Comments on: SyFy… HUH? http://dawnmasuoka.com/2009/07/syfy-huh/ Mon, 07 May 2012 17:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dawn Masuoka http://dawnmasuoka.com/2009/07/syfy-huh/comment-page-1/#comment-1444 Dawn Masuoka Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:33:04 +0000 http://dawnmasuoka.com/?p=3149#comment-1444 At least I consider Speilberg a visionary. I personally like the term SciFi and I'm glad he flubbed up (I'm such an ignorant loser ;) ) SF, because I'm on the West Coast and my family lives there- has always been San Francisco to me. But yeah- I think you're right. After they did the logo and had been around for enough years, they learned of the faux pas with the name and were tremendously embarrassed, so instead of redeeming themselves, they dug themselves a deeper hole of ignorance. THREE THUMBS DOWN!! (I'm borrowing Jonathon's thumb) At least I consider Speilberg a visionary. I personally like the term SciFi and I’m glad he flubbed up (I’m such an ignorant loser ;) ) SF, because I’m on the West Coast and my family lives there- has always been San Francisco to me.

But yeah- I think you’re right. After they did the logo and had been around for enough years, they learned of the faux pas with the name and were tremendously embarrassed, so instead of redeeming themselves, they dug themselves a deeper hole of ignorance.

THREE THUMBS DOWN!! (I’m borrowing Jonathon’s thumb)

]]> By: Ron Burkey http://dawnmasuoka.com/2009/07/syfy-huh/comment-page-1/#comment-1441 Ron Burkey Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:42:15 +0000 http://dawnmasuoka.com/?p=3149#comment-1441 Yes, unfortunately it now sounds more like the syphilis channel than the science fiction channel. It does remind me of something long ago, at a science fiction convention far away. (Or so I heard. I wasn't there personally.) After Close Encounters came out and was mega popular, it naturally made Spielberg mega popular with the science fiction community. So Spielberg went to some science fiction convention to give the keynote address ... and was booed. The reason? For science fiction fans the correct way of abbreviating science fiction was "SF", and the abbreviation "Sci Fi" was only for ignorant losers. Spielberg made the mistake of referring to the audience as Sci Fi fans, and therefore was obviously an ignorant loser. So I guess by the standards of the 70's, the SciFi channel just got tired of being an ignorant loser and decided to transform itself into a possibly disease-ridden double loser. Two thumbs down! Yes, unfortunately it now sounds more like the syphilis channel than the science fiction channel.

It does remind me of something long ago, at a science fiction convention far away. (Or so I heard. I wasn’t there personally.) After Close Encounters came out and was mega popular, it naturally made Spielberg mega popular with the science fiction community. So Spielberg went to some science fiction convention to give the keynote address … and was booed. The reason? For science fiction fans the correct way of abbreviating science fiction was “SF”, and the abbreviation “Sci Fi” was only for ignorant losers. Spielberg made the mistake of referring to the audience as Sci Fi fans, and therefore was obviously an ignorant loser.

So I guess by the standards of the 70′s, the SciFi channel just got tired of being an ignorant loser and decided to transform itself into a possibly disease-ridden double loser.

Two thumbs down!

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