"Books are literary when they redefine genres and spawn countless references or retellings."
"Diablo 1 really defined the genre of ARPGs, Diablo 2 really perfected it."
"Resident Evil helped define the genre and has been the benchmark for what makes a good survival horror game for over two decades."
"Guardians of the Galaxy - Marvel's first enormous gamble, reshaping the franchise and redefining the superhero genre."
"Resident Evil remake is the peak of this genre."
"The Secret of Mana: helped define a golden era for sprite-based action-RPGs."
"He made like probably one of the most definitive Chicago gangster rap records."
"Street Fighter II shaped the entire fighting game genre as it's known today."
"This game is so important that it almost defined its own genre and created a slew of games that not only were inspired by it but continued to build on what RE4 left for us."
"The 1985 classic Super Mario Brothers is that type of game responsible for inventing and solidifying the tropes of the 2D platformer genre."
"Dark Souls 1 popularized the Souls games and as a result invented the Souls-like genre."
"The Godfather of the genre, a game that's set the standard for sandbox games as we know it."
"Grand Theft Auto 3 is a piece of history and the first example of how to do the genre right."
"Resident Evil so meaningfully shaped the survival horror genre and Resident Evil 4 so meaningfully reshaped it."
"Every now and then a game comes along that defines a genre."
"Grand Theft Auto 4 is absolutely a game that has defined a genre—it's a transcendent title that breaches all known phases of gamer and beyond."
"The Sopranos helped define contemporary dramas with its cinematic production values."
"Some of the most successful, beloved, and critically acclaimed games of all time aren't part of that subgenre... thanks to Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night."
"The big four of thrash metal: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax."
"Certain sequences are so good they come to represent an entire genre."
"Resident Evil isn't just a game, it's a quintessential survival horror experience."
"I think venge created something in fire upon the deep that is heads and shoulders above anything else in the genre."
"Left 4 Dead franchise is fantastic and it defined an entire genre of horde shooters."
"Dark Souls is not just one of JRPGs best but it's actually one of the best games of all time."
"Interview with the Vampire was Anne Rice's genre-launching classic."
"This isn't just a found footage movie, it is the found footage movie."
"In order to bring Raiders to life, Lucas and Spielberg would not only need to break both creative and technical barriers in action filmmaking, but would need to redefine the adventure genre."
"Morbid Angel set the standard and the scope of Death Metal and really kind of established all kinds of different subgenres of Death Metal that countless bands today are still just dedicating their whole sound to."
"The Foundation Trilogy: A genre-defining masterpiece that transcends its time, prompting readers to forgive its weaknesses in favor of its brilliance."
"Paranoid defined the very sound of classic metal."
"Scum is the album that set the standard for extreme music."
"This song sounded like it came from Mars, it was the instigator of new wave of darkwave synthwave Industrial Music Electronica EDM all of it."
"I don't think anything has really changed the game of horror the way that scream did and not only did it do that but it's Timeless it's entertaining no matter what age you are no matter who you are no matter when you go back to watch it."
"It started a genre of movies that, heck, even the TV show Walking Dead, you know, all inspired by that first George A. Romero classic."
"Very few films have had the impact on a particular genre to the extent accomplished by John Carpenter's Halloween."
"George Romero's Living Dead series defined the entire zombie genre."
"Sophie's music is just incredible, and she had such influence on so many other people within this genre."
"It started, it kick-started two entire genres, don't you dare tell me it's overrated."
"Super Metroid is considered one of the best games in the series to the point that it defined a genre itself."
"Isis album 'Oceanic' is the definition of the genre, truly remarkable."
"Halloween became a blueprint for success to many other horror films."
"With 35 years and counting of genre-defining music under their belt..."
"Without The Lord of the Rings, the fantasy genre won't be where it is right now."
"Deliverance seems to have gotten unjustly pigeonholed, but it is a true classic of the thriller genre and American 70s cinema."
"Blade Runner... crystallized the look of the cyberpunk genre."
"Alien had mystery, body horror, and panicky humans which made it a cultural hit."
"This transcended just like Dark Knight transcended the genre."
"It is so far ahead of it, beyond other vampire movies."
"He single-handedly set a tone for an entire genre."
"It was almost like a whole genre in itself."
"Few artists in any field have done as much to define a genre within a particular art form while at the same time elevating the level of national attention to that art form by both practitioners and consumers of that art."
"Bebop was indeed a genre-defining work, and every part of its essence is captured in this OP."
"It's not only a sci-fi movie, it is the sci-fi movie."