I'm a big science fiction nut.From the blood in my body, to the impure thoughts of making it with an alien woman, I love science fiction. It's been the catalyst for the many imaginings I had when I was growing up as a kid, and to this day, still resonates as a great genre of possibilities and endless journeys. When I stumbled upon "The Sci Fi Channel" back in 1996, when I finally got cable television, I was lost in the worlds of space operas and trans-dimensional worlds. I stuck around for Stargate, for Farscape, and the recent incarnation of Battlestar Galactica.
The reasoning behind this trip to memory lane is because today marks the reboot of the popular science fiction channel. "Sci Fi Channel" is now known as "SyFy", Imagine Greater being their maxim. Well, what if greater isn't greater but just... different? Already we've seen Sci Fi Channel transform and delve deeper into other genres such as fantasy and horror. Not to say there is anything wrong with that but looking at the trends television stations take, it's only a matter of time before "SyFy" becomes "ByeBye" and decides to show reruns of The Hills only before spinning off and making a similar show.
Cartoon Network, famous for its, well, cartoon block line-up, has recently thrown their hat into the live-action relm, combating with the likes of Disney and Nickelodeon. Remember a time when Music Television was about music? I could be just over thinking things and chances are I am, but one can't be to cautious about what's happening to something they love, especially something they've love for a long, long time. Time will only tell what's brewing at SyFy headquarters and with the end of Battlestar Galactica earlier this year, who knows what they have in store. It might just be just a silly name change for image, but what does it all mean? Is Science Fiction morphing into something completely different? Is it being forced to crawl into the dark depths of the black abyss to accompany Lovecraft as only a niche genre? Should we all be worried?
I would like to imagine greater things for science fiction, but something just doesn't feel right.
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