Sentences with phrase «dystopia for»

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.

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.

A humorous send - up of the 21st Century commune as a hedonistic dystopia for spoiled brats who can't cope with the real world.

(The latter can be regarded as an ideal system of global governance, as well as a dystopia for national democracies).

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What's your take: Is what's being built in Toronto a dystopia of corporate surveillance for private gain or a giant step closer to a more sustainable, enjoyable urban future?

Media universally panned it — for instance, Wired referred to it as something out of a «darkly satirical science - fiction dystopia» — forcing the people behind the program into full damage control.

Much commentary in the US has suggested that there is no way out of the dystopia that we've constructed for ourselves, short of deleting Facebook and turning away from Google.

Challenging the freedom of indifference with freedom for excellence is essential if we are to deploy our new genetic knowledge in ways that lead to human flourishing rather than to the soulless dystopia of the brave new world.

The good news is that we are not on the verge of what the Boston Globe has called a «Matrix - like cyberpunk dystopia» in which we all become robohumans, controlled by implants that «impose false memories» and «scan for wayward thoughts.»

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.

Turning the country into an AI leader would allow France to use AI for the public good and ensure that a «Promethean» promise doesn't become a «dystopia,» he said.

The good news is that we are not on the verge of what The Boston Globe has called a «Matrix - like cyberpunk dystopia» in which we all become robohumans, controlled by implants that «impose false memories» and «scan for wayward thoughts.»

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.

The time in the arena brings home the themes of dystopia and is truly scary at times with all contestants out of their depth and fighting for their lives.

A curious blend of our newly acquired taste for dystopia alongside a healthy sprinkling of Lord of the Flies, the film offers familiar pleasures without prompting the sense of having already been here before.

And there it is again in the anarchic dystopia of The Road (less impressive because, despite Hillcoat's flair for brutality, it perversely shied away from some of the key violence of the source novel).

The cast, which includes Jason Momoa as a sensitive cannibal, a nearly unrecognizable Jim Carrey as a sunburnt drifter, and Keanu Reeves as a Jim Jones - style cult leader in a Mad Max-esque desert dystopia, is similarly eccentrically utilized, for better (Reeves» smarmy menace) and for worse (Momoa's ill - advised Cuban accent, clearly stretching his range as an actor).

But returning collaborator Rachel Weisz promises that, despite hewing to English history fairly closely, the film is another bleakly funny trip into a «Yorgosian dystopia,» a phrase so immediately evocative it proves the director is ready for the adjective treatment.

There's nothing particularly original or insightful to set this teen - dystopia thriller apart from the crowd, but strong characters will build some anticipation for the next instalment in the franchise.

In this strange dystopia, David (Colin Farrell) meets and falls for a woman from another community, where coupledom is strictly forbidden.

Yes, it's the big push for Katniss, Gale (Liam Hemsworth), Finnick (Sam Claflin) and the rest and Julianne Moore's President Coin decides that the time has come for one last effort to destroy the evil, scheming President Snow (Donald Sutherland) and his fashion - obsessed dystopia.

«Children Of Men» For a film which is, ostensibly at least, science fiction (it creates one of the most coherent, fascinating futuristic dystopias ever seen on screen), «Children of Men» sums up our War - on - Terror, immigration - panic era better than any contemporary drama could.

EW does a big promo push for Snatched with Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn The New Yorker a profile of «the prophet of dystopia,» Margaret Atwood as The Handmaid's Tale gets the miniseries treatment Esquire 50 quote movie buff quiz.

The Syfy channel is bringing the legendary vampire hunter back with a modern gender - switching twist, as the new action series Van Helsing follows Vanessa Helsing in a futuristic dystopia ruled by bloodsuckers, and our first official look has arrived online in the trailer for the series that first debuted last week at San Diego Comic - Con (SDCC).

This was a particularly important process for «Equals,» where Doremus conceived a love story within an emotionless, futuristic dystopia.

Robbie plays a smirking, knowing femme fatale — sometimes called «Annie» and sometimes «Bonnie,» for reasons explained late in the story — who spends her life manipulating and befuddling violent men in some vaguely defined urban dystopia.

