Sentences with phrase «creature effects in»

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Here is where the potentially bad effects still linger: While Netscape was born and grew as a creature of the free markets, it faded away having embraced more government involvement and interference in American business.

Though the plot tells a heartwarming tale of father / son bonding, the sentimentality wasn't enough to combat what Roger Ebert called the «most repulsive single creature in the history of special effects!»

The Creator causes a world to be in which creatures function as real causes of characteristic effects.

God, then, in Dr. Cumming's conception, is a being who has no pleasure in the exercise of love and truthfulness and justice, considered as effecting the well - being of His creatures; He has satisfaction in us only in so far as we exhaust our motives and dispositions of all relation to our fellow - beings, and replace sympathy with men by anxiety for the «glory of God.»

Once we are saved, we are new creatures and so then the effect of believing the gospel is an all encompassing claim on life What if nearly everything in life could be redeemed for discipleship?

For Thomas, there are no contingent aspects of God, in part because nothing the creatures could do could have any effect on God (the denial of contingency in God also implies that God is not self - changed in any way).

Transcendence is a tricky notion, however, and requires qualification, for the world is also partly at the mercy of its representing creatures whose activities, at least in the case of «higher» organisms, can have an integrative or a disintegrative effect.

For as far as it relates to their own consciousness, these creatures did what God wished not to be done: but in view of God's omnipotence, they could in no wise effect their purpose.

In a sense yes, and the Whiteheadian proposition that every actuality is a «self - created creature» includes God, who is cause and effect, creator and creature, both in uniquely excellent senseIn a sense yes, and the Whiteheadian proposition that every actuality is a «self - created creature» includes God, who is cause and effect, creator and creature, both in uniquely excellent sensein uniquely excellent senses.

Insofar as each creature's final subjective aim is in accord with God's aim there is a resonance in which the effect of God's presence is maximized.

Tiny plastic particles also present a threat to creatures on land and may have damaging effects similar or even more problematic than in our oceans.

Volk: Yeah, yeah that's becoming more and more of a concern as people are realizing that there is not just the greenhouse effect of CO2 being a greenhouse gas and warming the Earth up, but there is a direct chemical effect of its dissolving in the ocean as carbonic acid, and this is going to affect many marine creatures in the coming decades.

This year molecular biologist Wolfgang Enard of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, explored that possibility with an extraordinary experiment: He inserted the human version of FOXP2 into mice and studied the effects on the creatures» brains and vocalizations.

Even though there may be more creatures at the base, it's not clear what their effects will be on fish or other crabs in the habitat, and how much protection the new landscape will provide,» said Dijkstra.

Despite the small amounts — mere micrograms — of these pollutants in water, they still have carcinogenic effects on humans and aquatic creatures.

The amazing and multifaceted creatures that live in, on, and around us have a huge effect on how we feel, how we think, and how our entire body functions.

The emotions don't feel heartfelt enough in the midst of an overload of destruction and special - effect creatures.

Director Michael Dougherty does for Christmas what he did for Halloween in «Trick r Treat» in this comic shocker that Entertainment Weekly called «a great - looking movie, filled with freaky creature designs and a just - right mixture of practical effects and CGI.»

The script, the special effects and Jack Heller's direction simply don't add up in the profile of the mythical creature.

This film was chock full of massive CGI effects, in your face effects, lots of gun fights, lots of fisticuffs, big CGI alien creatures, big CGI ships and stunt men flying all over the place.

This documentary from National Geographic takes a super in - depth look at the mysterious creature the Blue Whale, exploring how the effects of currents on the ocean floors influence the ways the massive creatures travel and eat, and even examining the animals» DNA.

Fittingly, Magee adapts the skills he learned on past creature crews to make his first turn in the director's chair a tour de force, with creature design and practical effects that rival the best of the big budget movies going today.

Visually stunning with impressive special effects Ender's Game is one of the better science fiction adventure films to come along in 2013, next to «Oblivion,» which also had at its heart a war between humans and otherworldly creatures.

EXTRAS: In addition to a pair of audio commentaries (one with director / co-writer Paul Feig and co-writer Katie Dippold, and the other with Feig and various crew members), there's a series of production featurettes covering things like casting, creature design and visual effects, over an hour of deleted / extended scenes, alternate takes and two different gag reels.

Given the extreme low budget (the film was shot on a shoestring in Budapest), the special effects look pretty credible, with Petty wisely deciding to spend most of the time with the creatures in the background or swathed in shadow, understanding that Sentinel is a picture of ideas — an unusually faithful recreation of Hitchcock's film possessed of a similar, mordant sense of humour, if an understandable surfeit of corresponding depth.

«Sleepwalkers» was also one of the first movie to use CGI in order to create a morphing effect for the creatures faces.

The film also continues the franchise's renewed interest in practical effects, making this once again feel like a lived - in world populated by «real» creatures and «working» vehicles and droids.

But in today's can - do special - effects atmosphere, it must have been tempt ing to build a winter - wonderland story around a snowman that comes to life via animatronic puppetry (Jim Henson's Creature Shop) and computer graphics (Industrial Light & Magic).

Omega Underground reports Oscar - winning special effects artist Neal Scanlan will return to design more creatures in Episode IX.

The score from Alexandre Desplat has a timeless feeling to it; it's endlessly charming when it needs to charm, electrifying when we're required on the edge of our seat; Paul D. Austerberry's production design is aces, the film drowns in this ocean blue, soaking wet aesthetic that emanates this sensual but creepy world; and the creature design is nothing short of righteous, a perfect throwback to the era of practical effects reigning supreme that uses just the right intermitted splashes of CGI.

