Tag Archives: Bad Guys

A Digression on Superhero Chick Flicks

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: June 7, 2013

Q&A Friday is here once again, and while I’m a little late posting this, this is still technically Friday, so the universe has not fallen completely out of disorder just yet. Another day pushing back against the forces of chaos, right? Sure, we’re all destined one day to be swallowed up by a vast and [...]

Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Writing | Also tagged Abyss, Action Adventure, Adventure Genre, Amazing Power, Athlete, Brink, Chaos, Chick Flicks, Cinematic Universe, Digression, Fantasies, Female Superheroes, Genres, Metropolis, Ordinary Citizens, Police Force, Powerful Industrialist, Punch, Rare Exception, Shoulders, Superman, Target Audience | 4 Comments

Q&A Friday

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: May 10, 2013

Hello, Action Force. Been a while since I’ve posted a Q&A Friday but received some intriguing questions so here we go. Here’s a question i’ve had bugging me forever. What the f$%&^ is Steve Rogers’s (aka Captain America) motivation? Liberty. Seriously, that’s basically it. The guy believes in life, liberty, and the pursuit of [...]

Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Writing | Also tagged Brave Souls, Captain America, Clark Kent, Cliche, Good Guys, Good Person, Heroic Characters, Heroism, Intriguing Questions, John Carter, John Carter Of Mars, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness, Life Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness, Macgyver, Man Of Steel, Nuanced, Pursuit Of Happiness, Steve Rogers, Superman Story | 5 Comments

Cage Matched

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: April 30, 2013

The world is one giant complicated mess, and as humans, we aren’t wired to deal with that. Given a chance, we will always simplify, reduce, and otherwise ignore rather than deal with possibilities. This is a gross generalization, and not everyone does this all the time. But we all do it sometime. And some of [...]

Posted in Blog, Writing | Also tagged Action Hero, Aesthetic Choices, Aesthetically, Beasts, Cop, Copycats, Gross Generalization, Heck, Lethal Weapon, Men In Black, Notion, Pacific Rim, Religious Connotations, Ripoff, Robots, Set Pieces, Tango And Cash, Transformers, Waves | Leave a comment

Die Hard: The Phantom Menace Legacy

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: February 19, 2013

Am I the only one who finds it a bit sad that the Die Hard films have become synonymous with “big, dumb action films”? Don’t get me wrong. I think too often we assume that a movie with action is “stupid” automatically. That’s a real shame, but it’s also one that isn’t going to change [...]