Re: Star Wars - and I would mostly consider that Sci-fi, actually. Granted, I don't know all the ins and outs of its universe (I've still never seen the "prequels" and I'm not gonna...). Doctor Who, though, has definitely gone off any sci-fi track it might ever have been on. I'm pretty sure Moff did that on purpose when he took over (it just sort of happened when RTD was in charge).
My understanding of Steampunk is pretty limited. I understood it to focus on the Victorian time period, but strictly with the inclusion of advanced technology (that is still steam-powered?) like that awful remake of Wild Wild West with Will Smith... No?
Considering that your vampires are created in a lab, that is definitely basing it in science and not magic or mythology, so I think it could be sci-fi. All that depends on how much you want to explain about your vampires. Are they simply genetically altered humans, with superstrength and such, a thirst for blood, but not undead? I'd be willing to put that in the sci-fi pile. It's when you get into myth and magic that veers into fantasy territory.
I HAVE MANY THOUGHTS ON DIFFERENT ALIEN SPECIES' IN "SCI-FI" SHOWS AS WELL. (Surprised?) Like with fantasy and magic, I... disapprove of fancy aliens that have ~things~ that make no practical sense for a species to develop. I can get behind the theory that most evolved species from different planets might be "humanoid" (and not just b/c they are played by humans painted green and wearing funny hats and shit) if that's what evolution does on life-sustaining planets. But, still, your aliens need to make some fucking sense, yo!
The infected in 28 Days Later are not zombies - they are living, breathing humans with a virus. Not unlike the "Croats" in Supernatural (which... basically kinda stole that same idea, no?). The OTHER zombies in Supernatural were the rising from the grave voodoo kind. But the zombies in The Walking Dead are both dead bodies and infected with a virus (as explained in s1e06) and my suspension of disbelief is firmly in place b/c OMG THEY TRAVEL IN FUCKING HERDS NOW! WHYYYYYYYY?!
Ahem. Yeah. I, um, I could talk about this all night, man.
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My understanding of Steampunk is pretty limited. I understood it to focus on the Victorian time period, but strictly with the inclusion of advanced technology (that is still steam-powered?) like that awful remake of Wild Wild West with Will Smith... No?
Considering that your vampires are created in a lab, that is definitely basing it in science and not magic or mythology, so I think it could be sci-fi. All that depends on how much you want to explain about your vampires. Are they simply genetically altered humans, with superstrength and such, a thirst for blood, but not undead? I'd be willing to put that in the sci-fi pile. It's when you get into myth and magic that veers into fantasy territory.
I HAVE MANY THOUGHTS ON DIFFERENT ALIEN SPECIES' IN "SCI-FI" SHOWS AS WELL. (Surprised?) Like with fantasy and magic, I... disapprove of fancy aliens that have ~things~ that make no practical sense for a species to develop. I can get behind the theory that most evolved species from different planets might be "humanoid" (and not just b/c they are played by humans painted green and wearing funny hats and shit) if that's what evolution does on life-sustaining planets. But, still, your aliens need to make some fucking sense, yo!
The infected in 28 Days Later are not zombies - they are living, breathing humans with a virus. Not unlike the "Croats" in Supernatural (which... basically kinda stole that same idea, no?). The OTHER zombies in Supernatural were the rising from the grave voodoo kind. But the zombies in The Walking Dead are both dead bodies and infected with a virus (as explained in s1e06) and my suspension of disbelief is firmly in place b/c OMG THEY TRAVEL IN FUCKING HERDS NOW! WHYYYYYYYY?!
Ahem. Yeah. I, um, I could talk about this all night, man.