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When the example says "it was largely acclaimed ...", then it's not an example of Dork Age. The Too Bleak, Stopped Caring one is just a shoehorned in complaint (the first one is too).
Cut them both.
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Looks like Ferot_Dreadnaught has already cut the entries.
Edited by gjjones He/His/Him. No matter who you are, always Be Yourself.
Of note is that Dork Age was recently renamed to Audience-Alienating Era anyway so there's that.
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The series does ultimately go in a direction that definitely soured a lot of people on it regarding it's handling of the character of Ben Reiley, but it's still really not enough to qualify for Too Bleak, Stopped Caring. It only really goes full throttle in that direction in the tail-end too which doesn't really qualify it for Audience-Alienating Era too. imo the Uncertain Audience entry on the page is a fairer assessment that does highlight the overall problems people had with it.
The YMMV page of Spider-Man Beyond has certain entries that come off as reactionary and a bit controversial, such as...
Dork Age applies when:
1. the story is a critical and financial disappointment
2. any changes the story brings have to undone by later stories
3. anytime the story referenced to, it has to be done in a negative and mocking manner.
Too Bleak, Stopped Caring applies when all sides involved in the story's main conflict and equally unlikeable (pedophiliac serial killer vs genocidal slave trader) or the heroes' efforts ultimately amount to nothing and the universe still sucks. Since the story features clearly defined heroes and villains and the story delivers a positive outcome, the trope doesn't apply.
I feel like I need to remind people here that TV Tropes is not your personal echo chamber that you can use to say whatever you want and not expect any kind of response. So, what should we do about this?
Edited by MasterHero