Sentences with phrase «uncanny feeling of»

Touching on the Freudian conception of «unheimlich,» or the uncanny feeling of something that is familiar yet discordant, Park illuminated his lengthy exploration of the dissonance of Korean identity, the notion of home in light of his country's divisive history, and the politics of the Korean War.

While watching, it is difficult to find Lewis within Lincoln, and the immersion this provides gives the viewer an almost uncanny feeling of gazing directly into history.

If you're the sort of gamer who's obsessed with statistical accuracy in your sports sims and can live with the uncanny feeling of déjà vu, Moto GP 4 proves to be a run of the mill arcade racer that will give you the most up - to - date bike game on the market, however bland it is.

If you are also from a small town city you may understand that uncanny feeling of knowing most people around.

Despite the FA Cup victories in recent years, Arsene Wenger's time at Arsenal has grown increasingly stale if only due to the uncanny feeling of deja vu that accompanies them.

SYNTHETIC SEDUCTION explores how technology is striving to bridge the gulf of the uncanny valley (the notion that humanoid objects that appear almost, but not exactly, like real human beings elicit uncanny feelings of eeriness and revulsion in observers) to make personal devices as life - like as possible.

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And improvements to eyes, skin, and hair help bridge the uncanny valley, a term used to describe how digital humans who appear almost, but not quite human, evoke a feeling of unease in viewers.

Now, readers of The Uncanny X-Men comics in 1981 might know what it's all about but to everyone else it appears to be just another feel - good corporate marketing effort.

To come to Jerusalem from Paris, or even Tel Aviv, is to succumb to the uncanny feeling that one has left the center of the West, or even its periphery, and delved into what used to be called the mysterious East.

Using narrative, parable and exposition, Eiseley has the uncanny ability to make us feel that we are accompanying him on a journey into the very heart of the universe.

T. Berry Brazelton's great empathy for the universal concerns of parenthood, and honesty about the complex feelings it engenders, as well as his uncanny insight into the predictable leaps and regressions of early childhood, have comforted and supported families since its publication in 1992.

I would like to suggest a few follow - up experiments that might shed more light on the «uncanny valley» — the feeling of unease when faced with a humanoid robot (12 January, p 35).

Joe Kloc misses a possible explanation for the uncanny valley — the feeling of unease when seeing a robot with a strong human likeness (12 January, p 35).

Joe Kloc misses a possible explanation for the uncanny valley — the feeling of unease when seeing a robot with...

I feel really connected to Stefani in almost every word she speaks on her podcast, it's kind of uncanny.

Synopsis: Amman Abbasi's remarkable debut feature is a lyrical slice of Southern life, with an uncanny feeling for the rhythms of rural existence.

The higher resolution leads to a sort of spatial uncanny valley, leaving the world feeling a little cold, a little off.

I don't feel as if Poppy is any more of a threat than Valentine was, even if Moore's performance was bubbly and sweet and uncanny.

With an uncanny ability to memorize cadences after observing them only one time, Devon feels he's already a beat ahead of most of his band - mates, but Sean (Leonard Roberts), the militaristic percussion section leader doesn't appreciate his hotshot style.

It feels disorientating, even uncanny, to see the recent past treated as a bygone era, but it provides a different angle from which to consider a war that dominated the public discourse in the first decade of the 21st century.

There's a level of detail here that feels undeniably next - gen, with crisp, realistic - looking characters that don't fall into the chasm of the uncanny valley.

The only personal touch would seem to be Green's goofy sanctimoniousness and lyrical feel for derelict rural landscapes, although it's a bit uncanny that his first movie, the 2000 indie production George Washington, would have as its hero a silent, self - contained black kid with a justified sense of destiny, nicknamed for the first president of the United States and thus a corrective of sorts for Rufus Jones.

Fortunately however, its imitation bears an uncanny resemblance to the chest - high - wall vaulting antics of Delta Squad; the controls are sharp and responsive, combat feels great, and the friendly AI can hold its own in heated moments.

The earlier reference to Brian Griffin wasn't just facetious: Stark is so much like Brian (from a sense of superiority to a nearly identical voice) that seeing the actor in the flesh just feels kind of weird, like a reverse uncanny valley.

