{"id":6432,"date":"2009-12-28T14:05:38","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T19:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=6432"},"modified":"2009-12-28T14:05:38","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T19:05:38","slug":"okay-i-still-hate-the-name-syfy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/okay-i-still-hate-the-name-syfy\/","title":{"rendered":"Okay, I <em>Still<\/em> Hate the Name &#8220;SyFy&#8221;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;and probably always will. But <em>this<\/em> is a pretty damned impressive advertisement\/trailer:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"303.6\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/xoguCt-ciGs&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>It sort of compresses all the memes from the SyFy cable network&#8217;s distinctive bumper spots into a big ol&#8217; nearly coherent 2:40 whole (and avoids the corny-CGI temptations to which the network&#8217;s special-effects guys all too often succumb in the actual programs). Nice.<\/p>\n<p>(Anybody know what song is on the soundtrack? Musically, it reminds me a <em>lot<\/em> of the song whose adorable video I featured in <a title=\"Earlier RAMH post: 'There Are Some Cures for the Summertime Blues'\" href=\"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/there-are-some-cures-for-pre-summertime-blues\/\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a> back in June, but the lyrics don&#8217;t seem the same.)<\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip: <a title=\"Speak Coffee to Me: Ad of the Week, 2009-12-26\" href=\"http:\/\/speakcoffeetome.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/ad-of-week_26.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Speak Coffee to Me<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;and probably always will. But this is a pretty damned impressive advertisement\/trailer: It sort of compresses all the memes from the SyFy cable network&#8217;s distinctive bumper spots into a big ol&#8217; nearly coherent 2:40 whole (and avoids the corny-CGI temptations to which the network&#8217;s special-effects guys all too often succumb in the actual programs). Nice. 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