Sentences with phrase «of fictional heroes»

While it might not be possible quite yet to experience the lives of the fictional heroes and heroines we've walked side by side through life with for a little while, and sometimes who'd want to (think of just about any character from a Stephen King novel).

And the heroes are simply the opposite of fictional heroes.

Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen: It's difficult not to praise Katniss simply on the grounds of being an excellent role model — she's the type of fictional hero we should be giving our focus to.

I'd like to think that they didn't follow the path of our fictional hero «The Ram,» but upon discussing these wrestlers with Director Darren Aronofsky recently over pizza before an advance screening of the wrestler, my fears were confirmed.

In this game three children are processing their experiences through telling the tale of their fictional hero, a fox called Bushy Tail.

(Hayduke's been one of my fictional heros, along with the real ones like Abbey, Sigurd Olsen, and many other writers so I followed those up)

Not exact matches

Stories of heroes (real - life and fictional) inspire us to dream bigger and reach higher.

would get them criticized and yelled at by people and would get no approval by fictional heroes like batman, I'd say that for all of God's omni - benelovence and infinite love, God could really come of like an antihero, especially in the old testament.

With fictional characters you may include a smattering of personality from different people, well - known or not, to create a monster or a flawed hero; a misguided disciple or ruthless advisor.

The pulp - fictional hero is inhabited by the charismatic Andy Lau who, together with Chinese stars Bingbing Li, Ms. Lau and Tony Leung Ka - fai, makes Detective Dee the most purely entertaining film of our vanishing summer.

That film is a fictional account based on the WWII endeavors of Alan Turing, conveniently modified into a heterosexual hero.

Ditching the MCU's familiar roster of heroes (they don't get as much as a mention) along with many of the basics of the Marvel film formula, Ryan Coogler has turned Black Panther into a highly personal crowd - pleaser in the vein of his last film, the Rocky sequel Creed, but with all the idiosyncrasies and intrigues afforded by its main setting, the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda.

Specifically the kinds of movies that seek to elevate our sporting heroes (both real and fictional) to superhuman status by perpetuating the popular belief that true greatness is not measured by one's physical attributes but by the presence of a deeper - lying, infinitely more powerful strength that is less easy to quantify yet at the same time undeniable.

Based on the Marvel comic book of the same name, Disney's Big Hero 6 is a 3D computer animated movie that tells the tale of a robotics prodigy kid and his adorable robot companion trying to capture a technological terrorist in the fictional city of San Fransokyo.

Based on a little known Marvel comic series and directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams, Big Hero 6 is set in the fictional mash - up city San Fransokyo — a pleasing blend of ornate Eastern - inspired rooftops and vertiginous streets.

Danny gives it a whirl, only to find that he is transported into the Jack Slater movie itself, living in the fictional world of action heroes and movie clichés.

The ideal candidate for this material would be David Fincher or perhaps Steven Soderbergh; Stone's corny, indiscriminate direction recasts Snowden (Joseph Gordon - Levitt) as the brooding, fist - clenching hero of a bogus spy movie, complete with a couple of fictional mentors played by Rhys Ifans and Nicolas Cage.

We'd seen hints of it in earlier films: the heroes» general fecklessness in Shaun, for example, or their tendency to confuse fictional bombast for real life in Hot Fuzz.

As said in a fictional HBO Sports broadcast during the film,» people find hope in the tales of their heroes» - this one happens to be his dad.

This tells the fictional tale of Benjamin Martin (Gibson, Chicken Run), a former war hero with a sordid past who is reluctant to take up the cause of his brethren in fighting the British during the Revolutionary War.

The movie's unlikely hero is a fictional, idealized version of Eddie Mannix, the top executive troubleshooter at MGM who coddled and disciplined studio talents, negotiated with unions, and, with the help of publicity chief Howard Strickling, controlled celebrity scandals.

And you know what, we would love to see Kendrick walking around in the fictional African nation of Wakanda as a rival to the hero.

The title character is a fictional Italian plumber who serves as the hero of a realm called the Mushroom Kingdom.

Set in the fictional suburb of Arcadia, our unlikely hero, Jim, and his two best friends make a startling discovery that beneath their hometown lies a hidden battle between good trolls and bad, the outcome of which will impact their lives forever.

It's Marvel's first film centered around a hero of color, and Black Panther is one of the oldest and best: the ruler of a fictional African nation called Wakanda and one of the first black superheroes in comics when Marvel introduced him in 1966.

Chadwick Boseman, who portrays the titular hero, revealed what he knows of the fictional country, describing it as a utopia.

