Sentences with phrase «of a dystopian future where»

On shelf after shelf in the Indigo bookstore downstairs, they're peddling the same story, that of a dystopian future where teens are forced to fight to the death for the amusement of adults.

Now, it might be exaggerated when the media constantly paints a picture of a dystopian future where school classrooms are empty and civilians stride through the streets hastily while wearing face masks and talking to no - one.

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Prof Crook is sceptical of the speculative futures (dystopian or otherwise) envisaged by sci - fi films where an AI «singularity» occurs and machines become self - aware as they transcend the intelligence of their human creators.

In each of these novels — by Huxley, Orwell, and Bradbury — books become an enemy because they represent a written record of the past to a dystopian future where the past is something to forget.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: Relive the legendary first journey into the dystopian future of 2013 — where Sentinels stalk the Earth, and the X-Men are humanity's only hope... until they die!

For those unfamiliar with X-Men comic book lore, «Days of Future Past» is an arc where the characters live in the dystopian future of 2013 (the hoFuture Past» is an arc where the characters live in the dystopian future of 2013 (the hofuture of 2013 (the horror!)

And yet the movie, directed by Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos with an incredible eye for detail, is set in a Dystopian future, where people must pick their partners within 45 days or they're turned into an animal of their choice.

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.

Not so the incongruities of this dystopian, post-apocalyptic future in a Manhattan (and world) destroyed by over-population, but not to the point where the streets don't empty in observance of a curfew.

Today is November 5, Guy Fawkes Day, and the obvious pop - cultural - savvy way to mark the occasion is to don the guise of the revolutionary title character from 2006's V For Vendetta, the film based on the David Lloyd / Alan Moore graphic novel about a dystopian future society where just about everything fun has been...

SYNOPSIS: In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in -LSB-...]

The film will star future X-Man Tye Sheridan as teenager Wade Watts, a virtual treasure hunter in the sort of dystopian world where «knowing a lot about WarGames» is a marketable skill.

I'm of the age where I can remember the original being released and, although I was too young to see it in the cinema at the time, VHS meant it was ripe for repeat viewings and fully submerging yourself within its original portrayal of a dystopian future aligned with the majestic Vangelis soundtrack....

Based on the Ernest Cline's 2011 novel of the same name, Ready Player One takes place in the dystopian near future, where we've messed up the planet pretty good.

KITE is a sadistic little film that returns us to a dystopian future where civilization is just a suggestion, and mayhem is the main occupation of everyone, no matter what their official calling.

Set in a dystopian near - future where people spend much of their lives in a virtual - reality realm called the Oasis, «Ready Player One» centers on a high - stakes digital treasure hunt in which contestants search for»80s - pop - culture - inspired Easter eggs left behind by the brilliant creator of the Oasis, James Halliday.

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty - five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

«Ready Player One,» set to hit theaters March 29, takes place in a dystopian future where VR gamers are battling for control of the virtual world.

«Days Of Future Past» features an ambitious narrative where the X-Men of a dystopian near future travel back into the 1970s to convince the younger version of themselves to cut off a threat that destroys humanity some forty years later (actually, it's just Wolverine who goes into the past, at least in the beginning, facing off against the cast of «X-Men: First Class»Of Future Past» features an ambitious narrative where the X-Men of a dystopian near future travel back into the 1970s to convince the younger version of themselves to cut off a threat that destroys humanity some forty years later (actually, it's just Wolverine who goes into the past, at least in the beginning, facing off against the cast of «X-Men: First Class&raFuture Past» features an ambitious narrative where the X-Men of a dystopian near future travel back into the 1970s to convince the younger version of themselves to cut off a threat that destroys humanity some forty years later (actually, it's just Wolverine who goes into the past, at least in the beginning, facing off against the cast of «X-Men: First Class»of a dystopian near future travel back into the 1970s to convince the younger version of themselves to cut off a threat that destroys humanity some forty years later (actually, it's just Wolverine who goes into the past, at least in the beginning, facing off against the cast of «X-Men: First Class&rafuture travel back into the 1970s to convince the younger version of themselves to cut off a threat that destroys humanity some forty years later (actually, it's just Wolverine who goes into the past, at least in the beginning, facing off against the cast of «X-Men: First Class»of themselves to cut off a threat that destroys humanity some forty years later (actually, it's just Wolverine who goes into the past, at least in the beginning, facing off against the cast of «X-Men: First Class»of «X-Men: First Class»).

