Sentences with phrase «set in a futuristic setting»

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A test track for the futuristic mode of transportation is being set up by the Hyperloop Transportation Technologies in California.

Biblical scholars and theologians of hope have reminded us frequently as well as eloquently in recent days that, from Abraham to the Apostles, the central motifs of the Old and the New Testaments are set within a futuristic framework.

Aregbesola said the statistics have shown the greater involvement of youths in various drug abuses, kidnappings, maiming, insurgency, armed robbery, internet fraudulence among others, stressing that unless youths develop a mind set of being productive, resourceful and useful to their nation, the futuristic hopes embedded and reserved in them would not be allowed to manifest.

While they're slowly gaining traction in more mainstream fashion capitals, futuristic eyewear a la The Matrix has been all the rage in Tbilisi this week, especially among the street style set.

Set in the near future, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits; tells the story of the mundane, slightly overweight, Zoey Ashe and her smelly cat.

The movie takes place in 2044 and 2074, both of which look like plausible variations of the American present, and then there are a few scenes set in a futuristic Shanghai.

Set in futuristic international military environments, BattleZone puts players in control of highly maneuverable hover tanks, challenging them in close combat scenarios against their rivals.

Gilliam's next film, Brazil, was a very dark film set in a controlled futuristic society.

The setting is futuristic, but the themes are ancient in «Young Ones,» Jake Paltrow's eccentric merger of frontier western and science - fiction gadgetry.

Tris is a divergent, meaning she doesn't fit the molds set up by Jeanine (Kate Winslet), who rules the dystopian futuristic society that is a walled - in Chicago.

A visually - rich film like Ghost in the Shell that's filled with futuristic sets and cyborg characters could have easily relied on green screens and digital effects to bring its entire world to life.

It's a theme that lends itself to a futuristic setting — familiar territory for the creator of Gattaca and The Truman Show — and his latest, Anon, is placed fairly and squarely in the near future.

A film that failed to impress critics 30 years ago but which now seems eerily prescient in its depiction of a futuristic police state beset by economic instability and the increasing toxicity of TV culture (Stephen King's source novel is set in 2025, with screenwriter Steven E de Souza backdating the action to 2017), The Running Man is among the most thematically rich sci - fi offerings in the Arnie canon.

Instead, the Disney - produced and vaguely Disney - inspired Tomorrowland wastes Bird's talent, a scrappy female lead, and Clooney gravitas on what amounts to a feature - length prologue; this movie about a retro - futuristic utopia in an alternate dimension accessed by the world's best and brightest takes approximately forever to get going, marking the first time Bird's whiz - bang set pieces haven't set his movie's pace.

The film is set in futuristic L.A. and beings in the middle of a street war between rival gangs.

The story takes place in a futuristic setting and gameplay can be compared to Shadow Complex.

Set in a futuristic version of Seoul, Agents of Mayhem is an open - world action adventure that features twelve different agents, the players being able to choose three of them to complete the missions.

By far the best part of the film are the scenes set in the Judge Dredd style mega city which owe a great visual debt to Blade Runner and the idea of a futuristic society ruled by the church is a really interesting one.

Set in a futuristic prison, this made - for - cable television actioner chronicles the attempts of a pair of prisoners to escape.

An online shooter set in a glittering futuristic vision of our solar system.

That approach includes focusing the spotlight on Evans» character (who leads a rebellion aboard a futuristic train that houses much of humanity in the film's wintery dystopian setting), in order to better utilize his star power as a selling point - in addition to emphasizing the movie's action beats, as accompanied by the expected dramatic musical cues in the post-Inception age of trailers.

Set in a sterile grey / blue environment, «Anon» takes on the appearance of a futuristic film noir.

The Purge (R for profanity and disturbing violence) Futuristic sci - fi thriller set in the U.S. where all criminal activity, including murder, is legal for one day a year.

Set in a futuristic environment, NeuroVoider sees you blasting your way through robot enemies in procedurally generated levels either solo, or co-op with friends.

With the opportunity to work with director - of - the - moment Richard Kelly (DONNIE DARKO), Timberlake took a role in SOUTHLAND TALES, a strange and uneven film that never really makes sense, with interwoven characters and timelines set in a futuristic LA.

