Buffy-- Sci-fi or Fantasy?

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DIETCOKE

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:22 PM

The show hit every genre one could think of. It left no stone unturned.....well maybe Western.

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EMMA

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:28 PM

By their nature sci-fi and fantasy transcend boundaries in ways other genres rarely do. To add horror, comedy or anything else is often unnecessary unless of course it is designed to be a crossover such as Red Dwarf (sci-fi comedy) or even our own Firefly (Sci-fi Western).

Personally I always go by the definition that if it is plausible it is sci-fi but if it is implausible then it is fantasy. This would make Buffy fantasy but Firefly (Star Wars, Babylon 5 etc) sci-fi. The problem with this, before I get shouted down, is that what one person defines as plausible another won't. Maybe Haken is right with speculative fiction - covers all areas.

extremely dimensionally transcendental

BATMARLOWE

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:48 PM

Dietcoke: Western, Film Noir, Swashbuckler, Buddy Cop, Murder Mystery, and Gangster were the ones that I could think up that BUFFY didn't hit on. With some of those it's a matter of how you define those genres. But definitely not Western.
Or Mexican Wrestling. Unless you want to throw ANGEL into it. Then you couldn't rule out Mexican Wrestling.

DIETCOKE

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:59 PM

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Originally posted by batmarlowe:
Dietcoke: Western, Film Noir, Swashbuckler, Buddy Cop, Murder Mystery, and Gangster were the ones that I could think up that BUFFY didn't hit on. With some of those it's a matter of how you define those genres. But definitely not Western.
Or Mexican Wrestling. Unless you want to throw ANGEL into it. Then you couldn't rule out Mexican Wrestling.

But we did have a lot of mystery. Who is the big bad, what is the "key?"

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BATMARLOWE

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:03 PM

Grounded: Robots (Androids really, when you look at Ted, April, and the Buffybot) don't mean it's not Science Fiction? Please explain.

Dietcoke: Western, Film Noir, Swashbuckler, Buddy Cop, Murder Mystery, and Gangster were the ones that I could think up that BUFFY didn't hit on. With some of those it's a matter of how you define those genres.

Emma: I've often felt Science Fiction was actually undefinable. Then about a year ago, in another thread, Zoid gave about as good a definition as you can get. Maybe it's archived.
Or maybe he'll chime in on this thread.

BATMARLOWE

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:12 PM

Well we had things that were mysterious from time to time, but not Whodunnits in the Agatha Chistie sense.

Probably not War, either. But I bet that one's arguable.

There weren't any examples of the German Mountain film, either : ) But let's not get ridiculous.

DIETCOKE

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:54 PM

Oh, yes we did have a war. An epic one. Potentials vs. The original evils grand finale season 7! That was one big, bloody battle.

Okay, but we didn't have a prison show influence. ;)

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BATMARLOWE

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 3:23 PM

Yeah, it was a battle, but it looked more like a battle out of LOTR than out of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.

DIETCOKE

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 3:25 PM

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Originally posted by batmarlowe:
Yeah, it was a battle, but it looked more like a battle out of LOTR than out of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.

I thought of LOTR when I saw it too! :)

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GROUNDED

Friday, August 19, 2005 10:32 PM

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Originally posted by batmarlowe:
Grounded: Robots (Androids really, when you look at Ted, April, and the Buffybot) don't mean it's not Science Fiction? Please explain.

What are you asking me to explain?

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