Sentences with phrase «twist of fantasy»

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But what concerns me most about the Fifty Shades phenomenon is how deceptive these fantasies are in how they twist the realities of violence against women.

The fantasy of this duet of selfishness is violently exploded in Oliver Twist.

Circumventing justice twisted our community life by offering a benevolence of mere fantasy and sentimentality and further jeopardized the remaining threads of concrete mutuality within our national community.

It would be easy to dismiss Haldane's essay as the ramblings of an ideologue, to be compared with more recent fantasies from the pens of scientists who see futures twisted to fit their own blinkered and rather inhumane outlook.

Featuring over 20 types of Jobs and 400 Abilities through the Job System, beautifully laid out 3D environments and the Charge Time Battle System, FINAL FANTASY Tactics provides strategy - intensive gameplay that takes a twist on the traditional RPG.

The colors (a mixture of the candy colors of golden age fantasy cinema and the muted hues of nostalgia) are lush and the hazy scenes of the stuck - in - fifties small town feel like some misty - eyed time warp with a few weird twists.

Kicked out of the group just before it rockets to superstardom, Fishman has to watch in frustration as his former bandmates have their dreams come true — until two decades later, when a twist of fate puts him back in sight of his rock & roll fantasies.

Announced earlier this year to the ridiculous cheers of the role - playing fans on Kotaku's staff, not much has been said or seen about the game that combines the delightfully twisted taste of Shin Megami Tensei with the more traditional fantasy role - playing tactics flavor of Nintendo's Fire Emblem series.

In Order of Disappearance Stellan Skarsgard plays a snowplow driver who's son is brutally murdered, leading to a chilling dark comedy that marries bloody revenge to belly laughs in this twisted fantasy said to be a tonal cousin to Fargo.

It was the right movie at the right time, fulfilling some sort of twisted female fantasy for me.

And part of what made the fantasy drama such a success (other than its completely original story and insane plot twists) was its expertly cast ensemble.

Writer - director Craig Goodwill's twisted, big - hearted comic fantasy delves into the dark, violent origins of Cabbage Patch Kids and the people who operate the sweatshops that produce them.

A case could be made for the twisted fantasy of «Adventure Time,» the family charm of «Bob's Burgers,» the still - razor - sharp wit of «South Park,» or the always - funny «Archer.»

Shyamalan wrote himself into a corner of diminishing returns with his «thrillers with a twist ending» by the time The Village escaped in 2004, and endeavored to push his directorial ambitions in new dirctions with Lady in the Water (a fable), The Happening (apocalyptic horror), and The Last Airbender (grand - scale fantasy).

From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure Alice in Wonderland, a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time.

A platforming adventure drawing inspiration from the inimitable mind of Suda 51, Black Knight Sword thrusts players through a twisted fantasy world on a quest to slay the dark princess.

It's a child's experience of maternal love that can not be re-created in adult life — as Fellini later illustrates with a twisted version of the same scene in Guido's absurd harem fantasy.

This film seemed to confirm Maitland McDonagh's earlier view that «The world of Dario Argento is one of twisted logic, rhapsodic violence, stylised excess... Argento's camera is alternately enthralled and repelled by ripe flesh and blood drenched fantasy» (5).

This is modern military fantasy with a twist - all the things Hawthorne and Poe etc wrote were true, some names were changed, and a group of old Craft families in America have been helping fight its wars since the founding.

Okay, you're right: romantic fantasy doesn't quite do the book justice, especially since the fantasy element doesn't even come into play until the end of the story, albeit along with a complexion - altering twist.

Now, he's the Founding Father of Undaunted Publishing, a hybrid publishing house combining the best of traditional and self publishing, and the author of Teutevar Saga, an epic / historical fantasy series with a «medieval western» twist.

I read a lot of fantasy, so it's great to see amusing, self - aware twists on the old tropes — everything like dwarves to Evil Ones to old - fashioned dungeons crawls like in an RPG.

It's full of twists and turns that will shock even the most ardent fantasy fan.»

Others combine historical fiction with elements of fantasy and the supernatural, like The Diviners by Libba Bray and Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers, or historical fiction with the suspenseful twists and turns of mystery, like The Caged Graves by Dianne Salerni and What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell.

An artful mix of suspense, fantasy and social critique, Emily Schultz's The Blondes puts a feminist twist on the dystopian stories that have been crowding fiction shelves for the last several years.

With intricate worldbuilding and complex plot twists, The Silent Tower is a compelling introduction to one of this generation's greatest female fantasy writers.