Sci - fi fans — Doom is definitely science fiction in that it is set in the future, has space travel and other futuristic elements, and advanced technology, but it isn't really appealing to science fiction geeks in the way that another best - selling video game, «Half Life», is.

Southland Tales (R for sexuality, profanity, violence and drug use) Futuristic apocalyptic epoch, set in a Los Angeles which is a police state and on the brink of economic and environmental disaster in the wake of a nuclear attack on Texas.

The 1080p version was always breathtaking in its scope, with impressive scenes of alien planets, space, and other futuristic high - tech settings.

Production designer, and long - time Spike Jonze collaborator, K. K. Barrett has thought up a future that seems like it could be one trend away from being the current LA; and set decorator Gene Serdena styles Theodore's futuristic home in a way that would have the Jetson's drooling.

Set in a futuristic society where all emotions have been eradicated from humanity, Guy Pearce joins Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult in Equals.

As with his first film — 2010's slightly more Rush, Omni Magazine and early Cronenberg - inspired Beyond the Black Rainbow — Mandy is set in that most futuristic date, the year 1983.

The comic book was set in Tokyo but this plays out in the futuristic city of San Fransokyo, where adolescent robotics prodigy Hiro discovers that his science fair invention has been turned into a weapon and then transforms his engineer brother's plush medical bot, Baymax, into the cuddliest, sweetest, most protective crimefighter the world has ever seen.

Its most riveting set piece, however, is a shoot - out — a police bust gone wrong at a futuristic cruise ship terminal in Hong Kong's Kowloon Bay.

Before he embarked on his impressive but unfinished adaptation of «Lord of the Rings,» maverick American animator Ralph Bakshi created Wizards (Fox), a futuristic fantasy set in the aftermath of the apocalypse.

Frame City Killer is a next - generation action game set in a futuristic Asia.

Parsec Parsels combines the classic top - down Grand Theft Auto design and Crazy Taxi - styled messenger missions, set in a gritty futuristic city.

Divergent Director: Neil Burger Starring: Shailene Woodley Synopsis: Set in a futuristic dystopia, a teenager seeks to break free from her homogeneous society that divides people based on human traits.

The story, set in a near futuristic Japan, shows the rise and sudden decline and rejection of dogs after a strain of dog flu threatens even humans and the dogs are sent from Megasaki City to a nearby «Trash Island.»

Shailene Woodley delivers an exciting performance in the thrilling action - adventure, «Divergent,» set in a futuristic world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues.

The sci - fi program is set in a futuristic universe where consciousness can be transferred into a new body, thus making death nothing but an inconvenience.

Blade Runner 2049 is the cinematographer's third film with director Denis Villeneuve and, in an interview with Vanity Fair, Deakins explained the extent of the collaboration — designing the look of the world with the director, and even staying on set during postproduction to supervise visual - effects shots and ensure they maintained the spirit of bleakness he and Villeneuve had envisioned for the futuristic film.

At the same time, Miller does not rely on CGI or use it in an annoyingly overextended way either, and the production design of costumes, sets, make - up, etc. is essential and brilliantly accomplished in the capturing of this futuristic vision.

Black Panther is a film set in the futuristic fictional African country of Wakanda, so Lamar fittingly also sought out South African artists Babes Wodumo, Sjava, Saudi, and Yugen Blakrok.

The sleek, futuristic spaceship setting is fine (if a little cold), the acting is fine (or better than fine, in Lawrence's case), the music is fine, the lighting is fine, the editing, the camerawork — all fine.

It's set in the near future, and features one of the most realistic depictions of barely - futuristic technology I've seen in a while.

Academy Award nominee Joaquin Phoenix, Golden Globe winner Claire Danes and Academy Award winner Sean Penn star in this electrifying suspense - thriller set in a futuristic apocalyptic world.

Deep Rock Galactic takes cooperative dungeon crawling, puts in the setting of mines with a futuristic sci - fi aesthetic, and layers procedural generation on top to make for one of the best, most exciting co-op shooters in recent memory.

At the time of its release back in the late 90s, all of its contemporaries were focused on modern or futuristic military settings — with a smattering of fantasy properties like the original Warcraft — but there was a distinct lack of historical video games.

Seemingly set in the past it also contains a great deal of futuristic technology.

Spike Jonze's Her has the leverage to sneak in with a win for its simplistic futuristic sets.