SF Signal: SF Tidbits for 10/1/07

SF Tidbits for 10/1/07

The New York Times looks at Blade Runner: The Final Cut DVD, which definitively answers the question as to whether Deckard is a replicant. [via Texas Best Grok]

Fantasybookspot interviews Tor art director Irene Gallo.

Locus Online lists the contents of the October 2007 issue of Locus magazine.

Dragon Writing Prompts lists The Not-So-Grand List of Overused Fantasy Clichés

Wired goes behind the scenes of Robot Chicken. [via Whedonesque] Also: Milk and Cookies has Robot Chicken doing Buck Rogers (uncensored).

ThinkGeek is selling a Dalek webcam. [via Fanboy]

Miniature Brainwave points us to this gallery of dogs in Star Wars costumes.

Riddley Scott says:
"Here we are 25 years on," Mr. Scott said, "and we're seriously discussing the possibility of the end of this world by the end of the century. This is no longer science fiction."

Uh, what? Who is seriously discussing the end of the world in 90 years? A bunch of his film buddies?

Posted by scottsh on Monday October 01, 2007 at 7:57 AM

There are seven (7) versions of the new version, counting the various formats like DVD, HD DVD and BluRay. Strangely, the standard definition DVD has a 2-disc set, a 4-disc set, and the 5-disc briefcase. The HD versions each get 5-disc versions, one with a briefcase and one in a box. Now, why can't you get 2-disc versions in HD, and why can't you get the 5-disc version in standard definition without the briefcase? Ah, the joys of marketing / packaging...

Posted by scottsh on Monday October 01, 2007 at 9:34 AM

BoingBoing has pointed towards a pair of Dalek cufflinks. Now why couldn't you get stuff like that when I worked in a place where French Cuffs (and therefore, cufflinks) were acceptable clothing?

Posted by Fred Kiesche on Monday October 01, 2007 at 10:37 AM