Sentences with phrase «apocalyptic feel»

The game looks somewhat like The Last Of Us as far as a post apocalyptic feel but also gave a sense of Dead Rising with all of the zombies chasing after the protagonist.

There is an eerie, apocalyptic feel to Romochka's situation, and the way he wavers between following his absent mother's advice (Don't talk to strangers... You die if you eat food out of smashed glass...) and doing what he needs to survive creates a vulnerable uncertainty in his character that is truly intriguing.

It's a shame, because there's a moment where Jay is skating off a pier at sunset that has the apocalyptic feel of tottering on the brink of adulthood without a clue.

«There is an apocalyptic feel to the developments, it is as if you are the last inhabitant in the world,» said Markel Redondo.

The precariousness of life, under threat from famine and plague as well as from war, was signalled in the apocalyptic feelings and expressions of the time.

Not exact matches

«Detroit feels like the apocalyptic future that some cities will face if they continue to keep growing.

The past few months, with a series of disasters seemingly one on top of another, have felt apocalyptic to many, but the bright side to these dark times has been the outpouring of donations and acts of generosity that followed.

One can well imagine a wisdom teacher like Jesus, son of Sirach, having much the same attitude towards those of his fellow Jews who were fascinated by apocalyptic, as an orthodox churchman today may feel towards some of the stranger Christian sects.

This investigation is so thorough, the emerging history of tradition so convincing and the application of what we have called the criterion of dissimilarity so careful, that we feel no need to do more than quote Bultmann's conclusion: «All these sayings contain something characteristic, new, reaching out beyond popular wisdom and piety and yet (they) are in no sense scribal or rabbinic, nor yet Jewish apocalyptic.

He was probably an apocalyptic prophet who felt that some huge change was about to occur.

Mark Allan Powell has suggested that biblical critics have mined the apocalyptic by fixing it in a context of long ago and thus «depriving everyday Christians of the heartfelt expectation of their Lord's return,» I feel the opposite: it's because the biblical scenarios speak to a situation long ago that they provide bearings for my life now.

The apocalyptic passages are too deeply imbedded in the Gospels for most biblical scholars to feel that they can be thus disposed of.

The non-apocalyptic folk feel so threatened by the apocalyptic ones that they're drawn into the fight.

«If the Apocalyptic longed for the establishment of the Kingdom by the direct activity of God, the law gave voice to the strong feeling that God would neither bless nor set up his Kingdom over a people which did not keep his law.»

My older brother set the scene by flipping off the lights and tipping over furniture to give it that «apocalyptic» feel.

An apocalyptic message about climate change might motivate some people to act but make others feel hopeless, science communication experts say.

Toller sips his tea and listens to the young man's tale of apocalyptic woe: Michael believes that the earth is dying, and the impotence he feels in the face of that catastrophe is driving him around the bend.

Not to mention, the number of alien films released in recent years — a handful of which proved to be mediocre or worse — make it harder to get enthused about yet another blockbuster that feature extraterrestrials in an apocalyptic scenario (the end - of - the - world sub-genre is, likewise, starting to feel over-saturated at this point).

That was a exercise in paranoia that felt aptly stagey and claustrophobic on screen; this is much more opened out, with a fine eye for apocalyptic urban wreckage - the very nastiest kind of car park.

Those of us who enjoyed the original will feel right at home in this apocalyptic setting developed by id Software and Avalanche Studios.

Dawn of the Dead opens gangbusters, its prologue — which segues into a title montage scored just right to Johnny Cash tune — the most nihilistic - feeling bit of cinema I've seen since the first broadcast of The Day After, and right in line with our apocalyptic cinema environment.

In a year that has consistently felt like an apocalyptic black comedy, albeit one that is no laughing matter, the greatest films have served as an anchor of sanity.

