Sentences with phrase «fi space odyssey»

Filled with detail and technical minutiae, this novel is a sci - fi space odyssey with a giant, mesmerizing scope.

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Because the program's architecture allows users to contribute new objects, many community members have concocted add - ons that re-create fictional worlds from sci - fi lore: the planet Tatooine from Star Wars, for instance, and the space station from 2001: A Space Odyspace station from 2001: A Space OdySpace Odyssey.

2001: A Space Odyssey is a meditative quest, an inspirational sci - fi film that defies its genre in scope and attitude, it is a film of tremendous visual impact and innovation.

A haunting and genuinely frightening, sci - fi mystery that's as elliptical and unnerving as Tarkovsky's Stalker and as trippy as Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey - with a plethora of other science fiction influences thrown in for good measure.

The death spiral of the Oscars, recent sci - fi films, and the reputation of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull (notable for his work on 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner and Close Encounters of the Third Kind), made his directorial debut with this eco-themed sci - fi classic

Next would be the core group of Sci - Fi aficionados (those who quote and debate the specifics of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, The Matrix, etc).

Penn Jillette's character is named Hal in the credits, most likely a reference to the HAL9000 computer system from the sci - fi movie 2001: A Space Odyssey

Rarely does a sci - fi film this good come along, drawing influence from classics such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Solaris, or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, while also fitting perfectly in place after Denis Villeneuve's recent futuristic works Arrival and Blade Runner 2049.

Plotnick also includes a couple of wink - wink nods to genuine sci - fi classics, such as a clever cameo by «2001: A Space Odyssey» star Keir Dullea, or an R2 - D2 - like droid that serves as a pill - dispensing psychiatrist.

A haunting and genuinely frightening, sci - fi mystery that's as elliptical and unnerving as Tarkovsky's Stalker and as trippy as Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey — with a plethora of other science fiction influences thrown in for good measure.

This almost plays as a sci - fi tribute with tips of the cap to at least the following: The Matrix, Moon, Total Recall, Inception, Planet of the Apes, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2001: A Space Odyssey... and even Top Gun!

It doesn't even really feature on Earth predominantly, instead coming across as the kind of claustrophobic Sci - Fi thriller that echoes the likes of 2001: A Space Odyssey or Alien.

With a remastered version of the sci - fi classic set for release, the Dunkirk director explains why 2001: A Space Odyssey still looks like the future

Even 50 years on, A Space Odyssey is still the sci - fi movie against which all others must be measured and demands and rewards repeated viewings, preferably on the big screen, in order to appreciate the magnitude of a visual and aural feast of all that is great about the cinema.

(Note: Amazing what a long shadow 2001: A Space Odyssey still casts over sci - fi movies even all these decades later.

Today, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, Linda DeLibero and I joined Dan Rodricks on his Baltimore Sun podcast, «Roughly Speaking,» to discuss the 50th Anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's seminal sci - fi masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey, originally released in April, 1968.

But even with the obvious homages to proggy sci - fi classic «2001: A Space Odyssey,» the film has an emotional weight and kick.

«We'd like to combine the thought - provoking mysteries of sci - fi classics like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Solaris and combine it with the moody, immersive and interactive atmosphere.»

«Inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey, Twin Peaks, and There Will be Blood, Downward Spiral: Horus Station offers a thought - provoking piece of hard sci - fi set in deep space,» said Gregory Louden, Lead Designer of 3rd Eye StuSpace Odyssey, Twin Peaks, and There Will be Blood, Downward Spiral: Horus Station offers a thought - provoking piece of hard sci - fi set in deep space,» said Gregory Louden, Lead Designer of 3rd Eye Stuspace,» said Gregory Louden, Lead Designer of 3rd Eye Studios.

Inspired once again by classic sci - fi films and games such as System Shock, Deus Ex, Tarkovsky's Solaris, and 2001: A Space Odyssey, the team aims to create an immersive and highly interactive environment, featuring puzzles and FPS elements played within a multi-layered plot.

This led to a strange and murky world linking the destruction of the World Trade Center and Stanley Kubrick's sci - fi epic, «2001: a Space Odyssey.»

Some of his paintings, which appear at first glance to be Op art — esque abstractions, use images directly from pop culture: Mainframe (all works 2013), for example, displays the artist's penchant for sci - fi refulgence as it visually mimics a backdrop from Stanley Kubrick's seminal 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

Unlikely, but business professionals looking at entering the legal industry need to be aware of the implications this technology brings... Artificial intelligence is far from the sci - fi fantasy portrayed in films such as Ex Machina and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Then, before you knew it, machines that could talk were commonplace in sci - fi, from HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey to the talking computer — known simply as «Computer» — in various iterations of Star Trek.