Archive for the ‘Sci-Fi’ Category
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Brand New covers the Sci Fi to Syfy branding change:
But more importantly, the new logo and naming seems like an exercise in stripping away elements, leaving Syfy as an empty shell and removing any sense of mystery the original name conjured.
The word "if" appearing on the screen, with a gradual ...
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
What the fuck?
The main reason for the change, according to Bonnie Hammer, former head of the network and now president of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment and Universal Cable Productions, and her successor David Howe, is that the name “SCI FI” was too limiting.
Well sure. "Sci Fi" might give the impression ...
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Have you ever seen the show Ghost Hunters on the Sci Fi channel? It's effectively a weekly argument against the existence of ghosts, but somehow the hosts keep pressing on, and viewers keep tuning in. Sci Fi is opening up the Ghost Network, a social network where fans of the ...
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Raoul Mowatt at MSN TV has a list of ten things that writers need to do to make Heroes a good show again.
3. Idiot-Proof All Plots
Too often, I find myself asking, "Why would a reasonable person do this?"For instance: Why would Mohinder inject himself with an untested serum when anything could ...
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
Harold Ramis, via Sci Fi Wire:
The concept is that the old Ghostbusters would appear in the film in some mentor capacity. Not much else to say at this point. Everyone is confident a decent script can be written, and I guess we'll take it from there.
I would love a third ...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
A new Stargate series, set to debut as a TV movie in early 2009 and continue as a weekly show next summer. From Wikipedia:
When a team of explorers from Earth find an Ancient unmanned ship called the Destiny and are unable to return to Earth, the crew must fend for ...
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Atlantis was never going to be as good as SG-1, but it was a good show. And you know what SCI FI does to good shows.
The show will go on, though, with a 2-hour movie that will air on SCI FI in 2009, and be released on DVD by MGM. The film will ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
GateWorld reports that actor Don S. Davis, best known as General George Hammond on Stargate SG-1, has passed away.
Off-screen, Don was beloved by the show's cast and crew. He departed the show in 2003 due to a medical condition that restricted his workload, but returned for several guest appearances on SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis in ...
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