Sentences with phrase «as modern adaptations»

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It isn't surprising that as the audiences who first became fans of characters like The Avengers, X-Men and Deadpool get older, that their modern movie adaptations will be marketed more toward adults.

Paul Tillich's theology of culture, Rudolf Bultmann's demythologization, today's death - of - God theology are all adaptations of Christianity to what is conceived of as the nature of man and modern society.

Although the mode of thinking here is radically different from that of modern metaphysics, by following the lead of the new physics, it converges toward the latter in countering the positivism and the practically oriented modernism following from Darwinian evolution, with its stress upon «environmentalism» and «functionalism» as modes of adaptation within a secularized immediacy, an immediacy shorn of depth and ultimacy.

While proficient in a wide variety of cooking styles, April specializes in creative development of original, ingredient - driven canning, preserving, and baked good recipes, as well as adaptation and interpretation of traditional and vintage recipes for the modern kitchen.

Accompanying the story are 36 easy and healthy recipes for you to try with your child, as well as a medieval world map showing Polo's actual expedition routes; glossaries of cooking terms, techniques, and utensils; an extensive illustrated history of the ingredients; modern adaptations; and historical trivia.

We can guess that this coat was lost by the time of Homo erectus, as its skeleton's proportions show that it was adapting to heat stress like modern humans do, and part of our adaptation involves an enhanced sweat gland cooling system which would not function well with a full coat of body hair.

«What has emerged from our study as well as from other work on introgression is that interbreeding with archaic humans does indeed have functional implications for modern humans, and that the most obvious consequences have been in shaping our adaptation to our environment — improving how we resist pathogens and metabolize novel foods,» Kelso says.

The researchers conclude «The correlation between lineage specific adaptations and ability to restrict viruses endemic to the same hosts supports the hypothesis that lentiviruses closely related to modern SIVs were present in Africa and infecting the ancestors of cercopithecine primates as far back as 16 million years ago, and provides insight into the evolution of TRIM5 specificity.»

«Humans in this region thrived through the Toba event and the ensuing full glacial conditions, perhaps as a combined result of the uniquely rich resource base of the region and fully evolved modern human adaptation,» study authors noted.

In addition, the data reveal that this was a more genetically diverse population than the central and western European hunter - gatherers living during the same epoch and that they also show pattern of adaptation to high latitude environments, including high frequencies of low pigmentation variants as well as a gene region associated with physical performance, which shows strong continuity into modern - day northern Europeans.

We have to thank our physical and mental response to danger, commonly known as stress, for keeping us safe and sound through all phases of evolution, including the present one, but chronic stress is more like a nasty side - effect to the unbalanced relation between the hectic progress of the modern lifestyle and our relatively slower adaptation to it as organisms.

As the owner of Modern Warfare Fitness, he created his one month program called the SAID principle, which stands for «specific adaptation to imposed demands».

It goes without saying that Shakespeare did that as well, but Kurzel and the writers have crafted both a faithful and modern adaptation, although one that's not too modern.

The «Masterpiece» adaptation manages to do what previous versions didn't execute nearly as well: transport the viewer back to that time and yet still feel fresh and modern with the clarity of its message.

In the 21st Century Jordan has shown no signs of slowing down and more recent highlights include another McCabe adaptation Breakfast on Pluto (2005), which recreates Ireland's turbulent 1970s as a stylized odyssey of gender - bending possibility with Cillian Murphy triumphing in the central role; The Brave One (2007), an unsettling and underrated thriller starring Jodie Foster; and the ethereal Celtic myth of the selkie colliding with the modern world in Ondine (2009).

Scott also plays Edgar in Richard Eyre's modern - day adaptation of King Lear, with Anthony Hopkins as the elderly monarch who divides his kingdom for his three daughters — played here by Emma Thompson, Emma Watson and Florence Pugh.

Though as with any transposition of the Bard to a modern setting — in this case, New Delhi — it's the adaptation of context that seems to matter most.

The Jungle Book looks immaculate, that much is certain, and the cast is standout (Lupita Wyong» o, Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Christopher Walken and Idris Elba as Shere Khan) but will the 3D live - animation jungle pic set itself apart from the troubled history of Disney's modern live - action adaptations?

Written by Max Landis (Chronicle, American Ultra), Victor Frankenstein isn't so much a re-imagining of Mary Shelley's iconic 1818 sci - fi / horror novel, «Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus»; rather, it's an origin story for the eponymous character, as seen from the perspective of Igor (who didn't originate in Shelley's source book, but rather in a subsequent movie adaptation).

As previously reported, Anderson has been working for a couple of years on his adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's quirky, rambling detective story, which concerns a pot - smoking private eye at the tail - end of the psychedelic «60s who gets swept up in a kidnapping case involving his ex-lover and a shadowy organization that bears no resemblance to any modern churches, so Anderson's safe there.

Wilson review: Woody Harrelson appears as a neurotic loner in modern - day Minnesota in this adaptation of the Daniel Cloves graphic novel.

And while her third feature, an adaptation of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, didn't quite reach Fish Tank «s heights, it was Arnold's most formally daring, as she employed all of the modern sensibilities she honed with her first two works, including her use of 4:3, into a period piece set in the mid 1800s.

Nikki Baughan: Seth Grahame - Smith's novel brings a modern classic bang up to date while always maintaining respect for the original material, and it looks as though this adaptation will do it justice.

Re-Animator (1985) is Stuart Gordon's loose contemporary adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's 1922 short story Herbert West — Reanimator, which was written as a parody of Mary Shelley's most famous work, the 1818 Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

Plus, play the leads in a modern adaptation of «Romeo & Juliet,» explore a familiar feeling as an aspiring actor in a web series, or join a parody trailer of «Love Boat.»

That last point seems like it could be a tease as to the potential undertones of this adaptation of Milton's story, since the idea of an evil figure managing to corrupt fundamentally good people with his twisted rhetoric does seem like it has some parallels with modern life.

Some are classics, some are direct translations, some are modern adaptations, and some are written as fairy tales.

Modern medical practitioners developed medical acupuncture as an adaptation of Chinese acupuncture.

These works included Shakespeare's Hamlet and Ellen McLaughlin's modern adaptation of Iphigenia and Other Daughters, as well as a culminating symposium.

Developed by Modern Dream and Hardlight Studios, this title is an adaptation of the original, profanity - infused The House of the Dead: Overkill (which is itself included in the download as a bonus!)

As he explains on his website: «I use layers of hand cut paper and spray paint to create texture and form - a modern adaptation of an old - fashioned printing process.

As he writes in the Preface to his book, «[a] nyone who studies the classical treatises soon discovers that, with some adaptations for modern taste and modern legal practice, the classical rhetorical principles are as applicable today as they were 2500 years ago.&raquAs he writes in the Preface to his book, «[a] nyone who studies the classical treatises soon discovers that, with some adaptations for modern taste and modern legal practice, the classical rhetorical principles are as applicable today as they were 2500 years ago.&raquas applicable today as they were 2500 years ago.&raquas they were 2500 years ago.»

Warm corner Copper piping was historically used in country - house boot rooms and this modern - day adaptation is supremely practical as it dries anything that is hung on or near it.