Talk:Sci Fi Channel (United States)
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[edit] Sci Fi Pictures original films
I've recently seceded the list of B-movies from List of Sci Fi Channel (United States) programs so that it could prosper on its own.. If any one of you can do their part to improve this article or its corresponding articles, please feel free to do so. Personally, I've got around to doing the ones for Savage Planet, The Snake King, and The Harpy. DrWho42 06:42, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] PRWeb "Press Release"
I've read the article history and some of the editors are doing a good job so far. However, I'd still advise those tempted to put this info onto the article not to do so. Also, look here. I haven't found it, so it looks like it has been deleted. -- CRiyl 16:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
As soon as I saw this on fark I knew someone would have already hit wikipedia with it. Note to future editors of this article: Just because its on the internet doesn't mean its true. http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=2249915 Carterhawk 23:55, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- I readily admit and apologize for my mistake -- I had no idea PR Web was a site anyone could submit anything to. However, isn't it kinda telling that such a hoax could begin in the first place, and was believed by so many (I saw it mentioned on several messageboards I frequent, and no one thought it was a hoax until I later told them otherwise)? What does that say about the Sci-Fi Channel? (Yeah, yeah, I know, Wikipedia is not a messageboard or soapbox... just venting.) --Dr Archeville 12:05, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sci-Fi Friday section.
Frankly, it seems as out-of-place as M. Night Shyamalan hoax, but I think that the forementioned section would be much better off under Sci Fi original programming in either this article or List of Sci Fi Channel (United States) programs. Anyone agree with me? DrWho42 00:48, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] United States?
Should the (United States) be dropped from the title? I mean the Sci Fi channel is availible in more than just the USA so its probably better to drop it? Discuss. FireBadger 13:10, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
- The (United States) is just there to disambiguate the entry, check out the Sci Fi Channel link, you can see that there are several different channels throughout the world using that name (although they all appear to be affiliated with this one). Cogswobble 13:03, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Date problem
The article says "Isaac Asimov [was] among those on the advisory board.", but the Issac Asimov article says he died in April 1992, a few months before the channel's launch. Is that a mistake? —Saric (Talk) 23:48, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 1999 Logo
To whoever uploaded that, thanks. 72.185.241.146 23:43, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
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--Interesting Note-- Until November 2, 2006 there was a separate listing in Wikipedia for the SFC president Bonnie Hammer. When I looked it up a week ago it was there. When I check earlier this morning(11-02-2006) it was there and when I checked a hour ago it was GONE. It seems somebody deleted it for some reason. I assume a supporter or Bonnie had something to do with this info disappearing. What do you all think?
[edit] I don't get this trivia fact.
"As a placeholder for those who were about to receive the Sci Fi channel on cable, a loop of a fly through space in first-person perspective was shown, with a countdown clock in the corner that told viewers exactly when Sci Fi would begin programming. This went on for at least two months before the channel's inception."
I know the fact that this was a countdown,but what is a "loop of a fly through space"?
- Ever seen the "fly through space" windows screensaver? Yeah. Same deal. ~ PHDrillSergeant...§ 03:31, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Possible expansion
Now that the 1999-2003 Sci-Fi logo has been added into the thumbnails, and the History section makes mention of the currently used network bumpers, I now think the history section should be expanded, in certain ways:
It should explain that from 1992 to 1999, the Sci-Fi Channel's main focus was on science fiction-related pop culture (this was during the time at which the original blue rendition of the "Saturn logo" was used). Before the cable channel was widely carried on United States receivers, Sci-Fi's core programming consisted of shows that took people behind the scenes at '90s fan conventions for many science fiction franchises that were popular at the time (many of which are still popular today). The "blue Saturn" logo had periodic variations in addition to the one seen on the article's thumbnail; during each Fourth of July, the "outer ring" would turn red but the "planet" and the text "Sci-Fi Channel" would retain their normal colors of blue and white, making the logo resemble the colors on the American flag; during each Halloween season, the entire logo would turn orange to resemble the color of a pumpkin; and every Christmas season the entire logo would turn green to resemble holiday colors. And all the network bumpers either showed famous movie or TV clips or a head talking with outerspace as the background. By the time Sci-Fi was widely carried circa 1997, people started e-mailing requests to the channel to focus less on pop culture and more on the genre's actual entertainment, so in 1999 Sci-Fi updated their original "Saturn logo" by dropping the text in the center and changing the color from blue to clear (it should be noted that the newly-uploaded 1999 logo in the thumbnail actually had the words "SCI FI" appear below it during promos for their programming (but not in the on-screen bug during programming or during network promos), meaning that whoever it was who uploaded that image only included part of the logo); subsequently, they changed their primary focus to the genre's actual entertainment and launched their Friday night lineup that's still in use today, only the programs were different (Poltergeist, Farscape, Sliders, and First Wave) during the initial launch of their core lineup than they are today. This change was also done to make themselves more like their sister channel USA, which always dealt primarily with entertainment. From 1999 up until 2003, all the network bumpers showed high-tech interactions between humans and cybernetic machinery, with graphics closely resembling those found in the 1999 blockbuster film The Matrix. Occasionally there were network bumpers that dealt with the cybernetic machinery itself and didn't include the appearance of any humans. By the early 2000's, Sci-Fi had become a rather mainstream cable channel, and to emphasize their focus on mainstream science fiction entertainment, they launched another new logo in 2003; this logo featured a geometrical outline of "Saturn" and the words "Sci Fi" to the right of it (the whole logo appeared during programming as the bug on the bottom-right corner, unlike the previous logo); they then made their Friday night programming even more mainstream with the smash hit remake of Battlestar Galactica as well as two Stargate spin-offs (SG-1 and Atlantis). This logo, focus, and programming lineup variation is still in use today. I think the History section should be expanded to include this important information. 72.185.241.146 23:41, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
The current SCI FI logo was actually introduced during SCI FI's debut airing of their ten-part miniseries Steven Spielberg Presents Taken on December 2nd, 2002. Therefore, by December 2007, the current logo will be five years old. Jason.cinema 03:43, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
I agree with the above passage that the history and various changes of this channel should be immensely expanded upon. SCI FI is not a sci-fi channel anymore, but it'd be nice to document what this channel once was. Jason.cinema 05:35, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Not the first to show ST:TAS on Cable
This entry incorrectly states that Sci-Fi Channel was the first to show ST:TAS on cable. Nickelodeon was the first to air it back in the 80s. Aristan 02:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