The heir to the «next great franchise» throne is Suzanne Collins» «The Hunger Games», a trilogy of young adult novels set in a dystopian future where children are annually selected to fight to the death during the titular contest.

Taking place in a dystopian future where humans have once again formed tribes and the machines of their ancestors have become sentient creatures, you play as Aloy, an outcast in search of the truth of her past and the world she lives in.

Based on a novel by Ernest Cline and co-adapted by him too, the story unfolds in the inevitably dystopian future of 2045, where rubbish - strewn trailer parks are now arranged vertically and where our young hero, Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan)-- like so many others who live in «the Stacks» — prefers to spend his days immersed in the Oasis rather than confronting the misery of real life.

The movie is set in a dystopian future where books are not allowed, as fireman Guy Montag (played by Jordan) has the task of burning all books.

Before The Hunger Games, before Battle Royale, there was another movie based on a book about a dystopian future where an evil government distracts the masses with a popular series of gladiatorial deathmatches.

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.

OK, so it's not entirely surprising that Katniss isn't overjoyed in the middle of a war in a dystopian future where kids regularly have to fight each other to the death, but she's certainly even less happy with the situation in this clip than she could be, which is no small feat, considering.

The film takes place in a dystopian Japanese city called Megasaki «20 years into the future,» where dogs have been scapegoated for carrying toxic diseases and relocated to a grim waste island, by fiat of the despotic, square - shouldered Mayor Kobayashi (voiced by Kunichi Nomura, who helped conceive the story with Anderson, Roman Coppola, and Jason Schwartzman).

What It Is: Wes Anderson's second foray into animated film after Fantastic Mr. Fox, Isle of Dogs is an entirely original tale set in a dystopian future where Japan exiles all of its furry dog friends to a remote island after an outbreak of «canine flu.»

The Lobster takes place in a dystopian future where single people are admitted to The Hotel and given 45 days to find a companion or they will be killed and turned into the animal of their choice.

Ninja Slayer takes place in a dystopian future where ninja souls have been resurrected and now wreak havoc on the city of Neo-Saitama.

The next half of the book is set in a dystopian future where a group of survivors lives in a compound ruled by family caste system and this is where the book really comes into form.

Who: Elisabeth Moss, Samira Wiley and Joseph Fiennes What: A 10 - episode series based on Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel about a near - future world in which women serve as concubines for the leaders of a fundamentalist state When: Premieres April 26 Where: Hulu Why We're Excited: After a trailer for the series aired during the Super Bowl, the 1985 novel rocketed to the top of the Amazon bestseller list.

It also features a rich single player campaign set within a dystopian future, where players take on the role of a tactician to a resistance group attempting to prevent an evil corporation from taking over a city.

The German development team instead switched publisher to Focus Home Interactive and went on to make The Surge, a similar kind of game set in a dystopian future where Earth is nearing the end of its life.

For those new to the game, Prime features a rich single player campaign with 40 + challenging missions set within a dystopian future, where players take on the role of a tactician that controls an elite strike team of futuristic soldiers, from shotgunners and snipers to grenadiers and machine gunners.

Dark Horizons takes place in a dystopian future, where nuclear war has ravaged the land and greatly disturbed our way of life.

The Surge maintains the same core formula while fundamentally changing the setting, which is now a dystopian future where Earth nears the end of its life and overpopulated cities face environmental diseases among many other issues.

Weaving Cooper's life into a poetic narrative about humanity's history and future, Aitken's words become a leitmotif of a gradual deconstruction of images and sounds into a dystopian landscape where nature and technology exist.

As enjoyable as it is to consider the Newtonian implications of iterative and compounding actions and reactions to the chain of events triggered in Monroe's hypothetical «what ifs», exceedingly few of the justice «what ifs» or proposals offered above will result in decimation of judicial precincts or dystopian futures where justice is brutally dispensed by dolphin - guided drones.

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.

Based on the popular Ernest Cline novel, Ready Player One is set in 2045, a dystopian future where the impoverished populace spend more of their time in a virtual reality video game called OASIS, than they do in the real world.