Monthly Archives: June 2011

Weird Tales

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: June 29, 2011

Sent Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain off to begin the copy editing process. The publishing business works on a long timeline, and it won’t be out until sometime next year. I won’t talk too much about it at this point other than to say it’s the story of a supervillain from Neptune who is [...]

Posted in Blog, Writing | Tagged Annoyance, Brain, Business Works, Copy Editing, Doc Savage, Emperor, Exoskeletons, Finishing Touches, Foe, Genetics, Hard Time, Inha, Mollusk, Neptune, Nutshell, Obstacle, Pulp, Sol System, Spine, Superman Lex Luthor, Supervillain, Target, Weird Tales, Wrath | 10 Comments

Green Lantern (Cultural Counter Punch)

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: June 20, 2011

There’s a line in the cultural sand of superheroes. It’s a line that says superheroes are either “dark and sophisticated” like The Dark Knight or “slight and stupid” like Green Lantern. It’s deeper than superheroes actually. It’s how we have been taught to view the world now. Shows like Dexter and The Wire and others [...]

Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Movies | Tagged Action Adventure, Asshole, Counter Punch, Creative Action, Culture War, Dark Knight, Dexter, Different Point Of View, Epic Battle, Good Fun, Good Guys And Bad Guys, Green Lantern, Outright Hostility, Protagonists, Reasonable Person, Smart Film, Superhero Flick, Superheroes, Term Culture, Wages | 7 Comments

In Brightest Day… (a criticism of criticism)

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: June 20, 2011

I really, really, really liked Green Lantern. I liked it so much, in fact, that I’m actively annoyed that other people are so down on it. I don’t care if people disliked it. I don’t mind if people call it bad. But the virulent venom aimed at this particular flick is just not warranted. This [...]

Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Movies, Writing | Tagged Audience, Clash, Cooperation, Elements, Favorite Movies, Filmmaking, Flick, Fx, Giant Monster, Green Lantern, Hostility, Job, King Kong, Nugget, Observation, People, Spaceship, Tita, Venom | 4 Comments

Magneto Wins

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: June 13, 2011

This is about X-Men: First Class. If you haven’t seen the film yet, there are some spoilers here. SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! There. You can’t say I didn’t warn you. Oh, what the heck. Just to be safe. SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! That should do [...]