Question 1:

Since we have the T+ version in Amazing and FN, the more adult one in Marvel Knights and the kid's version, why is there an Ultimate version as well?

Answer 1:

For the creators....

Question 2:

Then, why don't they put JMS, who obviously writes a very different caracter than the one we knew so far, in the Ultimate Line?

Answer 2:

Because BMB and Bagley have to do more issues than Stan and Jack did in their FF run.

Conclusion: 1 book for the kids and all the rest for the creators and THEIR fans. Taking the character into consideration has ceased being an option a long time ago.

That's basically what I understand about Marvel these days.

SPOILERS FOR THE NEXT PART OF THE OTHER:

Apparently, the next issue is about the "aftermath" of Peter's death -- not a great idea, as we all know Peter is dead. I liked the funeral for Superman in the Silver Banshee issue of Action Comics from way back, along with the JLA's and (especially) Luthor's reaction to his death, but it was never presented as the thrust of the issue (and of course, the bad guy was caught at the end of it).

Moreover, it's bad enough, I think, that JMS had Aunt May discover Peter's identity and not die from the shock (she did have a weak heart, right? Did that just change overnight?) but to have her actually deal with Peter's death (and again not die from the shock) is, to me, a complete betrayal of the character. Fine, let Peter appear to be dead but why not contrive a way to *not* have Aunt May know about it since we know it's temporary? And while I'm on the subject, doesn't anyone else think it's odd that Aunt May has clearly gotten *younger* over the years while Peter has gotten older. Marvel has repeatedly stated that Peter is pushing 30 (which I hate, by the way) but if Aunt May was already elderly when he became Spider-Man, then she should be well into her 80s yet she hasn't been depicted as such in years.

Finally, this issue seems to be another fine example of decompression: The cover of the damn book has Peter in a cocoon. And the last page of the book... has Peter in a cocoon. What is someone supposed to gain by reading this? What actual advancement of the plot was made? Honestly, the past eight issues of this storyarc could have been done in about three issues tops.

Feh.

Also remember that Peter started wrapping himself in a web fluid cocoon during the wretched (and mercifully short lived) "I am the Spider" period that, IIRC, ran for a few issues in the lead-up to the Clone Saga.

It didn't make any sense back then, either.

Spiders spin cocoons?

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Yes, they also have stingers that come out of their wrists and unlimited webbing that is shot from the exact same place.

So, where are the purists who objected to the change in Electro's costume? Yeesh.

 Should the readers that absolutely adore "The Other" be denied of their great reading experience, because the "true", hardcore Spider-Man fans dislikes it?

It goes beyond that.  If I wrote a story where Superman was a homeless junkie who had no powers and just imagined that he was the Last Son of Krypton, which would be more wrong:  depriving the readers of the story, or writing it in the first place?  The Other is not a Spider-Man story, period.  It may or may not be a good story on its own merits, and I do realise that different writers are going to have slightly different visions of Spider-Man, but this is virtually nobody's idea of a Spider-Man story...except JMS's, I suppose.

Ironically there is a type of wasp who's parasitic larva can force an orb spider to weave a cocoon it would not otherwise weave.

http://www.museums.org.za/bio/spiderweb/manip_wasp.htm

So Spider-Man is obviously dealing with a parasitic larva(the other) forcing him to do this stuff. Could this be the work of the Brood from the Cockrum and Claremont era? Anybody seen any giant purple cyborg space catfish around?

Or is it JMS making him do weird things as he sucks the final blood out of the property?

BTW Spider-Man just got through with turning into a spider, dying, and splitting open LAST year just to give him bug-talk and bio-webs. They called it Spider-Man disassembled. I think next he should get rocket boots and a robot arm and katanna and a flaming skull head. And he needs Spider-Hearing.