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Geek Media Round-Up: August 8, 2012

8 Aug 2012  Media

Art

  • Adam Savage is fascinated with Rick Deckard’s LAPD pistol from that Ridley Scott masterpiece, and he has spent a lot of time (in this case, SEVEN years) building the perfect replica, as he shows Will Smith of Tested.com.
  • CBS & QMx Making Groovy Retro Star Trek Posters For Every TOS Episode
  • Concept Art For Neuromancer
  • The Mars Curiosity Rover, recreated in Legos
  • Steampunk Mosaics

Comics

  • A Comics Crusader Takes On The Digital Future

Cross-Media

  • When Is It Enough? Prequels, Sequels, and Extended Universes

Film

  • Interview: Art of the Title: Steve Voila on the titles of The Avengers.
  • Interview: Tom Hiddleston talks Thor: What Fans Can Expect from the Sequel
  • News: Joss Whedon Signed To Write And Direct Avengers 2, Marvel TV Series
  • Bane’s Vest From The Dark Knight Rises Actually Had An Origin Story

Literature

  • Interview: Apex Magazine chats with Genevieve Valentine, author of Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti.
  • Interview: Cherie Priest, Jay Lake, Gail Carriger, Paul Di Fillipo, Phillipa Ballantine and Tee Morris Talk Steampunk
  • Interview: Edward M. Lerner discusses Energized, his alternate-energy thriller.
  • Interview: Science Fiction Writing/Editing Legend Ben Bova
  • News: Damages Could Exceed $1 Billion in Authors Guild Case Against Google
  • The 10 Best End of the World Novels
  • An E-Reader Annotation Mini-Manifesto
  • The Deepest, Darkest Coming of Age Stories from Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • Listen to Justin Cronin read an excerpt from The Twelve.

Science

  • Science Proves Luke Skywalker Should Have Died In The Tauntaun’s Belly
  • Why Are People Not on Mars?

Technology

  • News: Fan pitches naming SpaceX’s first private spaceship “Serenity”

Television

  • Interview: Breaking Bad’s Dean Norris talks to NPR.
  • Interview: Game of Thrones’ Coster-Waldau: Season three is great for Jaime
  • News: ‘Doctor Who’ Matt Smith ‘wants Christopher Eccleston return’
  • 5 Ingredients for a Great Sci-Fi TV Show
  • 5 Things Sci-Fi Shows Should Learn From Eureka
  • 10 Marvel Comics Joss Whedon Could Bring to TV
  • Top ten Joss Whedon villains.
  • Watch An Extended Preview of J.J. Abrams’ new series, ‘Revolution’
  • Where’s the TV Side of the Superhero Renaissance?

Writing

  • Being male is not a prerequisite for hard SF



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