Tag Archives: Green Lantern

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 [...]

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The Event Horizon of Boring

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

Having seen the recent Batman movie trailer, I have to say this film looks like a stone cold bummer. I realize I stand on the wrong side (culturally) of this struggle, but I just didn’t care for The Dark Knight at all. It struck me as a combination of the worst elements of superheroes, realism, [...]

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Passing on Robot Gore

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 8, 2011

I haven’t seen the new Transformers film, and I really don’t have any desire to. I’m not going to bother judging it on the basis of quality. Quality is an ethereal thing, and it all boils down to opinion. I might think Green Lantern was a really fun and cool superhero movie (and one of [...]

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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 [...]