It remains to be seen if people will pay for large ticket items spontaneously via their phone, but Google created Street View — the fantasy globe-trotting service that can suck up your time like nobody's business — and now acting on your travel urges just got a lot easier.
Most viewers seem to watch them on two planes: One that fully embraces the fantasy, the globe-trotting love affairs, and the emotional "journey" towards mature, life-long commitment, another that's harshly critical of the whole set-up, which whiffs of all the pungent things that make modern love a little icky. .
Calle 13, a duo made up of the rapper Residente (René Pérez) and the producer Visitante (Eduardo Cabra), has brought political critiques, raunchy fantasies and globe-hopping musical eclecticism to the Latin hip-hop style called reggaetón.
The latest remake of Jules Verne's 1873 globe-trotting fantasy, "Around the World in 80 Days," is a deliriously silly caper that goes out of its way to thumb its nose at logic.
Now with a little help from the Web and from video games like "Final Fantasy" and "World of Warcraft," cosplay conventions have sprouted up around the globe.
(Dargis) 'THE FALL' (R, 1 56) Wide-eyed and empty-headed, this globe-trotting fantasy epic from the commercial director Tarsem Singh is a genuine labor of love.
(A. O. Scott) 'THE FALL' (R, 1 56) Wide-eyed and empty-headed, this globe-trotting fantasy epic from the commercial director Tarsem Singh is a genuine labor of love.
Before Mr. Raimi went off to turn "Spider-Man" into a multibillion-dollar movie franchise, the two men were credited with creating a genre of television beloved (at least for a time) around the globe: the syndicated fantasy action drama.
Those fantasies of Manny drifting aimlessly around the globe always overlooked the fact that he has a wife and children.
Third spot went to Angelina Jolie fantasy vehicle Maleficent, with took $757m across the globe.
