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Geek Media Round-Up: December 18, 2009

18 Dec 2009  Media

Art

Na'vi

  • Fandomania has rounded up Avatar fan art from across Deviant Art.
  • I LOVE this comic: If Websites Were Nations, Digg and Reddit Would Go to War.
  • The Live Feed has posted The Simpsons’ 20th Anniversary Poster.
  • Newsarama has posted the latest Kick-Ass movie poster, featuring Hit Girl.
  • Something Aweful imagines what it might look like If Video Game Characters were Real!

Film

  • Interview: Den of Geek interviews Avatar producer Jon Landau.
  • News: Bryan Singer confirms he’ll do another X-Men.
  • News: DRM Fiasco Ruins James Cameron’s Avatar 3D Preview.
  • News: Studio Denies Rumor Of Unexpected Spider-Man 4 Delay.
  • Avatar Reviews are in: CNN, Gizmodo, Hollywood Reporter, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes, Telegraph, US News.
  • The BBC takes a look at How Studios make Children’s Films appeal to Adults.
  • Cinema Blend explains 5 Reasons You Must See Avatar.
  • io9 wonders When Will White People Stop Making Movies Like Avatar?
  • LazySupper argues that Hollywood is creatively bankrupt. 75 remakes in 2010?
  • PopCrunch remembers 13 Movies Completed Post-Mortem.
  • Popular Mechanics looks forward to 17 Movies We’re Geeked Out For in 2010, starting with Legion. I always find PM has great taste.
  • The SciFi Squad names The Top Ten “Bang for the Buck” Sci-Fi Movies.
  • Total Film features photos of a Shaun Of The Dead cast reunion.

Internet

  • FanDome presents The 100 Best Videos of 2009… In 135 Second.
  • Web 2.0 Suicide Machine lets you delete all your energy-sucking social networking profiles, kill your fake virtual friends, and do away with your Web 2.0 alterego.

Literature

  • Interview: John Scalzi profiles author Laura Anne Gilman.
  • Entertainment Weekly raises an excellent question of etiquette: Do you hold your nose and buy the book the recipient actually wants?
  • It seems like James Cameron is paying homage to H. Rider Haggard with his character Colonel Miles Quaritch.
  • Over at Entertainment Weekly, Stephen King names his picks for the Top 10 Books of 2009. The list is a bit surprising.

Science

  • BibliOdyssey is offering a variety of Nuclear Reactor Wall Charts.
  • io9 looks back at the Ten Science Stories That Changed Our Decade.
  • Popular Mechanics explores The Science Behind James Cameron’s Avatar. …basically, when all is said and done, it’s all crap.
  • Star Trek Stops Women From Becoming Computer Scientists.

Television

  • Interview: Bullz-Eye interviews Brian Henson, creator of Farscape.
  • CNN asks after twenty years, Is it time for ‘The Simpsons’ to ‘g’oh’?
  • The LA Times looks back at the Top 10 good things about TV in 2009.



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