Sentences with phrase «in dystopian societies»

A wicked post apocalyptic style film set in a dystopian society.

The movie is coming in under the radar, being only one of two wide release films out its particular weekend — the other being a small film called «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» — so those who aren't interested in seeing a girl fight in dystopian society might want to seek this out.

Taking place in a dystopian society on a distant planet, Dark District adds some combat - infused action to the city - building genre.

There are no vampires and they don't live in a dystopian society (depending on your view of suburban Omaha).

The game tells the story of Faith, a runner in a dystopian society.

Not exact matches

Bignall stresses that Americans» perceptions of robots is altered by a cultural lens which depicts them as an existential threat — one that costs blue - collar workers their livelihood and down the line could endanger society as a whole (think the dystopian future in «Terminator»).

In the futuristic Metropolis, (and almost every dystopian future) wealth and privilege are reserved for an upper crust of society, while an enslaved working class allows for excesses and keeps the city running.

your Penguins name is the most annoying dude in your college lit class + a common characteristic of a dystopian society, mine's «Bryan Rust»

As we learned in the first film, a dystopian future society divides citizens into factions based on their abilities — except for «divergents», who act as wild cards in the system.

Tris is a divergent, meaning she doesn't fit the molds set up by Jeanine (Kate Winslet), who rules the dystopian futuristic society that is a walled - in Chicago.

Ready Player One paints the picture of a dystopian society in which most of the people are poor and have a virtual reality world called OASIS to escape their humdrum reality by diving into the world of their imagination.

WHAT: In a dystopian future where the collapse of modern civilization has given way to a feudal society, seven rival barons — each with their own army of trained assassins — have divided control of an area known as the Badlands.

First off, how does a filmmaker even begin to envision J.G. Ballard's dystopian tale of a society living in a building totally closed off from the outside world?

In The Beach, the society in question was a utopian island community that rapidly became a dystopian nightmarIn The Beach, the society in question was a utopian island community that rapidly became a dystopian nightmarin question was a utopian island community that rapidly became a dystopian nightmare.

Ana Lily Amirpour's latest film is an anthropophagous dystopian fairytale, set in a Texas wasteland where society's rejects are just trying to make ends meet... or it would be more appropriate to say meAt.

A series that began as a semi-interesting sci - fi fantasia, about a dystopian society broken into rival segments defined by a dominant personality trait, has morphed into a plot that involves a rather off - putting experiment in genetic purity that went awry.

«Divergent «The Pitch: In a dystopian future, society is divided into factions dependent on their qualities — honesty, intelligence, bravery etc..

The story is set in a dystopian future where society has been separated into twelve districts.

Now we're dealing with a dystopian society on the order of Fritz Lang's Metropolis the rich bask in the sunshine and shiny splendor of the United Federation, the proletariats lockstep their way through the acrid murk of the overpopulated Colony.

The aforementioned head - scratching begins with the film's setting, a near - future dystopian Chicago divided into five distinct factions, each with their own role to play in maintaining an orderly, functioning society.

The concept of Divergent, page the original film in the series, was interesting with individuals in a dystopian Chicago being divided into five camps (like modern - day members of The Breakfast Club) in a seemingly idyllic society, that was anything but.

This year the Greek director moves up in the ranks of the festival by competing for the Palme d'Or with his star - studded English - language dystopian love story The Lobster that can also ironically be described as a satire of our relationship and dating - obsessed society where couplehood represents the superior way of life.

In Divergent, a dystopian future society has been divided into five factions based on perceived virtues.

She was taking a break from work on her seventh book, a feminist dystopian novel in the tradition of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale but with what she calls a «distinctly Asian phenomenon» — that of the rising male - to - female birth rate and the consequences for society.

She is not interested in angels, zombies, werewolves, vampires, dystopian societies, or steampunk.

Get away to the beach... or perhaps to Paris... or to a dystopian society living on a spaceship 500 years in the future.

Part punk rock version of Finnegans Wake, part scalding criticism of UK society in the 50s, Burgess» dystopian Center is a real «horrorshow» (in a non-ACO interpretation of the word) of violence.

Some readers might find the Society to be a close cousin of Lois Lowry's dystopian future in The Giver (1993), with carefully chosen work placements, constant monitoring, and pills for regulating emotional extremes.

The dystopian novel, while originally published in 1985, continues to be relevant in today's society and serves as a warning of what could be.

Set in a 1950's dystopian society, the whole game plays out like a silent movie.

Join Brian Pasternack, a young man with no future in a dystopian 90s society, on his first day at one of the world's largest companies, Sintracorp.

The Division takes place in a dystopian New York City following a smallpox pandemic, and sees the player as an agent of the Strategic Homeland Division who is searching for the origins of the outbreak whilst society descends into chaos.

From the developer: Set in a dystopian world that doesn't seem like a departure from our own future, society is content living under the constant surveillance and absolute power of a malicious dictator.

Set in a dystopian 1960's, this action / adventure survival game will have players trying to escape their colorful, oppressive society by refusing to take mind - altering drugs.

The game is set in a «dystopian world devoid of society, law, and order» in the year 2185.

Koch began photographing for the Fundos series in 2001 while reading Paul Auster's dystopian novel, In the Country of Last Things, which tells the story of a collapsed society with no economy or industry, in which the population must resort to selling scavenged, nearly forgotten objects to survivin 2001 while reading Paul Auster's dystopian novel, In the Country of Last Things, which tells the story of a collapsed society with no economy or industry, in which the population must resort to selling scavenged, nearly forgotten objects to survivIn the Country of Last Things, which tells the story of a collapsed society with no economy or industry, in which the population must resort to selling scavenged, nearly forgotten objects to survivin which the population must resort to selling scavenged, nearly forgotten objects to survive.

Though the excavator heads and the magazines were both once lively tools used by people for creation and learning, they now stand as objects frozen in time — still relics that reflect a dystopian vision of our society.

Born in Karachi, Pakistan, the artist Huma Bhabha creates raw, often spooky sculptures and works on paper that appear as if they were beamed in either from a barbaric distant past or, more likely, a dystopian future where society has regressed.

In Oceania, the dystopian society of George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty - Four, a new language was created by the government to control the thinking patterns of the people.

In Dredd's dystopian future, society has descended into a level of lawlessness that necessitated a somewhat different «get tough on crime» approach than what we in Canada might be used tIn Dredd's dystopian future, society has descended into a level of lawlessness that necessitated a somewhat different «get tough on crime» approach than what we in Canada might be used tin Canada might be used to.

This 1967 novel is set in a dystopian future where resources are scarce, which leads society to implement a rule that requires everyone over the age of 21 to voluntarily end their lives.

One of the best depictions of strengths overuse in film history as the film portrays a dystopian society divided by factions (similar to the VIA virtues) in which the people in each faction must solely use only one virtue (e.g., courage, wisdom, humanity) which therefore leads to virtue overuse and many problems.