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Geek Media Round-Up: May 6, 2009

6 May 2009  Media

Art

Dr. Who - Muppets mash-up

  • Over at The Hotel Fred, artist Roger Langridge announces that he’ll be a guest at the Bristol Comic Expo and show off some art he did for the Heroes Con.

Comics

  • Hollywood.com asked fans to rank Wolverine’s Top 5 Villains.

Film

  • Cinematical has a list of the Seven Coolest Star Trek Moments, but miffs the project by forgetting Star Trek IV’s “Double Dumbass on you.”
  • Hugh Jackman is already discussing the possibility of a Sequel to Wolverine set in Japan.
  • Surprisingly, Star Trek starts out the week 100% Fresh over at Rotten Tomatoes, but it can’t hold out forever. Star Trek hits screens Thursday night.

Internet

  • Cracked.com presents these hilarious Instruction Manuals for the USS Enterprise. Don’t miss Command Decisions Made Easy.

Literature

  • Free Fiction: Download and listen to “My Angel Gabriel” by J. R. Blackwell at AZ10.com.
  • Free Fiction: Read “The Pool of the Black One” by Robert E. Howard at ManyBooks.
  • Interview: Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg of the WallStreet Journal interviews Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse series.
  • Computer World discusses How technology is changing what we read with opinions from Mary Robinette Kowal and John Scalzi.
  • Neatorama points out 10 Things Science Fiction Got Right, including the internet, robots, and, yes, waterbeds.
  • The WallStreet Journal ponders Why Book Critics Go On for Inches when readers tend to get the idea inside two paragraphs.

Television

  • Fans of The Sarah Connor Chronicles are getting creative to save the show. At the urging of io9.com, fans are taking photos of themselves posing with products from the companies that sponsor the show and posting them to a Flickr group.
  • io9 has some theories as to why Daniel Faraday may not actually be dead on Lost.



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