Stupyd Netwyrk Tryks

[tzikeh]

Sigh. Fie!

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[suaine.livejournal.com]

I just. Seriously. I expect this to cost them greatly. Syphy. I need more STD jokes.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Also seems just a wee bit disrespectful to do it just after Forrie died. Boo, hiss.

[suaine.livejournal.com]

It appears they've been working toward this for a while now, and I bet Forrest J Ackerman would have torn them a new one, had he lived to see it.

The thing is, from this article right here: http://www.jackmyers.com/commentary/lunch-at-michaels/16847961.html - it draws such a nasty picture that the added disrespect to one of sci-fi's great supporters is only the tip of the ice berg. Dave Howe doesn't *get* SF and fandom. He looks at it from the outside and kind of gibbers at it, poking it with sticks, to see how much money he can make.

[mirandir.livejournal.com]

I actually had to stop reading scifiwire, which I've relied on for years, because the rebranding made it too stupid to handle about two months ago.

So, yeah, I agree. :-(

[mirandir.livejournal.com]

Or, to put it another way, this.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Oy.

Hey - when you run that crap movie festival? Will you post about it in your lj?

[mirandir.livejournal.com]

Weekend after April Fool's, so... the 3rd to the 5th of next month.

We may be returning to our roots this year-- which is to say, we might have comfy lodgings in someone's house as opposed to a conference room at the University.

You'd still be welcome, of course. :-)

And cover copy should be going into the LJ soon!

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

So. True.

This is Bonnie Hammer's fault, isn't it? Just because she's not putting her face out there doesn't mean she's not really responsible.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Bwah! You win the internet today.

[iko.livejournal.com]

Hee hee!

You know what they should've done? Changed it to just "SF Channel". It keeps the meaning for their core, yet allows them to expand into new spaces with new branding. The first time I heard this, I thought it was a joke. It just sounds so... stupid.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Hee! So true.

[luminosity]

It's the Siffy Channel now.


sexist pig morons

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

Best subject line and best pun of the week in the same post!

[isagel.livejournal.com]

May I ask what SciFi did now?

[suaine.livejournal.com]

They are officially changing their name to SyFy.

http://suaine.livejournal.com/552831.html

[amireal.livejournal.com]

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/03/17/the-venereal-disease-channel-imaginatizes-greatastically/

srsly.

[suaine.livejournal.com]

A *lot* of people immediately went to venereal disease when they saw that new name, me included. I just find it hilarious. And tragic. But mostly hilarious.

[amireal.livejournal.com]

It's not just tragic, it's tragical. Really. I seriously wonder who their focus groups are and sort of want to applaud the company that got them to bend over that much.

[suaine.livejournal.com]

Well, from what I've read, I should think they were looking for a hip new name and instead of coming up with one themselves, they looked at highly popular fansites, like say: http://syfyportal.com

SyFyPortal sold the name last month.

But the thing about this is that it was a SF site for SF fans. We already knew what it was, and it was a bit silly. Outsiders will look at Syfy and see venereal disease. And since the channel has been raping SF for years, part of me really hopes they tank big time with this.

[klia.livejournal.com]

They're far more pathetic than the audience stereotype they're desperately trying to get away from.