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Geek Media Round-Up: June 11, 2012

11 Jun 2012  Media

Art

The Dark Knight Rises

  • Amazing Leonidas cosplay (from 300)
  • Check out this enormous round-up of Dark Knight Rising fan posters over at The Geek Art Gallery. (Previously)
  • Future Vancouver in Continuum Concept Art
  • Girls in classic Star Trek: The Original Series uniforms. You’re welcome.

Comics

  • Discussion: Female Superheroes Who Deserve Their Own Movies
  • Interview: Chuck Rozanski of Mile High Comics talks about life and superheroes.
  • News: DC Comics announces a third wave of new 52 comics for September
  • The 10 Most Memorable Weddings in Comics History
  • Clues from the Comics About Batman’s Fate in The Dark Knight Rises
  • DC Comics Zero Issues: After Relaunch, 52 Titles Will Get Explanatory Editions

Cross-Media

  • Infographic: The Stephen King Universe Flow Chart
  • Why sci-fi rocks

Film

  • Interview: Christopher Nolan confirms that he will definitely not be making a fourth Batman movie, goes on to say digital filmmaking is “devaluing of what we do as filmmakers.” You have to respect the guy for having the brains to leave before the suit sprouts the proverbial nipples.
  • Interview: Guillermo del Toro talks about his ‘intense’ vision for ‘Pinocchio’
  • Interview: Malcolm McDowell riffs (and rips) on ‘Trek,’ Kubrick, ‘Avengers’
  • Interview: Owen Gleiberman and Lisa Schwarzbaum on ‘Prometheus’
  • Interview: Prometheus’s Idris Elba: Fan of Billy Joel, Unafraid of Falling Pianos
  • Interview: Stan Lee praises The Hulk in Avengers Assemble
  • Interview: Willem Dafoe still perplexed by “John Carter” reception
  • News: Clowns are about to be scary again! Stephen King’s ‘It’ to Be Adapted by Cary Fukunaga Into Two Films
  • News: ‘Thor’ scoop: Josh Dallas won’t reprise role as Fandral
  • 14 deep space sci-fi sleep chambers to get primed for Prometheus
  • Classic novels and the filmmakers who were born to direct them. Flavorwire reckons Joss would be the perfect choice to direct a ‘Lord of the Flies’ movie. Personally, I think the fat kids would end up killing all the other kids in that movie.
  • Hollywood teams up with scientists to make sci-fi more believable
  • ‘Prometheus’ Offers a Creationist Indulgence for Science Geeks
  • Prometheus: what was that about? Ten key questions
  • Watch 30 Minutes of B-Roll Footage from The Amazing Spider-Man.
  • Watch Never-Before-Seen Super 8mm Behind The Scenes Of Return Of The Jedi.

Internet

  • 11 Superhero Online Dating Profiles

Literature

  • Interview: Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck of Leviathan Wakes put in an appearance on the Sword and Laser podcast.
  • Interview: Ryan Oakley of Technicolor Ultra Mall chats with Sci-Fi Fan Letter.
  • Interview: Saladin Ahmed of Throne of the Crescent Moon talks to Fantasy Critic.
  • A Book Lover’s Guide to Reading and Walking at the Same Time
  • How To Fake Your Way Through Hegel
  • In the Margins of the Digital Age: Thoughts on Immersive Reading
  • Summer Reading Flowchart: What Should You Read On Your Break?

Technology

  • Stop Looking at My E-Reader

Television

  • Doctor Who: Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman’s first picture

Writing

  • How Amazon Saved My Life

Want more? Check out Geek Art Gallery for more art links and eye candy. Visit Oneironomicon for more on book trailers, reviews,and writing links.



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