Sentences with phrase «mythic powers»

Robert Jewett has long pointed out the American infatuation with superhero figures with mythic powers whose sole purpose is to rid the world of evil, though they never seem to succeed completely.

They recognize the power in myth and the mythic power of this set of «illusions of innocence.»

Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda / Scarlet Witch exhibits a similar connection between personality and superpowers: Although much (too much) of her screen time consists of hovering over her wounded lover, Vision, while her raccoon eyes squeeze out tears, when she strides into the fray, waving her arms and emitting cracking scarlet beams, she suggests mythic power.

These sequels trade directly on the emotional legacy of the originals (The Last Jedi makes some leaps into sentimental hyperspace, particularly in the way that it handles Fisher on - screen), and the more of the aged Luke and Leia we see, the more we chip away at the mythic power of characters as Lucas left them: Young, strong, immortal.

Its storyline taps into primal themes - flawed gods, monsters run amuck and children seeking desperately for their lost parents — that girds the sound and light show with mythic power.

This gloriously illustrated story of 1840s firefighter Mose Humphreys plays on the events of September 11 but has a mythic power all its own.

This story has mythic power in large part as a testimony to what people are capable of when pushed to the extremes of human experience.

At its best, its worldbuilding combined mythic power with believable societies, while Suikoden III (PS2) still stands out as one of the few video games to make interesting use of multiple perspectives.

Her New York Times obituary reads, «[Mary's] works... combined a sense of mythic power with a sensitivity to shape that was all their own, achieving a subtlety of expression that belied their monumental scale.»

Not exact matches

Whoever wants to replace the Creator's realization of this plan by a totally autonomous evolution, inevitably either ascribes some mythic creative power to evolution, or else abandons any attempt at rational understanding and explains everything as the blind play of arbitrary chance.

Shut off from the rest of the world, the leaders of Wakanda are united by their newly - throned king, T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman), who rules as the mythic «Black Panther,» a warrior with supernaturally improved reflexes, strength, agility and a tech - powered vibranium suit.

The use of mythic figures to distinguish individual societies has continued, though many of the figures have long since lost any social or religious power.

Scorpio rules power, control, and transformation — it's the mythic phoenix that rises from the ashes of destruction.

I designed the Rasa Yoga leggings with the mythopoetic symbolism of the Dragon Descent & the Phoenix Power, the mythic creatures who hold the full circuitry of energy flow for our Fire & Nectar yoga school.

It's no surprise that these elements translated so beautifully to the distant planet of Tatooine, where a young man, stranded in a dead - end town and only hoping to head to Tosche Station to pick up some power converters, rises to a life of mythic grandeur.

The mythic tale begins in a kind of parallel universe, like a Victorian - era, proto - industrial and very chilly New York, where demons and flying horses are the norm, and thugs in collusion with evil forces have extraordinary powers facilitated by colored stones!?

In a novel whose title invokes the grand sweep of an epic, there shouldn't be any surprise when the domestic tale leaps into mythic territory: bouts of hubris, betrayal and thwarted power that spring from the pages of classical tragedies.

Available for one week only (Thursday, Apr. 14 to Thursday, Apr. 21), the Mythic Warzone REQ Pack will contain ten Mythic single - use power weapon REQs and one Ultra Rare or Legendary weapon or vehicle certification, if available.

A long - contained force of evil is ready to make a power play that could leave the world in ruin, and only the four mythic Light Warriors can stop it!

Russell's advice to a fellow artist to «sinch your saddle on romance» defined his work, where vivid subjects culled from his own youthful experiences were fused with the power of his artistic imagination to create unforgettable images of the mythic American frontier.

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