"SyFy": yes or no
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Uh oh. The people who TV execs actually pay attention to - not us, silly, the advertisers - don't like it!Or the advertisers' industry rags, anyway.
Advertising Age tells SyFy they suck.
Holy flurging shnit! Don't tell me that Skiffy might be forced to reconsider this stupid move? One can hope...
Gettin' paid no matter what happens!Two decades ago there was a Georgia SF club by that name (who may have hosted the Dixie Trek cons, IIRC). I thought it was cute and appropriate, but "SyFy" is neither.
Was the Georgia club related to www.psiphi.com? (Which appears to be defunct as a BBS).
The NY Times has an article, too. (If you can't register, try www.bugmenot.com for logins.) Here's the part that caught my eye:
Oh my frakking GODS! 
They didn't win anyone over. The original BSG fans still spit fire at the mention of the reboot. They got a bunch of new fans, largely on the strength of the writing and acting. These clowns don't have a CLUE!
The NY Times has an article, too. (If you can't register, try www.bugmenot.com for logins.) Here's the part that caught my eye:
They didn't win anyone over. The original BSG fans still spit fire at the mention of the reboot. They got a bunch of new fans, largely on the strength of the writing and acting. These clowns don't have a CLUE!
I went to Dixie Trek a couple of times back in the 80s at a university near Atlanta, and later I got a mailer or two from Psi Phi... I seem to recall them maybe being connected...
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Dixie Trek started in 1980 at Emory University as Emory Trek, in association with the Atlanta Star Trek Society.
-Cross-Indexing- ...failed...
Sorry, I can't find a connection, and it's been a long time since those days. To quote Kodos/Karidian, "Blood thins... the body fails... and one is finally grateful for a failing memory" (well, maybe not grateful, but whaddya gonna do?). Sorry.
Well put - it does seem that a lot of old fans never made the switch and have an odd hatred. However, not to muddy the waters too much, but I was an oldBSG fan (watched it from first airing to cancellation) and I also really enjoy(ed) nuBSG.
I don't watch the channel, so I don't really care.
This is so sad, i remember the days when this channel was exclusively SciFi. The cartoons on Saturday even had oldie like 'Return to the Planet of the Apes'.
So much old SciFi progrms to show, movies old seriels going back tot he 30's and 40's.... the the classics Twilight Zone, old Outerlimits, Six million Dollar Man, Star trek (any of them) old BSG, Firefly FarScape....
MST3K...god I miss that show on Saturdays.
This death knell has been a long time coming..the crappy CGI movie fest..that are incredibly bad acted....ECW (?!)
Wow the potentional this network had...and what it has been reduced too.
And ya know what those nerdy guys ..well they also go on to be engineers, noted scientists...not all who watch the show fit that ridiculus sterotype...
Someone needs to buy a clue Dumbing down is not cool. Typo's are not network logos and and and...*gives up*
Bonie Hammer is a twit, fantasy is fantasy, horror is horror and ECW is wrestling.
Like Science Fiction they are in their own genres.
Even Blockbuster and every DvD/Video store knows this
Ugh rant over :P
I just miss the idea and theme of the old channel.
Vons
So much old SciFi progrms to show, movies old seriels going back tot he 30's and 40's.... the the classics Twilight Zone, old Outerlimits, Six million Dollar Man, Star trek (any of them) old BSG, Firefly FarScape....
MST3K...god I miss that show on Saturdays.
This death knell has been a long time coming..the crappy CGI movie fest..that are incredibly bad acted....ECW (?!)
Wow the potentional this network had...and what it has been reduced too.
And ya know what those nerdy guys ..well they also go on to be engineers, noted scientists...not all who watch the show fit that ridiculus sterotype...
Someone needs to buy a clue Dumbing down is not cool. Typo's are not network logos and and and...*gives up*
Bonie Hammer is a twit, fantasy is fantasy, horror is horror and ECW is wrestling.
Like Science Fiction they are in their own genres.
