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Date Posted: Wednesday, March 28, 06:04:48pm
Author: Lij
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Subject: I wondered the same thing when I saw his character's daughter in the mix....
In reply to: Chani 's message, "Since when Raiders of the Lost Ark was science fiction?" on Wednesday, March 28, 02:57:30pm


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[> [> What category would you put Raiders of the Lost Ark into? -- Lij, Wednesday, March 28, 06:15:13pm (adsl-99-186-238-13.dsl.bltnin.sbcglobal.net/99.186.238.13)

It is a fiction. Is it a fantasy?

What is "Game of Thrones?" Or Buffy? Or "Lord of the Rings?"

I think they are in that sci-fi/fantasy realm that somewhat blurs the meaning of the genres.


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[> [> [> Adventure! -- Chani, Thursday, March 29, 06:24:40pm (87-231-7-227.rev.numericable.fr/87.231.7.227)

There's one fantasy element, of course, when they open the ark, but it's mostly an adventure movie.

Certainly not science fiction!

GoT is heroic fantasy, like Lord of The Rings.

Buffy? I think it belongs to its own category (and yes the robots, the Intiative make it sci-fi from time to time) but most would call it a vampire show, so it's fantasy (like Dracula).

Sci-Fi implies fictional science (and many subcategories, one of them being space opera), when there's no fictional science at all I think it's extremely improper and confusing to use the sci-fi label.


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[> [> [> [> I agree. -- AS, Thursday, March 29, 09:51:22pm (d207-216-49-87.bchsia.telus.net/207.216.49.87)

Mind you, I am old school and call it "SF" but yeah, Indy is most definitely not an SF film.


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