Sentences with phrase «about dystopias»
There are so many complexities to the levels of understanding of the future and the way in which it is represented, that this film, for all its dullard sensibilities and lewd language, is as thought provoking as any film about dystopias and the erosion of our societal standards.
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One of the greatest films about dystopia / aspiring utopia as well as a classic romance.
The attractions of computer role - playing have been harnessed in this gripping, reluctant - reader - friendly novel about a dystopia in which inhabitants» fates depend on how their avatars perform in virtual battles.
Thursday's all about dystopia, with sci - fi cityscapes by Romain Erkiletlian and found hyper - generic product packaging from Maryam Jafri.
Longtime blockchain developer, enthusiast and Ripple executive has warned in a new essay that blockchains could bring about a dystopia.
Not exact matches
Lions Gate Entertainment (No. 54) has had box office success with two major franchises: The Twilight series (produced by Summit Entertainment, a Lions Gate subsidiary) and Hunger Games, which have much in common as they are both film adaptations of bestselling young adult book series, are fantastical (one is about vampires and the other about a futuristic dystopia), and are anchored by a dynamic young female character (portrayed by Kristen Stewart in Twilight, Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games).
Such conversations should also help move the discussion beyond speculation about utopias and dystopias, by recognising that the prospects for synthetic biology are likely to be both less sensational and less forbidding than is generally acknowledged.
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Director Drake Doremus («Like Crazy») chats about the sci - fi dystopia of «Equals,» its stars Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart, and the self - taped audition that set the bar.
Ramin Bahrani's Fahrenheit 451, which airs on HBO Saturday night, updates Bradbury's dystopia for the social - media age, meaning that television is no longer bringing about the downfall of civilization: the internet is.
But if Donald Trump has anything to say about it, there's at least one aspect of this dystopia that won't be around in the future: bureaucracy.
Pfister's first outing isn't terrible, but its plot is typical Hollywood dystopia that fails to elevate the larger conversation about our increasing dependence upon machines.
If much sci - fi is about the philosophical question of what it means to be human, or of imagining dystopia to comment on the politics of today, Arrival takes a more personal, emotive approach to the genre.
«Isle of Dogs,» about a Japanese island of misfit canines in a future dystopia, has been received with nearly equal fanfare.
Terence Davies interviewed about Sunset Song, Chantal Akerman, Alan Clarke, Ben Wheatley's High - Rise and auteur dystopias, Roberto Minervini's The Other Side, Jean - Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, Hong Sangsoo's Right Now, Wrong Then, Richard Quine's Strangers When We Meet, Juliet Berto in Duelle, Athina Rachel Tsangari's Chevalier, Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship
Ramin Bahrani's Fahrenheit 451, which airs on HBO Saturday night, updates Bradbury's dystopia for the social - media age, meaning that television is no longer bringing about the downfall of civilization: the internet is.
Grafton is a marijuana decriminalization advocate and writes about cyborgs, surveillance, environmental dystopia, artificial intelligence, and the American drug wars of the future.
The satirical April Fool's dystopia I painted a couple years ago (see «Kindle Power Bucks») about authors paying to be read at Amazon is becoming reality.
The two teens, Natalie and Bella, talked about their lack of interest in the overabundance of dystopia in the market.
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It's been two years since David Cage announced his cyberpunk dystopia tale Detroit: Become Human, and as of right now we still don't really know anything about it.
Basically, all that we know about The Tomorrow Children is that it is an open - world sandbox style game with similarities to Minecraft, but set in a Soviet Union - run post apocalyptic dystopia.
Despite the visitor complaints about the steep seven - euro admission fee in a period of economic dystopia, the last part of the show is priceless.
«There is this constant tension between utopia and dystopia that happens in the world,» the artist says, «and my intention is to talk about this world, but from a place of resistance.»
I was really interested in stepping out of this blanket dystopia and to think more holistically about what it's like to build a utopia.»
Details about the tunnel, which was reportedly used to send North Korean spies into the South, introduces fragments of division, suspicion and dystopia in the video.
Yet, for many Americans, perhaps most of us, thinking about the future conjures up images of «Blade Runner,» «Mad Max» or Cormac McCarthy's «The Road»: a post-apocalyptic dystopia stripped of nature.
Its a book about a collectivist dystopia set in the future.
I will admit that I flashed back to some old George Orwell and Utopia / Dystopia novels when I first read about the Ajusto program, but the more that I think about it the less frightening it is.
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