Sentences with phrase «fictional world for»

I've developed a large fictional world for my writing, with hundreds of names of people, societies, countries, groups, religions, gods, etc..

While virtual reality has only been a thing — at least in name — since the 1980s, people have been dreaming of life in fictional worlds for thousands of years.

But to understand game narrative, we must also understand narrative — and this requires us to pay attention to those media that have been experimenting with fictional worlds for millennia rather than just a few decades.

Not exact matches

«Black Panther» pulled off excellent world building for Wakanda, and although the movie mostly takes place in the fictional and tech - savvy African country, we wanted to see more of it once the movie ended.

His work would seem to support the view, in effect, that man is made for relationship with God: not that our relationship to the Creator is just some fictional result of indoctrination by another, but that our natural response to the world is that is has been «made.»

Ambersons tells the story of George Amberson Minafer, a spoiled young man coming of age at a time of upheaval in his fictional Midwest hometown (modeled on Tarkington's Indianapolis), and headed for a «comeuppance» as the world changes and his Gilded Age lifestyle collapses.

For my own children, in this video - gaming age, what those fictional children get away with is simply unimaginable, except as the stories themselves seed the imagination, and the lives of the characters work their way into the life of the real child, enlarging that child's world.

Assuming that to be true for the moment the reality remains not everyone (except perhaps in an imaginary, fictional world) is (or does) good without God.

For women and girls all over the world, the city of Wakanda represents a fictional world in which their intelligence, alongside their fierce beauty, is an accepted norm of society.

Such an experience is not uncommon in Updike's fictional world, stemming perhaps from the author's childhood: his family, Updike has said, was inclined «to examine everything for God's fingerprints» (quoted in «Can a Nice Novelist Finish First?

Tatooine A commonly used epithet for Kepler - 16b, the first confirmed circumbinary planet, meaning it orbits two suns like Luke Skywalker's fictional desert world from Star Wars.

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 Odyssey.

The world of Wakanda, a fictional African nation that is the world's most technologically advanced but also quite possibly the world's most secretive, is a bright, gleaming utopia for its citizens, who live in a society where easy access to the metal vibranium means the kind of post-scarcity society that science fiction writers have been dreaming about for decades.

And now, when we were so close to jumping back into Rockstar's fictional Wild West world for another adventure, the wait has been extended.

Series creator Hideo Kojima has been making Metal Gear games with publisher Konami for close to 30 years, creating sequels and prequels that bounce back and forth between the future and the past of a labyrinthine fictional world of spies, cold wars and walking nuclear weapons bearing the series» name.

As Dogtooth's carefully cultivated fictional world begins to unravel, the fallout accelerates too fast for anyone on screen to cope.

But although the film is bloated with the kind of high - tech special effects expected in this fictional, futuristic world, the script maintains a steady pace of action and enough humorous quips to hold most viewers» attention for the two hour ride.

A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper).

Award: The Assassin Least Sexy Movie: 50 Shades of Grey (Runner - up: A LEGO Brickumentary) Best Tolkien Reference: The Martian Best Gag Involving a Hammer: Avengers: Age of Ultron Best Joke About Naming Your Fists «Cagney and Lacey»: Spy Best Celebrity Cameo: LeBron James, Trainwreck Best Imaginary Friend: Bing Bong, Inside Out Most Awkward Interplay Between Real and Fictional Theme Parks: Tomorrowland (Runner - up: Jurassic World) Best Contact Lenses: Johnny Depp, Black Mass Best Eyeglasses: Sean Harris, Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation Best Glass Eye: Christian Bale, The Big Short Best Robot: Ava (Ex Machina) Worst Robot: Chappie (Chappie) The Cameron Crowe Award for a Soundtrack in Search of a Movie: Aloha Best Aerial Stunt: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Runner - up: Spectre) Worst Oven - Cleaning Method: The Visit Worst Misuse of a Juice Bottle: Sleeping with Other People Best Movie About Journalism: Spotlight Worst Movie About Journalism: Truth The Sudden Ubiquity Award: Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina, Brooklyn, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Revenant); Tom Hardy (Mad Max: Fury Road; Legend; The Revenant); Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina, Mojave, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) Best Dog - boy: Jack Bright, The Good Dinosaur Worst Dog - man: Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending Worst Implicit Historical Comparison: Moving the events of The Secret in Their Eyes from Argentina's Dirty War to post-9 / 11 America Best Backward - Looking Reboot: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Worst Backward - Looking Reboot: Terminator Genisys Best Home Movies: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Nicest Russian Spy: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies Trends of the Year: Women ruling comedy (Trainwreck, Spy); an overdue pushback against CGI (Mad Max: Fury Road, Star Wars: The Force Awakens); sneakily feminist themes in summer sequels (Magic Mike XXL, Mad Max: Fury Road); spy spoofs (Spy, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, the final third of Spectre)

Unfortunately, while the audience is offered glimpses into the various competitive levels of robot boxing, anyone hoping for a deeper mythology or robust explanation of this fictional world will probably be left somewhat underwhelmed.

The story has its share of little twists, but it's ultimately a story about T'Challa, ruler of the fictional nation of Wakanda, a technological marvel that has stayed hidden from the world for centuries.

