In the science fiction future of the film Minority Report, Stephen Spielberg displayed his vision of driverless automobiles: a thousand gleaming pods of metal and glass flowing in perfectly coordinated highway traffic.
She then describes the major surgery two weeks later where breast tissue was removed, saying it felt "like a scene out of a science-fiction film, " then writes that nine weeks later she had a third surgery to reconstruct the breasts and receive implants.
The question today is whether a cheaply made science fiction film can capture the attention of enough moviegoers to become a genuine blockbuster.
The chairs also showed up on the sets of Tim Burton's remake of science fiction classic Planet of the Apes and Bryan Singer's second X-Men film, X2.
Blade Runner is at once a classic film noir film and a masterful piece of science fiction.
In the name of science, three members of Dr Gallant's team each endured two sessions of fMRI while watching assorted film trailers.
In the movie, in which Affleck plays the lead role, the CIA operation is shown outwitting Iranian authorities through an elaborate plan based on pretending that the U.S. diplomats fleeing the country were part of team scouting locations for an outlandish science-fiction film.
Stanton delivered a great film, adapting one of the most important science fiction tales ever written that is one of the inspirations for Star Wars.
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Not surprisingly, his thinking has been welcomed in film design and science fiction, where the laws of physics and finance can be overcome with CGI or words on a page.
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Spielberg said Harryhausen's "inspiration goes with us forever" while Cameron said Hollywood science fiction film-makers had been "standing on the shoulders of a giant".
Steven Spielberg said Harryhausen's inspiration "goes with us forever", while James Cameron said Hollywood's science-fiction film-makers had been "standing on the shoulders of a giant".
Nanosolar, furthermore, a maker of thin-film solar cells, has a project in Spain that applies nano-science that will provide 16, 500 megawatt hours of electricity each year.
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Of course, it remains to be seen how well the rest of film's technology will hold up when we actually roll around to 2054, but great science fiction movies don't always have the best track record in pinpointing dates for their prognostications.
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