SyFy: imagine greater

[WolfenFoust]

Oh damn this makes me sad... I loved the Sci Fi Imagine greater commercials. I don't remember these abominations blowing away the old logo for the new P.O.S logo. I remember the freaky 3-eyed guy who split into three people and the plant that eats the guy. Back when two Stargate shows going, and a new Scifi original movie every week. Cept they cancel the best shows now. Even Eureka, the original sellout, is getting canceled for even bigger peices of crap like warehouse 13.

[xRupusx]

Sci-Fi used to be a place for those honest science fiction loving people. Now they've spelled it wrong. Why? Maybe just to look stupid. There's no reason for it. They've spelled it "cutesy" and added new shows (that have nothing to do with science fiction) in order to get their ratings up. I hope they don't care about the grudge that their old fans are holding.

[explodingtacoinc]

HOLY SHIT A FUCKING ROCKET HORSE

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SAVE SGU!

[douglasde0519]

I do keep imagining greater, but SyFy continues to disappoint me. I liked the station when it was practically the Stargate channel. Now it's the wrestling, ghost hunting, and sometimes even Food Network channel.

[mejw1]

SYFAIL

THIS has now become the worst channel on cable

[TheSlickAndroid]

@mejw1 this channel is terrible,but I'd say Disney Channel,VH1, and MTV are also eligible

[mejw1]

@TheSlickAndroid lol yea if you put all 4 channels in the same pot and mixed it, you wouldnt be able to tell which one is which

[TheSlickAndroid]

@mejw1 true. just about every channel on television is eligible nowadays

[lugench]

I yearn for the days of wonder and mystery along with the occassional bit of action in space, through time, other plains of existence, alternate realities, etc. I don't care to see poorly written and directed monster flicks, fairies or witches, or magic B.S. of any kind. I don't want to see a bunch of Rotorooter numbskulls looking for ghosts nor do I want to see ghosts unless it pertains to something in science fiction. No more vampires or werewolves either its really getting pathetic now.

[diegowushu]

FUCK you Gay-Fy! I loved the old shows, this is so shitty it makes my head hurt. Goodbye, childhood...

[ReverendSyn]

SyFy is so gay that if you poured water on it, it would make it's own gay-ravy.

[phongbong]

Sci-Fi = Science-Fiction

SyFy = syphilis for you

Fucking assholes!

[TheVarietyClick]

personally i think the new name was a good idea. It brought in a new younger audience and modernized the channel more.

[LordAzanko]

it doesn't matter how much you try to push the new stupid name nobody buys it and nobody likes it that should tell you something ...

[DAJ01]

Imagine Greater Disappointment

[ChaoticYak]

How the mighty have fallen. The SciFi channel is now pandering to people who can't spell, they show horrible movies. What happen to the amazing science fiction channel of the nineties when they had cool classic scifi series, excellent movies, campy scifi...and nothing called Sharktopus. Yep. The mighty has fallen. Hard.

[handbananatonightyou]

WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY. GOODNIGHT

[MusicalMello]

Like the music, but...

Syfy...imagine -roomier-? o.O;; Wtf? Since when was this the home improvement channel?

[Joerexia]

Every single one of these eyecatches will become original movie ideas.

Expect "Shitty CG Megahorse" by the end of the year.

[boitahaki]

Oh how cute they are being deep and cool huh?

fuck you syfy

[TelepathicPebble]

That was the most boring ad I've ever seen. Imagine greater? How about imagine a greater title than SyFy? WTF is SyFy supposed to stand for? Syphilis? How about imagine something better than CGI monster movies with the word "MEGA" randomly inserted in the title?

I want science fiction back. Sci-Fi! NOW.

[boitahaki]

@TelepathicPebble Yeah Cracked rocks.

[Rayvn7]

Wow wtf stupidest shit ever.

[visionofscience]

So jocks can beat up nerd through tv now? Huh.

[FractalBolt]

To be honest, the animations are kind of nice, at least the last one in the farm.

But "SyFy" sucks so much fucking ass. Jesus, I wonder what Isaac Asimov would think about this abortion? He was consulted for his input when the Sci-Fi channel was still on the drawing board.

[ryan2491]

does anybody know the name of the music playing in the end?

[realshinobi]

@ryan2491 All the tracks are likely licensed music only available through commercial music libraries that cost a pretty penny to access =\

[ryan2491]

@realshinobi

:(

grrrr, that last song was so cool

[YoJimBoHugabaJoe]

quote from owner The name Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to the general public and the female audience in particular...We spent a lot of time in the '90s trying to distance the network from science fiction, which is largely why it's called Sci Fi.

you knew they were going to fail when they call their channel sci-fi to distance themselves from science fiction.Make sense of that folks

[Zero4Mars]

@YoJimBoHugabaJoe

Hello there, fellow Cracked denizen!

[YoJimBoHugabaJoe]

@Zero4Mars good day to you good sir :) you know a event like a channel name change is monumental when the almighty cracked have something to say on the subject,though it pained me to read about 1 of my old-time fav cheesy channels becoming crap

[Elementer117]

Btw, I loved the Cracked article, all cable shows do this shit, change up everything for more viewers. I was pissed when SyFy started showing WWE.

Same thing with G4, they all sold out.

[Elementer117]

Does anyone know the name of the music from these points?

0:17 - 0:29

0:47 - 1:00

Please tell me at least who made them.

[PaperbackWizard]

Can anyone point me to a poll or rating that shows the "Siffy Channel" losing viewers since they changed the name? I'd like to have some numbers to back up my own personal boycott of the channel. I haven't watched one show or movie on it since the change.

[PaperbackWizard]

I suppose the "Imagine Greater" line is supposed to mean that SyFy is better than Sci-Fi. I prefer what Cracked.com had to say about the new slogan: that anyone watching the new channel could certainly imagine greater.

[RomeoCo]

Syence Fiction.

[Shramir]

that lion was possibly the worst animation ive ever seen.

did anyone else notice the horrid popping limbs and flickering?

[FunkyLobstah]

Syfy is a fucking cancer of a channel. Also, why don't these models have textures? Is it to represent the blandness of their programming?

[seraphale]

Cracked do t com said it; "To Boldly Go Where Every Channel Goes Eventually."



[DrNemmo]

FUCK YOU, i want my Sci-Fi channel back.

[seraphale]

@DrNemmo My thoughts exactly. Those rat bastards!

[AnDaTeSa]

boooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Popcultureguy3000]

SyFY is acontradiction onto itself. They claim to make imaginative programming, yet they regulate anything that isn't a sequel, prequel, or spin-off of show onto the summer line-up knowing full well that the audience they are trying to attract will never see them. Plus they stopped showing reruns of Doctor Who, and lost the rights to run reruns of Farscape, those were the most imaginative show's they ever had!

[ChakatBlackstar]

All the stuff they tell ya to imagine? That's what real Sci-Fi is about which proves that executives still don't know crap. And what the hell is SyFy anyway?

[RockyBalboa211]

Syfy, incidentally, has almost no science fiction on it...

True cracked true...

[gummyboots]

lawd, WHY YOU TAKE MY BABEH, Sci-Fi AINT DO NUTHIN TO NO BODEH, HE WAS SO YOUNG! LAWD AND JESUS WHY YOU TAKE MY BABEH! *Fans self* good lawd im sweatin bullets,

Sci-Fi, 1990 something - 2004

[Relayer666]

Imagine how good the channel was before they axed Farscape.

[masamuno]

I think the new change is very great, you all are so hateful to changes... you all just have to "Imagine Greater" ;) Peace SyFy Lovas

[Popcultureguy3000]

@masamuno What's your favorite Syfy show right now?

[knoxvilleguy2]

Imagine greater what ?

Greater ECW ?

Greater reality show dreck - ola ?

They ought to devote a block to other classic science fiction / fantasy & horror shows rather than tired old holiday marathons of the classic " Twilight Zone ", even some more ( Good ) anime wouldn't be amiss. I know, Saturday night is when CN Adult Swim shows a lot of anime, but still......

[autothing]

Again, they changed to SyFy so they could copyright their material. Sci-fi is not a word you can trademark.

[thelastsoviet]

The channel was called "Sci-Fi" for a reason. And the fanbase that it had before all the bullshit was added was fine.

This is a pretty stupid move on their part.

[PDS1990]

I like SyFy. The Sci-Fi Channel did a good job on their part.

[Preliminimal]

if there's any intelligent life at NBC,they will quickly change it back to Sci-Fi, and cancel wrestling,and do some research on what science fiction is,and feature an interesting schedule with unpredictable variety of things from all decades up to current, including fritz lang's 'metropolis',and rene laloux's fantastic planet,etc

[MetroWesUS]

Dumbest name change in the history of television. Well they got rid of all the good Sci-fi shows over the past couple of years anyway and now showing wrestling so might as well call it USA 2.

[Wancheseblondie]

what is the song at the end?

[Wancheseblondie]

can anyone help me out? the song with the windmill flowers, kind of jazzy with violins...

[Wancheseblondie]

what is that song at the end?

[chazfreakshow]

The new name sux. 'Siffy' is for sissies!

[zikten]

this is bullshit. and I especially hate they are showing their old logo being destroyed like they want nothing more to do with it. fuck them. syfy is such a stupid way to spell it. their just trying to be "hip and modern".

[alecwriter]

I'll miss Scfi. They are going for the Harry Potter craze and ditching pure science fiction.

[Preliminimal]

sci fi channel never played quality sci fi or any classics or any obscure things-- they bring in wrestling? how stupid, now they're even dumber. american culture is so trashed...

who owns these stations? rebellion!

[zikten]

Scifi is owned by NBC Universal. So is USA. And a couple other channels I can't remember

[youngmav11]

I don't get it. The significance of changing the name is?

[zikten]

to be "hip and modern". Their making a mistake though, cause now this new name is just making them look stupid if you ask me

[tylersall2]

wtf...... why? why change it, thats wetawded.

[NavarinTR]

The old name was better. :(

[TheStarTreker]

I agree. Sci-Fi was a perfect name for it. At least it will still show the same shows.

[phattyarbuckle]

remember when "zdtv" was techtv now "G4".. yeah I see this channel going down that road.

[thelastsoviet]

The thing was, the channel was still good when it changed to 'G4'.... for a while.

[jasoncinema]

Uh, G4 has always been its own channel. It's still there, BTW.

[Megus17]

Isn't it supposed to be Sci-Fi as in Science Fiction not SyFy which actually has no meaning?

[asskakakaka]

sci-fi is a way better name

[SccrFrk312]

y is scifi changing its logo? i don't get it!

[KTEFilmsInc]

It's to broaden their audience who turn away from the network because they're not "Sci Fi" fans.

It's also because it's showing more shows that aren't Sci Fi related. ECW, Ultimate Gamer, ect.

[Elekid1]

Don't tell me this channel's turning stupid like G4 and Cartoon Network....

[Smurffeb7]

Anyone know the song thats playing in the last bumper?

[XxAndisaurusxX]

i like the lion commercial :)

[mudvaynefan17]

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[Kiaduran]

Horrible beyond belief - sparkly horses, castles, tinkly fairy music - looks like a ad reject from Disney.

[j5bata]

I think that's the idea for the TVC's