Tag Archives: Random Thoughts

My Skyfall Review (a cultural counterpoint)

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: November 21, 2012

Hey, folks. I’m back. Okay, I was never really gone, but I was busy with a move and my internet access was sketchy. But now the move is finished (the big part anyway), and though I need to work on my new book (y’know, the stuff I actually get paid for) and I’m battling a [...]

Posted in Blog, Movies, Writing | Also tagged Bad Guys, Batman, Batman Films, Characterization, Christopher Nolan, Counterpoint, Dangerous Waters, Failure, False Assumption, Fun Story, Good Guys, Green Lantern, Hankering, Hot Buttons, Incompetence, Internet Access, James Bond Films, Legacy, Matter Of Opinion, Mature Story, Maturity, Plot Holes, Popular Opinion, Puppies, Reason, Sake, Simplicity, Skyfall, Spoiler Alert, Star Wars, Star Wars Prequels, Story Construction, Superhero, Tron, Variations, Verge, Wisdom | 9 Comments

Random Blog Post

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: November 11, 2011

Hey, gang. Apologies that I haven’t been posting as regularly. I’ve been surprisingly busy. I can’t complain about it. It’s a good thing for my career if I have a bunch of projects going on. It’s an exciting time to be me, and I guess that means if you’re a fan, then it can be [...]

Posted in Blog, Skepticism, games | Also tagged Apologies, Audience, Blog, Brain, Charming Game, Complexity, Creativity, Elements, Exact Science, Famous Person, Free Moment, Gimmick, Guarantees, Hey, Homage, Illusion, Inspiration, Little Bit, Manuscript, Memento, Money, Muses, Neurons, Novel, Odds, Old School, Paranormal Activity, People, Point Of View, Pokemon, Prodding, Professional Writer, Protagonist, Puzzles, Secret Projects, Simplicity, Six Years, Sophisticated Entertainment, Sorts, Spy, Squishy, Storytelling, Struggle, Top Secret Project, Unusual Story, Video Game, Vital Pieces, Wii, Wireless Portal | 10 Comments

Random Thoughts

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: September 23, 2011

By the time you read this, I’ll probably be at Fencon. It’s a great sci fi convention in the Dallas area, and if you happen to be in the area, it’s well worth your time. It also holds a special place in my heart because when I was a teeny tiny novelologist just starting out, [...]

Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Writing | Also tagged Dallas Area, Elizabeth Warren, Emotional Reasons, Fear Of Death, Having A Bad Day, Jackasses, Place In My Heart, Police Force, Powerlessness, Public Sector, Public Works Projects, Sci Fi Convention, Smattering, Successes And Failures, Target, Tax Dollars, Temper Tantrum, Thoughts Running Through My Head, Wrath | 5 Comments

Belated Movie Discussion Time

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 7, 2010

Did you ever notice that sometimes, you need some time to think about something before you really make up your mind? In that tradition, I bring you some random thoughts about movies that were released a while ago but that took me a while to figure out how I felt. LEGION The premise to Legion [...]