Its hero, Jefferson Pierce, played by Cress Williams, has the power to control electricity and shoot lightning bolts from his hands, but when the story begins he is in retirement as a school principal in the fictional city of Freeland.

The shimmering towers, bustling streets and sprawling grasslands of Wakanda, the fictional east African country presided over by our hero King T'Challa (a suitably regal Chadwick Boseman), look almost nothing like Star Wars or Blade Runner — and in the current Hollywood sci - fi canon, that makes its sights virtually unique.

We already met T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman), the titular hero and king of fictional African nation Wakanda, back in Captain America: Civil War.

Book Quiz: Round 1: Name 6 fictional characters Round 2: Name 5 comic book heroes Round 3: Complete titles of 10 Horrible Histories Round 4: Name 5 more comic book heroes Round 5: Name 6 more fictional characters Round 6: Name another 5 comic book heroes Round 7: Solve the fictional characters» anagrams Round 8: Complete the book titles Round 9: Name the authors Task sheets and word search

Like Cervantes» fictional hero Don Quixote — an appropriate analogy since their narratives are also the stuff of fiction — they charge at windmills, dragons of their own making, including teacher unions, underperforming district administrators and, in some cases, such as in Bridgeport, democratically elected school boards, all in the name of the fixing the «crisis» in American education.

In May of this year he'll release his first self - published novel since 2011, Pulped, which uses Simeon Grist, the private - eye hero of his six - book series in the 1990s, to explore what a fictional detective does when he discovers that the life he thought he's been leaving is actually the product of someone else's imagination.

My heroes are fictional, of course, although the royal princes and their base - born offspring certainly provided me with plenty of historical fodder.

The Secret Chord By Geraldine Brooks Penguin • $ 16 • ISBN 9780143109761 Pulitzer Prize - winning author Brooks brings new depth to one of the Bible's most intriguing heroes with this fictional re-imagining of the life of King David.

The story unfolds through the adventures of a young fictional character named William Johnson who is apprenticed first to one, then to the other and not only makes discoveries of historic proportion, but transforms into an inspiring hero only Crichton could have imagined.

After reading this book I have claimed Richard Dawkins as a brave hero and have embraced atheism as a compassionate, pro-human, pro-civilization, unifying body of work that promises salvation of this planet from harmful mythologies and horribly divisive fictional, outdated belief systems.

«The hero's journey,» also known as the «monomyth,» is, in many opinions, the most popular template for writing fictional stories since the days of historical mythology.

Head to the waterfront at Ventura Harbor Village to celebrate your favorite superhero (fictional or real) and post photos of your super hero outfit on social media using #NationalSuperheroDay and #VenturaHarbor.

In a new trailer giving the first glimpse of this functionality, GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System), the fictional, artificially intelligent computer system and main antagonist in the Portal video game series, puts the heroes of LEGO Dimensions through multiple tests that can only be solved by using the LEGO Toy Pad.

The hacker heroes of Watch Dogs 2, Quadrilateral Cowboy, and Else Heart.Break -LRB--RRB- would all feel at home in glowing near - future cities even though their games are set in the modern day, the 1980s, and a fictional town in Sweden respectively.

With no conventional storytelling methods or tutorial system in place, the wannabe hero you control in Wizard of Legend starts out at the front steps of the fictional museum of Lanova.

So while the game is a RTS, there is plenty of great story telling moments, particularly with the use of «hero» units which adds an extra layer to the game due to their special powers and really makes you relate to these fictional characters quite well.

They dive into the fictional world and tell the story of their hero, Little Fox, who goes through, adapts and overcomes the challenges of change.

«Tragically» may be an exaggeration, as are the numerous cutscenes that hamper on the subject of Marian's death; while the original game was innovative with its controversial murder of the main hero's girlfriend at a time when fictional character deaths were uncommon in videogames (even the NES version did not skimp on this detail), Wander of the Dragons force - feeds you with endless sequences that make the subtle character death feel cheap and exploitative.

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The theme of the band's namesake — the fictional TV hero from the also - fictional world of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney — opens things up with a powerful rendition of the traditional Japanese - style tune from the DS game.

Specifically, the company unveiled a new IP called Code Name: S.T.E.A.M., a steampunk turn - based strategy game that is set in a Victorian London during a fictional «age of steam,» and features a team of steam - powered heroes rallied by Abraham Lincoln to fight off an alien invasion.

The fictional Mediterranean archipelago of Medici is where our hero will be combating General Di Ravello and his regime.

Tony Stark, the fictional hero of the «Iron Man» films, saved his life and the planet by devising a compact energy source called the «arc reactor.»

Just who is this fictional «hero» of mine?