Tag Archives: Superpowers

Forget Krypton

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: June 11, 2013

I don’t care about origins. For some characters, origins are important, but for many, they aren’t. One of the reasons I’m not interested in the new Superman movie is that I couldn’t give a damn about Krypton. I don’t need to spend much time there, and I actually prefer not doing so. I like Krypton [...]

Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Movies, Writing | Also tagged Batman, Clark Kent, Compassion, Earth Culture, Excuse, Heat Vision, Human Culture, Incredible Power, Mainstream, Motivations, New Superman Movie, Notion, Origins, Personality, Salt Of The Earth, Sense Of Responsibility, Strange Paradox, Supermen, Technically | 5 Comments

Adaptable

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: April 21, 2010

Watched the animated Batman/Superman: Public Enemies. Like nearly everything done as part of the DC Animated stuff, it’s exceptional. Stuff like this tends to remind me why I used to like superheroes, before the 90′s came along and ruined it all with realism and grittiness. Really, what the hell do superheroes have to do with [...]

Posted in Blog | Also tagged Alan Moore, Animated Batman, Animated Feature, Emotional Level, Giant Space, Graphic Novel, Jet Packs, Kick Ass, Miscalculation, Old Girl, Plot Holes, Professional Killers, Public Enemies, Realism, Realistic Elements, Squid, Strange Twists, Superhero Genre, Watchmen | 2 Comments

Zombie Plaqued

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 20, 2009

Every zombie story is exactly the same. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. Can we just admit this? I’m not here to judge. I’m not a zombie fan, but so what? If every story was written for me it would involve either robots from space, giant monsters, and / or ninjas. And while I do enjoy monsters in [...]