Well, the whole sci-fi/fantasy/horror genre more or less muddles together. For instance, what do you think Frankenstein was, sci-fi, fantasy or horror? If you could ask an old literature professor of mine, he'd tell you it was pure science fiction. The horror just goes along for the ride.
Buffy in one respect is totally sci-fi, it posits an alternate magic-filled world in which demons, vampires and gods exist, and that there is but one girl in all the world to fight against them. That is sci-fi. Yes, it uses what we see of the world around us in this day and time as true, but BtVS is no less allegorical than the original Star Trek was in its day. A story does not have to project into a future time, deal with unkown/new technology or with outer space to be sci-fi.
However, BtVS deals with xenobiology in one respect, that vampires and earth-bound demons grew up alongside man (after the 'old ones' - the real demons - went away) and that interdimensional places and portals exist, such as the hellmouth. The whole Whedonverse (BtVS & Angel) for that matter is science fiction. And that is why at its heart BtVS is sci-fi. Because rather simply, if you create a new universe, that's sci-fi. Just because it uses elements and themes which are more often than not associated with horror or fantasy in the heart of other writings does not keep BtVS from being science fiction.
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Buffy in one respect is totally sci-fi, it posits an alternate magic-filled world in which demons, vampires and gods exist, and that there is but one girl in all the world to fight against them. That is sci-fi. Yes, it uses what we see of the world around us in this day and time as true, but BtVS is no less allegorical than the original Star Trek was in its day. A story does not have to project into a future time, deal with unkown/new technology or with outer space to be sci-fi.
However, BtVS deals with xenobiology in one respect, that vampires and earth-bound demons grew up alongside man (after the 'old ones' - the real demons - went away) and that interdimensional places and portals exist, such as the hellmouth. The whole Whedonverse (BtVS & Angel) for that matter is science fiction. And that is why at its heart BtVS is sci-fi. Because rather simply, if you create a new universe, that's sci-fi. Just because it uses elements and themes which are more often than not associated with horror or fantasy in the heart of other writings does not keep BtVS from being science fiction.
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