In Reply to: Sci-fi overlap with other genres posted by Lasermeister on October 28, 2002 at 15:39:06:
"films that are based around advances in science and technology beyond what was available at the time the film was made"In the mad max series..it is a futuristic world we have never experienced, based on events we have never experienced. The technologies they used are based on that which is available to them in the future, and they create a whole new style of world, different from our own.
Planet of the apes is sci-fi and they don't use any technologies that are beyond what was available at the time the film was made....futuristically primative. Also based on a freak event or occurance.
I guess it's all a matter of perspective, but I would consider any film that illustrates an alternate universe (so to speak) sci-fi. Horror comes into play when you add mystical or mental elements and horror/gore to the alternate universe theme.
Ever read the book doomsday...very good sci-fi, set in the dark ages, very interesting.
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Follow Ups
- Technologies must fit the circumstance.... - Mrs. Piggy 19:27:31 10/28/02 (2)
- Re: Technologies must fit the circumstance.... - Lasermeister 17:36:32 10/29/02 (1)
- And also open to interpretation.... - Mrs. Piggy 18:31:07 10/29/02 (0)