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Geek Media Round-Up: April 29, 2008

29 Apr 2008  Media

Film

  • According to Cinematical, the ‘Superman’ Sequel Might Reveal an “Angry God”.
  • Popular Mechanics weighs in on the decline of science fiction in the article Hollywood Sci-Fi’s Bronze Age: Are Comics to Blame?

Internet

  • Infoaddict presents Top 10 Lists From the Distant Future.
  • Slice of SciFi suggests The Top 7 Most Embarrassing Moments in Science Fiction. In my opinion, they don’t dig deep enough, because science fiction is fraught with embarrassing moments.

Literature

  • Author Richard Morgan puts forth the question “What the hell is wrong with us?” in an ovation-worthy rant entitled Sound and Fury, Signifying …?
  • Free Fiction: Del Rey will be offering Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Betrayal, as a free downloadable PDF, audio book, and eBook from today through midnight on Tuesday, May 13.
  • Free Fiction: Tor is continuing to post quality books online. Their latest release is Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder.
  • Interview: An interview with Ursula K. Le Guin is featured on this week’s The Book Show.

Television

  • AXCentral’s Maureen Ryan makes some excellent points in her look at How to fix Fox’s ‘Terminator’ series. More robot fights
  • BattleStar Galactica theories are running thicker than Harry-Snape slash fic, but Lisa Paitz Spindler has rounded up the Thirteen Hints we Know about the Final Cylon.
  • Great news! It looks like Fox’s next soon-to-be-discontinued series, Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse, will be critically acclaimed.

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