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Geek Media Round-Up: October 1, 2012

1 Oct 2012  Media

Art

Paper Darth Project

  • Amazing Jurassic Park Mural
  • Pac-Man Propaganda Posters

Comics

  • News: Mark Millar Now Consulting on All Marvel Films at 20th Century Fox

Cross-Media

  • The 12 Greatest Time Travel Effects from Movies and Television
  • Joss the Character Slayer: Deconstructing the Director’s Most Common Trope
  • The Top 20 Female Badasses In Film/TV

Film

  • Interview: Bruce Willis: Maybe he really is a sci-fi guy
  • Interview: Filmmaking tips from Joss: Six tips from various interviews.
  • Reviews: Don’t cheat yourself out of seeing Looper in the theater
  • Reviews: LOOPER A Once In A Generation Sci-Fi Masterpiece
  • 10 Visual Motifs that American Science Fiction Borrowed from Anime
  • The Avengers Deleted Scene Reveals Dark Alternate Opening
  • A Dwarf-Filled Hobbit Poster Arrives Fresh from Peter Jackson himself…
  • The First clip from Cloud Atlas shows how the movie will tie six plot lines into one
  • Looper: Rian Johnson’s Personal Behind-the-Scenes Photo Tour
  • Movie poster for Jodorowsky’s Dune
  • Rebooted Batman on Film to Debut in Justice League Movie?
  • Sci-Fi’s Best Time-Travel Tropes, From Fixing the Past to Unreal Time Machines
  • Secrets Revealed in Joss Whedon’s Avengers DVD Commentary

Internet

  • The Legal Geeks consider Dr. Horrible and products liability, Doctor Who and the necessity defense, and Firefly and contract law.
  • Sci-Fi Speed Dating At The Cincinnati Comic Expo

Literature

  • Interview: Billy Connolly Finds Tolkien ‘Unreadable,’ Stars in The Hobbit anyway.
  • Interview: The New York Times interviews Michael Chabon.
  • Interview: The SF Signal Podcast Interview with Author Patrick Rothfuss
  • Interview: William Gibson: the Complete io9 Interview
  • News: ‘The Casual Vacancy’ Arrives With eBook Issues
  • News: JK Rowling mulls ‘director’s cut’ of Harry Potter books
  • 10 Literary Authors Who Illustrated Their Own Work
  • No sex please, we’re American – Banned Books Week turns 30
  • Why book bloggers are critical to literary criticism

Science

  • Is “Looper”-like Time Travel Possible? Scientists Say Maybe

Television

  • Interview: Nathan Fillion, Zombie Apocalypse Savior-Welder
  • 10 Most Depressing Departures of Doctor Who’s Companions
  • 28 Science Fiction and Fantasy TV Shows That Started Off as Movies
  • Elementary’s creators explain why Sherlock’s worth reinventing
  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer Opening re-envisioned with The Avengers.

Video Games

  • The economics of video games
  • For composers, video games are the surreal land of opportunity
  • How video games are becoming the next great North American spectator sport
  • World of Warcraft Has Lost Its Cool



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