Sentences with phrase «what annihilation»

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Amid the terror and aggressiveness then of government and military leaders on both sides, little or no thought was given what to do with the warheads should the risk of mass annihilation ebb.

Sabio: I read back and I do want to apologize for using the word «annihilation» when I said «by no means do I believe in the annihilation of her thoughts or mine» because it does sound like I was claiming that's what you were saying.

But what if the story is more interested in the usurping of power, the annihilation of controlling people, and the end of deceit to achieve noble ends?

«Lord, lock me up in the deepest depths of your heart; and then, holding me there, burn me, purify me, set me on fire, sublimate me, till I become utterly what you would have me be, though the utter annihilation of my ego.»

For to know that God is dead is to know the God who died in Jesus Christ, the God who passed through what Blake symbolically named as «Self - Annihilation» or Hegel dialectically conceived as the negation of negation.

However, the most transformative growth is the complete annihilation of what went before.

Before passing into the Beyond, the World and its elements must attain what may be called their «point of annihilation».

Life born accidentally from the dust, no ultimate meaning or purpose in it, and no destiny ahead of it except annihilation — that on one side; and on the other what Benjamin Franklin called «Powerful Goodness» at the heart of things!

Chomsky brings up the annihilation of the American indigenous population» are we to call what was done to them, in service of the foundational myth known as Manifest Destiny, something radically different from the logic of sacrificial violence?

What grounds do we have for labeling that annihilation «force» instead of «violence»?

Einstein's Special Relativity speaks of «the creation and annihilation of matter», but I do not know what the elaboration of this amounts to.

But when the individual man contemplates the death that will eventually bring his own historical existence to an end, it threatens him with the annihilation of what he is and what he has been.

What kind of God would plan to murder and kill billions of people around the world including the annihilation of every plant and animal on the planet and declare the event «judgment day»?!

(It is man, influenced by other men, who twisted things around to mean what they do now; it is man, influenced by other men, who inspired the change from accepting Universal Restoration / Reconciliation as truth to accepting Eternal Torment or Permanent Annihilation as truth instead.)

What he can not understand is that Yahweh is not a God like all the rest, that he is in fact a Wholly Other, that he is not subject to the common measure, and that when he confronts what men call god the only possible issue is the annihilation of the gWhat he can not understand is that Yahweh is not a God like all the rest, that he is in fact a Wholly Other, that he is not subject to the common measure, and that when he confronts what men call god the only possible issue is the annihilation of the gwhat men call god the only possible issue is the annihilation of the gods.

In a powerful 1940 article Niebuhr protested that America's dominant liberal culture was too appeasing and moralistic to fathom «what it means to meet a resolute foe who is intent upon either your annihilation or enslavement.»

The story of Jesus» own obedience makes clear that what looks like an annihilation of the self may, in fact, be its enlargement.

A full reading of Annihilation therefore not only requires you to come up with your own answers, but also consider what the questions were in the first place.

It's only a mild spoiler to say that in Annihilation, the characters» innate self - destruction brings them face to face with the movie's title, but there is a notable exception, and what sets that case apart is purpose.

If their vote share is close to what I've predicted here it might indicate that they not quite facing the electoral annihilation many expect.

You look at the electron - positron annihilation in the body and from that you can image what's going on inside the body without opening it up.

What we will get here is a process, stimulated annihilation, that is analogous to the stimulated radiation process at the heart of laser operation.

Throw another black hole in to the mix, and what you get is utter chaos, one that is sure to bring about the utter annihilation of whatever happens to be in the vicinity.

For the first couple of decades after that, the universe was so dense that any process producing extra energy, such as the annihilation or decay of dark - matter particles, would affect all of the CMB photons, creating what are known as mu (µ) distortions in the blackbody spectrum.

But with Portman in the main role, Annihilation acts as an intellectual riddle in suggesting that Mizuno's humanization — becoming «more» human - like — is simply an attainment of whiteness, warranting a follow - up question: At what cost?

What further complicates the comparison is that audiences claim that the film version of Annihilation is an intellectual dream, a cerebral experience, that it's almost too much of a think - piece for the general public.

But in «Annihilation» he doesn't seem to have figured out what any of it means.

Given the opportunity to provide an explanation for what has happened or what has been learned over the course of Annihilation, a character offers what is perhaps the only rational response: «I don't know.»

Annihilation has its share of action — including one horrifying encounter that ratchets up the tension to an almost - unbearable level — but this movie, unlike something produced for mass audiences, is about what happens in the calm moments between the loud, splashy sequences.

Peter Weir (The Truman Show, Master and Commander), who also directed Ford to success a year before in the Best Picture - nominated Witness, directs this Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, Affliction) adaptation of the Paul Theroux novel, casting Ford as Allie Fox, a disgruntled American inventor who gets so pissed off at the loss of what he believes is a dying America, he decides to pack up his bags and family, taking them to the rain forests of South America to live a life away from civilization, and the threat of nuclear annihilation he believes is imminent.

«Annihilation» follows a group of female scientists who set out on what is essentially a suicide mission to a top - secret location known as Area X, where a shimmering energetic border has appeared, cordoning off an amorphous portion of wilderness, changing its landscape.

Answers are few, but the journey to seek them is what makes «Annihilation» a compelling and complex movie.

