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<blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 2464675" data-attributes="member: 25619">To me, it depends on whether you like genre cross-over stuff or not.I made a thread about that, but nobody came, so I'm thinking most people don't around here.&nbsp; But there's definitely a (small?) audience for it.Anyhow, I like &quot;Briscoe County Junior&quot; a lot, one of the lesser known products of the guys who made Army of Darkness, Xena, and now Spider-Man.&nbsp; Briscoe made it through several seasons on TV.&nbsp; Firefly is similar in being sci-fi Western cross-over, but the emphasis is on the sci-fi now, instead of the horses and six-shooters with the occassional rocket or alien artifact.To me, a lot of great &quot;fantasy&quot; is genre cross-over, it's just not obvious about it.&nbsp; My favorite movie steals bits directly from a samurai pic (&quot;The Hidden Fortress&quot;), a western (&quot;The Searchers&quot;), and a British WWII bomber movie with lines like &quot;stay on target, almost there&quot;.&nbsp; And that's just the scenes I recognized as image for image/word for word copies.&nbsp; I'm not even mentioning the generic &quot;rip offs&quot; from Greek myth, Arthurian legend, 30's pulp stories and serial adventure movies, etc.&nbsp; Most people would say it's a sci fi movie 'cause it's technically set in space . . .</blockquote>

[QUOTE="haakon1, post: 2464675, member: 25619"] To me, it depends on whether you like genre cross-over stuff or not. I made a thread about that, but nobody came, so I'm thinking most people don't around here. But there's definitely a (small?) audience for it. Anyhow, I like "Briscoe County Junior" a lot, one of the lesser known products of the guys who made Army of Darkness, Xena, and now Spider-Man. Briscoe made it through several seasons on TV. Firefly is similar in being sci-fi Western cross-over, but the emphasis is on the sci-fi now, instead of the horses and six-shooters with the occassional rocket or alien artifact. To me, a lot of great "fantasy" is genre cross-over, it's just not obvious about it. My favorite movie steals bits directly from a samurai pic ("The Hidden Fortress"), a western ("The Searchers"), and a British WWII bomber movie with lines like "stay on target, almost there". And that's just the scenes I recognized as image for image/word for word copies. I'm not even mentioning the generic "rip offs" from Greek myth, Arthurian legend, 30's pulp stories and serial adventure movies, etc. Most people would say it's a sci fi movie 'cause it's technically set in space . . . [/QUOTE]

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