Sentences with phrase «fictional version of someone»

Grand Theft Auto games are known for taking place in fictional versions of the world throughout different time periods.

There are some enjoyable laughs and jokes by the film's dual leads Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan, playing fictional versions of themselves again, but the comedy doesn't strike as frequently.

The first trailer for season two of Doll & Em has just arrived, showing off what's in store for Mortimer and Wells as fictional versions of themselves.

Instead of real wrestlers, it used fictional versions of well - known stars like Lex Luger, Road Warrior Hawk, Yokozuna, and Stan Hansen.

We love to watch fictional versions of the best of our country and there's something cathartic about paying tribute to them through major Hollywood productions like this one.

Julianne Moore and Ellen Page are unconvincing in this hammy fictional version of a true story about a lesbian couple fighting for their pension rights

All the trappings and extras of other Yakuza games are here in full force, giving players the ability to explore a fleshed out fictional version of 1980s Tokyo, Japan.

He's a bounty hunter with a crossbow who uses small fictional versions of animals as ammo (like wasps and boombats).

Red Dead Redemption has little to no ties to Revolver, other than — presumably — taking place in the same fictional version of the USA.

The game is set in fictional version of 1968 New Orleans.

In the episode, Homer Simpson walks into a church with Jeffrey «Comic Book Guy» Albertson playing «Peekimon Get», a fictional version of Pokémon Go.

His narrators all seem, in fact, to be fictional versions of himself.

Thus does John Updike report on Wilmot's abrupt and irreversible deconversion experience at the outset of In the Beauty of the Lilies, a four - generation saga which is partly a fictional version of Updike's family history, partly an account of the decline of religious faith in America, and partly a reflection of Updike's own angry, personal struggle to find religious meaning.

Fun fact: Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle featured Ice - Nine, a fictional version of ice that would instantly crystallize all water, potentially dooming the world.

Former CNBC talk show host Donny Deutsch plays a fictional version of himself in the comedy series.

This trope — an actor playing a surlier, fictional version of himself — has been done to death already, and Don't Trust the B — leans too heavily on the actor's state of celebrity limbo, filling in late -»90s jokes and references where the real laughs ought to be.

Following his success, Tucci went on to appear as Hope Davis» straying husband in Greg Mottola's «The Daytrippers», a dentist in Danny Boyle's uneven «A Life Less Ordinary» and a fictional version of Woody Allen in «Deconstructing Harry» (all 1997).

The film serves up a slice of life from a fictional version of the music scene in the titular Tennessee capital.

One Mississippi ultimately feels like the fictional version of a true story — with comparative fictional emotions — rather than an honest depiction of Notaro's struggles.

Whereas Red Dead Redemption took place in the south of America, in a fictional version of Texas, as well as Mexico with the border cutting the map in half lengthwise, the upcoming game has been described as taking place in «America's unforgiving heartland».

In this fictional version of the end of his political career, Francois Mitterrand meets an ambitious young journalist named Antoine Moreau who draws the president into a conversation that soon evolves into a major discourse on life, death, politics and morality.

But the real «whether» that has yet to be predicted for this tale is whether or not audiences — especially those who live in storm ravaged areas — will want to pay money to see a fictional version of terrifying events that may have already struck too close to home.

And not only that, but this fun, only sporadically self - aware entry also makes a fictional version of R. L. Stine one of the main protagonists.

Thing is, a modern day Far Cry game set in a fictional version of Montana, focusing on some whacko militia, better fits the franchise's style than a full on Western does.

Yelchin played a fictional version of Markowitz named Zack, and against the film's exuberantly sordid wasted - youth backdrop, he struck a wrenching chord of innocence and humanity — a good kid along for the ride, sadly unaware of what was about to happen to him until it was far too late.

He will also have a recurring role as a fictional version of himself.

This suggests that the map of the upcoming title will be located north, or northwest of Red Dead Redemption's locale, in a fictional version of the midwest.

The scene shot for the trailer takes place in an in - game location that is a fictional version of the United States, called Hope County.

And then sometimes they re fictional versions of a real President.

That film, written by the brilliant Tom Stoppard, told a fictional version of Turing and his efforts.

This big screen production presents a fictional version of the writer, played by Jack Black as a man with a big ego hidden behind the thin façade of someone seeking a life of anonymity.

The director's final film — starring Michel Piccoli as a fictional version of Papatakis's friend Jean Genet — is a compendium of the themes and motifs that pervade his distinctive filmography, including the torturous nature of love, the suffering induced by exile, and suicide as an act of rebellion.

Hard West Hard West takes place in a fictional version of the American Old West and besides the canonical Western standards it follows, a few supernatural elements are added for some extra flavor.

According to Kensington, the series is set on a fictional version of Block Island, in Rhode Island, and tells of the «lives and loves of the McCarthy family and their friends.»

A fictional version of Bob Dylan made a cameo in one of my stories with his wild, tousled brown hair, for example.

It is wonderful to read a fictional version of a story and then research the person's life - in the library, on the internet, etc..

It is wonderful to read a fictional version of a story and then research the person's life.

Soon he becomes embroiled in the affairs of numerous gentlefolk, including writer Tobias Oates, a fictional version of Dickens.

It's a classic London - set mystery — starring a fictional version of the author as the Watson to a modern - day Holmes.

Eventually I became interested in a fictional version of Varina in old age, looking back, stitching together history and memory and invention, hoping to make sense of her long life filled with privilege, loss and persistence.

It's refreshing for young people coming to terms with their own sexuality to see such a range of fictional versions of themselves in your novels.

When he falls for the diminutive Eiffel, the lead singer of the metal band The Ejaculoids, we get a sweet, hilarious, and surprising story of dating in a fictional version of San Francisco.

Set in a fictional version of 19th century England, D.GRAY - MAN (published by VIZ Media's SHONEN JUMP ADVANCED imprint; rated «T +» for Older Teens) is the story of Allen Walker, a 15 - year - old boy who roams the earth in search of Innocence.

Airframe recounts a fictional version of the incident, how the company carefully investigated it, and how the media covered the entire episode.