Geek Media Round-Up: May 18, 2010

Art

• Banksy drops a piece in a derelict factory site in Detroit. A local grass-roots gallery removes it. People go nuts. The Banksy debate rages on.
• Fandomania has rounded up a gallery of Doctor Who fan art.
• Josh Cooley envisions Godfather 2, The Professional, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day as Little Golden Books.

Film

• News: Shia LaBeouf Blames Himself For Indiana Jones Failure. The rest of the world’s like, “Duh.”
• Cinematical wonders if Sci-Fi has Surpassed Horror? I ask when horror was winning to begin with.
• Peter Serafinowicz explains “Why I Steal Movies… Even Ones I’m In” at Gizmodo.
• There’s a movie about Mark Zuckerberg coming out, in which Napster-co founder Sean Parker is played by Justin Timberlake. That weird to anyone else?

Literature

• Interview: Spinetingler interviews Joe R. Lansdale, author of The Complete Drive-In.

Television

• News: Big Bang Theory sets new record, syndication rights sold for $2 million an episode
• News: Fly your geek flag high! Neil Gaiman Talks About Sandman as an HBO-Style Series!
• Alright, am I the only one who appreciated the Quantum Leap finale?
• David X Cohen, producer of Futurama, explains how there’s actual, legitimate Physics of Futurama.
• Entertainment Weekly picks the 20 Most Shocking TV Deaths.
• Evidently, George Lucas is a Lost fan.
• Mike Brotherton considers Themes in Science Fiction: Cultural Relativism and Absolute Morality.
• There’s a new Facebook movement on to Help get Nathan Fillion to host SNL.
• Watch The First Previews Of The Cape, NBC’s New Superhero Drama. Then, go unsubscribe from cable for good.
• UGO salutes the twenty-one women on LOST who aren’t Kate.

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