Tag Archives: Low Budget

It Conquered the Media Property!

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: January 29, 2013

The monopolistic nature of media is what worries me the most about the future. J.J. Abrams is now going to be put in charge of two powerful science fiction dynasties. One man will control both Star Trek and Star Wars. Meanwhile, Disney defacto owns 90 percent of our fairy tale characters, Marvel Comics, the Muppets, [...]

Posted in Blog, Writing | Also tagged Catchy Title, Classic Monster, Crazy Stuff, Defacto, Demarcation, Dynasties, Fairy Tale Characters, J J Abrams, Lion Head, Lone Ranger, Marketeers, Marvel Comics, Monolith Monsters, Pacific Rim, Publicity Stunts, Sales Pitch, Sinister Thoughts, Star Trek, Star Wars Star | 3 Comments

Love the Bunny Suit

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

I like bad special effects. I like low budget movies. I like stories that are put together from string and scrap and heaps of limitations and somehow still work. I’m not against CGI or great FX. These things can be awesome. It isn’t ultimately the FX that make a sci fi / fantasy / horror [...]

Posted in Blog, Movies, Writing | Also tagged Bunnies, Bunny Suit, Bunny Suits, Camera Tricks, Fantasy Horror, Filmmaker, Giant Rabbits, Heaps, Horror Story, John Carpenter, Krull, Night Of The Lepus, Puppets, Rabbits, Scary Film, Sci Fi, Slow Motion, Soundstage, Strange Element | 5 Comments

District 9? No, Thanks.

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 14, 2009

District 9? No, Thanks. Can we declare the era of the pseudo-reality movie over already? First there was Blair Witch. Not very good, but at least it was original. And it was a low budget student film. It was a novelty. Good? Not really. But at least it wasn’t something you see everyday. Then came Cloverfield (Godzilla meets [...]