Comments on: Syfy: Aka, Sci Fi, the reboot

By: Alex Bogatiryov

Alex Bogatiryov — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:27:51 +0000

The rebranding is just silly and confusing!

By: Astrogirl

Astrogirl — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:02:36 +0000

Thank you Dirge for the best laugh I’ve had in awhile!

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:22:25 +0000

I’m really tired of all these channels becoming so alike and bland. TechTV used to be awesome. G4 is just a mess except for 2 shows. SyFy will probably just add reruns of Cops or who knows what else that’s on a zillion other channels.

By: Matrix

Matrix — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:47:42 +0000

I don’t mind the name change, it just sounds retarded. But what else could they change it to that would try to keep their existing tv watching guys and bring in their new tv watching guys. Maybe, not unlike Jammers Reviews from St-Hypertext, non?
Or not.
(I still type in St-Hypertext.com to get here for some reason though! I wonder how many people still come here through that link.)

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:38:33 +0000

“literally something for everyone.”

Jack of all trades, master of none. Try to please everyone and you’ll end up not really pleasing anyone. The Sci-Fi Channel was created to exploit a niche: shockingly enough, the science fiction niche.

Trying to rebrand with a trademark-able name would be okay if the name they chose wasn’t so stupid. SyFy? Yuk! How about Sae Phae? Capturing East Asian tones is a guaranteed route to success.

By: Antisocialmunky

Antisocialmunky — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:25:14 +0000

They’ll probably get less crap for showing the random fantasy stuff though.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:22:40 +0000

> with a name that we could own

Yeah, exactly.

Ignore the rest; that one clause right there is the reason they’re doing it.

It’s not so much that they didn’t say it, even. They just added a bunch of other corporate crap to the announcement.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:08:50 +0000

I’m looking forward to Caprica. I thought the pilot was pretty good.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:26:20 +0000

I think SighFi would have been a better choice. I’m wondering if there will be anything worth watching on that network in a few months. I am keeping my fingers crossed for Stargate Universe, but other than that, Eureka is about the only show on that network that I can stomach anymore (and even that’s not easy). I did catch the Warehouse 13 pilot a few days ago, and it wasn’t bad, but I can see it getting repetitive in a hurry.

By: Stef

Stef — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:36:42 +0000

Hey, at least they didn’t fill it with lots of X to try and be “cool” and “hip” and “appeal to generation X” like the whole world did a few years ago.

Are we still on Generation X?

Does this name-change mean we’ve moved onto Generation Y?

Can’t wait for Generation Z and then the roll-over to Generation A1

By: Chris Swanson

Chris Swanson — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:03:41 +0000

If they really wanted to increase ratings, they’d actually show quality programing and stop making one-word title movies about some monster menacing some place in the USA that always looks strangely like British Columbia.

By: Dirge

Dirge — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:38:38 +0000

I love Scyence Fyction

By: Greg M

Greg M — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:34:29 +0000

One other thing I was thinking reading your post. For some reason I’m getting a Demon (Star Trek Voyager Review, and one of your most infamous reviews on this entire site) Vibe from this whole thing. Kind of eerie.

By: Greg M

Greg M — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:12:16 +0000

Agreed, especially with the spelling part. It’s just really dumb and it’s more of a blending of networks to make them boring and generic. I actually expect a CSI series to be on this channel in the near future. Either that, or because it’s owned by NBC, probably a Law and Order.