Sci Fi morphs into Syfy

POSTED BY: deadlockvictim
UPDATED: Monday, March 23, 2009 02:11
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DEADLOCKVICTIM

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:51 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/business/media/16adcol.html?_r=1

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Plans call for Sci Fi and its companion Web site (scifi.com) to morph into the oddly spelled Syfy — pronounced the same as “Sci Fi” — on July 7. The new name will be accompanied by the slogan “Imagine Greater,” which replaces a logo featuring a stylized version of Saturn.

“We couldn’t own Sci Fi; it’s a genre,” said Bonnie Hammer, the former president of Sci Fi who became the president of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment and Universal Cable Productions. “But we can own Syfy.”

Another benefit of the new name is that it is not “throwing the baby away with the bath water,” she added, because it is similar enough to the Sci Fi brand to convey continuity to “the fan-boys and -girls who love the genre.”

...does this mean no more lame movies and ridiculous wrestling....??

It will take more than a name change to get me to watch Syfy....
Maybe if they had a wonderfully written and beautifully produced program about some, oh, I don't know.... Outlaws in space or something.... maybe

edit: or maybe it's just my spelling that is mediocre....

RIPWASH

Monday, March 16, 2009 3:40 PM

The thing that turned me off Sci-Fi was that they seemed so confused. The only movies they showed were horror and it really ticked me off. So I gave up on them. The only thing I watch on there now is "Eureka" which is a great little show. I hope they bring it back for a third season.

But when a science fiction channel only shows horror movies . . . you gotta wonder what they were thinking.

Zoe: "Get it running again."
Mal: "Yeah"
Zoe: "So not running now"
Mal: "Not so much"
- Out of Gas

SAVEWASH

Monday, March 16, 2009 3:58 PM

Imagine greater ... what?

I imagine greater shows, but we'll see. It's an odd slogan.

"We need to keep our heads so we can ... keep our heads."

STORYMARK

Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30 PM

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Originally posted by deadlockvictim:

...does this mean no more lame movies and ridiculous wrestling....??

I'd wager it means a good deal more. They've been trying to get away from Science Fiction for years, this just seems like the next step.

I think it's retarded, myself, but I stopped watching them when they cancelled Farscape, anyway.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

ZZETTA13

Monday, March 16, 2009 5:46 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by RIPWash:
The thing that turned me off Sci-Fi was that they seemed so confused. The only movies they showed were horror and it really ticked me off. So I gave up on them. The only thing I watch on there now is "Eureka" which is a great little show. I hope they bring it back for a third season.

But when a science fiction channel only shows horror movies . . . you gotta wonder what they were thinking.

Zoe: "Get it running again."
Mal: "Yeah"
Zoe: "So not running now"
Mal: "Not so much"
- Out of Gas

I am in total agreement with RW.

A si/fi station that shows wrestling as one of it’s main events? I used to be a member but haven’t been there in ages so I really don’t know what they are doing now.

Firefly should have been one of their shows. It could have been, but they chose not to include a Whedon show, they chose other crap. The Si/Fi channel needs to dig deep into it’s soul and find out who it is. It seems to be wandering through time and space searching for it’s identity. The youth of today is very in tune with science fiction and super heroes. They should check out Smallville if they want to understand what good writing is all about. Joss could have been their messiah if they didn’t have their head so far up their…..a$$

Z

RIPWASH

Monday, March 16, 2009 6:01 PM

Heck . . . wasn't this the same channel that aired "Serenity" (BDM) and edited it to death? I was going to DVR it in HD, but forgot. Now I'm glad I didn't.

Zoe: "Get it running again."
Mal: "Yeah"
Zoe: "So not running now"
Mal: "Not so much"
- Out of Gas

ECGORDON

Monday, March 16, 2009 6:10 PM

If only Forry Ackerman was still around, he could tell them how very, very disappointed he is.

They should just make it Skiffy, since many of us have been calling it that for years.

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, March 16, 2009 6:12 PM

thats....the lamest thing ive ever heard. 'we dont own the genre so we're slightly changing the name'? @_@ ouch. i hurt in my heart.

PENNAUSAMIKE

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 12:18 AM

Sci-Fi has been a mess for years.
For every BSG there are two dozen lousy Sci-Fi original movies.
Sci-Fi should have dropped the crappy movies and picked up Firefly back when Whedon was shopping it around.

They should do a series that follows the conventions.
They should follow some fan activities like fan films and charity events.
They should have in-depth "making of" shows.

They should have blocks assigned to different types of SF:
Time Tunnel-Land of the Giants-Lost In Space by Irwin Allen
Original BSG-Buck Rogers by Glen Larsen
etc., etc.
They should bring back the short-lived SF series blocks.
Have a Star Trek block.

Show old SF classics.
Show SF B-movies.
(And don't cut the crap out of them for no real reason!)

Its ridiculous to act like science fiction is too limiting.
Frankly, this channel has been mostly garbage for years.
I see this as more a way to show garbage like wrestling than a way to serve the SF niche audience.

Mike

FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 12:53 AM

this is why i rarely watch tv anymore, and dont have cable :P

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