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Geek Media Round-Up: May 1, 2012

1 May 2012  Media

Art

Street Invaders

  • Dead Star Wars by Jeff Hulligan
  • Iron Man Helmet Lamp
  • Rule 63 Metropolis Kid cosplay
  • Rule 63 Rocketeer cosplay
  • “The Snatcher” is a Harry Potter / Banksy mash-up you can get on a t-shirt
  • Thunder Cat Couple Cosplay
  • We need more Comic Book statues like this

Comics

  • Top 10 Horror Comics We Want On Screen

Film

  • Interview: Joss Whedon dissects the family dynamic of The Avengers
  • Interview: New press conference in full for The Avengers.
  • Interview: Peter Jackson figured out the problem with the Hobbit Footage, it’s you
  • Interview: Tim Burton claims Dark Shadows is NOT a comedy.
  • News: A Fantastic Four reboot is coming from the director of Chronicle.
  • News: Fox’s Tom Rothman Hints at NEW MUTANTS Movie in the Works
  • News: ‘Prometheus’ Could Land R Rating, Will Be Released ‘Uncut’ Regardless
  • Forget ‘Fringe,’ Is Leonard Nimoy Coming To ‘Star Trek 2′?
  • New Three-Minute PROMETHEUS Trailer Has Loads of New Footage
  • Over 40 New Images from MEN IN BLACK 3 Highlight Incredible Alien Make-Up
  • Someone spotted a Beauty and the Beast homage in The Hunger Games movie.
  • Will Avatar 2 be Made in China?

Internet

  • Asteroid mining could be against the law
  • Star Wars Land Rumored To Open in Disneyland Paris in 2015
  • Vulture’s series of summer movie infographics includes an… interesting… breakdown of ways to become the hero of The Amazing Spider-Man.

Literature

  • Interview: The Chicago Tribune interviews Anne Rice of The Wolf Gift.
  • Interview: Margaret Atwood talks revenge. The literary giant discusses a new film dramatizing her ideas about payback, from nature to economic justice.
  • Interview: Neil Gaiman interviews Stephen King
  • Interview: Suvudu chats with Crucible of Gold author Naomi Novik
  • 10 English Authors That Helped Shape Horror Fiction
  • C.E. Murphy on E-book pricing.
  • Five Ways that Tolkien Defies Accusations of Narrative Simplicity
  • Flavorwire lists 10 Beautiful Literary Box Sets.
  • The Science Fiction Literature Mega Event in Second Life
  • The Top 10 World-Ending Events In Science Fiction

Technology

  • Homemade Star Trek phaser really will stun you

Television

  • Interview: Empire Online interviews George R. R. Martin.
  • Interview: MTV Geek interviews Felicia Day.
  • News: Fox greenlights 13-episode final season for Fringe.
  • 20 things we love about Angel: “It became a phenomenal series in its own right: chock-full of laughs, drama and plot twists so relentlessly twisty it ended up as a completely different show than the one it started out as (something even Buffy didn’t really accomplish).”
  • “The Buffy Project” is an eight-part podcast series covering “Buffy” and “Angel”
  • Fringe Season Finale “Brave New World” Trailer is Here!
  • Mythbusters at Museum of Science in Industry 2012

Video Games

  • News: The studio employees behind S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 have announced that the game has been canceled (or put in suspended animation). On the other hand, they’re making an incredibly similar MMO game.
  • Skyrim Hoarders from College Humor
  • Some mad genius went and created a perfect working 12-inch tall Star Wars coin-op arcade game cabinet. Just click the video embed in that forum thread to see and marvel.
  • This may be the most beautiful video game trailer you’ve ever seen.

Writing

  • 10 Untranslatable Words (And When You’ll Want to Use Them)

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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