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Geek Media Round-Up: December 7, 2009

7 Dec 2009  Media

Art

What if Elektra killed the Hulk

  • Get your own What if Elektra killed the Hulk t-shirt for this season’s anti/pro abortion rallies.
  • James Clarke has posted photos of his (adorable) son and his new custom-made Hobbes stuffed tiger! I want one!
  • Sketchy Santas is a gallery of pictures of terrified kids being held by Santa.

Film

  • Interview: Matthew Vaughn Discusses Kick-Ass and a New Poster Debuts.
  • 6 Mental Illness Myths Hollywood Wants You to Believe is a funny take on some of the most common Hollywood movie tropes about mental illness.
  • Check out a sneak peak behind the scenes of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
  • The Chicago Tribute does a nice job picking out the Top 25 Christmas movies ever.
  • Director on upcoming ‘Kick-Ass’ movie: “It is violent. Very violent.” Finally! A comic movie that isn’t syrupy sweet!
  • io9 suggests DVDs To Give The Fan Who Has Everything.
  • Rotten Tomatoes has compiled a Christmas list of Top 10 Low Budget Horror Movies That Made Huge Profits.

Internet

  • News: Ron Livingston Sues Wikipedia Detractor for Saying He’s Gay… but after Defying Gravity, he’ll never win that case.
  • Inkmesh ebook search engine will search across these sites to find free books and compare prices on titles that aren’t free.
  • Jorge Garcia, who plays Hurley on Lost, has a personal blog that’s honest, funny, and down to Earth.
  • Paste Magazine traces The Evolution of the Hipster 2000-2009.

Literature

  • Interview: The Mad Hatters interviews Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
  • Interview: Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist interviews Robin Hobb.
  • News: Amazon has secret plan to open London store.
  • News: Borders shares fall sharply on e-reader fears.
  • News: Breaking Dawn plagiarism suit nixed
  • News: Scholastic announced today that the third, still-untitled book in Suzanne Collins’ massively popular futuristic The Hunger Games trilogy will be released in English worldwide on August 24, 2010.
  • The Guardian asks Will e-books spell the end of great writing?
  • The Kindle may be going great guns at the tills, but with no Dan Brown, no Philip Roth and – gasp! – no Sarah Palin available from its store, what are people reading on it?

Television

  • io9 wonders Are There Lessons To Be Learned From Dollhouse’s Ratings?



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