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Geek Media Round-Up: July 8, 2010

8 Jul 2010  Media

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Star Wars Icons

  • Download a Tentacled monster paper toy.
  • Empire has Brand New Exclusive photos from the upcoming Tron: Legacy.
  • io9 points the way to All new concept art for post-apocalyptic noir The Last City.
  • Star Wars Icons by JoepGerrits
  • Taverncraft is offering glasses and steins inspired by Tolkein’s The Hobbit! Perfect for beer from the Grimm Brothers’ Brewhouse.
  • Zooey Deschanel with Portal Gun. I’m not sure why.

Comics

  • News: Digital Comic Distributor Makes Grab For Displaced DC Creators.
  • io9 names 10 superhero buddy movies we’d love to see.

Film

  • Interview: The L.A. Times profiles Adrien Brody, star of this week’s Predators. Elsewhere, Brody speaks briefly about the role.
  • Interview: Christopher Nolan discusses Inception in IMAX.
  • News: M. Night Shyamalan Plans ‘Airbender’ Trilogy, but he seems to be hanging his head in shame in photo.
  • Avatar: Special Edition hits theaters on August 27, only in 3D. The Extended Avatar re-release won’t include a Na’vi sex scene, but it will pack a whole whopping eight new minutes. Visit Avatarmovie.com/Re-ReleaseDates for release dates.
  • Den of Geeks names the Top 10 strong female science-fiction film characters.
  • FilmCritic picks Ten Actors Who Should Join Andrew Garfield in Spider-Man.
  • FlickSided SFX tries to guess The Order Of Death In Predators. Meanwhile SFX analyses Predators character stereotypes.
  • Hollywood.com has compiled a list of 10 Characters the Predator Would Hunt.
  • Ross Douthat considers The Persistence of M. Night Shyamalan.

Internet

  • Nathan Fillion posted a new picture today that shows him hanging out with Firefly alums Joss Whedon, Adam Baldwin, and Alan Tudyk, giving us only the clue “together again” to go by. They’re mysteriously clinging to a tree and looking up at the sky, but for what?

Literature

  • Interview: BSC interviews Robert Freeman Wexler of The Painting and the City.
  • Interview: GftW interviews Who Fears Death author Nnedi Okorafor.
  • Interview: Margo Lanagan, author of Tender Morsels, answers six questions.
  • Frank Delaney has launched “Re:Joyce,” a short weekly podcast on James Joyce’s famous book, Ulysses. Delaney reads short passages from the book and discusses its multitude of references.

Technology

  • Here’s a Livejournal thread offering a first look at the extremely drool-worthy Optimus Popularis keyboard.

Television

  • Interview: The IT Crowd creator Graham Linehan says “There’ll be no hugging, no learning, no character arcs and no-one gets any wiser.”
  • Interview: Lou Diamond Phillips talks about his role on Stargate Universe.
  • Interview: Olivia Munn opens up about her big break — and the mini-furor it’s caused among feminists. “I’m easy to hate. I get it.”
  • Interview: Olivia Munn talks with 104.9 The Eagle.
  • The 15 Greatest Songs from The Simpsons (So Far).
  • The 30 Greatest Star Trek Villains.
  • Conan is nominated for an Emmy…. Leno is not. Conan comments.

Video Games

  • News: Xbox Live tops $1 billion in sales.
  • UGO takes a run at picking the Top 25 Fighting Games of All Time.

Writing

  • Suvudu’s Master Class tackles the issue of Collaborative Writing.



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