[SF/F/H Link Post] Rogue One’s Importance; What They Left Out of Deadpool; X-File’s Finale

Interviews & Profiles

• BlogCritics interviews Brett Vonsik, author of Primeval Origins.
• EW talks to Chris Carter about the X-Files finale: “There’s an appetite for more.”
• John Williams Discusses The Music Of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
• Miami Herald interviews Peter Straub, author of Interior Darkness.
• NPR Books interviews Joe R. Lansdale, author of Honky Tonk Samurai.

News

• Drone wars: Disney may use anti-drone drones to secure the set of Episode VIII.
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens: 7 deleted scenes to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray, editors confirm … What do you want to bet they stretch those 7 deleted scenes into three separate special editions?
• Stephen King’s The Mist gets TV series pilot order.

Events & Event News

• The FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel presents Rio Youers & David Nickle, Wednesday, March 16th, 7pm at KGB Bar.

Crowd Funding

• Extraterrestrial – A sci-fi comic book. Humanity is exploring the stars and bringing exotic alien creatures back to Earth for display as they build a zoo.
• The Invention of E.J. Whitaker – A steampunk comic adventure that follows one heroine’s epic journey to become an inventor at the turn of the 20th century.
• Overlords of Infamy – You are an evil overlord. Your mission? To make everyone as miserable as possible. Can you achieve world domination?
• A Skyboat Audiobook of Harlan Ellison’s Star Trek Teleplay – A full-cast audiobook of the original Star Trek episode “The City on The Edge of Forever” by Harlan Ellison.

Articles

• Book Review: The Expendable Mudge reviews Your Flying Car Awaits by Paul Milo.
• Movie Review: Deadpool Is Brutal in the Best Possible Way.
• TV Review: The X-Files season 10 review: this was a brilliant and radical refresh.
• The 5 Sneakiest Science Fiction Books.
• 5 Utterly Bizarre Real-Life Crimes That Were Predicted by Science Fiction.
• 5 ways Supergirl is a smarter show than you think.
• 7 minor TV and film characters who changed everything.
• 10 Original Sci-Fi Movies Coming In 2016.
• 295 days until Star Wars: 22 things I learned from Peter Mayhew’s original script.
• The 2016 Sci-Fi Oscars – Who Would Win Our Dream Academy Awards?
• Artificial intelligence: Ten things you need to understand.
• The best Asian sci-fi movies you should see.
• Does a Star Wars Episode Storyline Copy a Soviet Fantasy Film?
• Every Doctor Who episode written by Steven Moffat, ranked.
• Everything That Was Too Expensive to Include in Deadpool.
• How SyFy’s The Expanse cast its multiracial future.
• It’s official: Idiocracy writer says his satire about a dumber America has become a reality.
• The New Yorker asks Do Teens Read Seriously Anymore? Slate responds, saying that the essay takes the “Get Off My Lawn” Genre to Dark New Depths. For what it’s worth, I personally think teens are reading more than ever, they’re just not reading books.
• Take a Spin on the Science-Fiction & Fantasy Merry-Go-Round!
• Why Serenity is much better than The Force Awakens *Cue gun fight music.*
• Why roboticists are raving about Google’s new robot.
• Why Rogue One Is as Important to Star Wars as Episode VII.
• X-Files Finale Displays Interesting Take On Environmental Terrorism.
• The X-Files Revival Miniseries Ranked From Worst to Best.

Art

• 18,000+ piece LEGO Fortress of Solitude shames all other vacation homes.
• Matt Ferguson’s Star Wars Saga Triptych from Bottleneck.

More Fun Stuff

• Boston Dynamics’ Next Generation Atlas Humanoid Robot is INCREDIBLE! It will be a pleasure to inevitably die at its hands.
• Check Out The New Doctor Who Coloring Book.
• Design a Star Wars Themed e-NABLE Prosthetic Arm and Win an Ultimaker 2+.
• Norman Reedus vs. Hoverboard Zombies.
• Now Doctor Who fans can write your name in Gallifreyan.
• Watch a trailer for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny.