From Entertainment Weekly: Finale, Caprica, SyFy name change Reactions (no spoilers)

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#21

I’m trying to think of some smarta$$ way to mock this, but I’m simply dumbfounded.

Scifi: This is the stupidest idea I have heard of, short of giving a time slot to ECW on a science-fiction channel. Do you really think “SyFy” will change how I feel about the craaap you continually pump out? Do you think I’d be more willing to kiss this pig you call a “scifi” channel because you decided to dab a bit of lipstick on it? This idiotic name change is representative of how little you respect the genre you pretend to support. A name change is a relatively small thing, but when you take into account your track record of producing garbage, for me, it is the last straw.

You need to take the short-sighted, myopic, sycophantic suits that thought of this lame idea, and “rebrand” their jobs.

#22

Well, that was a public access show then a Comedy Central show. SciFi (sorry, SYFY) just got Comedy Central’s cold leftovers and ran the show into the ground.

#23

That they certainly did. Now if they had let the MST3K crew riff SciFi’s own movies (my brilliant suggestion) - then they would have had something.

#24

Found this today and immediately thot of this thread.

http://mossroot.com/scifichannel/

Mine was:

WEREWOLVES: MANEATER!

PREMISE:

Werewolves on a cruise ship are eating people!

Can our group of misfit heroes stop them with enough explosives before an evil politician gets their hands on them?!!?

And to fill out another half hour of airtime, there’s a subplot involving vampires.

And for the women, there’s also a romance between the hot science chick and the ambiguously gay black man.

Approximately 50% of the dialogue will be “blanked out” because of gratuitous swearing.

CAST:

Featuring Dean Cain as the bartender with an advanced physics degree!!!*

Also starring

 Emmanuelle Vaugier** as the hot science chick with an abbreviated skirt, high heels, and lots of cleavage
 The mad scientist
 The ambiguously gay black man
  • the biggest name actor we could get for our budget of $150.00
    ** the hottest actress we could find; talent optional
#25

Only thing he left out: At the end of the movie you find an egg, leaving room for next weeks sequel. Using your example: WEREWOLVES II: EXTINCTION

It will be the exact same plot with the exact same characters, only they will now be played by even lesser known and less talented actors. Set may be changed depending on availability (BOA 6 is using the cruise ship set this week).

#26

A psychotic cyborg goat in a space colony is eating people!

As a full-fledged, woolly GWC alpaca in good standing, I nominate myself to play the goat.

No wonder RDM’s not doing additional seasons… by the time we got to the Colony, his show would have been turned into that.