Why is Sci-Fi now Sy-FY?

I suppose they are trying to attract a bigger crowd of (Those Young'uns)

But i dont see why replacing a couple of vowels changes anything, its a good channel, but i think getting rid of those stupid "Original' movies and Ghost shows would be the best approach. (Anyone remember Ice Spiders? A riveting, new age classic, believe me)

What do you guys think of the new image they are trying to make for themselves?

I don't know, but the subject was covered with much hilarity in an episode of The Geekbox a few weeks ago.

They had a problem holding a trademark for such a generic term.

I saw Blood Rayne 3 on Sci Fi a few months ago.... "Alsnuts2? Blood Rayne 3?" Thats right kiddies Cowboy mother-fucking Vampires.

If they want people to watch the channel they need to rerun MST3k!!

"They had a problem holding a trademark for such a generic term."

I guess it's just to make it kewl with the kids, while maintaining the same name when said verbally. Y'know, because the Sy-FY channel is such great water cooler fodder.

It seems a completely pointless change to me. Those who were into their programming probably still will be despite the change, and those who weren't will either continue to not care, or will get sucked in by the name only to realise that the shows aren't for them. I'd guess that those who want to watch this kind of stuff already know about Sci-Fi.

The other option is that it's trying to draw in the hyphy crowd.

Its like coke re-releasing the same soda but instead now calling it classic. It works the same way, people are stupid.

"  but i think getting rid of those stupid "Original' movies and Ghost shows would be the best approach.  "

For the same reason Cartoon Network is now "CN Real" and why Pizza Hut is now "The Hut."

Dude Sci-Fi channel original movies are THE BEST.

Not in the traditional sense of the word, but more in the so-bad-they're-good way. I mean come on, what's not to like about SUPERGATOR?

Because... science!

" Because... science! "

"Dude Sci-Fi channel original movies are THE BEST.Not in the traditional sense of the word, but more in the so-bad-they're-good way. I mean come on, what's not to like about SUPERGATOR?"

Something with trademarking problems, and an attempt to rebrand the whole channel. I believe the trademarking issue was due to "sci-fi" generally applying to science fiction solely, and the Sci-Fi channel had non-science fiction programs.

Besides Battlestar Galactica, has the Sci-Fi/SyFy channel ever made anything that wasn't complete shit?

" Dude Sci-Fi channel original movies are THE BEST.Not in the traditional sense of the word, but more in the so-bad-they're-good way. I mean come on, what's not to like about SUPERGATOR? "

Some people can't help but change things...

Thats whats hip with the kids today

I would imagine booze factored into the name change somehow.

I dunno- But I just got into Torchwood and I can't seem to be able to find a good channel or website to watch it on...

" Besides Battlestar Galactica, has the Sci-Fi/SyFy channel ever made anything that wasn't complete shit? "

i think just to catch some more audiences. some people just think of changing something to seem more interesting. it is weird stuff o chaning things around.

Haven't you heard, "Change is Now!"

Who cares? I never watch it anyway.  Anything classic on that channel was cut, edited and sanitized. I watched Galactica on DVD, 'cause I couldn't stand all the commercials. I gave up on the Sci Fi channel when they didn't do a successor to Babylon 5. Most of the original stuff they do , is the sort of crap that was once shown at drive-ins.

Because you can get it by having unprotected sexual intercourse with loose women.

Come on guys, the letter ' Y ' just wants some lovin'. That crackwhore ' i '  gets all the luck.

is saw that recently and thought it was dumb as shit. doesn't look like something that sci-fi fans would appreciate.

@FunExplosions said:

"is saw that recently and thought it was dumb as shit. doesn't look like something that sci-fi fans would appreciate. "

have you seen sci fi lately? Its all like that, at least it has some spunk lol

Man I miss when Sci Fi wore its nerdiness like a badge of honor. Now corporate interests are trying to turn it into a catch all entertainment network with a bias towards low budget horror films. It just breaks my heart to see a channel I practically grew up with turn into a shadow of its former self. Back in 1992 I used to watch the Venus cgi screensaver that the network used as a placeholder image before the channel actually launched. And when it premiered I watched the hell out of all the stupid and low budget tv shows they had picked up like My Secret Identity and Nightmare Cafe...

Come to think of it...Sci Fi has kinda always had terrible programming. The occasional home run aside, (BSG!) the channel never had very much good on. So I guess good on SyFy for trying a different direction. It may not work but at least they broadened themselves up a bit to allow different and possibly interesting new projects. At least until that fails and we get another Spike copy cat.

Sci-Fi needs to go back and embrace its nerdy roots, because half-assing your way to the middle pisses everyone off.

Sci Fi has been going downhill ever since they put wrestling on their network but there is quite a few gems on SyFy, piled under tons of crap. Name change was for trademark issues and (probably) to rejuvenate their brand (ala TNN->Spike TV).

I refuse to call it Sy-Fy it's utterly utterly ridiculous, I simply will not. It's Sci-Fi. Science. Fiction. End of discussion.

The change got people talking about that channel again, so their move worked.  If you pronounce that in certain other language's versions of those letters, it just sound stupid, though.

Norwegian it's like "sew, bleah".  Fy is something usually followed by a swear word :)

" @systech said:

" Because... science! "

That made me laugh for some reason. "

" @Kou_Leifoh said:

" @systech said:

" Because... science! "

That made me laugh for some reason. "

That response, in turn, made me laugh for some reason. "

Well bro, ask yourself, which sounds sicker: New Metal or Nu-Metal?  The same law applies here.

wait are we on about sci-fi the channel or sci-fi the genre

Because sci-fi is a genre beyond TV, whilst sy-fy is a brand name they can control the rights to.

If it's such a difficult trademark to hold why hasn't History channel changed their name to Hystory?

"Besides Battlestar Galactica, has the Sci-Fi/SyFy channel ever made anything that wasn't complete shit?"