One, you're funnier than all get out and two, you have an uncanny way of making people feel comfortable.

The steering feels lighter and freer than the V12 Vantage S, delivering greater clarity of feedback and a deeper sense of connection so that you can place the car with uncanny accuracy and utmost confidence.

Uncanny believes there's still plenty of room in the genre for tales that make you feel.

Even though the people of Bone Gap are suspicious of outsiders, they were quickly taken by the beautiful Polish girl with an uncanny feel for dirt and plants and livestock, but none so much as Finn's brother, Sean, who seems to lose a piece of himself when she disappears.

The music app (a huge improvement over the standard Android player) bears an uncanny resemblance to the iPad's iPod app, while the faux - realness of the Calendar, Contacts and Memo apps feel like Chinatown knockoffs of Cupertino software.

New investigative techniques and a duo that slightly resemble Holmes and Watson, the Salem Witch hunts and an uncanny ability to make the reader actually feel that they are in this time period mark this series debut by a new author, nothing short of fascinating.

As you would expect, handling and responsiveness is recreated with (what feels like) uncanny accuracy, allowing you to throw the game's expanded line - up of 400 customizable cars around more than 100 tracks.

Less a great racing game and more a great handling model with a game built - up around it, Assetto Corsa feels like driving a real car around a real track, to the point of being uncanny at times.

Whether it's the feeling as you jump into an enormous robot that's just landed on the ground in front of you and shoot the guy that's been bearing down on you, or if it's the game's uncanny knack of making you feel like a boss even if you're bottom of the leaderboard, Titanfall's mix of on foot gameplay and hulking great «don't - call - them - mechs» mechs» firepower is extremely well balanced and has really refreshed the genre.

The interaction of all these elements, in a game, is surreal: there is an uncanny cinematic feel to Halo 4 that is both unnerving and awesome.

And that all lends to that feeling of unease and the uncanny.»

The game had yet to hit stores at the time, so we pepper Piaseckyj with questions about how the story unfolds and just how intrigued and / or uncomfortable the game is meant to make players feel (in terms of both narrative and the uncanny valley effect).

While these portraits are undeniably meant to shock (one particular head bears an uncanny resemblance to a slab of raw meat), they are also intended to be recognisable: «You can feel a figure,» he states, «because that's what you live in.»

Ruff has an uncanny feel for the look of the ordinary — in people, places, and objects.

A reading of entries from an online support site for parents who feel an uncanny and unspeakable sense of a child being missing finds a woman describing a perception of ghostliness - an ineffable, simultaneous presence and absence of a child.

There is a sensation which Freud called the «uncanny» and Mike Kelley explored in his famous exhibition of the same title, the feeling of being faced with certain sculptures that occupy the same space as us and yet somehow feel completely from another dimension.

Da Corte skillfully manipulates the familiar to produce a sense of jamais vu, the uncanny feeling that something seen many times before is suddenly strange and unfamiliar.

Painted from memory and imagination, Williams» series of paintings present striking yet uncanny landscape scenes that leave the viewer with feelings of both serenity and disquiet.

An overwhelming sensation of the uncanny is generated by this and other works in Dead Ringer, as repressed feelings, objects and transgressions rise up to consciousness and are repeatedly displayed.

Surprise is perhaps one of the key features of Doig's art, with paintings that feel just as familiar as they do uncanny.

For the artist, the uncanny results suggested «the feeling of being not quite of this world.»

Deep in Tony Oursler's Uncanny Valley Dierdre Hering Though the space is peppered with nearly a dozen metal sculptures, the first floor of Lehmann Maupin's Lower East Side location feels nearly empty.

Through a careful balance of texture, tone, and repetition, Isaac weaves together elliptical cinematic narratives that eschew traditional storylines and function instead to elicit feelings of the uncanny.

The best surrealist work possesses this uncanny dream logic, the feeling of a revelation barely glimpsed in the dark.

It's difficult to describe Allan McCollum's work, but his uncanny oceans of objects and inauspicious clouds of things create an immersive feeling that persists in one's memory.

The paranoia of a «reality that has been staged» is a fairly basic conspiracy theory, but it is the uncanny emotional depth and shrewd direction by Prager that make this particular work feel so eerie.