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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/26/09

In reply to Before It Was Syfy . . . A Cool Set of Viral Videos From 1999
Back when it was still occasionally witty... sigh.

The "still no jet packs" one I remember from back then.
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leeflower
06/23/09

In reply to SyFy Prepares To Win Us Over
From where I stand, Scifi is just a silly term to begin with. I was never one of those people who insisted on referring to the genre as "SF" instead, but I also recognize that it's kind of a ridiculous word. Respelling it just highlights how ridiculous it was to begin with.

Also, "Syfy" looks like a street name for a venereal disease.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
06/23/09

@leeflower: They say it is the name used in Poland.
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CodenameV
06/23/09

In reply to SyFy Prepares To Win Us Over
"Once BSG ends, its all over" - scifi channel is dead, and the best they could come up with is BSG's version of the Enterprise prequel (ugh) and a watered-down Stargate which is intentionally aping BSG.

(sigh)

Further....one of the things I think is funny is that MOST of the promotions for like BSG and stuff happens in California, close to where they're producing it.

But essentially all of the io9 staff and specifically the entire core editorial staff is in the New York City area; that's why we're the shining Emerald City center of human civilization, and don't let anyone tell ya different!! :)
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
06/23/09

@CodenameV: Charlie and Annalee and Grey_Area all hail from the Bay Area.

Which is still 500 miles from LA, and even farther from Vancouver.
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strideo
06/23/09

In reply to SyFy Prepares To Win Us Over
HA! I don't have cable! Take THAT SyFy!!!
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acrobatic rabbit
06/23/09

@strideo: rabbit ears ftw. fight the power! or fyght the power?
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crashedpc - Haifisch
06/23/09

@acrobatic rabbit: Ympossyble, the digital conversion has already happened. Rabbyt ears are useless! Even for swimming.
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ManchuCandidate
06/23/09

In reply to SyFy Prepares To Win Us Over
Sorry. It doesn't matter if SighFeh calls itself The GREATEST FUCKING TV NETWORK OF ALL TIME IN ANY UNIVERSE, if the content sucks (and from what I've seen, it does) then it won't matter.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
06/23/09

@ManchuCandidate: Heh.

*sigh* "Feh" *dismissive hand gesture*

That's the impression I got.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
06/23/09

@crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: I think we should start promoting that as the official way to pronounce it. Get it going at cons and such.

It's got the sigh you'd be giving anyway, and the way we feel about it.

Perfect.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
06/23/09

In reply to SyFy Prepares To Win Us Over
Oh boy, I hope I can win that SF trip; that way I can hop on over to the San Jose airport, fly 10 minutes over to SF, pick up my goodies, and then fly 10 minutes back to SJ! *paces*
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92BuickLeSabre
06/23/09

In reply to SyFy Prepares To Win Us Over
So we've got one vote for "won't watch it, no matter what" and one vote for "will watch it, no matter what."

Any other proposals?
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crashedpc - Haifisch
06/23/09

@92BuickLeSabre:

"Will only watch when I'm drunk."

"Will only watch if there's a gun to my head."

"Won't watch unless there's full frontal."

"Maybe watch if they have talking snakes."

"Antibiotics will clear that right up."
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braak
06/23/09

@92BuickLeSabre: I propose we set that Howe guy on fire.
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Elizabeth Weinbloom
06/23/09

@crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: Same as ever, "Will watch when flipping channels and there happens to be a Twilight Zone marathon on."
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crashedpc - Haifisch
06/23/09

@Elizabeth Weinbloom: If you're lucky I'm sure the complete DVD set will pop up for cheap on Amazon.com eventually. Then you can completely forget SyarghIcan'ttypethisshit and go about your merry TZ way.
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braak
06/23/09

@Elizabeth Weinbloom:

/signed
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TheKeyMaster
06/23/09

In reply to SyFy Prepares To Win Us Over
I know allot of people hate the name change but seriously, it's not going to make any difference. The channel is still going to have some of the best scifi shows on TV.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
06/23/09

@TheKeyMaster: Let's see, there's "Eureka" and... no, that's broadcast... no, that's Cartoon Network...

So, pretty much "Eureka", which they treat like crap.
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OMG! Ponies!
06/23/09

In reply to SyFy Prepares To Win Us Over
Still not gonna watch the channel, no matter how many Ys you put in the name.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
06/23/09

@OMG! Ponies!: YYYYYYYYY!
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OMG! Ponies!
06/23/09

@crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: I don't care if it's "Yowzer's Yellow Yaks Yodeling Yeebles at Yellowstone, sponsored by Yoohoo! in partnership with Yahoo!", I ain't seen nothin' on it to interest me.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
06/23/09

@OMG! Ponies!: What if the Yoohoo is made from yak milk? Mmm!

