Tag Archives: Peter Parker

Arc-Less

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

I miss tough guys. Guys without character arcs. Characters who who show up, kick some ass, and then go home basically unchanged. They aren’t shallow characters. They’re simple and direct, and they get the job done. They aren’t there to learn about themselves. They’re there to shoot aliens and stop supervillains and otherwise have daring [...]

Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Writing | Also tagged Amazon, Backstory, Better Person, Character Arc, Character Growth, Cowboys And Aliens, Crimefighter, Daring Adventures, Enjoyable Film, Feelings Of Guilt, Grim Smile, John Carter, John Carter Of Mars, Mad Kings, Missing The Point, Personal Taste, Shallow Characters, Tough Guys, Violent World | 1 Comment

Spectacular

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: December 29, 2010

I started watching Season One of Spectactular Spider-Man. It’s pretty good. It could be great except that I could never get past certain elements of the Spider-Man character. Mostly, it’s that everyone Peter Parker knows seems to either be menaced constantly by supervillains or transform into supervillains. It probably wasn’t intentional. It just sort of [...]

Posted in Blog | Also tagged Characte, Element, Face Value, Funny Costumes, Gore, Inclusion, Intelligent Story, Mature Elements, Maturity, Need Sex, Notion, Novels, Real Sex, Silliness, Spider Man, Spidey, Story Sex, Superheroes, Supervillains | 3 Comments

The Last 7 Superheroes I Want to See as Movies

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: September 11, 2009

So I asked my friends and neighbors in the Twitterverse to give me a topic to blog about because I’m pretty lazy and at this point, I sometimes feel like I’m repeating myself. At least if I do it with a suggested topic, I can pretend like it’s semi-worthwhile and not an exercise in self-indulgence. [...]