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Geek Media Round-Up: October 19, 2010

19 Oct 2010  Media

Art

The Social Web

  • CosGeek has posted a funny video of X-Men cosplayers busting a move at the NYCC.
  • Geek Art Gallery has posted shots of an R2-D2 Pumpkin.
  • Rick L. Ross spent 2 years building a replica of the chess-set that appears in Blade Runner for just a few seconds. He sculpted the pieces from scratch and the results are incredible.
  • “You don’t get to be the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man without making a few enemies.” This poster was created by Steven Anderson, who sells t-shirts through RedBubble. He calls it “The Spidey Network,” but I prefer the “The Social Web.”

Comics

  • Interview: Paul Cornell Talks Soldier Zero
  • News: 77-Year-Old Brutally Beaten For Comic Collection, Dies
  • ‘Tron: Legacy’ Variant Covers Light Up Marvel Super-Heroes in November

Cross-Media

  • BloginHood counts down the Top 5 Insults of SF.
  • The Macross World Convention Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary.
  • Seven Reasons Why Bruce Campbell Is the Ultimate Convention Guest.

Film

  • Interview: Guillermo del Toro Talks Upcoming Projects.
  • Interview: Matt Damon and Clint Eastwood Wonder If There’s Life After Death.
  • News: Anne Hathaway and James Franco In Talks for ‘Alien’ Prequel
  • News: Jessica Alba’s Nudity in ‘Machete’ Was Computer Generated; Is This The Future of Film Nudity?
  • Mark Zuckberg says the framing device for “The Social Network” is inaccurate. He just likes building things, okay?
  • MovieFone counts down The Best Foreign Slasher Films Ever.
  • OnlineDegrees picks 10 Sci-Fi Movies That Don’t Totally Screw Up the Science.
  • TotalFilm remembers Film features: 20 Mismatched Movie Fights.
  • TotalFilm suggests 40 Star Wars Stories That Should Be Movies.

Internet

  • What if We Ran Universities Like Wikipedia?
  • What ‘The Social Network’ Says About Facebook’s Place on Campuses

Literature

  • Interview: Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews Diana Rowland, author of Secrets of the Demon. [Podcast]
  • Interview: Agony Column interviews Karen Joy Fowler of What I Didn’t See.
  • Interview: FortyKey sits down with Bruce Sterling.
  • Interview: Funky Bookstop interviews Janice Hardy.
  • Interview: Jonathan Strahan chats with Gary K. Wolfe.
  • Interview: SF Crowsnest has a brief interview with horror author Brian Lumley.
  • Interview: The Sharp Angle interviews Janice Hardy, author of The Shifter.
  • Interview: The Tome Show interviews R.A. Salvatore, author of Gauntlgrym.
  • Interview: Tony C. Smith host of the StarShipSofa talks with Diabolical Plots.
  • Do Booksellers Sell Too Many Non-book Items?
  • “Running the Books” Confessions of a prison librarian: What a lapsed Orthodox Jew learned from the pimps, con men and gangsters in the big house.
  • Wertzone discusses Power in Epic Fantasy.

Technology

  • Steal from this McDonald’s and get marked with location-particular synthetic DNA. The future of anti-theft is here.

Television

  • News: ABC Trims ‘V’ Series Order To 10 Episodes
  • News: Chuck Gets Full Season Order!
  • News: ‘Glee’ Creator To Direct ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Remake
  • Bloody Disgusting has posted 70 horrifying high res images of The Walking Dead.
  • Conan’s new logo, with wallpapers and more.
  • Mania remembers 10 Terrific Toy Commercials. I miss my Captain Power toys.

Video Games

  • Tablets Posing Threat To Gaming Devices?
  • Traditional New Game Sales Down; Rentals, Downloads And Used Sales Up

Writing

  • T.N. Tobias dissects the Anatomy of a Short Story.

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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