Sentences with phrase «of a dystopian future with»

This game, based on the tabletop RPG game of the same name drops players smack dab in the middle of a dystopian future with nothing to your name expect a gun and your quest to find your missing brother.

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To go along with the «dystopian future» vibe, the club's managing partner Peter Feinstein told The Daily Beast that his club is using the robot strippers as a means of attracting a more diverse crowd.
But even Orwell, with all his visions of a dystopian future, restricted this unbridled hate to a daily two - minute period.
Convinced by ambitious scientist Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage) that the solution to the problem is to green - light a line of mutant - targeting drones called Sentinels, Tricky Dick acts with predictably self - serving expediency — and inadvertently triggers a series of events that leads to a dystopian future in which humans and mutants alike teeter on the verge of extinction.
With The Hunger Games» dystopian view of the future of North America, we recap Hollywood's best to worst visions of corrupt governments, sinister medical programs, and hellish landscapes.
I love the whole idea of the purist Western, and if you combine that with a dystopian future, it's really incredible, because it's quite masculine, and it's beautifully masculine.
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.
The pic follows a scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future who embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.
Ernest Cline co-wrote the script with Zak Penn, and apparently no one, not even Spielberg, cared enough to challenge his extremely one - dimensional view of people and basic bitch dystopian future.
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.
The film depicts a dystopian future; filled with advertisements, over-crowding, lots of neon, and lots of rain.
Minority Report's visual identity owes a lot to Spielberg's vision of a future society that's at the same time dystopian and utopian, but also to the brilliant work of cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, who shot it with high - speed film.
The English - language debut of Greece's Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth), this absurdist dystopian comedy offers up a near future in which all single people are required to find a partner within 45 days or be transformed into an animal of their choice, with extensions for those who hunt down and tranquilize rogue «loners» who live in the woods and listen to electronic music.
It's a tale of the consequences of rampant fear of the outsider, filtered through the lens of a dystopian future, filled with an abundance of jokes, and set against the meticulously crafted worlds of an island of garbage and the pristine order of an engineered metropolis.
In a dystopian near - future, single people are considered unfit to live as humans; once a relationship ends, the uncoupled get 45 days to find new partners, with those who fail getting turned into the animals of their choice.
For those unfamiliar with the comic, the overall plot of the story essentially centers on the characters in the past being warned about and — trying to avoid — a very unappealing dystopian future.
Entitled Kelvin's Book, the dystopian, near - future series follows a group of youths «forced to make an emergency landing outside of their home and are confronted with the actual face of their home country for the first time,» according to a press statement.
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....
His deliberate pace will ostracise many viewers but it's entirely in keeping with the films meditative themes and allows cinematographer Roger Deakins the luxury of immersing us in this dystopian, retro - future with an abundance of gorgeous imagery.
I adore Ray Bradley's dystopian classic, a 1984-esque totalitarian future with literature - destroying firemen, and with Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon filling out the frame and Rain Bahrani (the underrated and under - seen 99 Homes) behind the camera this could be a page - to - screen project of great intrigue.
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.
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).
Long before the days of computer - generated imagery, Scott and his brilliant team of artists created a near - future dystopian world in which advanced technology co-exists with urban decay, inspiring the wave of 1980s cyberpunk fiction.
The setting, which Miramax's DVD cover provides as a subtitle, is «Paris 2054» and this recent future is plenty bleak, as if someone had taken the dystopian world of Blade Runner, drained it of all color, and, with elaborate motion capture, rendered it in jarringly lifelike animation.
Some readers might find the Society to be a close cousin of Lois Lowry's dystopian future in The Giver (1993), with carefully chosen work placements, constant monitoring, and pills for regulating emotional extremes.
Whether you're in the mood for a modern - day coming of age tale packed with humor, or a gritty speculative dystopian future, these bestselling and award - winning authors deliver, with stories that explore the boundaries of immersive gaming.
The vision of a dystopian future that has had the greatest influence over publishing in recent times came not from a novel created for young adult readers, however; it is in fact the fate suffered by the music industry in its attempts to deal with to digital disruption.
What better next project for them than the Cyberpunk universe, set in the distant dystopian future, the chance to weave an impressive story with hundreds of interesting side characters is completed endless.
Join Brian Pasternack, a young man with no future in a dystopian 90s society, on his first day at one of the world's largest companies, Sintracorp.
Dontnod's third - person action game promises to deliver both a strong storyline, scope for exploration and combat with oversight from Street Fighter's Yoshinori Ono, set in the dystopian future of Neo-Paris.
Story-wise, ReCore casts you as Joule Adams, who wakes up from centuries worth of cryo - sleep to a dystopian future filled with both friendly and deadly robots.
I'm totally in love with the distant future setting that finds much of the game's dystopian world banished to underground city states known as Panopticons (the original working title for the game if you remember).
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.
Noir — A dark, grimy city map inspired by futuristic Brooklyn at night, Noir is a classic three - lane map set against a backdrop of a dystopian future, filled with cafes and parks surrounding a brutal downtown warzone.