From the grief - stricken Kristen Stewart contemplating the existence of her own spirituality as Maureen in Personal Shopper to the burgeoning determination that manifests slowly but surely in Mildred Loving's (Ruth Negga) incorrigible spirit in Loving as she seeks justice for her so - deemed illegal interracial marriage, to the existential despair of Emily Dickinson (Cynthia Nixon) in A Quiet Passion that is largely shaped by the suffocating position women had to endure in the 1800s — to say nothing of the micro-nuance on display in the tripartite Certain Women — I could ramble on for thousands of words about the things I've learned during this festival watching beautiful, brave, and flawed women characters try to move through their lonely fictional worlds.

The idea, which Gad went in on with live action Beauty and the Beast companion Luke Evans, reportedly received a lot of buzz and even an offer from Disney before Netflix finally landed it, as the two companies continue their quests for total domination over our fictional worlds.

Sword Art Online: Lost Song is planned for a 2015 release on PS3 and PS Vita, and will feature a brand new story set in the fictional virtual world.

Here is the official press synopsis: «A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper).

Infinity War also, some way in, turns out to be not entirely an Avengers story, but also an outing for another superhero team, whose world is governed by rather different conventions of fictional reality and comic register: the rather spoofier sci - fi collective Guardians of the Galaxy, whose third movie this effectively also is.

We haven't had a satisfying fictional look at the world of Mexican cartels since «Traffic,» but Villeneuve's assembled a killer cast, including a much - deserved leading role for the great Emily Blunt, and if this «dark poem» lives up to the director's promises, this could be one of the most talked - about films at the festival.

There aren't any big surprises here for anyone accustomed to Hannah Montana, although the movie certainly takes a step away from the TV show's fictional world to depict Miley Cyrus as a down - to - earth (if not quite ordinary) teenaged girl to whom fame is still new.

Denzel Washington is one of the film world's most prominent leading men, known best for his galvanizing portrayals of both real - life figures (Malcolm X, The Hurricane, American Gangster) and fictional characters (Philadelphia, Devil in a Blue Dress, Flight).

There is some clever writing utilized by the developers here to link the fictional world to the real one and those have sharp eyes will observe it easily, although I won't spoil it for you.

For instance, everyone — in the fictional world, that is — knows that Black Panther's real name is T'Challa, Chieftain of the Panther Clan, Warrior King of the African nation - state of Wakanda.

In my personal world (one that, at times, seems to take on fictional overtones), the image of Cobble's Knot provides a nice way to begin pulling at the threads of my own practice as I implement a new arts - based alternative program for seventh - and eighth - grade students.

A World of Smart: Assistant Principal Donna Allen (left) and Principal Susan Culbreth help make the fictional town of Smartville a reality for all students.

«I recently committed to becoming President of Lumos for Life,» she added, «and it is my dream that by the time my life ends, the very concept of taking a child away from its family and locking it away will seem to belong to a cruel, fictional world.»

Users hunt for fictional creatures in the real world, which are superimposed by the app.

In this special Earth Day WebQuest, student teams vie for funding from the fictional Help Our World (HOW) Foundation.

In the scenario for this activity, each student team is vying for $ 1 million in funding from the fictional Help Our World (HOW) Foundation.

Speculative fiction allows both authors and readers to enter into a story with a sense of appreciation and wonder for what's different between the fictional world and the real world.

A hearty welcome to the fictional world you've created, or a congratulations to the reader for seeking information about your nonfiction topic.

The timing is perfect — in the age of Dan Savage's It Gets Better (2011) and recent Supreme Court rulings on marraige equality, a book meant for young adults features a real - life gay teen couple kissing on the cover, standing in for the book's two fictional boys, ex-boyfriends hoping to share the world's longest kiss.

But I do like to shift fictional landscapes, so I decided to use a different pen name for each world.

More for Book Clubs Read Further Explore the world Indra Sinha has created by visiting the website of the fictional town of Khaufpur at http://www.khaufpur.com/index.html.

Amazon just announced a new program called Kindle Worlds that allows writers to sign up for no - mess licenses for established fictional worlds to self - publish stories inWorlds that allows writers to sign up for no - mess licenses for established fictional worlds to self - publish stories inworlds to self - publish stories in them.

I have the odd sense there's a world beyond this one where my fictional characters reside, going about their dramatically rich lives until it's time for me to write their stories.

I must admit to a great fondness for Commissario Guido Brunetti — one of the most fully dimensional and likable of the fictional investigators who ferret out the bad guys and try to bring a modicum of justice to our increasingly complex world and for his creator, Donna Leon.

They've secured the legal right for authors to self - publish Kindle ebooks which are set in the fictional worlds created by other authors — including Kurt Vonnegut.

Why we are willing to coop ourselves up for hours on end every day, pounding at a keyboard, pouring what's inside our heads into our fingers and then out into the world, giving our abstract thoughts objective form as nonfiction works or fictional worlds?

However, for a fictional universe, the lack of connection between these worlds does feel like a mistake and missed opportunity, rather than a deliberate parallel.

By reaching out to Howey and leaving reviews that asked for more, fans helped conjure the fictional world that has come to mean so much to them.

A.C. Crispin will be missed for her vigilant devotion to sticking up for writers, her wonderful candor, her thoughtful and exciting writing, and most of all, for giving the fans of various fictional worlds sweet and unforgettable gifts.