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Post by Iron Rich on Mar 16, 2009 21:09:13 GMT -5
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Post by tenebrae99 on Mar 16, 2009 21:34:09 GMT -5
They changed it from Sci-Fi to...Syfy?
Hope the other channels don't follow the example. See Bee Ess, En Bee See, Aye Bee See, and Fux.
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Post by Akasha on Mar 17, 2009 8:11:52 GMT -5
They should have changed it to Mostly Crap.
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Post by Iron Rich on Mar 17, 2009 8:33:24 GMT -5
They changed it from Sci-Fi to...Syfy? Hope the other channels don't follow the example. See Bee Ess, En Bee See, Aye Bee See, and Fux. You forgot about Wu Bee Gee N
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Post by Elphaba on Mar 17, 2009 9:14:11 GMT -5
They should change it to The Ghost Hunters Network and just show that all the time!
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Post by Iron Rich on Mar 17, 2009 9:37:27 GMT -5
They should change it to The Ghost Hunters Network and just show that all the time! They need to keep Battlestar Gallactica. I love that show. Of course this is the last season.
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Post by Miss Dee on Mar 17, 2009 12:23:27 GMT -5
Is that because people have become too stupid to spell SciFi and now we have to go with phonetics? Or is that text-speak?
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Post by Elphaba on Mar 17, 2009 12:33:58 GMT -5
Is this a joke or are they really changing the spelling? I would never think to spell Sci Fi as syfy!
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Post by tenebrae99 on Mar 17, 2009 22:31:44 GMT -5
They changed it from Sci-Fi to...Syfy? Hope the other channels don't follow the example. See Bee Ess, En Bee See, Aye Bee See, and Fux. You forgot about Wu Bee Gee N Nah. I've always figured 'BGN realizes its audience is clever enough to grasp the mind-blowing concept of call letters. Yours has potential, though. If someone was insane enough to mash Andy Gibb with Method Man, that's the band name right there.
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Post by tenebrae99 on Mar 17, 2009 22:37:42 GMT -5
Is that because people have become too stupid to spell SciFi and now we have to go with phonetics? Or is that text-speak? LOL! U r teh awesome.
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Post by Iron Rich on Mar 18, 2009 8:31:14 GMT -5
Is this a joke or are they really changing the spelling? I would never think to spell Sci Fi as syfy! It's for real.
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Post by Miss Dee on Mar 18, 2009 8:39:54 GMT -5
In this morning's Post-Gazette:
Trying to sound less geeky and, perhaps, save an extra letter on its office stationery, the Sci Fi Channel announced Monday that it is changing its name to the phonetically identical "Syfy."
The reason? Parent company NBC Universal said it can better market "Syfy" as its own brand, rather than one pegged to science fiction (it broadcasts, after all, Extreme Championship Wrestling every Tuesday).
But the news hit the blogosphere with such fervor that it was as highly searched Monday afternoon on Twitter as the AIG bonus controversy.
Reaction on Twitter fell along the lines of: "My instinct is to pronounce it Siphee which sounds like a certain disease. Fail."
Groups have already sprouted on Facebook, including: "Hey 'SyFy,' Geeks ARE your audience. Change it back to SCI FI!"
But the response has not been entirely one-sided. Graphic novelist Warren Ellis wrote on his blog: "I never liked the term 'sci-fi' in the first place ... it's actually a smart marketing move." (John Lendman, Chicago Tribune)
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Post by bradster on Mar 24, 2009 14:15:29 GMT -5
this is gay
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Post by bradster on Jul 7, 2009 17:31:18 GMT -5
well as of today, it's official...
SciFi Channel is now SyFy
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Post by tim on Jul 29, 2009 16:50:30 GMT -5
Let's see when the slated films that were done or close to in production end if SyFy begins to really suck. I don't expect many changes until after the first of the year.
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