Sentences with phrase «modern science fiction»

Another way to put this is to ask the following question: Is it so much to expect that the writers of modern science fiction films pick up a physics or astronomy textbook?

Forging a strong link in the evolution of modern science fiction films, this classic was nominated for an Oscar, and won an honorary award for outstanding makeup.

Honor Harrington is arguably the most popular character in modern science fiction, but there are many other stories in the Honorverse besides those in which she has the central role.

This is fantastic news — Wilson's 2005 novel is a bona fide modern science fiction literary classic (it won the Hugo for starters) and boasts an intriguing concept that ought to make for a neat sci - fi thriller and a welcome diversion from the usual brain - dead dross that Hollywood specializes in.

If you don't even like sci - fi, forget about it — it's probably everything you despise about modern science fiction.

The writer - director Alex Garland makes movies that titter, skip, and eventually roar in a way that is vastly different from other modern science fiction.

The Long Journey Home is a Space Exploration RPG that combines the best of classic space adventures like Starflight and Star Control II with the replayability of modern roguelikes, in a procedurally generated, endlessly surprising living universe inspired by beloved modern Science Fiction shows like Farscape and Firefly.

An emotionally heavy and truly moving film, Dawn is an absolute marvel of modern science fiction, building upon the strong and unmovable foundations Rise of the Planet of the Apes had left earlier.

In a modern science fiction update of «The Lottery», Thanos simply believes that the universe should have half as many people in it in order to run smoother.

Just as Villeneuve turned in a modern science fiction masterpiece with last year's Arrival, he's done the same in Blade Runner 2049.

Despite employing the most hallowed, and yet derided, visual icon in science fiction: that of the Statue of Liberty in the midst of a post-apocalyptic desert landscape, Planet of the Apes remains a modern science fiction classic.

Scott has long been worshipped in the «geek community» as sort of a Godfather of modern science fiction, even though sci - fi has compromised a miniscule part of his overall filmography.

Many (though not all) of those voices loved the original John Carter stories long before they turned into a movie, and most of them understood the character's importance to modern science fiction.

The template for the modern science fiction film makes sure to tell us everything you're looking at while we're seeing it.

Director Jeff Nichols and star Michael Shannon team up to deliver a modern science fiction classic.

Gibson, Neil Stevenson and Bruce Sterling all started their careers around the same time and really pioneered the modern science fiction genre.

Everything from classics to modern science fiction.