Sentences with phrase «placed it in a science fiction»

Much as J.R.R. Tolkien fashioned a real world out of his love for language, Whedon has developed a frontier town feel and placed it in a science fiction setting, and it works in spades.

That's because Action / Adventure 1st Place Winner Meridian, by Andrew Ceroni, also won 2nd place in the Science Fiction category!

Not exact matches

«Both men embody Thomas Edison's values and principles as evidenced by Jeff Immelt leading GE to become the world's biggest infrastructure technology company, and Astro Teller creating a place where big, science - fiction - sounding ideas can be turned into proven technologies that make a real impact in the world.

Hell will not be a place of torture or torment as depicted in the 1997 Science Fiction movie Event Horizon (If you haven't seen that movie, I don't recommend it.

Now, this is somewhat changing in 2000 +, due to advances in technology (hyperspeed capable missiles pose credible threat to aircraft carries; space bourne weapons platforms are somewhat closer to reality than science fiction) and economics (China finally industrialized; developed better economy; and developed, bought and stole enough technology to place it on a better level).

The continued efforts of governments to ensure prohibition remains in place forces them to continually twist logic to the point that drug policy has veered towards pure science fiction.

In all, what Cassini found on Titan was a world out of science fiction, where the scenery — landforms and clouds — are recognizable but made of unusual substances, where the look of the place is familiar but the feel is not.

Any science fiction aficionado has seen it all before: beaming through walls, riding in starships that move faster than light, or traveling instantly to distant places in space and time.

An online science fiction game may not seem like the ideal place to study human behavior, but physicist Stefan Thurner has shown that the way people act in the virtual world isn't so different from how they act in the real one.

«It is a science fiction film set in a place with a complicated, aggressive history.»

Like in the science fiction series, Star Trek, where people are «beamed» from one place to another, information is «teleported» from one place to another.

Shannon notes that most of the inspiration for the appearance of aliens in Hollywood science fiction movies comes from places like deep sea vents, which are home to everything from giant bone - eating worms to «rainbow glitter» jellyfish.

The science - fiction genre has always held a special place in the hearts of cinephiles over the decades.

Based on Orson Scott Card's 1985 science fiction novel (though it departs from the original story in quite a few places), Ender's Game is set in a future where a bug - like alien race has attacked the Earth, and talented children are selected at an early age to train for battle through a series of war games.

If a science - fiction historical epic starring Michael Fassbender and directed by Justin Kurzel isn't something worth watching, then everyone had better just give up trying to adapt games into films in the first place.

All of the components are in place for Super 8 to be that rare movie that appeals to a cross-section of moviegoers — young, old, mainstream, independent, science fiction enthusiasts, etc..

As the writer of such science fiction features as «Never Let Me Go,» «Ex-Machina» and, now, «Annihilation,» Alex Garland — like many others — uses the genre to comment on us and our place in the universe.

Taking place 500 years in the future, Whedon's unique vision involves a curious mix of science fiction and the Wild West, as well as major influences by Chinese culture.

After his first film, the seminal science fiction comedy Dark Star (1974) and his second, the legendary action thriller Assault On Precinct 13 (1976), Carpenter cemented his place in pop culture with the terrifying Halloween (1978), the film widely credited with bringing the slasher sub-genre into the mainstream.

The World functions as a science - fiction of a place hermetically - sealed from the outside world with its inhabitants programmed into the contradictory existential response of knowing that they're in a bubble whilst believing that they're not.

Analysis: «Sideways» and «The Descendants» director Alexander Payne co-wrote this science fiction comedy / drama, about an Omaha couple (Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig) who opt in to an experiment to shrink humans to action - figure sizes, and place them in environmentally conscious ecosystems.

Though Disney flirted with science fiction in the years before and after, The Black Hole is their most sincere effort, and one which seems out of place alongside films like Freaky Friday and The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again.

Between this and «War for the Planet of the Apes,» it's a good stance for science - fiction's place in the medium.

Inspired by the science fiction stories of Nalo Hopkinson, Brown Girl Begins takes place in the near future where the elite of Toronto are protected by a force field.

You know the rest — except, perhaps, that a good chunk of the story takes place at a sci - fi convention, where all the weirdos in costume collectively form a belaboured symbol of how fandom and obsession have sapped science fact and fiction of its wonder and curiosity.

Elements that could be cool in a better science fiction movie just seem out of place here.

That the most exciting bits of Black Panther have to do with world - building — the futuristic costuming, the urban design, the smooth assimilation of the technological into the everyday — point to another problem with the CGI - driven mass destruction template of science fiction: it doesn't account for the ways in which the cultural place of technology — and the resultant shape of our technophobia — has evolved over time.

And in a similarly placed story (on the Times front page) a couple of weeks before Rich's, colleague Pam Belluck reported that a new study in the journal Science had found that «after reading literary fiction, as opposed to popular fiction or serious nonfiction, people performed better on tests measuring empathy, social perception and emotional intelligence — skills that come in especially handy when you are trying to read someone's body language or gauge what they might be thinking.»)

All the Bright Places tops the list in Best Young Adult Fiction; the latest book in the Throne of Glass series, Queen of Shadows, edged out strong competition in Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction; and another Young Adult Fantasy contender, Red Queen, pulled out a win over in Best Debut Goodreads Author.

