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I gave up on Sci-Fi aka syfy when they cancelled Farscape.
A Name Change for The Sci-Fi Channel Adam Whitehead 2009
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Haha, the word "syfy" has pretty bad connotations in Polish.
Good Idea or Bad Idea? SciFi Changes Name to SyFy Channel 2009
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For example, if the SciFi Channel had done more due diligence before it rolled out its new name it would have discovered that, in most parts of the world, "syfy" is a slang term for syphilis.
David Isenberg: A Rose by any Other Name Would Smell Like a "New Humanitarian" David Isenberg 2010
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IMO the last movie was a cash in and should of never been made the script was awful, they replaced the lead with an awful actress and it honestly felt like a "syfy" original movie.
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Almost as wrong as the fact that they started spelling sci-fi: "syfy" to try and make science fiction more trendy and universally appealing.
Syfy Sacrilege 2009
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Despite the fact that "syfy" sounds like the domain name you reluctantly choose if "scifi. com" is already taken, executives at the 16-year-old cable network enthused about the idea, saying it will open up all new vistas and possibilities.
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Actually in spite of my sarcastic comments about the episode it was so totally cool and great I feel sorry for all the masses of people who can't yet watch it ---- but I'm sure it will be on the 'syfy' channel sooner or later, they are continuing to show 'Who' reruns there, they just did the one where Professor Yana finds out he's The Master and becomes the younger, cooler Master when he regenerates .......
Doctor Who: The End of Time part two.... nissa_amas_katoj 2009
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I like my ponies to know more than one trick, personally. skippybkroo what we need is some more new episodes of venture bros. it seems like they did 4 new eps this season and now it's all reruns. but i agree w/the "if it sez 'cartoon network' then show some frakin 'cartoons" sect. it's like wrestling on sci-fi network. but now that it's "syfy" and i don't know what the frak that is, i guess it's ok.
TV News: Vote For Totally 4 Teens to Become a New Adult Swim Show (A /Film Fave!) | /Film 2010
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"syfy" would keep the branding but not make people think they were just about science fiction.
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"syfy" in Polish can also be used to mean the same thing it does in English-an abbreviation for science fiction.
B&C - Breaking News 2009
lampbane commented on the word syfy
The new name of the Sci-Fi Channel. Because "sci-fi" was too geeky.
March 26, 2009
nuxiy commented on the word syfy
slyfy
March 26, 2009
bilby commented on the word syfy
Barfi McBarfyngton.
March 26, 2009
reesetee commented on the word syfy
What the....?
March 26, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word syfy
*never wants to watch Sci-Fi again because of this monstrosity*
March 26, 2009
lampbane commented on the word syfy
SCI FI Channel Press Release (03/16/09):
By changing the name to Syfy, which remains phonetically identical, the new brand broadens perceptions and embraces a wider and more diverse range of imagination-based entertainment including fantasy, paranormal, reality, mystery, action and adventure, as well as science fiction. It also positions the brand for future growth by creating an ownable trademark that can travel easily with consumers across new media and non-linear digital platforms, new international channels and extend into new business ventures.
Warren Ellis (03/16/09):
1) Two of my Polish readers have just pointed out that, in Polish, "syfy" has a meaning somewhere between zits, filthy and scum. Oops.
2) This came up elsewhere, but: "sci-fi" is a term coined by fanboy no.1, the late Forrest Ackerman, a wordplay-happy man who also came up with linguist joys like "imagi-movie" and "futuristicostume." The term "sf" for science fiction/speculative fiction was coined by author Robert Heinlein some eight years earlier.
March 26, 2009
qroqqa commented on the word syfy
I thought real science fiction fans called it sf, and reserved sci-fi for the likes of Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica.
March 26, 2009
lampbane commented on the word syfy
"sf" could also be "speculative fiction"
Or San Francisco, but I think those are differentiated by always writing the city in caps (SF) and the genre in lower (sf).
March 26, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word syfy
Nice logical thinking there. Because Sci-Fi shows a lot of crap in addition to sci-fi, they change the spelling of their name to further confuse people--or else to signal to fans of actual science fiction that they're really not going to like the programming anyway. Hence, "Zits" or "Scum."
P.S. Surely I sound far more curmudgeonly about this than I deserve to be, given that I've never identified myself as a fan of sci-fi. *shrugs* Must be the crummy weather.
March 26, 2009
bilby commented on the word syfy
That press release was pure bullshyttery.
March 27, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word syfy
chained_bear, you know whose fault it is.
March 27, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word syfy
Oh, that's right. Facebook's.
March 27, 2009
reesetee commented on the word syfy
:-D
March 27, 2009
seanahan commented on the word syfy
I've been against the channel since the beginning. The name sci-fi is really just a slap in the face of the true fans who prefer to call it SF.
March 31, 2009