Smaller nods like these show respect for the series at a core level, and this respect is emphasized further through the more squad - centric gameplay.
Smaller nods like these show respect for the series at a core level, and this respect is emphasized further through the more squad - centric gameplay.
Not exact matches
Buildings may
nod in the direction of historical style (adding a pillared portico or an oddly
small white spire) or symbolic reference (resembling, for instance, a gigantic tent), but in general the megachurches look
like office complexes.
Floral syndromes include Mariposas with large, brightly colored, tulip -
like blossoms with an erect perianth (tepals); Cat's Ears with a
smaller, spreading perianth densely covered with trichomes; Star Tulips with spreading, mostly glabrous tepals; and Fairy Lanterns with closed, globular
nodding flowers.
From the
smallest of things
like a smile, a touch to the shoulder, a
nod of respect and acknowledgement, sharing one's lunch, or a light to see with, to bigger things
like using one's vacation time to volunteer as a nurse in a war zone halfway across the planet.
I
like my rodeo outfits to have
small nods to western wear without being full blown.
A
smaller film
like Before Midnight was never going to be in with a shot for any of the main categories but its witty and intelligent script, co-written by director Richard Linklater and stars Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, should have scored an original screenplay
nod.
The opening scene, in which Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito) confronts Leo O'Bannon (Albert Finney) and Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne) is an obvious
nod to the opening of The Godfather: another
small, balding Italian man, asking a lethal favor of a crime boss seated behind a large desk, while throwing in a reference to people behaving
like «animals.»
There's a distinct retro vibe to the Bullet's appearance, with strong
nods to models
like the 404 and 405 of the 1950s, which also featured the Bullet's
small, snout -
like grille flanked by round headlights.
Many of the enemies felt more annoying to deal with than they were challenging, with the
nod going to the new angel type monsters which made the first hour of the DLC feel
like a
small slice of hell.
There are
nods to activities on the US west coast, and space given to Sam Francis, an overly precious artist whose paintings are a sort of décor writ large, and a
small section devoted to photography, which feels
like an appendage, and comes without enough contextualisation.
Andy Warhol's turtlenecked face stretched
like a bad Photoshop edit, Michelangelo's David swathed in a garish pink, and a
nod to Pointillism with a «pixelated» Mussolini, appear alongside three
small, «cropped» canvases, easily borrowed from Getty Image stock photography, of men's slacks and dress shoes on a red carpet, their identities virtually indistinguishable save for the respective titles, George, David, and Leo.
In contrast, two of the artist's work intricately traces haptic gestures, with a
nod toward disappearing landscapes and lost language: Inga Dorosz» drawings track and map recognizable renditions of trees and other organic forms, yet the tiny line work pixilates and separates the scenes
like disappearing data; Léonie Guyer's
small works remove information further — little abstract shapes are
like punctuation that has lost its conversation and therefore its purpose, yet they remain
like memories of forgotten stories.
While there are the historical
likes of British artists Stanley Spencer, with a very
small nod to Chaim Soutine and Indian transplant FN Souza, the focus of the show is the core London School.