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  • Dr Mordrid
    Moderator
    • Apr 2001
    • 26592
    #1

    SyFy Channel to "reboot" 1, or 2, TV series....

    SyFy being the new name of the reimagined SciFi Channel

    1. Alien Nation for certain

    2. possibly Quantum Leap

    Full reboots, and darker, like they did with Battlestar Galactica.

    IO9 story...
    Just How Dark Will Alien Nation And New Quantum Leap Reboots Go?

    Firefly's Tim Minear is already hard at work on the Syfy Channel's reboot of Alien Nation, and we asked the Syfy execs about it. But that's not the only classic they're looking at restarting: Quantum Leap could make a comeback.
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    • Jammrock
      The Berserker
      • Aug 1999
      • 8661
      #2
      Syfy ... grrr ... stupid ivy league ****ole.
      “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
      –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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        • paulw
          Super MURCer
          • Sep 1999
          • 1026
          #3
          Agreed. Crazy name change. Most likely there will be a change in the boardroom next year when the ratings drop because of the over abundance of non scifi stuff on the channel and it will then revert back to SciFi.
          paulw

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            • Dr Mordrid
              Moderator
              • Apr 2001
              • 26592
              #4
              The reason for the name change is that "SyFy" can be trademarked, enhancing marketing options and limiting the ability of others to usurp their moniker. "Sci-Fi" isn't trademark-able as it was coined by Forrest J. Ackerman in 1954.
              Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 11 July 2009, 13:51.
              Dr. Mordrid
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              I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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                • Kruzin
                  Jeepin' to the grave
                  • Aug 1999
                  • 6527
                  #5
                  Originally posted by paulw View Post
                  Agreed. Crazy name change. Most likely there will be a change in the boardroom next year when the ratings drop because of the over abundance of non scifi stuff on the channel and it will then revert back to SciFi.
                  They've already lost many hours of my viewership.
                  Can anybody tell me how their 'ulitmate fighter' crap is even remotley sci-fi?
                  Play an old star trek or star gate re-run. SyFy (gag) is no place for cage fighting.
                  Kinda like ESPN playing all those poker tourneys. How is poker a 'sport'?
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                    • cjolley
                      Super MURCer
                      • Aug 1999
                      • 7672
                      #6
                      My eye keeps wanting to see it as StyFy.

                      Hmmm... Let's see.
                      Take a channel specializing is SciFi, marketed to SciFi aficionados, and change the name to SyFy, market to no one in particular, distinguished in no way from all the other eight bazzilion cable channels.
                      Smooth move

                      I wonder if they would send me a years worth of their marketing directors salary? It would do them just as much good, and I wouldn't require a severence package, so it would save them money.
                      Sigh...
                      Chuck
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                        • J1NG
                          Super MURCer
                          • Feb 2000
                          • 1388
                          #7
                          So long as they don't mess up Quantum Leap...

                          J1NG

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                            • Dr Mordrid
                              Moderator
                              • Apr 2001
                              • 26592
                              #8
                              Originally posted by J1NG View Post
                              So long as they don't mess up Quantum Leap...

                              J1NG
                              My wife said the same thing, she was a huge QL fan. Me less so, but I'd watch with her to keep the domestic peace.
                              Dr. Mordrid
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                              An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

                              I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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                                • VJ
                                  Moderator
                                  • Mar 2001
                                  • 9733
                                  #9
                                  Well, the name clearly matches "sygns fycson"...

                                  QL was a nice series, yet I imagine it has room for improvement (and darkening). A series I really liked, but that wasn't given much airtime here was "Seven days" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Days_(TV_series) )
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