Fan Art Round-Up: Ghost in the Shell Pt 3

"Motoko Kusanagi" by Spain-based Jose Barrero (JBarrero)

A gallery of fan art featuring Major Matoko Kusanagi of Ghost in the Shell.

[Previously: Ghost in the Shell Part 1 and Ghost in the Shell Part 2]

I am SO pumped for this movie!  If it lives up to the promise of its trailer, it's going to be epic.  I'm a huge fan of the manga and anime, and I'm a huge fan of ScarJo.  I think this role is going to be a perfect fit.

When they announced the release of Snowpiercer, I spent a solid month ranting to anyone who would listen that if they could adapt Le Transperceneige, then they could adapt Ghost in the Shell.  How Snowpiercer got made first, I'll never know, but Ghost in the Shell's finally here, so I'm happy.  

Here's some fan art to celebrate.   As always, if you know of an exceptional piece of fan art I've missed or you spot a piece I've miscredited, please drop me a note below!

Fan Art Round-Up: Ghost in the Shell Pt 2

"Ghost in the Shell: Motoko Thermo-Optical camo" by Chris Ehnot (Cehnot)

A gallery of fan art featuring Major Matoko Kusanagi of Ghost in the Shell.

[Previously: Ghost in the Shell Part 1 and Ghost in the Shell Part 3]

The big day's here!  I've been waiting for a worthy live action Ghost in the Shell movie since I was a teenager.  I was legitimately pissed when I realized a Scarlet Widow feature was never going to happen, but this is sooo much better.  My fingers are crossed that this is the first in a long lived franchise!  I mean come on.  If Resident Evil gets six installments, Ghost in the Shell has to at least merit a trilogy.

Here's some fan art to celebrate.   As always, if you know of an exceptional piece of fan art I've missed or you spot a piece I've miscredited, please drop me a note below!

Fan Art Round-Up: Ghost in the Shell Pt 1

"Major Kusanagi" by Philippines-based Abigail Diaz (Serafleur)

A gallery of fan art featuring Major Matoko Kusanagi of Ghost in the Shell.

[Related: Ghost in the Shell Part 2 and Ghost in the Shell Part 3]

If you'd told fifteen year old me that there would be a live action adaptation of my favorite manga with CG worthy of the franchise, I would have called you a liar.  But today's the release of Ghost in the Shell, and I couldn't be more excited.  To celebrate, I've rounded up a gallery of some of my favorite fan art featuring the Major, who is undoubtedly among the most badass heroines ever conceived.

As always, if you know of an exceptional piece of fan art I've missed or you spot a piece I've miscredited, please drop me a note below!

Sci-Fi Round-Up: March 31, 2017

3DArtist: Magazine Cover Art by Stefan Morrell

Interviews

An Interview with Catholic Sci-Fi Author John C. Wright
Jason Segel On Making Sci-Fi And Growing Oranges (Really)
Meg Elison, Winner Of The Philip K. Dick Award, Is Doing An AMA
Ryan Gosling: With 'Blade Runner,' Everything New Feels Old Again

News

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Stars Have Mixed Feelings About A Reboot
Doctor Who gets first openly gay companion
Doctor Who series 10 will see the Doctor trapped on Earth
Is Disney Planning To Announce An Obi-Wan Kenobi Solo Film
Joss Whedon In Talks To Write, Direct Batgirl Movie For Warner Bros.
Ken Levine's Interactive Twilight Zone Movie Might Not Happen
Logic's New Album Is A Sci-Fitake On Religion
Luc Besson Shares Amazing Inside Stories About All His movies
Should A Head Transplant Be Allowed To Happen?
Westworld Season 2 Premiere Could Be Delayed Further

Link Round-Up: March 31, 2017

"Japanese Pattern + Sukajan Jumper + Kimono" by Seoul, Korea-based Kim Han Seul (Haren)

Allen Pan is on a mission to answer magic and fiction with science and technology. Known as the creator Sufficiently Advanced, Pan has made a name for himself crafting amazing inventions like a Thor’s hammer that can only be picked up by someone worthy and a Jedi lightsaber that can actually burn through objects. Last Saturday, Pan released a video of his newest creation: a Legend of Zelda Ocarina that actually has control of its surroundings.

Faces of Open Source is a portrait project, documenting those who have built the open source community to where it is.

How we made the typeface Comic Sans

If drawing your own Penrose Tilings or Mondrian-style images sounds like fun, or recreating A. K. Dewdney's simulated Wa-Tor World ecology, or solving Word Wheel puzzles; or if you'd just generally like a pool of projects, examples, and exercises to practice Python, then here you go: Learning Scientific Programming with Python.  The website is a supplement to a printed textbook, but most of the content there seems to stand well on its own (though it is not a for-absolute-beginners introduction to programming in general or Python in particular).

Presenting Zippityboombot!, an articulated, print-in-place, zero-assembly robot figure that looks a lot like The Iron Giant. With 13 working joints, fresh off your build plate: 8 hinge, 2 ball & socket, and 3 axles. All you do is remove it from the plate and clean off the brim.  There's a demonstration of the final product as well as a build video now on YouTube.

Rock Candy Harry Potter Figures are now available for preorder.

Video: Remix in the Matrix

"Remix in the Matrix" by Eclectic Method

The Matrix is a phenomenal movie.  The narrative value of the sequels might be debatable, but the first film makes the cut of the top ten best action films of all time, hands down.  Eclectic Method is back with a movie remix that will take you back to the nineties and make you want to dig your glowsticks out.

Video: Rayna meets a "Robot"

"Rayna meets a "robot"" by marxj1

Watch as this little girl declares her love for a “robot” that is in fact an abandoned water heater.  So cute!  I like to imagine her father dragged it in off the curb and set it up in her bedroom as the little girl's personal robotic guardian.

"As the girl turns away, a slow tear trickled down the water heaters face. For no one had ever told the water heater they loved him before."