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Old 06-08-2008, 01:26 PM   #747 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Three Gun Fish View Post
Actually, 2001 is probably the purest SF movie on anyone's Top Sci Fi list. ALIENS is a war movie, BLADE RUNNER is noir, STAR WARS is a space opera.
Star Wars was so removed from our reality that it could be catagorized as fantasy as far as I'm concerned, but it is space opera as well. When it comes to books I use the catagories you've mentioned, but since there are so many less "sci-fi" movies I just lump them all together.
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