Ultimate Spider-Man #1

Why do creators or publishers feel that they have to change a characters race to make them more interesting? I always feel a bit insulted when they do it. I gave this issue a chance in spite of that very fact. The artwork was great, Sara Pichelli is a talent and a half, plus the cover by Kaare Andrews was nice. Bendis gave it a good try but I just could not see past the change of the lead character (it also bothers me to hear that in the new Superman movie Daily Planet editor, Perry White, will be played by Lawrence Fishburne. It is just an unneeded change. Are there no good actors that look like the comic book version of Perry White?). For me Peter Parker is and will always be Spider-man!