Sentences with phrase «most dystopian»

Contrary to most dystopian novels, this was not set in the future.

World of Trouble is the third in the series and definitely the most dystopian, but readers should start at the beginning, with The Last Policeman.

Though it was never going to be a sunny ride, the sheer desperation, violence and madness on display throughout Snowpiercer's 125 minutes make it one of the most dystopian films we've seen in quite some time.

Most dystopian books tell the same story.

It's like a collection of short stories — most dystopian, some not — trying to pass itself off as a novel.

Maybe the clearest and most dystopian glimpse of where all of this is headed comes courtesy of Tim Hwang, who breeds artificially intelligent «socialbots» as co-founder and chief scientist of the Orwellian - sounding Pacific Social Architecting Corporation.

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Here's the synopsis: In a dystopian future, every American spends most of their time in a VR video game called The Oasis.

Most of the dystopian stories are characterised by governments or religions using some or all of these 10.

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

via www.buzzfeed.com - This time around, our favorite dystopian hero Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) will lead his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet.

I'm into most video games (seriously ask, I've probably beaten it) I like most action Anime I like high fantasy, syfi, or dystopian books I also enjoy all the good fandoms IE: Dr.. Who, Supernatural, Starwars, Firefly, etc...

The production design of the shimmer has invited several comparisons to Tarkovsky's Stalker, a film whose influence on production design has most recently manifested in the most unexpected of places — dystopian YA adaptations ranging from Mockingjay to The Maze Runner, which have taken the otherworldly designs of «The Zone» and stripped them of their initial surreality.

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.

In the comics, Gamora's home planet Zen - Whoberi was ravaged when a dystopian religious empire known as the Universal Church of Truth attacked, and Thanos picked up the future Guardian in the wake of most of her people being wiped out.

Ana Lily Amirpour follows up her alt - cult sensation A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT with her sand - blasted, dystopian love story THE BAD BATCH; Maren Ade delivers what will be the most uncomfortable film of the festival, the desert - dry black comedy TONI ERDMANN; and Julia Ducournau's directorial debut, RAW, takes us on a cannibalistic coming - of - age shock ride that resonates long after its stunning finale.

Hollywood's most reliable character actor, currently looking for love under duress in dystopian dating satire The Lobster, brings humanity to both drama and comedy

Adapted from Fanboys screenwriter Ernie Cline's debut novel of the same name, this dystopian sci - fi is absolutely jam - packed with»80s pop culture references, making it one of our most anticipated films of next year.

It was a bleak, dystopian tale driven by the performances of its stars, perhaps most notably Hollywood newcomer Dafne Keen, who helped bring Laura / X -23 to life on the big screen.

In a dystopian Detroit, abandoned brick mansions left from better times now house only the most dangerous criminals.

«Mad Max: Fury Road» George Miller «s filmmaking craft and feminist consciousness come together in one of the most pulse - pounding, spooky - looking, emotionally satisfying dystopian blockbusters in years.

The extent of his role in «Days of Future Past» hasn't been revealed, but it's been suggested the three original - trilogy actors will spend limited time onscreen, most likely in scenes depicting a dystopian alternative future.

But in trying to make a 10 - best list, I tripped right over my own divided soul right at the top: My two faves of 2016 are Jim Jarmusch's Paterson, an infinitely gentle - souled movie about the poetry of life and the life of poetry that finds more pleasure and meaning in ordinariness than most movies do in extraordinariness, and Yorgos Lanthimos» The Lobster, a perfectly sustained dystopian sick joke about the desperate, poignant futility of seeking human connection.

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And they're saying it could be the most romantic: in a dystopian future, you get turned into an animal and sent into the woods if you don't find a mate.

Its star's excellent performance aside, the true hero of Casino Royale is Martin Campbell, a steady directorial hand dating back to 1994's No Escape, a dystopian prison break thriller shot on his home turf of the Seventh Continent, and subsequently on most of the Hollywood genre fare he was offered after GoldenEye.

I love art, I love movies, and I consider films an important form of aesthetic visual expression, and this one features the most disturbingly gorgeous, darkly lush, effective dystopian cinematography since 2015's «Mad Max: Fury Road.»

Working through the neophyte filmmaker's genre playbook, director Ana Lily Amirpour follows up her vampire movie A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night with this dystopian flick most reminiscent of the Australian strain in terms of vibe / aesthetics, what with its shantytown sets, symbolic names, and obligatory feral child.