We're offering a place in an upcoming Science Fiction and Fantasy themed bundle reserved specifically for NaNoWriMo participants, and entering is a snap.

She is also a co-host of the Hugo - nominated podcast, The Skiffy and Fanty Show, and her fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in several places, including Daily Science Fiction, Apex Magazine, and Goblinfiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in several places, including Daily Science Fiction, Apex Magazine, and GoblinFiction, Apex Magazine, and Goblin Fruit.

Buyers of cook books likely spend their time in different ways and places than those of science fiction fantasy novels.

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In a now rather famous TV rant, science fiction author Harlan Ellison outlined what he felt was the difference between science fiction and Sci - Fi, on the Sci - Fi Channel of all places.

The winners were announced at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's 52nd Annual Nebula Conference in Pittsburgh, PA, which took place from Thursday, May 17th through Sunday, May 20th at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center.

Comic - Con International is one of the nation's largest comic book, science fiction and pop culture events, and will take place July 20th — 24th at the San Diego Convention Center, in San Diego, CA.

Acclaimed as the Oliver Sacks of fiction and the Michael Crichton of brain science, Lisa has captured a special place in contemporary fiction, writing stories that are equally inspired by neuroscience and the human spirit.

Attracting more than 125,000 attendees annually, Comic - Con International is one of the nation's largest comic book, science fiction and pop culture events, and takes place July 9th - 12th at the San Diego Convention Center, in San Diego, CA.

Taking place in a science - fiction / fantasy future where a large tower has grown out of the ground, Sid, the large hulking Gears like gentleman who is the game's main character enters the building in order to figure out what is going on.

Best Game Where an Alien's a Robot's Head Pops Like a Grape Spaceships, little green men, giant mecha... the world of science fiction will always have a place in video games.

- after the remakes of Terry's Wonderland 3D and Dragon Quest Monsters 2, Yuji Horii asked the team what should be next - the choices were Caravan Heart (GBA), a professional version of Dragon Quest Monsters 2, or a brand new game - the staff made the plot together with Takeshi Uchikawa (who is currently directing Dragon Quest XI)- the suggestion was to make the theme become something catchy, which lead to a science fiction vibe - Horii said «anything's alright as long as it's interesting» - the creation of the Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light helped build Joker 3 - fan feedback from the mobile game was used, which lead to monster stats being seen - the Reactor device lets you easily see all the things that occur on the field - the team had some trouble bringing together the ridable monsters aspect of the game, but eventually worked it out - the full game starts off with monsters that players can ride on land - you'll eventually unlock sea, air, and multi-jump land rising monsters - a «Big Air ride» was teased as well - by clearing the story, features will be unlocked that further modify monsters such as abilities and changing their sizes - Stealth Boxes which can not be found without using the Reactor only contains useful items that are optional - compulsory items that are needed to be found with the Reactor are placed in non-stealth locations - accessories can strengthen monsters, but monster strength is mainly determined from raising and combining them - features more offense - related content in the form of new spells and skills - new water - type spells are included - new skills added enable more detailed adjustments in versus, adding more strategic features - one of the items that can be bought with Communication Coins has the same effect with «Key of Encounters» - this lets players recruit monsters a bit more easily they've befriended before - since Communication Coins can only be obtained from multiplayer battles, it's completely optional - people who still do StreetPass but don't want to do multiplayer battles can still get them by combining monsters - DLC monsters are planned to be added regularly post-release until around Golden Week (April 29 — May 5)- - A national tournament is also planned, with more details coming later - carryover feature from Dragon Quest Monsters 2 that comes into play after the ending - players can bring up to 10 monsters which are ranked A or below from DQM2 to DQMJ3 each day

There's some extremely disturbing news out of San Diego Comic Con, a stabbing took place in Hall H over prime placing in a queue for Universal Pictures» panel to present two upcoming films — the science fiction adventure Paul and Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens.

This dominant narrative surrounding the inevitability of female objectification and victimhood is so powerful that it not only defines our concepts of reality but it even sets the parameters for how we think about entirely fictional worlds, even those taking place in the realms of fantasy and science fiction.

A Persistent Universe — Games of Glory takes place in a science - fiction universe, full of different species, planets and factions.

Best Game Where an Alien's a Demon's Head Pops Like a Grape Spaceships, little green men, giant mecha... the world of science fiction will always have a place in video games.

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Taken together, the works invite the viewer to get lost in them — to experience what Alvarez describes as a place where «notions of abstraction, painting, parallel universes, and science fiction collide in a cosmology all of its own.»

Looking beyond the limits of the picture, exploring space and science fiction to connect the new art to the dramatic technological and social changes taking place in the middle of the 20th Century, Fontana's outlook was enormously influential.

Africa has had a rare yet distinct place in popular science - fiction, from the opening scenes of Stanley Kubrick's iconic 2001: A Space Odyssey, depicting the mysterious appearance of a black monolith in the cradle of civilization, to the recent success of Neill Blomkamp's debut movie District 9, a multi-layered allegory on South Africa's recent internal and external tensions.

A vision of this future is articulated in award - winning science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson's New York 2140, which takes place in a flooded Gotham.