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Tag Archives: Iron Man
Other People’s Toys
A. LEE MARTINEZ FUN FACTOID: I almost wrote an Iron Man novel. This was a few years back when the original Iron Man movie was about to come out. Or maybe it had just come out. Little hazy on the details, but I remember that some tenative steps were taken between me and a publisher to [...]
Posted in Blog Also tagged Adaptation, Alien Robot, Bad Guys, Board Games, Espionage, Exact Details, Game, Gorillas, Grasp, Indiana Jones, Iron Man Movie, Justification, Love Interest, Man Love, Marvel Universe, Money, Novel, People Express, Sentry, Spy, Toys, Wit 14 Comments
In Which, I Overthink Superhero Movies
Here’s a question. Can a story succeed and fail at the same time? The answer is a resounding YES. I should know since I am a moderately successful comic fantasy writer who doesn’t consider himself as such. Yet the writer I imagine myself to be clearly isn’t the writer many folks think of me as [...]
Posted in Blog Also tagged Arbitrary Definition, Battling Evil, Bridges, Comic Fantasy, Element, Failure, Fantasist, Fantasy Writer, Fly, Humor, Imagine, Lasers, Novel, Power Armor, Reputation, Secret Identities, Tanks 8 Comments
Monday Musings
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 [...]
Posted in Blog Also tagged Bad Guys, Battle Cry, Billion Dollars, Comic Books, Fist Fight, Giant Robot, Incredibles, Musings, Personal Philosophy, Punches, Random Thoughts, Robot Attack, Sequels, Spider Man, Superhero, Talking Heads, Three Minutes, Video Game, Villain 3 Comments
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