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Geek Media Round-Up: October 31, 2012

1 Nov 2012  Media

Comics

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  • Interview: JMS talks to Ain’t it Cool about Earth 1 and the future of Superman
  • Interview: Stan Lee, Spider-Man Co-Creator, Recalls His Origin Story
  • Do comic books — and comic book stores — have a future? It’s up for debate.
  • Graphic Novels Aren’t Just Comics Anymore
  • Six Dazzling Graphic Novel Apps: Reinvented For The iPad
  • Why Superman Underscores the Need for More Original Graphic Novels

Cross-Media

  • The latest Epic Rap Battles in History features The Doctor versus Doc Brown!

Film

  • Infographic: New Infographic Illustrates A Major Flaw In Looper’s Ending
  • News: Disney just bought LucasFilm for 4 Billion Dollars. Lucas says that it is “now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers.”
  • News: Disney / Lucas Film coverage: Business Insider, Business Wire, CBS, Deadline, Fox, New York Times, SFGate, Sydney Herald, USA, and VentureBeat
  • 20 Things We Want In Star Wars ‘Episode VII’
  • The 32 Greatest Unscripted Movie Scenes
  • After Cloud Atlas: Five Upcoming Sci-Fi Adaptations To Look Forward To
  • All 17 minutes of the Amazing Spider-Man deleted scenes.
  • “Cloud Atlas” author David Mitchell: Adaptation is Translation
  • Forbes suggests 3 options for the next Star Wars trilogy.
  • How Disney Could Make Star Wars Episode VII Awesome
  • Leaked Man of Steel footage might be opening sequence.
  • Seven horror movie characters Joss loves.
  • Which Stars Turned Down Legendary Roles?

Internet

  • Smell like a superhero with this Avengers cologne set. What, no Hawkeye?
  • The Whovian Prayer

Literature

  • Interview: Angry Robot Podcast interviews Adam Christopher and Chuck Wendig
  • Interview: Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross talk up The Rapture of the Nerds.
  • Interview: My Bookish Ways interviews Nancy Holder of Vanquished
  • Interview: Patrick Rothfuss plugs the 2012 Fantasy Pin-Up Calendar
  • Interview: SF Signal Podcast featuring Connie Willis, Cherie Priest and more.
  • 10 Weird Things About Edgar Allan Poe
  • Charlie Jane responds to latest article in NYT about genre versus literary fiction.
  • Classic horror novels re-imagined by Better Book Titles.
  • Has 21st Century Science Fiction Gone Cowardly? Or Worse… Nostalgic?

Science

  • Interview: The Nerdist Channel interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • Interview: StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson: Astronaut Session
  • The Last Pictures: In Billions of Years, Aliens Will Find These Photos in a Dead Satellite. Interview with artist Trevor Paglen.
  • A physicist has worked out how what was seen in Lovecraft’s “Call of C’thulhu” could have happened. So, anyone up for a cruise holiday?

Technology

  • A pair of MIT scientists have developed a set of robot arms that extend from a harness, similar to Doctor Octopus’ arms. What could go wrong?
  • Ray Kurzweil: AI Could Make a Healthier, Wealthier World

Television

  • Interview: Matt Smith would like a Doctor Who/Breaking Bad crossover.
  • All about the plans to save the Enterprise-D bridge.
  • The Mind-Blowing Subtext of the Doctor Who episode “Blink”

Video Games

  • Interview: Frank O’Connor on Halo 4 and the untapped power of Xbox
  • Interview: Halo 4 devs speak out against sexism
  • News: Halo franchise has generated $3 billion since launch
  • How Assassin’s Creed Liberation Uses Race, Tragedy and Revenge to Make History Feel Alive. Part review, part essay.

Writing

  • For Those About to Write, I Salute You (with 5 NaNoWriMo Tips)



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