Unfortunately I really can't think of any nork related acronyms that have "Y" in them, so... I don't think you'll be tuning in any time soon. But then again, neither will I.
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Magicant
06/23/09

@crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: Well, it's not an acronym, but I've always been partial to Yabbos.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
06/23/09

@Magicant: Hmm... delightfully nonsensical and yet extremely easy to glean from context... relatively short and can be used to cap off a plethora of acronyms... done! Yabbos has been inducted into the nork/bewb synonym Hall of Fame.
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acrobatic rabbit
06/23/09

@crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: chyychyy's?
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crashedpc - Haifisch
06/23/09

@acrobatic rabbit: Eheheheh oppai...y? Oppaiy. Sure, why not.
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rotwang
06/15/09

In reply to Primeval's Time-Hopping Cut Short
The decline in viewing figures over the three seasons was directly proportional to the gradual reduction of gratuitous 'Abby in nothing but t-shirt and panties' scenes. Fact.
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Plague
06/15/09

@rotwang: I support those findings.
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seefive
06/15/09

In reply to Primeval's Time-Hopping Cut Short
You can't move Primeval to the US... anomalies only occur in Britain.
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KryptonZero
06/15/09

@seefive: As with all time travel... unless of course you are a genius from the future trying to put right what once went wrong...
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
06/15/09

@KryptonZero: Or a wacky scientist with a DeLorean.

Drs. Beckett and Brown are the only ones. And they didn't skip across millennia, just decades.
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DustbinCarbonara
06/13/09

In reply to Battlestar Galactica's Frak Pack Pays Off For KFC
KFC is all kinds of awesome.

Can't wait until they do a series with Colonel Saunders VS Chicken-like aliens.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
06/13/09

@DustbinCarbonara: If by awesome, you mean ew, sure.
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Grey_Area
06/08/09

In reply to "Riverworld" Adaptation Braces for Sea of Angry Readers
Loved the Heraclitus ref. As far as Skiffy Channel stuff goes the last Riverworld attempt wasn't too bad. Yah, damn w/ faint praise etc. Best o' luck, Mr. Wolfe.
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goldfarb
06/08/09

In reply to "Riverworld" Adaptation Braces for Sea of Angry Readers
multiple episodes of Andromeda doth not a strong résumé make.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
06/08/09

@goldfarb: The show was actually good when he was in charge and writing (along with io9 pal Zack Stentz). When they canned him, it went to hell so fast.
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Robert Hewitt Wolfe
06/08/09

In reply to "Riverworld" Adaptation Braces for Sea of Angry Readers
That's a pretty distorted version of what I actually said, coupled with an inflamatory headline, but, hey, I guess you gotta sell some papers (or drive some page-clickies or whatever). Knock yourself out.
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Charlie Jane Anders
06/08/09

@Robert Hewitt Wolfe: Hi Robert, thanks for stopping by. We're huge fans of your work on DS9 and the 4400, as evidenced by referring to your strong resume. How do you feel we misrepresented what you said? I'll be happy to make a correction. As for the headline, I think Gary was responding to the fact that a lot of the comments over at SciFiWire were resoundingly negative. Sorry if it offended you.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
06/08/09

@Robert Hewitt Wolfe: Robert, consider me an anti-hater. I love your work, you made "Andromeda" worth watching.

@Gary Susman: Dude, watering stuff down for alleged palatability is what SyFy DOES. It's what they ARE.

I'm not sure how many people have actually read the books nowadays anyway (these kids today, with their not knowing the classics, get off my lawn).
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Robert Hewitt Wolfe
06/08/09

@Charlie Jane Anders:

Couple of quick things, 'cause I'm fighting a deadline:

a. Characterizing thirty or so comments on SciFi Wire, some supportive and many by the same handful of people, as a "sea of angry readers" or a "rising tide of fan ire" is bit hyperbolic, no? Nice use of water imagery though and kudos on the Heraclitus though.

b. "Wolfe envisions future installments of this possible ongoing series...as an opportunity to dig up various historical figures and watch them fight." The original quote did discuss Romans launching ballistas vs. gliders, but also talked about the real MacBeth getting royally pissed at the slander that is the Scottish tragedy. You're the one that's doing the evisioning there, I'd say.

c. If you'd like to do an article about this project, you could always, I dunno... talk to me and get your own quotes instead of fishing up stuff* to support your thesis from someone else' interview. Just an idea.

That said...

Thank you for the plug. I'm glad people are interested in seeing a new version of RIVERWORLD. I've been a fan of the novels since I was 15. I tried to do my best to maintain the spirit and mythology of the novels while following the parameters of my original marching orders. I hope it turns out great.

Frankly, I wasn't a producer on this one, more of a hired gun, so I wasn't involved in the actual filming the way I was with DRESDEN FILES for example, but I've heard good things from my friends up in BC. Tahmoh supposedly hit it out of the park. It'll be fun to see how it all turns out. I very much believe that there is a potential series here, one that could contain the same balance of character, adventure, philosophy, great visuals and humor as, say, DS9 or classic TREK. God willin' an' the crick don't rise*, you'll all agree.

Or not.

Again, thanks for the mention.

*Water imagery. UCWIDT?
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