Sentences with phrase «adaptation of a first person»

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For the first time, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers were able to predict further adaptations of the chikungunya virus that recently spread from Africa to several continents that will likely result in even more efficient transmission and infection of more people by this virus strain.

During subsequent outbreaks, however, «people had already developed some kinds of adaptations — they had developed quarantines, they had developed first aid to treat patients with the symptoms.»

The works of Max Brooks, who wrote 2003's satirical and subversively political, «The Zombie Survival Guide», and 2006's, «World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War», provided the kernels of inspiration for this mega-budgeted horror - action - thriller that mostly makes up its own narrative, independent of much of the book content (jettisoning the first - person account style and most of the events), to make it fit more with the ranks of current, eye - candy loaded popcorn movies than a thoughtful adaptation of the best - seller.

There are moments in Les Misérables, the movie musical adaptation from The King's Speech director Tom Hooper, that are so rumbling and rousing and righteous that certain people might be immediately transported back into the theater seat where they, smaller of body but probably bigger of heart, first fell in love with the sweep and swoon of musical theater.

A few unexpected minor pleasures: the time - travel flick Predestination, an adaptation of a Robert A. Heinlein short story that's one of those rare sci - fi movies that feels like it was made by people who read sci - fi; the horror Western Bone Tomahawk, which feels, in the best way, like someone filmed a first draft script and didn't cut anything, all its little quirks of character kept intact, narrative expediency be damned; and In The Heart Of The Sea, the cornball sea adventure of which I enjoyed every minutof a Robert A. Heinlein short story that's one of those rare sci - fi movies that feels like it was made by people who read sci - fi; the horror Western Bone Tomahawk, which feels, in the best way, like someone filmed a first draft script and didn't cut anything, all its little quirks of character kept intact, narrative expediency be damned; and In The Heart Of The Sea, the cornball sea adventure of which I enjoyed every minutof those rare sci - fi movies that feels like it was made by people who read sci - fi; the horror Western Bone Tomahawk, which feels, in the best way, like someone filmed a first draft script and didn't cut anything, all its little quirks of character kept intact, narrative expediency be damned; and In The Heart Of The Sea, the cornball sea adventure of which I enjoyed every minutof character kept intact, narrative expediency be damned; and In The Heart Of The Sea, the cornball sea adventure of which I enjoyed every minutOf The Sea, the cornball sea adventure of which I enjoyed every minutof which I enjoyed every minute.

Another batch of Steam games and apps have been approved by Steam Greenlight, highlighted by the classic Treasure «bullet hell» game Ikaruga, the Enhanced Edition of J.U.L.I.A., an adaptation of Fantasy Flight's Elder Sign, first person adventure Montague's Mount and the sci - fi RTS / RPG / tower defense game Universum: War Front.

This tribute to Schepisi's important contribution as an Australian and international filmmaker, a distinctive auteur and jobbing filmmaker, covers his early work in documentary (his fascinating short on The Age newspaper, People Make Papers), the mercurial critical reception of his groundbreaking opus The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, the representation of landscape across his first three Australian features (specifically in the partisan and compassionate Evil Angels, 1988), his initial project in the United States (the elemental and mythic Western, Barbarosa), the now iconic Six Degrees of Separation, and the importance of adaptation and collaboration across his cinema.

Easily the most sophisticated and thoughtful franchise film of 2013, Lawrence's adaptation of the second novel in Suzanne Collins» young adult series is all - things - to - all - people entertainment, a follow - up that intensifies the first film's thrills while simultaneously developing its characters and, even more crucially, expanding its themes.

Yet it's this film — A Room with a View, the first of three E.M. Forster adaptations from producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory — that cemented Merchant - Ivory as shorthand for genteel people in pretty settings.

Yes, just as people emerge from the cinemas from the first screenings of The Hobbit, which started in December, they have been greeted by the news that Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien's novel is set to last even longer when it's released on Extended Edition DVD and Blu - ray this year.

The details: An adaptation of David Ebershoff's novel, itself a fictionalized re-telling of the life of Lili Elbe, the transgender artist and model who became one of the first people to receive sex reassignment surgery.

The first trailer for Brad Peyton's Rampage checked pretty much every box you need for a Brad Peyton movie (even if it didn't include nearly as many people getting eaten as you'd expect from an adaptation of the old arcade game), but this new trailer isn't quite as focused on dumb explosions and military - types yelling...

Some people played along but many were appalled at the very idea of something as cliched and flimsy as a love triangle defining the young woman they've come to admire so fiercely from Suzanne Collins» best - selling trio of novels, the first adaptation of which makes its way to the screen this weekend amid great fervor and expectation.

Many people first heard of the «Wish I Was Here» project when Braff, one - time star of the TV show «Scrubs,» more recently on - stage in the adaptation of «Bullets Over Broadway,» sent out an appeal via the crowdfunding website Kickstarter for financing, setting off a predictable cycle of backlash.

«Call Me by Your Name» accomplishes what few adaptations of first - person novels do: It fully retains the psychological interiority that made the source material so distinctive.

Space Hulk: Deathwing is developed by Streum On Studio on Unreal Engine 4 and is a first - person shooter adaptation of the Space...

Space Hulk: Deathwing is developed by Streum On Studio on Unreal Engine 4 and is a first - person shooter adaptation of the Space Hulk boardgame set in the Warhammer 40,000 k universe.

- Id Software's RAGE Premieres for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad «Arriving well in advance of its scheduled 2011 release for consoles and PC platforms, id Software's anticipated first - person shooter RAGE has received an adaptation for the iPhone and iPod Touch.»

Exactly how — or even, if — Thief will be adapted for use with Project Morpheus is not yet known, however the demonstration at GDC goes to prove that not every first - person videogame is suitable for adaptation to the world of VR.

It feels like a proper, faithful adaptation, created with the spirit of retaining the essence of what made the first Archon so incredible, by people who from all indications hold genuine affection for the property (Archon was React Game's first acquisition as a studio).

Fallout 4 centers around survival and adaptation, it's one of the few genres that combines a first person shooter with a role - playing game and does it so well that gameplay becomes addicting.

An open access special issue of the International Journal of Global Warming brings together, for the first time, empirical evidence of loss and damage from the perspective of affected people in nine vulnerable countries...... «Loss and damage» refers to adverse effects of climate variability and climate change that occur despite mitigation and adaptation efforts.

MR:... The first thing developed country governments should do is *** provide resources for adaptation so that people do not have to leave the homes of their ancestors due to human induced climate change.

Many negotiators from developing countries and activists across the globe pushed instead for a dedicated climate fund under the UN Climate Convention that would put the adaptation and mitigation needs of people in developing countries first — an institution based on sound environmental integrity, socioeconomic justice, and efficacy.