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Geek Media Round-Up: November 19, 2009

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Film

News: J.J. Abrams will be Producing Samurai Jack: The Movie. Is Aku the smoke beast?
News: Steven Spielberg Teams with Stephen King for an Under the Dome miniseries.
Cinematical names the Top Seven Movies that Start Fights, including The Matrix Reloaded.
Paste Magazine compiled a great list of The 25 Best Movie Performances of the Decade.
SciFi Squad picks the The Top Ten Most Memorable Astronaut Movies in honor of the upcoming Planet 51.

Internet

CollegeHumor has come up with the perfect Internet Application for Adults. I say, let’s make it mandatory!
Check out what AdSense pairs with this Robert Pattinson website.
Get the scoop on Flarf, the poetry of Googled search terms.

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Book Review: The Gathering Storm

Nov 16 2009 1 Comment 29 views

Book: The Gathering Storm
ISBN-13: 978-0765302304

Author: Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan
Series: Book 12 of The Wheel of Time
Publisher: Tor Books
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Release: October 27, 2009
Length: 784 pages (Hardcover)

Rating: A+

Verdict

After years of waiting and worrying, fans will be relieved to discover that they will not be cheated out of a fitting end to the greatest fantasy epic of our generation. Sanderson has risen to the challenge of filling Robert Jordan’s shoes and produced one of the best books yet released in the Wheel of Times series.

Pros:

Cons: The mindf*** of wondering whether or not what you’re reading is as good as it would have been if Jordan had finished it himself. The almost painful desire to read the next book once you’ve finished this one.

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Geek Media Round-Up: November 12, 2009

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Art

Female android

Pink Tentacles has a gallery of Sci-fi illustrations by Shusei Nagaoka.

Comics

Alan Moore, the comic book writer responsible for Watchmen and V For Vendetta, says he’s writing lyrics for Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s next opera.
Imagine going to Hollywood on vacation, only to watch Spider-Man being carted off by cops.

Film

Cracks sifts through the suggest box for Rejected Ideas for Disaster Movies.
Daily Fill remembers 15 Childhood Movies that Failed the Test of Time.
Fumiko’s Confession is a short film animated completely by one person. (More)
John Scalzi explains Four Reasons Why Avatar Is Too Big to Fail.
There’s a new poster out for the upcoming Kick-Ass movie, and it’s waaay better than the last round of posters.
This year, there are 20 Cartoons competing for Oscar nominations.
VideoHound picks The Ten Worst Unexpected Sequels of All Time.

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Geek Media Round-Up: November 11, 2009

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Art

Interbent has posted a gallery of Humorous Star Wars Street Art.
Star Wars.com profiles artist Christian Waggoner, who paints Star Wars characters with scenes from the original trilogy reflected in their eyes. [via]

Film

Interview: Guillermo Del Toro discusses Making The Hobbit at Total Film.
Interview: Sam Rockwell explains what inspired his Iron Man 2 character.

Internet

Term Life Insurance has come up with this inforgraphic comparing the Top Earning Dead Celebrities of the Decade.
Total Film looks at the Best & Worst Movie Star Websites from around the web.


Literature

Interview: John Scalzi interviews Scott Westerfeld, author of Leviathan.
Interview: Lili St. Crow, author of Betrayals talks Young Adult fiction.
Interview: Newsarama profiles Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians.
Interview: Sang Pak discusses his coming-of-age novel Wait Until Twilight.
News: Walmart continues to release books prior to their publication dates.
Lev Grossman names his picks for the six greatest fantasy books of all time.
The Wertzone looks back at the history of Dungeons & Dragons DragonLance series.

Television

News: Joss Whedon's 'Dollhouse' canceled.  Episode 13 will be the last.
The AV Club counts down both The Best made-for-TV movies of the Decade and The Best TV Series of the Decade, including some surprising selections.

Writing

John Scalzi talks about Writers and Financial Woes.
Rants and Ramblings explains How Book Royalties Work.
The WallStreet Journal takes a sneak peek at a book all about How Authors Write.

 
											


				
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					Films you Didn’t Like until the last Ten Minutes
				
				
				
			
				 
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									These aren’t just films with great endings.  They’re films that would have been complete failures without an eleventh hour twist.  Click the images to watch the endings at YouTube.
10. Citizen Kane (1941)
“I don’t think any word can explain a man’s life. No, I guess Rosebud is just a… piece in a jigsaw puzzle… a missing piece.”
It may be the stuff of a film professor’s wet dreams, but ask any film student and they’ll tell you, Citizen Kane is a two hour set-up for a three-minute scene.  In fact, the whole movie can basically be abbreviated to its closing shot and line.
9. The Usual Suspects (1995)
“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.”
The conclusion to Kevin Spacey’s best performance makes this one of the best crime movies ever.  The final scene turns everything that came before it on its head.  More than that, the movie’s final revelation makes the rest of the movie’s fragmented plot make sense.

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					Media Releases for the Week of November 9, 2009
				
				
				
			
				 
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									Hardcover Book Releases
The Authorized Ender Companion by Orson Scott Card and Jake Black

Burn Me Deadly: An Eddie LaCrosse Novel by Alex Bledsoe

Destroyer of Worlds by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner

The Early Work of Philip K. Dick, Volume 2 by Philip K. Dick

Jaclyn the Ripper by Karl Alexander

The Lippolik Conundrum by Kami Dee Helm

Magic in the Shadows: An Allie Beckstrom Novel by Devon Monk

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: The Pathfinder Bestiary by Jason Bulmahn

Reincarnations by Harry Turtledove and Sheila Williams

Star Trek: The Art of the Film by Mark Cotta Vaz and J. J. Abrams

Torch of Freedom (Honorverse) by David Weber and Eric Flint

Under the Dome: A Novel by Stephen King

Wings of Creation (The Silver Ship) by Brenda Cooper

A Young Man Without Magic by Lawrence Watt-Evans

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					Geek Media Round-Up: November 10, 2009
				
				
				
			
				 
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									Art


Six Revisions has posted a gallery of 50 Stunning Pieces of Video Game Concept Art.
Empire has posted a gallery featuring The Art Of Star Wars.

Comics

Smallville writer Bryan Q. Miller Introduces DC’s New Batgirl.
Topless Robot picks The 5 Best and 5 Worst New Post-Brand New Day Spider-Man Villains

Film

Gunaxin counts down The 15 Best Prison Movies, beginning with Cool Hand Luke.
Screen Junkies looks at the 10 Best Boxes from Movies and TV.
Super Tremendous has posted The 15 Worst Bootleg DVD Covers Of All Time.

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					Geek Media Round-Up: November 9, 2009
				
				
				
			
				 
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									Art


Comic Alliance mashes up X-Men and Mad Men.
Fandomania has posted a gallery of Firefly artwork from DevianArt.
io9 has posted a gallery of images of nature reclaiming a creepy Post Apocalyptic Disney World.

Comics

MTV has a preview of the new Zack Whedon Dr. Horrible comic series!

Film

Interview: Michael Caine discusses his upcoming “urban western.”
News: Rumors claim that director Bryan Singer has begun preproduction on a proposed new Battlestar Galactica movie.
The new movie posters for Kick-Ass are out and they kind of… well, you know.
ScreenHead counts down the Top 10 sci-fi films that were ahead of their time, starting with Gattaca.

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