Sci Fi: Just as Good as ‘Gossip Girl,’ Except Not Everyone’s Human. Problem?

Steve Hall

May. 14, 2008
1 min read

Oh my. These ads for the Sci Fi channel make me want to adopt a sweet little potbellied alien. And name it Oliver. And maybe homeschool it.

The tagline: “Open your heart to science fiction. Adopt Sci Fi.” Agency: BETC EURO RSCG 4D (thanks, in:fluencia!).

See the short version, but it’s the long one that made me the suffer the angst of shedding genre prejudice. Anime overload, here I come.

Steve Hall

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