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Geek Media Round-Up: August 31, 2012

31 Aug 2012  Media

Art

The Nine Circles of Hell

  • As You Wish Helmets
  • The Nine Circles of Hell from Dante’s Inferno recreated in Lego
  • Paper Mache Dementor
  • Remote Control WALL-E
  • Steampunk C-3PO t-shirt

Comics

  • Interview: Joss Whedon talks all things Marvel.
  • Comics Bulletin names its picks for the Top Ten Dense Comics
  • Deconstructing the Superman/Wonder Woman kiss
  • Listen to an audio recording of the 1954 Senate Comic Book hearings.
  • The Top 5 Comic Books From Video Games

Cross-Media

  • The secret allure of the spoiler: Think you don’t want to know the ending?

Film

  • News: The Avengers will be back in theaters for Labor Day Weekend.
  • News: Metal Gear Solid Finally Getting an Actual Movie
  • 10 Items Movies Have Taught Us Not to Touch, Ever
  • Collection of New SKYFALL Photos
  • The Dark Knight Meets The Avengers highlights the differences between the DC and Marvel universe on the silver screen.
  • The Hobbit: Second film gets new title, third film gets release date
  • In the sci-fi short “Loom,” Ridley Scott’s son imagines his own dystopian future.
  • Photos of Lee Pace as Elven King Thranduil have leaedk, causing the usual total office Hobbit-anticipation meltdown.
  • Total Film offers a list of the 50 Most Insane Movie Details.

Internet

  • Swedish Chef: What do Swedes think of him? (They think he sounds Norwegian.)

Literature

  • News: MacMillan to Release Custom Wheel of Time iPhone Covers
  • Foods From Children’s Books: Turkish Delight, Butterbeer And More
  • NPR’s Science Friday is hosting a sci fi themed book club
  • Nina Croft, author of Break Out: Why I love sci-fi romance
  • What makes a good book trailer?

Technology

  • News: Fox Could Ban Your Fast-Forwarding Privileges
  • Is the future of holographic dead celebrities in jeopardy?

Television

  • Interview: Lucy Liu on Elementary’s Joan Watson: ‘She’s damaged like Sherlock’
  • Interview: The Mary Sue Interviews Karen Gillan of Doctor Who
  • The 5 Best Doctor Who Episodes Of The Modern Era
  • 21 ways of looking at Joss Whedon’s ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’ TV show.
  • The Buffy Effect: how TV characters influences attitudes about women.
  • Doctor Who’s Greatest Dalek Episodes
  • Doctor Who series 7 episode posters!
  • Doctor Who: why we will miss Amy Pond
  • HOWTO watch Battlestar Galactica
  • Old-School Doctor Who Episodes That Everyone Should Watch
  • Which characters could appear in S.H.I.E.L.D.?

Video Games

  • New: Gorgeous Lord of the Rings-Themed Skyrim Mod Project Ends After Cease & Desist Order From Warner Brothers
  • Artemis Is The Star Ship Bridge Simulator You’ve Always Wanted

Writing

  • Interview: Great SF authors share their biggest writing setbacks.
  • 8 Unstoppable Rules For Writing Killer Short Stories
  • What the Romance Genre Can Teach Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers



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