the plot of Spider-Man, where Peter Parker becomes a superhero after being bitten by a mutant spider at a nuclear waste laboratory.”

Gah, wrong! The Spider wasn’t a mutant it was merely irradiated and died a few seconds later, and it was at a public science exhibit and had nothing to do with nuclear waste. The mail don’t even do their research with fictional characters!

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:06:43 +0000

“Proud” of the MailOnline, “proud” of “quality journalism.” I think it’s worth just repeating that, for as long as is necessary.

By: notjarvis

notjarvis — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:04:35 +0000

I fantasise about an alternate Daily Mail spoof which reprints all the pieces with a question in the title, but changes the body fundamentally
e.g. For this one
‘Could Spider-Man become a reality?’
No

By: Stuart F Taylor

Stuart F Taylor — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:52:46 +0000

I always hated the phrase ‘frankenstein-style mutation’. Frankenstein’s monster wasn’t a mutation at all. So does he mean a mutation in the sense that it’s not a mutation at all. Like ‘Daily Mail-style journalism’ maybe?

By: hannanibal

hannanibal — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:49:33 +0000

What the fuck did I just read?