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Snowpiercer [videorecording] / by Bell, Jamie,1986-; Evans, Chris,1981-; Pong, Chun-ho,1969-; Swinton, Tilda,actor.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Weinstein Company.;

Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Ed Harris, Alison Pill, Octavia Spencer.As a perpetual-motion engine keeps a super-powered locomotive speeding around the planet, the impoverished lower classes occupy the rear cars while the privileged upper classes are pampered in the front. The fragile balance of power between the two begins to shift, however, when an enigmatic message sparks a revolt that cannot be quelled.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.

Subjects: Disasters; Dystopian films.; Feature films.; Perpetual motion; Railroad trains; Science fiction films.; Social classes;

© 2014., Weinstein Company ; Distributed by Entertainment One,

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The future of us : the science of what we'll eat, where we'll live, and who we'll be / by Ingram, Jay,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."A fascinating look at the cutting-edge science and technologies that are on the cusp of changing everything from where we'll live, how we'll look, and who we'll be, by the popular science broadcaster and bestselling author Jay Ingram. Where will we live? How will we get around? What will we look like? These are just some of the questions bestselling author and popular science broadcaster Jay Ingram answers in this exciting examination of the science and technologies that will affect every aspect of human life. In these pages, Ingram explores the future of our technological civilization. He reports on cutting-edge research in organ and limb regeneration, advances in prosthetics, the merging of the human and the synthetic, and gene editing. Vertical farming and lab-grown food might help feed millions and alleviate pressure on the planet. Cities could accommodate green space and the long-awaited flying car. Finally, he speculates on the future of artificial general intelligence, even artificial superintelligence, as well as our place on Earth and in the universe. The potential impact of these developments in science and technology will be powerful and wide-ranging, complicated by ethics and social equity. And they will inevitably revolutionize every aspect of life and even who we are. This is The Future of Us."--

Subjects: Forecasting; Science.;

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The giver [videorecording] / by Bridges, Jeff,1949-; Holmes, Katie,1978-; Lowry, Lois.GiverVideorecording.; Monaghan, Cameron.; Rush, Odeya.; Skarsgård, Alexander.; Streep, Meryl.; Swift, Taylor,1989-; Thwaites, Brenton.; Tremblay, Emma.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Weinstein Company.;

Jeff Bridges, Odeya Rush, Emma Tremblay, Katie Holmes, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgard, Taylor Swift, Cameron Monaghan, Brenton Thwaites.The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.

Subjects: Control (Psychology); Dystopian films.; Dystopias; Feature films.; Memory; Science fiction films.; Secrets; Social control;

© 2014., Weinstein Company ; Distributed by Entertainment One,

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Eris [electronic resource] : by Gaudet, Larry.aut; cloudLibrary;

An anarchist online group sets out to assassinate the corporate elites they believe have turned culture into a digital nightmare. “A blistering look at what our online and offline lives have devolved into at the hands of our corporate tech overlords and their lackeys in government.” — ROBERT J. SAWYER, Hugo Award–winning author Don Barton is the visionary creator of Greenhouse, a popular immersive game where millions play at “saving the environment” in the surreal digital landscapes of the metaverse. Now retired to his plutocratic wealth, he learns his teen son, a gifted gamer, has suddenly gone missing, having joined a terrorist group led by a mysterious young woman, Eris, a former cryptocurrency trader. She’s on a mission to destroy the world’s entertainment and social media platforms and assassinate the corporate elites who run them. In desperation, Barton roams Greenhouse, the only place his radicalized son will talk to him, learning that the game — his life’s work — is on the terrorist hit list. And both his life and his son’s are in danger. A RARE MACHINES BOOKGeneral adult.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Noir; Cyberpunk; Dystopian; Technological;

© 2024., Dundurn Press,

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The center seat [videorecording] : 55 years of Star trek / by McFadden, Gates,on-screen participant.; Nichols, Nichelle,on-screen participant.; Nimoy, Leonard,on-screen participant.; Spiner, Brent,on-screen participant.; Wheaton, Wil,on-screen participant.; Mill Creek Entertainment,distributor.;

Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, Ronald D. Moore, Nicholas Meyer, Rick Berman, Denise Crosby, John de Lancie, Nana Visitor, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, Christopher Lloyd, Leonard Nimoy.This multi-episode documentary series takes viewers on the definitive in-depth journey behind the scenes of one of the greatest landmark franchises of all time: Star Trek. Celebrating the show's 55th anniversary, each episode focuses on a different chapter in the groundbreaking program's history. Interviews with the cast, crew, and experts including one of Leonard Nimoy's final in-depth Trek interviews reveal never-before-heard backstage stories and offer fresh insights. The Center Seat details how Star Trek began, where it's been, and how it's boldly going where no television series has gone before!E.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital.

Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Television mini-series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Science fiction television programs; Science fiction television programs; Star Trek fans.; Star Trek films; Star Trek films; Star Trek films; Star Trek television programs; Star Trek television programs; Star Trek television programs;

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Surviving progress [videorecording] / by Atwood, Margaret,1939-; Crooks, Harold.; Goodall, Jane,1934-; Hawking, S. W.(Stephen W.); Roy, Mathieu.; Suzuki, David T.,1936-; Venter, J. Craig.; Big Picture Media Corporation.; Cinemaginaire (Firm); First-Run Features (Firm); National Film Board of Canada.;

Featuring, Stephen Hawking, Margaret Atwood, Jane Goodall, Michael Hudson, David Suzuki, Craig Venter.Technological advancement, economic development, population increase - are they signs of a thriving society, or too much of a good thing? Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, 'Surviving Progress' is a provocative documentary that explores the concept of progress in the modern world, guiding through the major 'progress traps' facing civilization in the arenas of technology, economics, consumption, and the environment.E.DVD ; NTSC; widescreen presentation.

Subjects: Documentary films.; Progress; Progress; Progress.; Science and civilization.; Technological innovations; Technological innovations; Technology and civilization.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;

© c2012., First Run Features,

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Aeon Flux [videorecording (DVD)] / by Chung, Peter; Csokas, Marton,1966; Dryburgh, Stuart; Kusama, Karyn; Miller, Jonny Lee; Okonedo, Sophi; Postlethwaite, Pet; Revell, Graeme; Theron, Charliz; Paramount Pictures Corporatio;

Director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh ; editors, Peter Honess, Plummy Tucker, Jeff Gullo ; music, Graeme Revell ; costume designer, Beatrix Aruna Pasztor ; production designer, Andrew McAlpine.Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller, Sophie Okonedo, Pete Postlethwaite, Amelia Warner, Caroline Chikezie, Paterson Joseph, Frances McDormand.400 years in the future, after a virus kills off 99% of the world population, only one city on Earth remains. Ruled by the Goodchild dynasty, it is a perfect society of peace and prosperity - except that its citizens keep mysteriously disappearing. A secret agent/assassin/warrior has been given the mission to bring down the regime. But as she goes deeper into her mission, Aeon uncovers some shocking secrets that put the mission, not to mention her life, in dangerCanadian Home Video Rating: 14ADVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital, NTSC

Subjects: Disappeared persons; Feature film; Female assassins; Science fiction film; Utopian socialism; Video recordings for the hearing impaire;

© c2006., Paramount Pictures,

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Murdoch mysteries. [videorecording] / by Bisson, Yannick,1969-; Craig, Tom,1962-; Joy, Helene.; McCutcheon, Don.; Acorn Media (Firm);

Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Helene Joy, Johnny Harris, Georgina Reilly.Originally broadcast on television as individual episodes during the 2013 season.At the dawn of the 20th century, Detective William Murdoch solves Toronto2s trickiest cases with scientific insight and ingenuity in this award-winning mystery series. From flying early aircraft to infiltrating nudist communities, consulting with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to helping a young Winston Churchill, Murdoch has always been a man ahead of his time. In Season Six, he also confronts legal and social challenges to be with his love, pathologist-turned-psychiatrist Dr. Julia Ogden.PG.DVD, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.

Subjects: Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Forensic sciences; Murdoch, William (Fictitious character); Police;

© c2013., Acorn Media,

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Snowpiercer. [videorecording] / by Basso, Annalise,1998-actor.; Bean, Sean,actor.; Connelly, Jennifer,actor.; Diggs, Daveed,actor.; Friedman, Josh,screenwriter.; Goldberg, Iddo,1975-actor.; Hall, Lena,actor.; Hawes, James,television director.; Konoval, Karin,actor.; Legrand, Benjamin,screenwriter.; Lob, Jacques,1932-creator,screenwriter.; Manson, Graeme(Writer),screenwriter.; O'Malley, Mike,1966-actor.; Sumner, Mickey,1984-actor.; Vand, Sheila,actor.; Wright, Alison,1976-actor.; television adaptation of (work):Lob, Jacques,1932-Transperceneige.English.; television adaptation of (work):Rochette,1956-Transperceneige.English.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;

Jennifer Connelly, Daveed Diggs, Mickey Sumner, Annalise Basso, Sean Bean, Miranda Edwards, Karin Konoval, Mike O'Malley, Aaron Glenane, Sheila Vand, Lena Hall, Iddo Goldberg, Alison Wright.Seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a perpetually-moving train that circles the globe, where class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out.14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Science fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Apocalyptic television programs.; Dystopian television programs.; Climatic changes; Disasters; Railroad trains; Social classes; Survival;

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Twilight zone. [videorecording] / by Baccarin, Morena,actor.; Elfman, Jenna,1971-actor.; Hale, Tony,1983-actor.; Embry, Ethan,1978-actor.; Domingo, Colman,actor.; Meloni, Christopher,actor.; Porter, Billy,1969-actor.; Peele, Jordan,1979-host.; Grace, Topher,1978-actor.; Sunjata, Daniel,1971-actor.; CBS DVD (Firm),publisher.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,publisher.;

Host: Jordan Peele ; Morena Baccarin, Jenna Elfman, Colman Domingo, Ethan Embry, Tony Hale, Joel McHale, Tavi Gevinson, Christopher Meloni, Billy Porter, Gillian Jacobs, Sophia Macy, Topher Grace, Daniel Sunjata, Jimmi Simpson.Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg's modern re-imagining of the classic TV series continues the legacy of socially conscious storytelling. The series' second season uses introspection and self-exploration to usher viewers into a dimension filled with endless possibilities.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.

Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Science fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Supernatural; Parapsychology;

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