Other songs reference science fiction and horror, such as the wolves and vampires of "A Wolf at the Door" and "We Suck Young Blood", the reference to the 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four in "2 + 2 = 5", and the allusion to the giant of Gulliver's Travels (1726) in "Go to Sleep".
The lyrics reference science fiction and horror films of the past and list several film titles from the 1930s to the 1970s, including The Day the Earth Stood Still, Flash Gordon, The Invisible Man, King Kong, It Came from Outer Space, Doctor X, Forbidden Planet, Tarantula, The Day of the Triffids, Curse of the Demon, When Worlds Collide and The Bride of Frankenstein.
His fans, he realized, were most smitten by his geekier songs, the ones that referenced science fiction, mathematics or video games.
From the start, Abrams confirms the movie's own identity as a fast-moving action thriller that, like Lucas's first installment, mixes its frames of reference, combining science fiction and Westerns, "Lawrence of Arabia" and prehistoric fantasies.
But the standout looks always included some reference to science or digital technology — a dress that combined a camouflage bodice with a midnight blue skirt of the celestial sky, a black tweed suit jacket with a metallic silk panel.
Rather, things were never that bad (malaria is an unrelenting killer of children, but Africans cope, and their villages are unfairly characterized with reference to science fiction movies), and things have not yet improved too much.
Sure enough, the marketing types make reference to science to add some credibility to the products.
While acknowledging that reference to science could be interpreted as encompassing the other disciplines, especially mathematics, the STEM acronym itself is frequently defined as simply "science" (e.g., Office of the Chief Scientist, 2014).
The game's visuals reference modern science fiction and fantasy as well.
These questions are not resolvable with reference to science.
Although the number of references to community participation and local knowledge remain constant throughout the three frameworks, references to science, technology, and research increase dramatically from Yokohama to Sendai.
