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firesprite
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Re: Genre, is there any such thing, really?
All of the Indiana Jones films are action/adventure (yes, including the 4th one), just as all Star Treks are science fiction (regardless of your desire to see Kirk get into a fist-fight). Genre is NOT that difficult to understand. A film, or book, is considered genre when it has a preponderance of certain elements. Star Trek is set in the future and deals with space travel and alien cultures, therefore it's science fiction (or speculative fiction as they're shifting over to using).
There are plenty of decent resources on the internet and at your local bookstore to help you develop a stronger understanding of the storytelling elements of both genre and non-genre writing. If you're really interested in learning about them, I recommend you check them out.
All of the Indiana Jones films are action/adventure (yes, including the 4th one), just as all Star Treks are science fiction (regardless of your desire to see Kirk get into a fist-fight). Genre is NOT that difficult to understand. A film, or book, is considered genre when it has a preponderance of certain elements. Star Trek is set in the future and deals with space travel and alien cultures, therefore it's science fiction (or speculative fiction as they're shifting over to using).
There are plenty of decent resources on the internet and at your local bookstore to help you develop a stronger understanding of the storytelling elements of both genre and non-genre writing. If you're really interested in learning about them, I recommend you check them out.
Larry Young
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Re: Genre, is there any such thing, really?
:lol
Question : what genre does John Ford´s "The searchers" belong to? It´s from 1956...
:lol
Question : what genre does John Ford´s "The searchers" belong to? It´s from 1956...
Larry Young
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Re: Genre, is there any such thing, really?
If John Wayne's in it, it's a Western. Even The Green Berets. :lol
If John Wayne's in it, it's a Western. Even The Green Berets. :lol
firesprite
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Re: Genre, is there any such thing, really?
:lol Well, honestly... I can understand wanting some clarification on something obscure or really muddled like Firefly, but this is starting to sound like a kid who doesn't want to read the assigned book for a book report.
:lol Well, honestly... I can understand wanting some clarification on something obscure or really muddled like Firefly, but this is starting to sound like a kid who doesn't want to read the assigned book for a book report.
Larry Young
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Re: Genre, is there any such thing, really?
I think you have correctly identified the game, set, and match.
I think you have correctly identified the game, set, and match.
Larry Young
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Re: Genre, is there any such thing, really?
There's a certain sort of person who is always going to want to pigeonhole instead of enjoy. There're always going to be dips hits and there're always going to be juice bags poking at the folks minding their own business.
The folks minding their own business just need to get savvy as to which pokes engender conversation and advancement and intrigue and joy and which pokes are from clowns whose only intent is to aggravate the bees who were previously content to make their own honey.
There's a certain sort of person who is always going to want to pigeonhole instead of enjoy. There're always going to be dips hits and there're always going to be juice bags poking at the folks minding their own business.
The folks minding their own business just need to get savvy as to which pokes engender conversation and advancement and intrigue and joy and which pokes are from clowns whose only intent is to aggravate the bees who were previously content to make their own honey.
Larry Young
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Re: Genre, is there any such thing, really?
Google broken where you live? It's a Western. Michael's being wry.
Google broken where you live? It's a Western. Michael's being wry.
Larry Young
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Re: Genre, is there any such thing, really?
No; not really. The "blip identity" is getting off on the swirl of info. You remember the kids in grade school who would whang at hornet's nests just to see the commotion? Same thing.
No; not really. The "blip identity" is getting off on the swirl of info. You remember the kids in grade school who would whang at hornet's nests just to see the commotion? Same thing.
CTF
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Re: Genre, is there any such thing, really?
It's just so ironic that the guy who was trying to analyze Raiders is the one guy who hasn't seen The Searchers (Spielberg aficionados will understand why).
It's just so ironic that the guy who was trying to analyze Raiders is the one guy who hasn't seen The Searchers (Spielberg aficionados will understand why).
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