Tag Archives: Batman

My Skyfall Review (a cultural counterpoint)

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: November 21, 2012

Hey, folks. I’m back. Okay, I was never really gone, but I was busy with a move and my internet access was sketchy. But now the move is finished (the big part anyway), and though I need to work on my new book (y’know, the stuff I actually get paid for) and I’m battling a [...]

Posted in Blog, Movies, Writing | Also tagged Bad Guys, Batman Films, Characterization, Christopher Nolan, Counterpoint, Dangerous Waters, Failure, False Assumption, Fun Story, Good Guys, Green Lantern, Hankering, Hot Buttons, Incompetence, Internet Access, James Bond Films, Legacy, Matter Of Opinion, Mature Story, Maturity, Plot Holes, Popular Opinion, Puppies, Random Thoughts, Reason, Sake, Simplicity, Skyfall, Spoiler Alert, Star Wars, Star Wars Prequels, Story Construction, Superhero, Tron, Variations, Verge, Wisdom | 9 Comments

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 [...]

Posted in Blog | Also tagged Accomplishment, Back Issues, Comic Book, Corporations, Eight Hours, Fantasy Football, Favorite Show, Favorite Tv, Good Fight, Graphic Novel Collections, Lai, Marathon, Nerds, Netflix, Obsessive Devotion, Obsessiveness, Personal Obsession, Rise Of The Geeks, Waiting In Line | 7 Comments

Copywrong

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: January 26, 2012

It’s time to admit that the concept of copyright has gone horribly, horribly wrong. In theory, copyright is there to protect artists and creators, to allow them to make money off their work, and to encourage creativity. In practice, it just leads to stagnation and to corporations profiting off of characters they simply are fortunate [...]

Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Movies, Writing | Also tagged Capable Writers, Comic Book, Commercial Success, Corporations, Creativity, Creators, Decades, Dilemma, Expiration Date, Fact Of The Matter, Franchises, Increasing Sales, James Bond, Machine Dc, Profits, Reboot, Spider Man, Spider Man Movie, Stagnation, Superman, Telling A Good Story, Whim | 7 Comments

Get Real (or Don’t)

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: December 1, 2011

It’s starting to cheese me off (excuse my language) that so many writers and creators will resort to the Realism Defense when it suits their purposes and ignore it when it doesn’t. Maybe that’s just Terran nature. And most of the time, it’s harmless. But when it comes to important things, it’s generally a cop [...]