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Geek Media Round-Up: June 22, 2012

23 Jun 2012  Media

Art

Giant LEGO Men Dissected

  • 12 Fan Made ‘Prometheus’ Posters
  • 88:88 is a creepy, super low budget film.
  • 100 Movie Characters Drawn on MS Paint
  • An amazingly authentic Major Motoko Kusanagi (from Ghost in the Shell) cosplay
  • Giant LEGO Men Dissected

Comics

  • News: A New DC Comics Nielsen Survey gauges response to the New 52
  • The 10 Best Superhero Origin Stories Ever
  • 10 Great LGBT Superheroes (And Superhero Couples)
  • Should You Steal Comics?

Film

  • Interview: Chris Hemsworth Talks Snow White and the Huntsman
  • Interview: The Amazing Spider-Man’s Emma Stone on Gwen Stacy’s Fate
  • Interview: Mary Elizabeth Winstead Talks Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
  • Interview: Stan Lee pays tribute to The Amazing Spider-Man.
  • Interview: Tim Burton Talks Beetlejuice 2
  • News: Universal hires “Planet Of The Apes” writer for “Jurassic Park 4″
  • 10 Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy Romantic Comedies of All Time
  • Check out the First trailer for the new James Bond film Skyfall
  • First Look at Angelina Jolie on the Maleficent Set
  • The Linguistics of Prometheus: What David Says to the Engineer
  • Prometheus: Faith Unbound
  • What is Going On in ‘Prometheus’? A Universe of Questions, Theories
  • When 3-D is the only way to see a movie (even for those who hate 3-D)
  • Why Pixar Employees Wear Kilts on Fridays

Internet

  • The Innsmouth Ladies’ Guide to Household Management
  • Prometheus Pre-Prequel! There’s a reason the Prometheus crew is so effective at dealing with aliens: good training! Take a look.

Literature

  • Interview: Gail Z. Martin On What She Learned From Writing Fantasy
  • Interview: John Scalzi on How to Build a New York Times Bestseller
  • Interview: Reveling in Genre: An Interview with China Miéville
  • Interview: SF Signal interviews Paul S. Kemp of The Hammer and the Blade.
  • News: Mathematicians figured out that Frank Baum didn’t write the 15th Oz book
  • Hachette Australia released a video of an Inspirational Book Sculpture.
  • Awesome Books to Replace Your Favorite Cancelled TV Shows
  • Ayn Rand’s “The Lord of the Rings”
  • Bookstore Wedding
  • The Greatest Female Sci-Fi/Fantasy Authors of All Time
  • Great Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Who Lived Abroad
  • Help NPR chose the top 100 YA novels
  • Where to start with fantasy overlord Michael Moorcock
  • Will Your Children Inherit Your E-Books?

Science

  • Curiosity’s Seven Minutes of Terror is a video guaranteed to get you excited about NASA again. It shows the elaborate, Mission Impossible-style process that will set the Curiosity rover down onto the surface of Mars on August 5th 2012. It involves the largest supersonic parachute ever built, multiple vehicles, 76 explosive devices, and a skycrane.
  • New Videogame Lets Amateur Researchers Mess with RNA
  • Psychologists discover how People become their Favorite Fictional Characters

Technology

  • Artificial finger brings us closer to prosthetic limbs with a sense of touch
  • Blade Runner: Which predictions have come true?
  • Could Tractor Beams Be Made From Light?

Television

  • Interview: Brent Spiner on playing Conan O’Brien and Data on Star Trek
  • Interview: Legend Of Korra lead Janet Varney talks strong female leads
  • Interview: Reading Rainbow Is Back, and it’s skipping your TV in favor of the other screen in your living room: your iPad! Exclusive video interview with LeVar Burton. Reviews from Gizmodo & Engadget
  • Interview: Speaking to the LA Times, Jonathan Frakes says that he didn’t know what he was getting into when he began his stint as William Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation 25 years ago
  • 108 Answers to LOST’s Supposedly Unanswered Questions
  • Remember When Julia Stiles Played A Streetwise Hacker On “Ghostwriter”?

Video Games

  • Gamers May Need a Real-World Bill of Rights for Better Living in Digital Worlds
  • Leaked Microsoft document details $299 Xbox 720 in 2013, Kinect glasses

Writing

  • 25 Things you Should Know about Writing Fantasy

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