Annihilation Rated R for violence, bloody images, language and some sexuality Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86 % In Theaters This heavy sci - fi piece from Ex Machina writer / director Alex Garland stars Natalie Portman as an ex-military scientist who leads an all - female mission into an environmental disaster zone in order to try to uncover what happened to the all male team that preceded them.

However, we're hoping Fox decides to share rights with them in a way similar to what Sony did with Spider - Man, because they aren't that popular in the books and it's unlikely Fox will give them proper screen - time as they already have Galactus, his heralds (such as Silver Surfer), the cosmic X-Men links (such as the Shi'ar's Imperial Guard), along with Annihilus and all the Annihilation Wave components.

The rest of this weekend's top 10 is about what you'd expect: Diminishing returns for films like Game Night — which dropped from No. 2 to No. 4 in its second week — Peter Rabbit, and Annihilation, hanging in there alongside the unexpectedly long - lived Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle and The Greatest Showman, both of which are currently in their eleventh week.

Ultimately, Authority leaves just as many questions as Annihilation: What are the motives of the people above Control and Southern Reach?

Because Annihilation, director Alex Garland's scifi follow - up to the excellent Ex Machina, is going to give you what you've been missing, right here on planet Earth.

What's more, Annihilation «s Thanos actively works against Annihilus to stop him.

They simply don't carry the weight of Annihilation, which implies that no one will survive what comes next.

Good sci - fi is about pondering Big Ideas and what it means to be human, and Annihilation is certainly in line with that.

The implicit suggestion is that no matter what, these Middle Eastern fanatics will be carrying a gun and a desire to shoot you dead first — even innocent looking six year olds — so their annihilation is in the best interests of the «civilised» world.

Oscar also talks about making his new sci - fi / horror movie Annihilation and what it was like shooting Star Wars: The Last Jedi at the same time.

Annihilation stars Natalie Portman as The Biologist — who volunteers for an expedition into an area where the laws of physics don't apply to find out what happened to her husband.

Based on Jeff VanderMeer's book of the same name, Annihilation follows four female scientists (known by their areas of expertise; the biologist, the psychologist, the surveyor, and the anthropologist, respectively) as they try to uncover what happened to the biologist's husband (Oscar Isaac) and his team of researchers, who disappeared while studying Area X, a pristine ecosystem cut off from the rest of the developed world.

When asked at SF FILM what «Annihilation» is: «I don't give a shit,» Garland replied.

Best Bear Attack: The Revenant Best Mosasaur Attack: Jurassic World Best Blind, Flamethrowing Guitar Player: Mad Max: Fury Road The Winklevi Award for Excellence in Playing Twins: Tom Hardy, Legend Worst Romantic Chemistry: Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, 50 Shades of Grey (Runner - up: Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Secret in their Eyes)(Honorable Mentions: Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending; Chris Hemsworth and Tang Wei, Blackhat) Best Fake Soap Opera: Joy Best Fake Magazine: Trainwreck («S'Nuff») The Gay Panic Award: Get Hard (Runner - up: The D Train) Best Alec Guinness Impression: Max von Sydow, Star Wars: The Force Awakens Worst Liam Neeson Impression: Sean Penn, The Gunman Best Turn - of - the - Century Reference to The Atlantic: Crimson Peak The Unbroken Award for a Portrait of Endurance that Gradually Becomes an Exercise in Endurance: The Revenant Best Use of «Smells Like Teen Spirit»: Pan Best Use of «Freebird»: Kingsman: The Secret Service Best Use of «Girls Just Want To Have Fun»: Anomalisa Least Convincing Hacker: Chris Hemsworth, Blackhat Least Responsible First Responder: Dwayne Johnson, San Andreas Person You'd Least Want in Charge of National Intelligence: Andrew Scott (Sherlock's Moriarty), Spectre Most Comprehensive Annihilation of an Intended Franchise: Josh Trank, Fantastic Four Best Driver: Ben Kingsley, Learning to Drive (Runner - up: Robert DeNiro, The Intern) Worst Total Box Office: Confession of a Child of the Century, $ 74 (Runner - up: Paranoid Girls, $ 78) Most Disturbing Sex Scenes (Human Category): Love Most Disturbing Sex Scenes (Puppet Category): Anomalisa Best Performance Playing a Character Named «Toussaint»: Jimmy Jean - Louis, Joy (Runner - up: Fabrice Adde, The Revenant) The «Marry Me and I'll Buy You a Piano» Award: Far from the Madding Crowd The «That Was Beautiful; What Happened?»

She also talked about what attracts her to a project, how much fun she had on Twin Peaks: The Return, how thrilled she was to be a part of the Patrick Melrose limited series (set to air on Showtime), and working with Alex Garland on Annihilation.

I haven't read any of the books in author Jeff VanderMeer's award - winning «Southern Reach Trilogy,» of which Annihilation is the first installment, but from what I understand writer / director Alex Garland (Ex Machina) has reworked the material considerably as far as the script for his feature adaptation is concerned.

Unlike a lot of movies where everything is explained and watered down by studio notes and focus groups, Annihilation is a hard sci - fi thriller where you're constantly trying to figure out what is happening and I loved every second of it.

I know it's early in 2018, but I think I've seen what will go down as one of my favorite films of year: writer / director Alex Garland's Annihilation.