Susan Arendt said:
I agree with you guys. Syfy? Sounds like one of those learning programs for children.The_root_of_all_evil said:
Sci-Fi Channel Hits Head, Wakes Up As "Syfy" - UPDATED
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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Sci-Fi channel lost any viewership from me when they shot MST-3K in the head, only decent show they've ever had. I still can't even fathom the briny depths of idiocy they must have scoured to come up with this idiotic marketing campaign. "It's spelled weird, so all the idiot kids who don't know how to spell will instantly identify with it as a hip and cool expression of their illiteracy!" Anyone who buys a product simply for the name is an idiot, and if the product is still bland, insipid, and uncreative pap involving space vampires, you're not going to keep any of the viewers who simply took a look because of the name change. Add to the fact that you might possibly alienate your current long time viewers, and I can't imagine how this will chalk up to a win. Although really it doesn't effect me in the slightest, since I doubt they'd bring back MST-3K with this change, it still just annoys me because it's another example of marketing bastardizing language and good taste.
"Look, look, we're showing ANOTHER snake movie!!"
Anywho, Syfy?
As a female Dunmer once put it...
"Stoopid!
Anywho, Syfy?
As a female Dunmer once put it...
"Stoopid!
The UKTV channels do this too. We don't have UKTV History it's "Yesterday". And other rebranded names are "Watch", "Gold" & "Dave". Still the same channels, just weird names.
Dave+1 (everything an hour later) is also called Dave ja vu, which I thought was pretty clever.
Dave+1 (everything an hour later) is also called Dave ja vu, which I thought was pretty clever.
This is a good point.level250geek said:
I'm not that fussed what they call the channel. Really they it needs some better shows and advertising.
The Lost Room - possible spoilers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Room] was excellent but being shown on Sci-Fi I doubt many people got to see it if they missed the advertising in magazines.
"Siffy"'s done something stupid again; does that really surprise anyone? I mean, really.
It's actually not all that dumb, anyway. Their old name was a misnomer; they never actually play sci-fi anymore, unless you count the endless series of monster movies...and wrestling.
It's actually not all that dumb, anyway. Their old name was a misnomer; they never actually play sci-fi anymore, unless you count the endless series of monster movies...and wrestling.
Whatever, I have no reason to watch SciFi channel after Friday, when the best show in the last couple of years comes to an end. Yes, I'm talking about Battlestar Galactica, and if you didn't know that, you should watch the entire series because you will love it.
It's fine with me. As soon as the final episode of Battlestar airs, I'm done with the channel. Though technically I've been having to watch the new episodes from TV show sites, because Scifi decided to be retarded about the online episodes and not put the recently aired one up until 8 FRAKKING days after they air on tv.
That's right, if I miss one(which I usally do because of my work schedule), I have to wait until after the next one airs to see the one I missed. And so on. So I really should have seen this idiocy coming.
That's right, if I miss one(which I usally do because of my work schedule), I have to wait until after the next one airs to see the one I missed. And so on. So I really should have seen this idiocy coming.
Unless they've changed this, you can watch old episodes of BG you've missed courtesy of their website.
Frankly, my reaction is mixed. I understand and agree with their reasons, assuming you just can't trademark or successfully market "SciFi". On the other hand, I positively despise words or terms deliberately mispelled (there's a special place in Hell for those replacing plurals with 'z').
Syfy . . . ugh! My first impression is simply: ugh.
As for coming up with a better name, just off the top of my head: The Imagination Channel (or even ImagiNation); Quantum; Dimensions. That took 1 minute.
Likely they're all trademarked or owned. I suspect SyFy was selected because no one was dumb enough to want it or trademark it already.
As for animosity over canceled Stargate, mine stems from two far better shows (IMO) they axed: Firefly, and Farscape. Although the former's cancellation was more of Fox's ignorance than SciFi's.
Seriously, do they ever poll people, instead of "batten down the hatches, full steam ahead"? This is a bungle on the scale of New Coke!
Frankly, my reaction is mixed. I understand and agree with their reasons, assuming you just can't trademark or successfully market "SciFi". On the other hand, I positively despise words or terms deliberately mispelled (there's a special place in Hell for those replacing plurals with 'z').
Syfy . . . ugh! My first impression is simply: ugh.
As for coming up with a better name, just off the top of my head: The Imagination Channel (or even ImagiNation); Quantum; Dimensions. That took 1 minute.
Likely they're all trademarked or owned. I suspect SyFy was selected because no one was dumb enough to want it or trademark it already.
As for animosity over canceled Stargate, mine stems from two far better shows (IMO) they axed: Firefly, and Farscape. Although the former's cancellation was more of Fox's ignorance than SciFi's.
Seriously, do they ever poll people, instead of "batten down the hatches, full steam ahead"? This is a bungle on the scale of New Coke!