The series, with the exception of the final two episodes, functioned as narratively complete short stories with a definite Zane Grey - cum - Edgar Rice Burroughs - cum - Philip K. Dick feeling (pulp as masticated by an apocalyptic culture, the only one that has experienced an atomic weapon attack)-- building as it progressed a bebop quintet of characters with hero Spike, mentor Jet, buxom femme Faye, spirit guide Ed, and animal sidekick Ein.

Guadagnino makes A Bigger Splash feel like «Emotional Rescue», with its high gloss and louche millionaire swagger, before shifting into the apocalyptic doom boogie of «Gim me Shelter» («A storm is threatening / my very life today»).

But fears of losing a culture war can stoke «apocalyptic» feelings on the right.

Techland has brought out the feel and vibe of their first zombie apocalyptic title Dead Island.

Though the operatic dissonant relationship between Jean Valjean and Russell Crowe's Javert does prove to be compelling opera as it weaves throughout the rest of the story, the film's second act focus on the story of rich pretty boy Marius (Eddie Redmayne, whose singing voice is 45 percent Kermit the Frog) falling for Cosette (Amanda Seyfried) at first sight doesn't register nearly the same amount of urgency, feeling like a silly problem that doesn't fit into the story's near - apocalyptic presentation of revolutionary France.

So he feels vulnerable when he's guilt - tripped by the mother of a promising young man killed during the apocalyptic fight between the Avengers and Ultron.

How many apocalyptic sci - fi action extravaganzas leave you feeling as if the world is just beginning?»

«Miss Meadows» builds to a conclusion that seems apocalyptic as Meadows herself feels her world shrinking and her philosophies unable to keep her above water.

I don't read Apocalyptic Horror where the hero might feel a bit of fondness for the heroine by the end of the story.

The fortress - like bathroom, floors and walls covered in marble, had an apocalyptic - bunker feel, albeit one with a heated towel rack, plush towels, deep tub, and separate shower.

The apocalyptic setting gives this game a unique feel and is a fresh take on the hero defense genre.

Most of the script suits the mood of an apocalyptic story, but there are a few places in the script that could definitely do with a rewrite, as they feel decidedly out of place or rush the story forward without a plausible explanation.

When you're in this game, you can feel the story, the characters, and to a certain extent even believe that you are a part of this apocalyptic wasteland.

The feeling of dread and oppression at the hands of your human captors is palpable and at times, Crisis is downright visceral in the connection that it creates between the player and the Apes Trilogy's apocalyptic world.

In a near - apocalyptic story such as this, having an unintentionally «dead feeling» city is a big setback.

The game is set in a post apocalyptic future but it feels like each map just had a city name slapped on it rather than the maps designed with the cities in mind.

Pumping the accelerator and gripping the wheel as you drift your muscle car through a tight city corner at break neck speeds feels incredible, and when an apocalyptic earthquake aftershocks kick in and tears open the ground beneath your wheels — while you're trying to avoid gangs of crazy looters and rivals throwing their weight around in monster trucks — it ups the ante even more.

I've never seen anything that confirms that Dark Souls» art - style was inspired by Beksiński, but making my way through the kingdom of Lothric certainly made me feel like I was in one of his beautifully apocalyptic paintings.

This apocalyptic wasteland feels remarkably dynamic, with randomized characters and enemies roaming the world and creating emergent encounters.

The map has a lot of different varieties of areas and all of them feel very apocalyptic, especially when you are dodging broken down cars while driving through the towns.

They are gorgeously dark, foreboding, and apocalyptic; the room where they are hung at the Lowe feels like a window into a netherworld.

What does it mean to feel apocalyptic, or to live through something that seems unthinkable?

The apocalyptic narrative looks less convincing in the context of global economic meltdown, and the works feels like a weak art in - joke, a flailing attempt to draw attention.

«Environmentalists should reduce their over-reliance on apocalyptic scenarios «that tend to create feelings of helplessness and isolation among would - be supporters,» Shellenberger advises.

Little surprise, then, that Romm felt the need to attack the views of environment writer Gregg Easterbrook for writing a critical review of Friedman's book, which relied heavily on Romm's apocalyptic interpretation of the climate science.