Sentences with phrase «little about this adaptation»

I would have liked to have seen a little about this adaptation, as it would have enhanced the surrealism of Sagan's whirlwind life.

Not exact matches

Though he recognizes that what justice requires changes with changing circumstances, his thought about justice is so dominated by a «sense of things fixed» that little if any place is left for personal adaptation in its exercise.

They had about as much institutional structure as street theater: lots of improvisation, plenty of borrowing and stealing from whomever they bumped into, and free adaptation of other people's ideas and property for their own purposes; but precious little polity, and no property at all (The Astonished Heart, 19).

The 23 - year - old will clearly need to improve in the Premier League, and Lampard admits he's a little concerned about the way his adaptation at Stamford Bridge has gone so far.

Variation in pigmentation among human populations may reflect local adaptation to regional light environments, because dark skin is more photoprotective, whereas pale skin aids the production of vitamin D. Although genes associated with skin pigmentation have been identified in European populations, little is known about the genetic basis of skin pigmentation in Africans.

The Arabian Gulf populations are an example of the capacity for local adaptation to allow corals to cope with conditions that prevail in the Arabian Gulf; this pattern tells us little about the limits of adaptability.

A large body of research has explored how adaptation in sensory systems (e.g. vision and proprioception) affects motor performance, however we know little about how motor learning affects the function of sensory systems.

Although much of the target audience will be completely uninformed about the source material for this otherworldly, masked crime fighter, it's safe to assume that very little of the original Spirit is present in this surprisingly dull adaptation.

Tangents aside, Big Hero 6, directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams, is an adaptation of a little known Marvel comic, about a 14 - year - old boy called Hiro (spectacularly mispronounced as «Hero» by seemingly everyone, bar one character in the film), a total robotics prodigy, with genius level intellect, who participates in underground robot fighting.

On Hulu, get a little Shakespearean with the 2013 adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing, a modern retelling of the play about two intertwining love stoAbout Nothing, a modern retelling of the play about two intertwining love stoabout two intertwining love stories.

Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One adaptation got its first poster this weekend and there's something a little off about it.

If you're familiar with the story of The Little Prince — about a little boy who travels to various planets in his plane, encountering animals, humans and a rose — a faithful adaptation of that tale is at the heart of thisLittle Prince — about a little boy who travels to various planets in his plane, encountering animals, humans and a rose — a faithful adaptation of that tale is at the heart of thislittle boy who travels to various planets in his plane, encountering animals, humans and a rose — a faithful adaptation of that tale is at the heart of this film.

When: August 15th Why: It's been a while since I read the Lois Lowry novel on which the film is based, but from what little I do remember, it's understandable why some fans have voiced their outrage about this big screen adaptation.

Desperate to revive his career and earn a little credibility in the process, Riggan mounts an adaptation of the Raymond Carver short story «What We Talk About When We Talk About Love» on Broadway.

The film adaptation of the musical combines characters from several stories including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and others in a cautionary tale about being careful what you wish for.

«Patrick Melrose,» a despairing yet impressive Showtime adaptation of Edward St. Aubyn's semi-autobiographical novels, is about a lonely little rich boy who is raped by his narcissistic father and ignored by his coldly aloof mother.

Tom Hanks returns for the third adaptation of Dan Brown's bestselling novels, but apart from the scenery there's little to get excited about.

I'm one of those film fans that knows very little about the epic novel it's based on but I'm extremely looking forward to Marc Forster's adaptation of Max Brooks» WORLD WAR Z.

Fire Emblem is first and foremost a series about about strategy, and very little of that has been lost in this action - focused adaptation.

They understand why recent Marvel adaptations for the big screen have worked and recent DC adaptations have not: Superheroes need to have a sense of humor — ideally, leavened with a little irony — about life in general and occasionally about themselves.

Mr. Cuarón, whose most recent film was the moving and irrepressible teenage sex comedy «Y Tu Mamá También,» may be the perfect man for the job, though parents worried about an unrated, sexually explicit «Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban» should remember that Mr. Cuarón also directed a superb adaptation of «The Little Princess.»

«Little Women» (1994) The fifth screen adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel about an East Coast family just after the Civil War.

Every generation deserves a new screen adaptation of «Little Women,» Louisa May Alcott's enduring novel about the four March sisters growing up during the Civil War.

, Little Miss Sunshine, Everything Is Illuminated, The Truth About Charlie, Adaptation, Ulee's Gold, and the feature documentaries Mandela and The Agronomist.

Having already made one movie about buildings being destroyed with little regard to any people who may be inside them, San Andreas director Brad Peyton is reuniting with Dwayne Johnson for Rampage, his»80s arcade game adaptation.

Despite a Hollywood movie adaptation being surprisingly far in pre-production, with a certain Merc with a Mouth being cast in the lead role just a few days ago, the Pokémon Company has said surprisingly little about the Detective Pikachu 3DS game heading overseas.

The book - to - film adaptation has had Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer on board since about March, Rob Corddry signed on a little over a week ago and now director Jonathan Levine adds four more to his cast, one of which is an Academy Award nominee.

The BFG (PG for action, peril, scary images and rude humor) Steven Spielberg directed this adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved children's novel about the unlikely friendship forged between a little girl (Ruby Barnhill) and the only member of a hostile race of invading giants (Mark Rylance) who won't eat children.

I've been hearing for a little while about «Barrymore,» Erik Canuel's adaptation of a one - man show featuring Christopher Plummer as the great actor John Barrymore.

The Velveteen Rabbit (G) Screen adaptation of Margery Williams» children's classic features a mix of live - action and animation in a modern fairytale about a lonely little boy being who comes to grips about being raised by his strict grandfather with the help of a stuffed animal magically transformed into a real rabbit.

As a hardcore fan of Ghost in the Shell myself, I admit that I was more than a little intrigued to find out what Kojima thought about the live adaptation starring Scarlett Johansson.

Very little is known about the upcoming adaptation except from the book is planned to hit stores in late 2017.

The Little Mermaid: Stage adaptation of animated Disney musical based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale about a mermaid who yearns to become human.

Yet questions of distributive justice about which nations should bear the major responsibility for most GHG reductions at the international level have and continue to block agreement in international climate negotiations, as well as questions about which countries should be financially responsible for adaptation costs and damages in poor countries that are most vulnerable to climate change's harshest climate impacts and who have done little to cause the problem.

v) the danger in the historical snapshot of adventitious content revealing little or nothing of a process of adaptation and change taking place, and the importance of having regard to events over a long period if misconceptions about adaptation and change are to be avoided;