The Great Geek Manual

Art

• Something Awful does it again with a gallery of Star Wars as Classic Art.

Film

• Den of Geek wonders if We Should Fear the End of the R-Rated comic book Superhero movie.
• io9 reveals that original drafts of Blade Runner had been written so that Deckard was a Replicant, which begs the question “Did any of this film’s crew actually read the book?” Because as I remember it, Dick’s original masterpiece was ironic, philosophic, subtle, and nothing like any of the ending ever given to Blade Runner.
• You may want to Skip the US DVD version of “Let the Right One In.” The Magnolia/Magnet release of the indie horror movie dumbs down the Swedish-to-English subtitles. (Go download it. The fansubs available now are excellent.)

Internet

• SFX briefly reviews down the Top Five Science Errors in Sci-Fi, beginning with one of my own pet peeves, super dense asteroid fields. (Star Wars, I’m looking at you.)

Literature

• Free Fiction: Read Hugo-nominated “Evil Robot Monkey” by Mary Robinette Kowal at QuasarDragon, if only for the kick-ass title.
• The Age made the mistake of calling their list of Sci-Fi Cliches definitive, now they’re being bombarded with comments to the contrary. Go make your own suggestion. Mine was to add the Great White Conspiracy. Every sci-fi continuum, not matter the medium, setting, or conventions, has at least one shadow organization consisting entirely of white guys with a lot of power, near omniscience, and no clear goals but to lurk and chase.
• Flashlight Worth has posted an interesting list of what they claim to be the Classics of Steampunk. It’s intriguing as I’ve never heard steampunk discussed as a literary genre before. Shouldn’t there be more Jules Verne in the list?
• The Guardian has released the results of a survey that claims that Women more avid readers of books than men.

Television

• Grace Park Answers Your BattleStar Galactica Questions, Bruce Campbell style.
• io9 rants on about 5 Things They Won’t Miss About BattleStar Galactica.
• NBC has posted the entire first season of Quantum Leap on its website.
• Wired discussed The Terminator as Metaphor for Life.

Video Games

• MetaFilter rounds up 32 Free First Person Shooters for All, including the popular CodeRED and Quake Live.