Monthly Archives: July 2012

Scar Issue

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 24, 2012

Storytelling is all about emotion. Oh, sure, it helps if you can craft a good plot or have a way with a sentence. It helps a lot. But all the technical skill in the world isn’t going to make a difference if your audience doesn’t connect emotionally with what’s going on. This isn’t just true [...]

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Rise of the Geeks

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 20, 2012

Honestly, I don’t get the appeal of the midnight showing. It’s not like the movie is going to disappear the next day. It’s not like it’s a limited asset. It is a movie and it will be showing many, many, many times. Somehow, we’ve been convinced to treat films as if they are rare and [...]

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Familiar Foe

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 19, 2012

It occurred to me the other day that I could probably go a few years without seeing Spider-Man. I don’t say that just because of the recent movie reboot, and I don’t say it because I’m not much of a Spider-Man fan either. Those are doubtlessly connected to the issue, but there’s also the fact [...]

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Mack Megaton Story, Part 2

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 3, 2012

Here it is. Part Two of that Mack Megaton story I’ve been very, very slowly working on. Better late than never, as they say. If you haven’t read the first part, here’s a link to the post: www.aleemartinez.com/?p=1104 The third (and possibly fourth part will come in a couple of weeks). Not sure if it [...]