Sentences with phrase «on distant planets»

Instead of focusing on big - picture goals like taking my first steps on distant planets, contracts have me duct - taping and kit - bashing single - use spacecraft to take a new landing gear to a certain height and speed, checking off a box to get paid.

On the rare occasion that she gained control of the television, she watched Star Trek and imagined living in the future, on distant planets, or at least in a town big enough to have a stop light.

From adventures in distant futures on distant planets to tongue - in - cheek satires and magical fairy tales to all - too - possible dystopian thrillers, we've rounded up some of the best offerings from 2015.

It seems Damon has trouble being left alone on distant planets in sci - fi movies these days.

The premise of the show centered around human civilization on distant planets being wiped out by machines known as Cylons.

Other researchers look for ice much, much farther away, on distant planets and moons where ice may hide surprising secrets.

This theory that land and life have a symbiotic, planetary relationship could indicate that continents spotted on distant planets may be home to living things, too.

What can be observed as signs of carbon - based life on distant planets?

New telescopes will search for signs of life on distant planets Science News Magazine

ASU astronomers will join with geophysicists and geochemists in a $ 6.1 million grant to ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration that will try to explore how to tell whether chemical signs of life on distant planets arose from geological processes or biological ones.

What was once considered a sure - fire sign of life on distant planets may not be so sure - fire after all, a new study suggests.

New telescopes will search for signs of life on distant planets.

If you just landed on a distant planet and had to learn your way around, what would be most helpful?

A wordless but eerily expressive seven - minute film, Grounded explores the last moments of astronauts stranded on a distant planet.

«In this case, we found clear skies on a distant planet.

And yet another, the Soul Stone, is on a distant planet where it's guarded by... but that would be too revealing.

Antal's main strength is his versatility, from an astonishingly durable slasher like Vacancy to Armored, an urban western / neo-noir revolving around a stolen armored car, to Predators, a sci - fi actioner about a group of human killers and soldiers that are hunted for sport by the titular aliens on a distant planet.

But he is stranded on a distant planet ruled by an omnipotent dandy known as The Grandmaster.

Language: English Genre: Sci - Fi / Horror MPAA rating: R Director: Ridley Scott Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Ian Holm Plot: A space mining ship investigates an SOS on a distant planet.

Midway through James Cameron's 2009 sci - fi action film «Avatar,» set on the distant planet of Pandora, lead character Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) observes, «Out there is the true world.

Born on a distant planet, he's packed into a rocket ship and blasted off to Earth, just like the Man of Steel.

Director: James Cameron Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton The story: The only survivor of an alien massacre finds herself on a distant planet and, once again, knee - deep in ravenous aliens.

A Wrinkle in Time revolves around teenager Meg Murray, who teams up with her younger brother, her classmate and three astral travelers to save her father, who is being held prisoner on a distant planet by a universe - spanning evil.

«Oasis» Based on the cult - hit novel «The Book of Strange New Things» from Michel Faber, «Oasis» follows a chaplain (Richard Madden, «Game of Thrones») who is sent into space to help establish a colony on a distant planet.

Stranded on a distant planet with only a mini-gun to defend himself, he takes the fight directly to the Sentients in the ultimate arcade revenge mode.

Based on Michael Faber's cult novel The Book of Strange New Things, Oasis follows a chaplain (Madden) who is sent into space to help establish a colony on a distant planet.

Funded by aged industrialist Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce), the years - long mission lands on a distant planet and a team sets off to explore.

As always, the comic relief comes from the interaction between the mismatched heroes, many of whom are just meeting for the first time, whether it's in the U.S., Wakanda, or on a distant planet.

In this whopping romantic epic set on a spaceship, Lawrence and Pratt play two people accidentally freed from their hibernation pods 30 years into a 120 - year journey to set up life on a distant planet.

Instead of being sent to a new country though, he's sent to a colony on the distant planet Oasis.

Taking place in a dystopian society on a distant planet, Dark District adds some combat - infused action to the city - building genre.

Soon everyone's problems are literally blown up when a deadly swarm of alien ships attacks the Enterprise during a routine dispatch, leaving the survivors stranded on a distant planet while others are held prisoner by the leader of the violent pack, a warlord named Krall (a fierce Idris Elba) who's searching for an artifact that is the missing puzzle piece he needs to finish building — what else?

But first, he must escape the Grandmaster's (Jeff Goldblum) gladiator games on a distant planet and survive the ultimate clash with The Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo).

In Heavy Gear Assault players can become pilots on the distant planet of Terra Nova, fighting in a high - stakes game called Gear Dueling.

At the moment you can choose from one of 3 basic game modes, each one is vastly different from the other and each creates a unique challenge as you set out for your new life on a distant planet — Crashlanded, The Rich Explorer and Lost Tribe.

On a distant planet of weird creatures, a mad scientist schemes to turn the whole universe boring and flat with a super bomb that turns everything into paper and cardboard.

You begin your journey in a desolate canyon on a distant planet, and must scavenge for discarded vehicle parts.

While seeking life on a distant planet, a crash landed and stranded astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian colony and a...

In the Universe of NekoBuro, on a distant planet, there is a story of a fantastic electric wave life featuring the Square Cats, a whimsical group of aliens.

Stranded on a distant planet with only a mini-gun to defend himself, he takes the fight directly to the Sentients in the ultimate arcade revenge mode.

While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town.

A massive deep - space mining ship goes dark after unearthing a strange artifact on a distant planet.

Players begin as a refugee on a distant planet called Utopia, and fight for survival, to unlock mysteries, and even build their own extensive base.

A colony on a distant planet is rocked by poverty and civil unrest, and a young woman named Rose and her small band of supporters fight desperately to protect the population from marauding criminals and uncaring politicians.

While studying an anomaly in outer space, a mishap lands you on a distant planet.

Build and battle: Build a military base on a distant planet and fight despicable space bugs, mysterious Ancients, and space pirates.

Trailmakers is a creative vehicle - building rally racing sandbox, set on a distant planet where players have the freedom to create the vehicle of their dreams and explore a huge open...

He is looking to save what remains of humanity on a distant planet called Zircon V from the forces of an evil dictator.

In Defense Task Force you take on the role of a commander who is stationed on a facility on a distant planet called Delta Atheni that harvests energy for Earth to use.

There's not a prettier game yet released for the fledgling PlayStation VR than Robinson: The Journey, which sees our youthful human protagonist, Robin, abandoned on a distant planet.