Some of the earliest and most notable authors in the genre who helped it find its feet are: Laurel K. Hamilton of the Anita Blake series — often considered one of the most substantial works in the genre, Neil Gaiman's masterpiece, Neverwhere (the urban fantasy adventure set in London and a twist off parallel London Below), and another in the genre that's developed a major cult following: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.

«With a mixture of fantasy and all things Heaven and Earth, this tale combines the stories of several characters into an intricate, twisting plot.»

In this hook line I made sure to state the genre and word count, and tried to evoke feelings of fantasy, comedic tones, and some plot twists — whether it was accomplished in the two minutes I took to write it remains to be seen.

Plus, gifts in this book tend to look and feel more like normal fantasy fare: telepathy (one - way only, listening), scrying (distance viewing, but only by the enemy spirits and subject to the twists caused by the lying enemy), possession (only by the enemy), healing (very quickly wounds disappear and much more — healing restoration is available if even a spark of life is left).

Great world building, lots of intrigue and plot twists, all the things that fantasy readers demand in a good series.

«The plot twists and turns around the intricacies of friendship and betrayals, the ironies of people's fantasies, and the unexpected revelations mothers make to daughters.

Created by Sui Ishida, «Tokyo Ghoul» is a beautiful, dark and twisted fantasy headlined by an intriguing host of characters.

From its position on the central coast of the city's downtown core, the Harbourfront Centre overlooks a narrow stretch of the Singapore Strait and the nearby island of Sentosa, its vista shaped by the contorted twist of rollercoaster loops and the spires of fantasy palaces found within the Universal Studios theme park.

It's all pretty standard fantasy fare and there is little in the way of twists or turns during the story which is told either by some beautiful hand - drawn style custscenes, or by far less beautiful text only moments where a face made of plasticine makes grunting sounds.

There's necromancers, dark forces and strange magic in abundance, thereby setting the stage for a fantasy plot that manages to hit most of the genre trope branches along the way, yet hidden within the clichés is actually some rather engaging twists and turns, albeit twists and turns hampered by poor dialogue which results in stilted conversations and bouts of awkward exposition.

Savage Lands, an indie survival game with a twist, attempts to bypass the traditional recipe by injecting bits of fantasy into the genre, but how well this works depends solely on DigitalDNA's ability to bring it out of early - access.»

A dark and brooding fantasy adventure awaits players in a vast twisted world full of fearsome beasts, devious traps and hidden secrets.

BFG: We had the setting of an over-the-top medieval fantasy city with petrol - driven weaponry in mind for several years now, and after Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams we also wanted to do a true multiplayer game.

DieselStörmers isn't based on any fantasy setting in particular — we are taking established fantasy tropes and twisting them through a tongue - in - cheek petrol punk setting full of smoke, grime and roaring engines.

Rakion is a unique free to play 3D MMOFPS similar to GunZ, but with a fantasy - themed twist, allowing players to experience a PVP environment with a combination of shooting and fantasy.

Funnily enough, David Jaffee, the creator of Twisted Metal and the God of War series, is actually the one responsible for this angsty artsy fantasy.

Perhaps the most frustrating thing with Battlefront 2's campaign is just how agonisingly close DICE get to letting you fill out this slightly twisted fantasy, and blast away Rebel Scum into the endless void of space.

The twist here is that you have multiple lanes to keep an eye on, one for each member of your fantasy adventurer party.

So we're taking no shortcuts in our quest to make Project Phoenix a reality and our team is aligned in our goal of what we want this game to become: the seamless integration of Japanese design and Western functionality to yield high fantasy, but with a Japanese twist!

Gameplay enhancements bring new levels of physicality and excitement to the game, creating some of the biggest moments in franchise history, and the new Draft Champions mode gives players a dose of fantasy football with a Madden NFL twist, offering a completely fresh experience.

Its blend of fantasy and space opera already makes it unusual, as your party of magicians travels from planet to planet, but the turn - based combat also has a twist.

Questioned by the police, he discovers that his only memory is a fractured recollection of history, twisted into a macabre fantasy.

All the key RTS elements are present within this fantasy adventure with a variety of races to choose from, units to train, bases to build, and resources to collect, but Warlords throws in some interesting twists that help it to stand out from the rest.

The talk expands on «Sex on Paper,» a visual feature curated by New York - based artist Mathew Cerletty in the Art & Sex Edition — a selection of works on paper that «playfully reflect some of the many complications of human sexuality: fantasy, twisted obsession, unbridled lust, sweet vulnerability, and of course the simple beauty of a physical connection.»