Monthly Archives: April 2011

Optimus Crime

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: April 30, 2011

I consider myself a pretty positive guy. I try to not dwell on the negative. I try to be upbeat. But try as I might, I can’t convince myself that the new Transformers film will be worth seeing. I should be willing to give it a shot. I liked (didn’t love) the first one. But [...]

Posted in Blog, Movies | Tagged Annoyance, Bad Guys, Blurry Image, Caricatures, Characterization, Emptiness, Giant Robots, Half Hour, Megatron, Michael Bay, Nice Surprise, Perfect World, Previous Films, Robot Action, Robot King, Shockwave, Spaceships, Tentacles, Transformers, Twenty Minutes | Leave a comment

Police Academy Vs. Fast and Furious, A Case of Character

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: April 28, 2011

I’ve only seen one of the Fast and Furious movies. It was Tokyo Drift, and it wasn’t bad. It’s a movie about racing cars. So they race cars. And while I can’t say a whole heck about the plot beyond that, I can say that if a car racing movie has cars racing, I really [...]

Posted in Blog, Writing | Tagged Car Chase, Car Racing, Car Stunts, Character Work, Clever Writer, Cool Cars, Film Series, Furious Films, Good Looking People, Natural Fit, Nuance, Panda, Police Academy, Race Cars, Racing Cars, Sequels, Silliness, Swordfighting, Tokyo Drift, Understimated | 2 Comments

The Definitive Titanic 2 Review

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: April 26, 2011

In addition to being a world-renowned novelologist, game playing dude, and afficianado of giant fightin’ robots, I am also, a B-movie fan. I’ve seen a lot of them, and while most B movies aren’t very good, there’s something about the good ones (and the terrible ones) that can make them worth watching. Anyone can make [...]

Posted in Blog | Tagged Afficianado, B Movie, B Movies, Bat, Bs, Budget, Cameron, Decent Movie, Filmmakers, Films, Fx, Game, Legacy, Mad Props, Morons, Netflix, Quantum Uncertainty, Reflex, Robots, Titanic 2 | 6 Comments

Say What?

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: April 22, 2011

What’s left to say? The wonderful thing about being a professional novelologist of some very modest renown is that I have a public voice. Not only do I have a public voice, but I get paid to have it. That always strikes me as strange considering how so many struggle to be heard, yet I [...]