Sci Fi Channel is changing its name to Syfy

SzczerbiakManiac · 03-17-2009, 09:42 AM

Apparently "Sci Fi" is to geeky and they think "Syfy" is going to cure their image problem.

Are those execs morons or do they just think we are?

Andrew · 03-17-2009, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

Are those execs morons or do they just think we are?

Yes.

Alex · 03-17-2009, 10:18 AM

It's a stupid name change.

That said, it is pretty rare for the Sci-Fi Network to show much of anything that Sci-Fi would want associated with it. And what little it does will be cut in half when BSG ends.

That said, while stupid there is a non-stupid (from a different perspective than fandom anyway) reason behind it. "Sci-Fi" is not trademarkable. "SyFy" is.

Disneyphile · 03-17-2009, 10:20 AM

Wow. That is just stupid.

Moonliner · 03-17-2009, 10:40 AM

I suppose there was a time in my life where I would have cared about this but it's so far behind me I can't even see it with a good pair of binoculars anymore.

JWBear · 03-17-2009, 10:49 AM

Is that channel still on the air? I had no idea.

BDBopper · 03-17-2009, 10:54 AM

Is this some early April Fool's Joke? If not how stupid!

Morrigoon · 03-17-2009, 11:10 AM

It just makes them look like they can't spell. Like the way overdone replacing of the letter "c" with the letter "k" as if that makes something "kooler" than it was before. (see? just makes one look like a moron)

Silly executives, don't you know that geek is the new cool?

Betty · 03-17-2009, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

It just makes them look like they can't spell. Like the way overdone replacing of the letter "c" with the letter "k" as if that makes something "kooler" than it was before. (see? just makes one look like a moron)

Silly executives, don't you know that geek is the new ~~cool~~ kewl?

FTFY.

innerSpaceman · 03-17-2009, 11:54 AM

Never got into BSG, so I'm afraid I haven't even tuned to the channel since the Farscape days. I don't care what they call it.

But I think Psy Fye would be better.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	It's a stupid name change. That said, it is pretty rare for the Sci-Fi Network to show much of anything that Sci-Fi would want associated with it. And what little it does will be cut in half when BSG ends. That said, while stupid there is a non-stupid (from a different perspective than fandom anyway) reason behind it. "Sci-Fi" is not trademarkable. "SyFy" is.
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Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Wow. That is just stupid.
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	It just makes them look like they can't spell. Like the way overdone replacing of the letter "c" with the letter "k" as if that makes something "kooler" than it was before. (see? just makes one look like a moron) Silly executives, don't you know that geek is the new cool? __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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