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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
English in UK

Supernatural or science-fiction

Hello newgroup
I'm sorry if this is the wrong newsgroup for the matter, otherwise i'm happy for suggestions to more appropriate ng's.
I'm caught up in a discussion about the movie "Dawn of the dead", and whether this movie is in the "Supernatural" category or more the Science Fiction category (or perhaps even a different category than these two).

Admitted, at first the category "supernatural" comes to mind, since this is a movie that seems to deal with "zombie" like people. However, as explained in the movie by a military offiicer, the people are infected with some sort of scientifically manufactured virus, manufactured by the army.

I've only seen the first 10 minutes of the movie so far, but as in the movie "28 days later", explainations are given for the fact that

Doesn't this rather qualify the movie to fit the cat. of sci-fi rather than supernatural?
Thnx for any comments! Much appreciated.
Regards
Jeroen
  

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[nq:1]Hello newgroup I'm sorry if this is the wrong newsgroup for the matter, otherwise i'm happy for suggestions to more ... this rather qualify the movie to fit the cat. of sci-fi rather than supernatural?

  • [nq:1]Hello newgroup I'm sorry if this is the wrong newsgroup for the matter, otherwise i'm happy for suggestions to more ...
  • this rather qualify the movie to fit the cat.
  • of sci-fi rather than supernatural?
  • Thnx for any comments!
  • [/nq] I've looked at the official website to read a brief outline of the story.
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[nq:1]Hello newgroup I'm sorry if this is the wrong newsgroup for the matter, otherwise i'm happy for suggestions to more ... this rather qualify the movie to fit the cat. of sci-fi rather than supernatural? Thnx for any comments! Much appreciated.[/nq]
I've looked at the official website to read a brief outline of the story.
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[nq:1]I would call it a horror movie.[/nq]
At first, I thought you were being too kind but on second thoughts yes, it is a horror movie. For the director, producer and cast, anyway.

Alan LeHun
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[nq:1]I'm sorry if this is the wrong newsgroup for the matter,[/nq]
No problem, but it probably is the wrong place.
[nq:1]otherwise i'm happy for suggestions to more appropriate ng's.[/nq]
Within the uk.* hierarchy, uk.media.films and uk.people.sf-fans are likely groups.

John Hall
"I don't even butter my bread; I consider that cooking." Katherine Cebrian
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Thanks all!
Our (me and my discussion partner) conclusion is also that it mainly belongs to the zombie / horror category. This has always been the right category for this kind of movie ever since the audience was introduced to this theme.

However, the discussion was mainly about whether the movie is rather science fiction than supernatural, or visa versa.
Opinions are devided (loo

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