Even Blockbuster and every DvD/Video store knows this
Ugh rant over :P
I just miss the idea and theme of the old channel.
Vons
I would watch a languatron-produced sci fi show. If nothing else, it would be very weird.
More hilarity, this time from Deadline Hollywood Daily. Interestingly, Michael Hinman, the originator of "SyFy," posted to the comments section, saying how much he liked the idea of being paid big bucks for essentially nothing by corporate idiots. Well, not in so many words, but he does seem awfully cheerful about the whole thing.
"SyFy" was an okay name for a fan blog, but it boggles the mind that anyone would think it's appropriate for what is supposed to be a quality cable network.
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E-Mail & Letter campaign "SyFy"
First ECW and now SyFy! We are losing Sci-Fi. Just a thought and feel free to shoot it down. Lets do a e-mail and letter campaign. Send it to Universal/Sci-Fi. Subject being "SyFy Really?" Tell everyone. Worked for Jericho kind of
I really fear that we will be seeing Law & Order or House on "SyFy"
First ECW and now SyFy! We are losing Sci-Fi. Just a thought and feel free to shoot it down. Lets do a e-mail and letter campaign. Send it to Universal/Sci-Fi. Subject being "SyFy Really?" Tell everyone. Worked for Jericho kind of
I really fear that we will be seeing Law & Order or House on "SyFy"
Re: E-Mail & Letter campaign "SyFy"
My letter would read as follows:
"Please re-think virtually everything you do and stop insulting the intelligence of your audience. Almost every science fiction fan I know thinks you are a pathetic joke of a network. You lucked into BSG and will fade to utter irrelevance after it is gone. And I know you're too stubborn to listen to this, so this is goodbye. Thanks for killing a good idea."
-Klaus
...but I'm pretty sure that wouldn't help.
My letter would read as follows:
"Please re-think virtually everything you do and stop insulting the intelligence of your audience. Almost every science fiction fan I know thinks you are a pathetic joke of a network. You lucked into BSG and will fade to utter irrelevance after it is gone. And I know you're too stubborn to listen to this, so this is goodbye. Thanks for killing a good idea."
-Klaus
...but I'm pretty sure that wouldn't help.
Re: E-Mail & Letter campaign "SyFy"
What's an "ECW?"
I didn't know I'd lost it.
What's an "ECW?"
I didn't know I'd lost it.
Re: E-Mail & Letter campaign "SyFy"
I hate to tell you this PhotoM but getting a network to renew a show for a few episodes is a lot different then getting them to change their newly announced re-branding.
I hate to tell you this PhotoM but getting a network to renew a show for a few episodes is a lot different then getting them to change their newly announced re-branding.
Re: E-Mail & Letter campaign "SyFy"
I honestly couldn't care less. They already paid a reportedly exorbitant sum for the rights to name "syfy." Since that's already happened, can't say I really care at this point. They'd likely shift their programming whether they change their name or not (and it's still, more or less, the same name).
I honestly couldn't care less. They already paid a reportedly exorbitant sum for the rights to name "syfy." Since that's already happened, can't say I really care at this point. They'd likely shift their programming whether they change their name or not (and it's still, more or less, the same name).
Re: E-Mail & Letter campaign "SyFy"
One that's not all that newly announced. It was like what a year maybe two ago that they announced they were retooling and rebranding the network? The original new name was something like "Imagination" or "Imagine" or something like that, I think.
Re: E-Mail & Letter campaign "SyFy"
I doubt it, House and L&O both have good homes on USA. But really, who cares? It's just a tv channel.
Re: E-Mail & Letter campaign "SyFy"
I've given up on Skiffy and I'm just hoping that other cable stations will start airing more sf/f. AMC seems a likely candidate, what with The Prisoner and Red Mars in development.
I've given up on Skiffy and I'm just hoping that other cable stations will start airing more sf/f. AMC seems a likely candidate, what with The Prisoner and Red Mars in development.
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