Right - for the figure imagine a comic book super hero (iron man maybe) with their vapour trail behind them.
We're not after web 2.0 images - so the completely deconstructed figure doesn't work. It needs more substance in the form of curves or layers. Art deco, futurism, bauhaus were all highly stylistic but still stripped back - that is what we are looking for. If you have seen the Hunger Games, then the decor through the train and the capital is where it is at.
Does that help?