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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, [...]

Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Movies, Writing | Also tagged Alien Invasions, Batman Film, Batman Movie Trailer, Black Eyed Peas, Brutality, Captain America, Comic Book, Commercial Success, Dark Knight, Event Horizon, Good Guys, Green Lantern, Melodrama, Music Group, Nods, Rap Rock, Realism, Universes, Wrong Side | 12 Comments

Love, Hate, and Everything In-Between

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

I watched Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World today, and it made me retroactively disappointed in Captain America. I’m not calling Cap a bad film, but the action adventure elements, satirical and bizarre as they may be in Pilgrim, are sublime. In fact, there’s really nothing quite comparable to it in the recent string of superflicks. [...]

Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Movies, Writing | Also tagged Action Adventure, Adventure Elements, Arcs, Audience, Bad Guys, Captain America, Execution, Fantasy Action, Fun, Mainstream Audiences, Masterpiece, Match, Respects, Scott Pilgrim, Strange Mix, Top Film, Trials And Tribulations, World Today, Young Adults | 4 Comments

Red Skull, Underdog?

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 28, 2011

Something occurred to me today. While Captain America is a pretty fun movie, it has one mistake, writing wise. It’s not a terrible one, but it does end up accidentally weakening the drama and adventure. I’m not going to talk about the film in tremendous detail, but I will be discussing a few broad plot [...]

Posted in Blog, Movies, Writing | Also tagged Adventure Fiction, Bad Guys, Captain America, Cred, Deathstar, Fair Warning, Foregone Conclusion, Fort Knox, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Maste, Nuking, Red Skull, Sacred Stones, Self Destruct Button, Sinister Plan, Staple, Terrible One, Truism, Underdog, Villain, Villains | 3 Comments

Life with Archie?

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: September 14, 2010

I haven’t complained about comics much recently, have I? Maybe it’s because I’m just not buying many titles. I love superhero stuff, and most superhero stuff this day and age ranges from dull to atrocious. Honestly, maybe I’ve outgrown the genre. Although I do really love Atomic Robo and while it’s not technically a superhero [...]