Tag Archives: Incredibles

Best(ish)

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: August 14, 2012

“It’s not his best book…” That always strike me as a strange review. By definition, there can be only one best book, and it is highly unlikely that every book I write will be better than the last. I’ve published nine novels, and it’s safe to say that they don’t line up in some rigid [...]

Posted in Blog, Writing | Also tagged Beethoven, Disagreement, Disappointment, Entire World, Legacy, Love, Macbeth, Magnum Opus, Monsters Inc, Nostalgia, Novels, Pixar, Pixar Film, Romeo And Juliet, Shakespeare, Sixth Symphony, T Line | 3 Comments

Epic

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 26, 2011

This might be a controversial opinion, but I think I Am Number Four is a better superhero flick than Captain America or Iron Man. Or possibly just about every other mainstream superhero flick out there. Here me out before you start violently disagreeing. First of all, we need to define what is the essence of [...]

Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Movies | Also tagged Action Adventure, Blue Shield, Captain America, Charitable Foundation, Clown, Diplomacy, Epic Battles, Evildoers, Greatest Superhero, Intellectual Level, Iron Man, Merits, Physical Conflict, Punches, Slam Bang, Small Wonder, Superhero Flick, Tact, Writing Great Characters | Leave a comment

Everything Vs. Everything, Epic Edition

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

I watched this documentary on the Phoenix lights, and it got me thinking about skepticism. I even had this great idea of exploring skepticism, belief, and the Terran desire to find something “greater”. But who really gives a shit? I could throw my own observations into the collective consciousness of humanity, but it’s just more [...]

Posted in Blog | Also tagged Assumptions, Collective Consciousness, Comic Book, Dinosaurs, Ernest Hemmingway, Fate Of The Universe, Gorilla, Ninjas, Panda, Paranormal, Perception, Phoenix Lights, Rhino, Robots, Skepticism, Space Aliens, Sucker Punch, Superhero Comics, Vampires | 2 Comments

Monday Musings

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: May 10, 2010

Ah, another Monday, another day when I put random thoughts out into the ether. Saw Iron Man 2 today. Blah. Not a bad movie, but not very good either. Like most superhero sequels, it’s way too heavy on plot, too short on creative superhero action. It’s not that I need to have a giant robot [...]