SF Signal: SF Tidbits for 11/10/07

SF Tidbits for 11/10/07

Kottke points us to a compendium of all the Doctor Who opening sequences. The bad news is that they are all separate videos in Real media format.

Here's a reprint of a thoughtful 2003 article written by sf author Mary A. Turzillo about Roger Zelazny. "And that was the element in Zelazny's work that fascinated people, that fascinated me: his heroes: sinewy and outcast, immortal and doomed, powerful and desperate, wise guys and wizards with bad attitudes and broken hearts. They were Byronic, Faustian. They were maybe the source code for all those William Gibson cyberpunks, occasionally even down to the computer skills." [via Nicholas Whyte]

Things I am thankful do not exist on YouTube: This fan-written mashup of Will Smith's Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme and his next movie, I Am Legend.

The List Universe lists Top 15 Best Movie Sequels, a huge majority of which are of interest to genre fans.

Meanwhile, a few genre titles make The Onion AV Club's list of 20 Good Books Made Into Not-So-Good Movies. [via Booklist]

The web's abuzz with news of a new Star Wars poster that features all six films. Yes, it includes Jar Jar. [Cinematical ]

Speaking of Star Wars - and when don't we? - SciFi Scanner is sharing The 3 Best "Greedo Shot First" Parodies. The first one is the best.