The original 1981 Clash of the Titans, a fantasy adventure of ancient roman gods and monsters and hapless humans caught in the squabble, was the swan song of stop motion creature grandmaster Ray Harryhausen, the last celebration of old school craft in the age of modern special effects.

Everyone's favourite characters, much of the surreal narration (delivered with perfect dryness by Stephen Fry), and the original's distinctive theme music, are all present and accounted for — and in an age where CGI has become the slick new medium for special visual effects, an inordinate amount of physical modelling and creature puppetry have been used to give the film a refreshingly organic retro look, as though the crew from the original TV series had been lured back to their old tools by a much bigger budget.

There are tons of great interviews with every key figure in the Turtles» evolution including co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, animation legend Fred Wolf, creature effects maestro Brian Henson, and even Vanilla Ice, who made my made the song «Ninja Rap» from the film «Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II The Secret of the Ooze».

EXTRAS: There's a series of featurettes on the writing process, filming in Dubai, production design and creature effects, a profile on Idris Elba's villain, a tribute to Leonard Nimoy and Anton Yelchin, deleted scenes, a gag reel and more.

Special effects are nearly non-existent (save for a glance at an odd creature swimming in Loch Ness) and the script never stoops to the typical silliness that pervades far too many products aimed at young audiences.

The world of «Men in Black» has always been full of all crazy creatures and special makeup effects artist Rick Baker fills «Men in Black 3» with his wild creations that look fantastic.

Titled Hunter Prey, it clearly draws influence from both Star Wars and Predator, along with Collora's background in creature effects.

The shark in «Jaws», the T. rex in «Jurassic Park», the E.T. in «E.T.» — Spielberg's iconic trio of movie creatures all had one thing in common: they were all «practical» effects.

EXTRAS: In addition to a pair of audio commentaries — one with co - writer / director Stuart Beattie and another with producers Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright, James McQuaide and Kevin Grevioux — the Blu - ray includes a making - of featurette and a behind - the - scenes look at designing the creature effects.

This popular creature feature featuring the stop - motion effects of the legendary Ray Harryhausen covers similar ground to The Beast of Hollow Mountain, as American circus folk discover a mysterious valley in Mexico that contains dinosaurs, including an Allosaurus (dubbed «Gwangi») that they attempt to turn into a circus attraction.

* Asked how he feels about going from very small indie films to a massive, effects - driven fantasy / comedy, Green said: «Well, just like probably all of you guys like to see different kinds of movies every week — a little of this, a little of that — it's fun professionally to, like, get in the ring and design creatures and have guys in suits and puppets and just, y ’ know, bring in all this stuff... I remember when I was a kid, and if something like «Behind The Scenes of Return of The Jedi» would come on, I'd just be glued to the screen, wishing that one day I'd be able to get my hands dirty doing something like that.

«I'm completely internalized in terms of makeup or effects, creatures, visual effects and camera work, it's completely second nature on my sets, so I try to make it very simple for my actors,» Del Toro says.

Admittedly, the production value has improved with more characterful creature effects and the claustrophobic locations make for more scope for suspense, but the pedestrian direction and tired formula makes the film feel like a TV movie with little in the way of flair or imagination.

As for the fantastical elements, there are times when practical effects would have better served the film (especially in close - ups of the creature when it's not scuttling around), but that's a minor complaint.

B - movie sci - fi fans will revel in the references, and kids will enjoy the spectacular effects and funny creatures, but Monsters vs. Aliens, while a technical marvel, isn't much more than a pleasantly forgettable kid flick without its 3 - D.

In the latter category, we hear from director Reitman, actors Jones, Duchovny, Scott, and Julianne Moore, executive producer Tom Pollock, producer Daniel Goldberg, visual effects supervisor Phil Tippett, and art director of creature effects Pete Konig.

In addition to movie clips and material from the set, we hear comments from Jackson, actors Wood, Astin, McKellen, Brad Dourif, Lee, Hill, Urban, Mortensen, Rhys - Davies, Otto, Monaghan, Boyd, Serkis, visual effects supervisor Richard Taylor, supervising sound editor / co-sound designer Ethan Van Der Ryn, producer Barrie Osborne, supervising art director Hennah, conceptual artists Alan Lee and John Howe, digital model supervisor Matt Aitken, director of animation Randy Cook, visual effects supervisor Joe Letteri, creature supervisor Eric Saindon, executive producer Mark Ordesky, stuntman Sala Baker, creature facial lead animator Bay Raitt, and co-producer Rick Porras.

The Odogaron is an extremely nimble hound - like creature that is able to land attacks in rapid succession, with some capable of causing bleeding effects — so it's important you know how to stop bleeding.

More, it offers up some truly excellent creature and makeup effects... It also moves with refreshing swiftness, Red keeping things at a wondrously exuberant clip, the picture's niftily plotted 79 minutes flying by in the blink of an eye.

Raimi has assembled his own band of technical wizards and movie magicians on the project, which includes cinematographer Peter Deming («Mulholland Dr.,» «Drag Me to Hell»), two - time Academy Award ® — winning production designer Robert Stromberg («Alice in Wonderland,» «Avatar»), Oscar ® - winning film editor Bob Murawski («The Hurt Locker,» the «Spider - Man» trilogy), veteran Oscar ® - nominated costume designer Gary Jones («Spider - Man 2,» «The Talented Mr. Ripley»), visual effects Oscar ® winner Scott Stokdyk («Spider - Man 2,» «Spider - Man») and Academy Award ® — winning special makeup artist Howard Berger («The Chronicles of Narnia» series), who will create the looks of several of the unique denizens of Oz, including creatures such as the Whimsies, the Tinkers and the Winkies, as well as the ghastly look of the Wicked Witch of the West.