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Geek Media Round-Up: August 18, 2008

18 Aug 2008  Media

Black Canary BarbieComics

  • Evidently, the new Barbie, which is dressed like the Black Canary, is driving conservative to distraction…
  • Ten reasons no one cares about Wonder Woman… despite being the only major DC character with breasts.

Film

  • Jeremy Tolbert of Fantasy Magazine shares “Twenty Things I Learned From Bad 80s Genre Films“.
  • Maxim counts down the The Unsung Heroes of Star Wars, beginning with the rebel with the sagging pants.

Internet

  • A fresh take on teleportation: Teleportation should be a matter of simply proving you’re somewhere else.
  • Michael Swaim of Cracked responds to Orson Scott Card’s rallying cry against gays, in Cracked’s typically colorful manner.
  • Tor.com gets hacked. Is it poetic justice or a sad take on the tragedy of the commons?
  • What is the The Photoshop Effect and how far does it really permeate the media? The answers: the reason little girls hate themselves and all the way through.

Television

  • Doc Artz ponders LOST’s top 9 unanswered questions. I expect he will be assassinated by Polar Bears any day now.
  • Doll House Preview! Doll House Preview! Doll House Preview!

Writing

  • A grotesque comparison of a steamy love affair to a New York City street has won a Washington man this year’s grand prize in an annual bad writing contest.
  • Literary agent Colleen Lindsay examine the elements of the perfect query letter.

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