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(46,356 posts) Sat Jun 30, 2012, 07:39 AM Jun 2012

What the (bleep) happened to the Sci-Fi Channel?

I was just watching this:

And looked at today's lineup on the "SyFy" channel.

Sasquatch and Bigfoot movies, low-budget, low quality.

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What the (bleep) happened to the Sci-Fi Channel? (Original Post) Archae Jun 2012 OP

The bean-counters in suits who run the thing came to think professional wresting is science fiction. baldguy Jun 2012 #1

Seems like every time I flip on SyFy...... marmar Jun 2012 #2

Yup. Archae Jun 2012 #3

and for some reason I am that demographic that watches it nadine_mn Jun 2012 #12

Yep, I agree Broken_Hero Jul 2012 #14

The only decent shows on SyFy are........... mrmpa Jun 2012 #4

And Eureka is about to be done. YellowRubberDuckie Jun 2012 #5

I didn't............ mrmpa Jun 2012 #13

yep. that reminds me - I have to catch up with the last episode. Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 #17

They also did good children of dune movies. Neoma Jun 2012 #11

They were purchased by NBC Universal before Cabletime, er, Comcast bought them out. YellowRubberDuckie Jun 2012 #6

They lost me when they became the 24hr ghost hunter channel. n/t A Simple Game Jun 2012 #7

Boy..isn't that the truth. Seems like every time I turn to sci-fi that idiotic Ghost Hunting... BlueJazz Jul 2012 #20

Some would say it has been crap since it cancelled Farscape CBGLuthier Jun 2012 #8

They did this silly rebranding thing a couple of years ago Posteritatis Jun 2012 #9

In Order to make Good SciFi Movies and TV Shows, You Have to Invest Money Yavin4 Jun 2012 #10

Hey, I'm pissed I missed the ending of Sasquatch Island. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #15

it's been bad for a long time: Themes - shark/octopus movies, dragon movies, big foot movies Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 #16

July 4th weekend -- back-to-back critter movies. eppur_se_muova Jul 2012 #18

It's SyFy now, and they never got over spending all that money on "Dune". TreasonousBastard Jul 2012 #19

baldguy

(36,649 posts)

1. The bean-counters in suits who run the thing came to think professional wresting is science fiction.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 07:49 AM

Jun 2012

After that, anything goes.

marmar

(77,097 posts)

2. Seems like every time I flip on SyFy......

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 08:01 AM

Jun 2012

....... there's some computer-generated giant snake or crocodile eating people.

Archae

(46,356 posts)

3. Yup.

Reply to marmar (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 08:04 AM

Jun 2012

And they seem to find the bottom-of-the-barrel CGI animators.

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)

12. and for some reason I am that demographic that watches it

Reply to marmar (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 12:57 PM

Jun 2012

I can't help it... there is something about the absolute awfulness and cheesiness of them that I love. I will watch Dinocroc vs Megashark anyday over some of the shit on network tv

meh... my husband makes fun of me for it, but its my dirty secret

Broken_Hero

(59,305 posts)

14. Yep, I agree

Reply to marmar (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 12:23 AM

Jul 2012

I hardly see anything remotely close to SCI FI stuff on that channel...unless the folks at the dictionary place re-crafted the word Sci Fi to mean Animals/Wild things eating/killing stuff.....Super-Half Pirhana Aligator Super Croc vs. Super-Half Snake-Raccoon II!!!! This time they mean bizness!

About the only time I catch anything SCIFI is late at night/early morning when they play some classic Twilight Zones....

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)

4. The only decent shows on SyFy are...........

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 08:55 AM

Jun 2012

Haven, Warehouse 13 and Eureka.

YellowRubberDuckie

(19,736 posts)

5. And Eureka is about to be done.

Reply to mrmpa (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 08:58 AM

Jun 2012

Sorry if you didn't know.

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)

13. I didn't............

Reply to YellowRubberDuckie (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 09:16 PM

Jun 2012

you spoiled it for me. lol

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

17. yep. that reminds me - I have to catch up with the last episode.

Reply to YellowRubberDuckie (Reply #5)

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 01:22 AM

Jul 2012

Neoma

(10,039 posts)

11. They also did good children of dune movies.

Reply to mrmpa (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 12:50 PM

Jun 2012

YellowRubberDuckie

(19,736 posts)

6. They were purchased by NBC Universal before Cabletime, er, Comcast bought them out.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 08:59 AM

Jun 2012

It went downhill when those brilliant minds decided to screw it up.
Try Chiller or FearNet. They're pretty good for the other stuff that used to be on SciFi.

A Simple Game

(9,214 posts)

7. They lost me when they became the 24hr ghost hunter channel. n/t

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 10:17 AM

Jun 2012

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

20. Boy..isn't that the truth. Seems like every time I turn to sci-fi that idiotic Ghost Hunting...

Reply to A Simple Game (Reply #7)

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 01:45 AM

Jul 2012

...bullshit would be on.
...and I thought "Matomba, Giant Shimp of the Sea" was bad.......

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)

8. Some would say it has been crap since it cancelled Farscape

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 11:57 AM

Jun 2012

But I think they went wrong when they stopped airing classic Dr. Who back in the 90's. About the only thing good they did was rescue Mystery Science Theater 3000 which gave us some of the best storylines MST3K ever did.

Posteritatis

(18,807 posts)

9. They did this silly rebranding thing a couple of years ago

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 12:43 PM

Jun 2012

The official(!) reason for it was that the owners thought science fiction was lame, and that if they changed the name they could start shifting the focus to, say, wrestling.