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Geek Media Round-Up: January 15, 2013

15 Jan 2013  Media

Art

Avengers Typography Posters

  • Avengers Typography Posters
  • Build your own Lego Tie Fighter with these instructions from Scribd.
  • Shattered Shield is a Skyrim fan film.
  • These Hobbit Pancakes are cooler than anything you can get at Denny’s

Comics

  • News: A new Marvel comic will feature an all-female version of the X-Men.
  • The Top 10 Manga Coming in 2013

Cross-Media

  • Jeff Wayne Introduces a New Generation to His War of the Worlds Musical

Film

  • Interview: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje spoke, at length, to MTV News about Thor: The Dark World and possibly returning to the Marvel Universe for another film.
  • Interview: In a new interview, that’s mostly focused on Catching Fire, Toby Jones confirms that he wants to come back for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, but hasn’t been contacted yet.
  • Interview: J.J. Abrams Talks Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek 3
  • News: Johnny Depp to star in fifth Pirates of the Caribbean
  • News: Jurassic Park 4 to Hit Theaters in June 2014
  • News: New writer hired for Pirates Of The Caribbean 5
  • 10 Famous Directors on Movie Violence
  • The 10 Most Inaccurate Military Movies Ever Made
  • 10 Movie Mad Dogs Who Made Us Love Them
  • BadAss Digest looks ahead to the Ten Most Anticipated Movies Of 2013
  • How Could the Remaining Hobbit Films Run Three Hours Apiece? Nine Theories.
  • Joss Whedon wishes he could direct ‘Star Wars,’ too
  • Julia Lepetit and Andrew Bridgman have created a graph illustrating “How Much We Care About Star Wars, Over Time” Check out the whole thing at Dorkly.
  • Kick-Ass 2: The Complete Guide
  • Nerd Bastards pick The Top 10 Nerdy Films of 2012
  • Now that you’ve all seen it, here’s the 50 Best Moments from The Hobbit
  • Why Star Wars: Episode VII Should Have a Female Protagonist.

Internet

  • The 100 Most Viewed YouTube Videos Of 2012
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Parody
  • In the latest viral video sensation, “True Facts About Morgan Freeman,” we learn that you only exist because Morgan Freeman is narrating your life right now. Don’t believe it? Watch this video.

Literature

  • Interview: Booklist Online interviews Maggie Stiefvater of The Raven Boys.
  • Interview: Christopher Farnsworth discusses the Nathaniel Cade series
  • Interview: NightmareZine interviews Ellen Datlow of Blood and Other Cravings.
  • News: Hardback-only Memory of Light release frustrates would-be e-purchasers
  • What the Future May Bring For Book Fairs In An E-Book Dominated Market
  • Why “Genre” is Poison

Science

  • There’s a new “Symphony of Science” remix celebrating the discovery of the Higgs boson particle. Not as good as the one with Carl Sagan, but still worth watching.

Television

  • 5 Ways to Correctly Reboot The Twilight Zone
  • The Awl examines the theology of Angel.
  • “River Tam and the Weaponized Women of the Whedonverse” from Serenity Found.

Video Games

  • 10 Excellent Reasons To Play Video Games

Writing

  • 10 Signs Of A Typical Writing Day
  • It’s Time to Check into the Insecure Writer’s Support Group
  • On Becoming a Writer: My Path to Publication
  • One Writer’s Personal Writing Checklist
  • Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before You Write A Scene. Any Scene
  • Terri Rochenski discusses How Tolkien Influences My Writing



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