«We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Deck13 Interactive, Frankfurt based developer famed for games such as Lords of the Fallen, to bring you a new premium action RPG IP set in a dystopian sci - fi future to be revealed by name at a later date.
There is new DLC (included with preorders and at a cost of $ 4.99 now) that will allows the game to be played as Duke Nukem, a Gearbox owned character, who does fit perfectly in the dystopian future setting, with his original voice actor spouting off - color jokes.
Featuring possibly the strangest dystopian - future setting in fiction, it's painted in heavy metal references, with a cast of brawlers that includes a witch prone to guitar solos and a time - travelling Axl Rose lookalike.
The seminal first - person shooter from Valve combines an assortment of weaponry with physics - based puzzles in a dystopian future.
Offering an in - depth view of this artistic period, Past Futures is centered on four principle themes: representations of cosmic spaces and otherworldly encounters; the possibilities of space travel through new visual technologies; the dynamics of time travel; and the preoccupation with utopian or dystopian fFutures is centered on four principle themes: representations of cosmic spaces and otherworldly encounters; the possibilities of space travel through new visual technologies; the dynamics of time travel; and the preoccupation with utopian or dystopian futuresfutures.
Resonating with themes explored across this year's international biennials, many galleries are presenting work exploring the role of art in climates of conflict — from colonial pasts to dystopian futures.
Politically Engaged Art Resonating with themes explored across this year's international biennials, many galleries are presenting work exploring the role of art in climates of conflict — from colonial pasts to dystopian futures.
Together, they create a melting pot of different time zones, mixing utopian promises from the past with dystopian fantasies, and glimpses of potential new futures,» says Joa Ljungberg, curator of the exhibition.
As can happen with dystopian narratives, Future St. felt weirdly prescient, especially since Segade began to develop his story about a version of despotic gay nationalism (or regionalism, in this case) before the alt - right rose to its current prominence and Milo Yiannopolous became a sensation.
As Cooper discusses the technology and his visions of the future, the piece weaves his personal trajectory with that of a dystopian landscape in which natural and digital worlds coexist.
She imbues images of bicycles, rainbows, clouds, landscapes with subtle humor and irreverence, providing a silver lining to possible dystopian futures.
2016 - May 4 - May 8 - Stroke Art Fair, Munich, Germany with Schwalbe & Schwalbe Artfair 2016 - January 9 - February 15 - Penumbra Studio, Loures, Portugal «8x8» group show 2016 - January 29 - January 31 - Golden State Tattoo Expo, California «the draw16» Groupshow curated by MICHAEL HUSSAR 2016 - February 13 - March 13 - Penumbra Studio, Loures, Portugal «The Dark One» group show 2016 - March 5 - March 26 - Alexi Era Gallery, Mascoutah, IL «Empathic» group show 2016 - March 19 - Gristle Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY «Dystopian Forest» group show 2016 - April 2 - May 29 Art at the Hall, Aberdeen Scotland «Enchanted» group show 2016 - April 2 - April 20 Alexi Era Gallery, Mascoutah, IL «Gypsy» group show 2016 - April 16 - May 13 Penumbra Studio, Loures, Portugal «Perrault's fairy tales» Bad Apple Artist Collective group show 2016 - May Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA «For the First Time group show 2016 - June 3 - Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA «As Above, so Below» group show 2016 - June 4 - June 25 Avantgarde Tattoo and Art Gallery, Milano, Italy «PostcArt Show» group show 2016 - June 11 - Cactus Gallery, LA «Symphony of Wings» group show 2016 - June 11 - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco «Annual Portrait Exhibition» group show 2016 - July 8 - Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA «Invisible Threads» group show 2016 - August 5 - Alexi Era Gallery, Eugene OR «Lowbrow Tarot Project II» group show 2016 - August 6 - Haven Gallery, Northport, NY «The Tempest» group show 2016 - August 13 - September 24 - Ars Memoria Gallery, Chicago, IL «RED» group show 2016 - August 13 - September 1 - Cactus Gallery, LA «Water» Groupshow 2016 - August 27/28 - Future Gallery, Lake Orion, MI «Pocked Size Paintings # 3» group show 2016 - October 29 - November 17 - Penumbra Studio, Loures, Portugal «All Hallows Eve» group show 2016 - October - Art at the Hall, Aberdeen Scotland «El Gato» group show 2016 - October - Haven Gallery, Northport, NY «Mission Blue» group show curated by Christina Ridgeway 2016 - December 3 - Future Gallery, Lake Orion, MI «Winter Gallery # 4» group show 2016 - December 10 - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco «Wanderlust 4» group show
I guess I'll just have to wait for cockroach milk, described by fellow TreeHugger writer Derek as «the nightmare superfood of our dystopian future,» to hit the supermarket shelves — because, surely, there's nothing I could possibly find wrong with that, right?
There are recently published macro studies like Max Tegmark's Life 3.0 which opens with an apocalyptic (fictional) vision of a dystopian future from w which we are to be (putatively) saved by the (real) intervention of such as Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking to support the work... Continue reading Artificial Intelligence, Legal Services and Justice →
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