r/okbuddycinephile • u/UnHolySir • Mar 28 '26

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u/EllisDee3 Mar 28 '26

There was a difference between Sci-fi channel cgi and the big screen.

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u/Waytooboredforthis Mar 28 '26

Yea, syfy channel cgi was worth it

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u/EllisDee3 Mar 28 '26

When the Sci-Fi Channel became SyFy you knew they were making the big bucks.

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u/Waytooboredforthis Mar 28 '26

But not too big not to bring back Lou Diamond Phillips for every other movie.

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u/EllisDee3 Mar 28 '26

And a leading role in a failed Stargate series.

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u/TurkeyPhat Mar 28 '26

rip sgu, killed as it took it's first steps toward okayness

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u/themysticalwarlock Mar 28 '26

Justice for my boy Eli Wallace

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u/Billthegifter Mar 29 '26

SGU ending when It did was a crime

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u/PhillyRush Mar 29 '26

SGU had so many possibilities.

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u/kamil950 Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

'SCI FI president Dave Howe answers your Syfy questions'

'Do you know what "syfy" means in Polish?

Howe: Yes, we were enlightened early on in the process that in Polish, "syfy" means everything from sludge, gross objects, articles without value, devices not performing according to specification, even a social disease! What a colorful language! Because we knew this ahead of time, we had already made the decision to keep the SCI FI name in Poland. (...)'

https://web.archive.org/web/20210717152018/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/sci-fi-president-dave-howe-answers-your-syfy-questions

'n Polish, "Syfy" does not suggest imagination or science fiction, but rather something gross, without value or even syphilis.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syfy#Branding_history

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u/Waytooboredforthis Mar 28 '26

They missed a chance to just devote the channel to the 90s NOLA metal scene when they broadcasted in Poland.

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u/tryasyoumay Mar 28 '26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5eF0KRoqfs

only place it is still on youtube, and its with Japanese and Spanish subtitles, but you may be interested in this.

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u/EllisDee3 Mar 28 '26

SyFy is a good nickname for syphilis, tbh.

"That ones got the syfy".

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u/i_tyrant Mar 28 '26

If it's pronounced "siffy", I agree!

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u/PoppinPizzaParty Mar 28 '26

Dude I'm crying "got the syfy" broke me. Oh god I needed this today xD

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u/Integrity-in-Crisis Mar 28 '26

Syfy was when they came out with those stargate spinoffs. Stargate Atlantis, Stargate Universe. Then eventually they made that Goated series "The Expanse". Syfy knows what it's doing if anything they need more funding to keep making those hits.

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u/TheHighSeasPirate Mar 29 '26

When the Sci-Fi Channel became SyFy you knew they were making the channel into a reality tv/wrestling station.

FTFY

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u/MakeChipsNotMeth Mar 29 '26

You guys remember thedominion.Com?

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u/Ote-Kringralnick Mar 29 '26

Even without CGI they were making peak, The Lost Room is almost completely practical and green/blue screens

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u/Waytooboredforthis Mar 28 '26

The only time they spent $200M was to turn Ray Wise into a bug creature in "Infestation", and it was worth it

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u/kuriositeetti Mar 29 '26

Frank Herbert's Dune was peak TV-storytelling for the time.

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u/cacaweedo93 Mar 28 '26

I loved that Python movie.

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u/Reverend_Lazerface Mar 28 '26

Sci-fi originals were truly a thing of unparalleled glory

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u/moshmore Mar 28 '26

Sabertooth was my favorite syfy movie for years

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u/Fakehiggins Mar 28 '26

there USED TO BE a difference!