It Comes at Night may disappoint some hardcore horror fans with its artful avoidance of genre pleasures, but its grim, tough - minded dystopia will prove hard to shake for many.

If you're in the mood for a creepy show, you could do a lot worse than Black Mirror, Netflix's sci - fi anthology series that has explored everything from near - future dystopias to a murderous social media hashtag.

A hipster dystopia to Jasmine, her new digs are home to estranged sister Ginger (Sally Hawkins), a manic grocery clerk perpetually settling for palooka types like current beau Chili (Bobby Cannavale) and ex-husband Augie (Andrew Dice Clay), who understandably never forgave his in - laws for persuading him to invest his 200 - grand lottery win into Hal's sinking business.

Colin Farrell, sporting a «dad bod» and soup - strainer moustache recalling Joaquin Phoenix in Her (decidedly a blueprint for contemporary renditions of dystopia), finds himself caught in this detention system after being left by his wife, and after an unfruitful dalliance with a sociopathic fellow inmate, escapes into the woods and joins a group of militantly celibate rebel fighters led by Léa Seydoux (who bans sexual relations within their ranks), but — oh the irony!

No recent high - profile horror franchise has poked and prodded at America's economic anxieties with the same curiosity and sadism as The Purge series, which takes place in a dystopia where all crime is legal for one night a year.

Long known for his dark horror, fantasy and detective tales, Poe also created the first futuristic dystopia in fiction.

Life during Wartime also revolves around a 12 year - old (Dylan Riley Snider) studying for his bar mitzvah, but the dystopia in which he is immersed is far more bizarre than anything in the Coen's relatively comical adventure.

The result is a film that has the integrity to stay true to the parameters of Suzanne Collins» fictional dystopia but is nevertheless flat and — for a universe built on kids killing kids for televised entertainment — disappointingly lacking in tension and satirical bite.

«The images that we used for this season show the progress of humanity, but at the end of it, we don't know if it's going to be a utopia or dystopia.»

Cheers to star Dylan O'Brien for returning to complete his starring role after his serious stunt injury in Maze 2, but the third time's a yawn for this YA dystopia series

And while Gandhi wasn't a bad biopic, its near domination of the technical awards stole the spotlight from pioneering scifi flicks such as Blade Runner - whose set design set the template for cinematic dystopias to come - and Tron, whose now - hokey light - bright costumes framed how future audiences would perceive virtual reality worlds.

In 2018, nearly everything is in place for a descent into a Ready Player One - style dystopia.

I liked this one more than «Divergent,» for example, or — the more apt comparison point, utopia trumping dystopia — «The Fault in Our Stars,» which was more or less saved by Shailene Woodley as the cancer patient staring mortality and her first serious boyfriend squarely in the face.

Which means that now that The Hunger Games has brought dystopia to our shores, it's possible that the American cult audience for Battle Royale has only begun forming.

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For every one of Andy Weir's «The Martian,» there have to be 100 military SF, zombie or dystopia amateur hours masquerading as finished works.

For some, the dystopia might not be «dystopian» enough - the disconnect between what we know and what Lepucki imagines coming across as incongruous at best.

The new series of books by Suzanne Collins have created a group of fans who are hungry for the resolution of Katniss Everdeen's distorted, futuristic, dystopia.

«You know how while we're enjoying reading dystopian fiction, for half our population this society is dystopia?»

This will satisfy readers» thirst for dystopia while exceeding their expectations.

For another, Kivali's intense spirituality is unusual in both dystopias and YA lit overall: In addition to the daily religious services required at her summer CropCamp, she meditates regularly and is deeply in touch with an otherworldy presence.

Bats of the Republic by Zachary Thomas Dodson (Doubleday) An elaborately designed novel that weaves a 19th - century manuscript into its pages, this story of a future dystopia created through an alternate past (Texas gained independence, for one) is an original and thrilling ride.

Junot Díaz fiction editor at Boston Review, has issued a special call for stories, essays, and interviews on the theme of global dystopias.