Monthly Archives: December 2009

Yet Another Long Ghost Hunting Inspired Post

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: December 23, 2009

Wow. I sat down just to write a short blog entry and ended up going crazy. In brief, this started out as a post about ghost hunting and self-deception and then somewhere along the way got out of control. But I wrote it, and I think it’s interesting, and along being an award-winning, internationally renowned [...]

Watch Out for Ewoks!

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: December 21, 2009

So Avatar came out in theaters. Haven’t seen it yet. I’ve been put off by the length and the pretentious ads for it. “Filmmaking will never be the same!” Yeah, right. I don’t really understand how Avatar is groundbreaking. Both animated films and cutting edge video games have demonstrated the power of computer animation to [...]

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Goin’ Hollywood

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: December 18, 2009

As you may or may not know, Gil’s All Fright Diner was optioned by Dreamworks Animation for a possible movie adaptation, and now the creative story team behind Kung Fu Panda has been given the go ahead to do their thing. This is fantastic news. This is a preview of Goin’ Hollywood. Read the full [...]

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Random Blog Entry

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: December 5, 2009

“If you see a book of matches move on its own then you’re either drunk or it must be a ghost.” This is the kind of “logic” the frat boys of Ghost Adventures employ. Is it any wonder I make fun of these ghost hunting reality shows? Bought a new board game. Twilight Imperium by [...]