Ready Player One is based on Ernest Cline's best - selling 2011 novel and tells the story of Wade Owen Watts (Tye Sheridan), a young man living in a dystopian future where the general population spends most of its time in the virtual reality landscape of OASIS rather than the real world.

On the one hand, most people seem to agree that he did an admirable job of translating Suzanne Collins» popular dystopian sci - fi thriller into cinematic form; on the other hand, some of Ross» stylistic choices with Hunger Games (specifically, the disorienting shaky cam / editing approach) left many viewers feeling disgruntled.

The early scenes are eccentrically engaging and in their most inventive moments (Stanley Tucci as a purple haired Oprah - like talk show host, the torture - gym training scenes, Elizabeth Banks as the oblivious, garishly made - up minder Effie) create a strange dystopian vision that feels refreshingly singular.

MIDNIGHT SUN Director: Scott Speer Starring: Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Rob Riggle, Quinn Shephard, Nicholas Coombe It seems like most YA movies fall into one of two genres — dystopian anti-government or romance.

Opening with one of the most unremittingly dark opening scenes in recent history, the second season of the dystopian drama did not pull any punches

Most subversive about Ramin Bahrani's remarkable adaptation of the Ray Bradbury novel (previously filmed, less successfully, more than half a century ago by the French filmmaker François Truffaut) is that its oppressed state isn't dystopian but in fact a utopia that questions whether it's oppressed at all.

I could never fully understand the logic of the argument about the first academies presenting the end of the comprehensive ideal; City Academies took over some of the most depressed, dysfunctional, dystopian schools in the country.

Trump's most explicit campaign references to cities were directed to inner cities, described in dystopian terms as places of chaos and violence.

While I do recommend the literary / dystopian «biggies» from the past few years (think: The Handmaid's Tale, The Hunger Games, The Passage and Tom Perrotta's The Leftovers), I figure most lovers of dystopian lit already have those on their to - be-read lists.

A chilling dystopian novel both provocative and prescient, Future Home of the Living God is a startlingly original work from one of our most acclaimed writers: a moving meditation on female agency, self - determination, biology, and natural rights that speaks to the troubling changes of our time.

This was one of the most surprising books of the year, though Erdrich's first foray into dystopian fiction included many of the hallmarks that her fans expect: a social and political conscience, and characters of tremendous depth.

Raised on a Texas cattle ranch and schooled at the U of Montana (Berkeley of the Rockies), I am the world's most self - proclaimed redneck granola and author of optimistic - dystopian dieselpunk, sci - fi thrillers and young adult literature.

Huxley (1894 - 1963), on the other hand, was born into a prominent English family, wrote elegant satirical and dystopian novels like Crome Yellow and Brave New World, and embraced the new frontier of hallucinogenic drugs, most explicitly in his extended essay on mescaline usage, The Doors of Perception.

For most of us, such a cataclysmic state of affairs is all too easy to envision, which makes Margaret Atwood's latest dystopian thriller, The Heart Goes Last, all the more unsettling and eerily prophetic.

The most compelling dystopian novels aren't really about a horrifying possible future; they're about the present, and the dangers we don't see because they're part of the cultural air we breathe.

Only the most enthusiastic of post-apocalyptic fiction fans will want to tour this Factory, which is a dull, ugly tale born of the worst dystopian cliches.

For example, Hugh Howey used Kindle Direct to publish his Wool series of dystopian novels, and a few years ago, he said his titles were bringing in six figures in revenue most months — leading to a big publishing deal where Howey was able to keep the e-book rights for himself.

Author of The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future Interview starts at 18:40 and ends at 43:00 «All the visions that most people have of the future are all dystopian, and they're afraid.

Now Is Not The Time For Realistic Fiction, Says Margaret Atwood — In The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood wrote one of the most terrifying dystopian novels I've ever read.

Breezy coastlines, eerie frozen landscapes, vast desert plains: the melancholic, dystopian atmosphere of a semi abandoned Earth is the background for the most high - speed, tense and beautiful futuristic racing clashes.

Everyone from the previous game is absent (except for David Sarif who does fuck all) and the only major consequence that seems to have resulted from the Panchaea incident, where most of the augmented population of Earth was made to viciously attack the unaugmented portion, is that augmented citizens are treated like second - class citizens, forced to carry expensive paperwork, and are deported to a dystopian city known as Golem if they don't comply.

You'll take on the role of bartender at a dystopian bar where you'll unravel some of the most gripping stories from your clients.

When the first trailer for Ready Player One dropped, I was incredibly intrigued by this dystopian world where most people spent their time in a utopian virtual world.