Sentences with phrase «about hidden characters»

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Here is my evil plan — Create a fictional character, have him born into poverty in a part of the world full of strife with no recorded history, cast some doubts on his conception (that will keep them guessing), leave a decade or so gap in his life story, re-introduce him in the middle of nowhere and tell everyone he has all these amazing powers, he confounds and confuses all his followers and tells them not to tell anyone about what he does or where he is going and Oh yeah, they are all prostiitutes and tax cheats and lepers and the really lowlifes of society, deny them the chance to follow him, set him at odds with both the government and the church powers of his time, cast doubts on his seexuality and intelligence, make it so he refuses anyone to come to his aid and kill him in the most horrible way imaginable, then hide his body, make it so nothing he does can be historically proven.

In reading Paul Tough «s new book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, it struck me that many of the characteristics Tough talks about in raising a successful child are also hallmarks of successful entrepreneurs.

Paul Tough writes about education, parenting, poverty, and politics for various publications in the U.S.. His book How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, was translated into 27 languages and spent more than a year on the New York Times best - seller list.

We met recently at the Education Equals Partnership meeting in Santa Monica, where he spoke about some of the lessons from his most recent book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character.

Make cookies that you decorate based on the game, make up stories about the characters in the game, dress up like them, find books or cards, sing the songs from the game, make up physical games like pretend to be the characters in the game and play hide and seek - do all kinds of things that connect to the thing he / she enjoys.

To dream about friends suggests that certain hidden parts of your character are now ready and willing to reemerge.

Chelsom observes Sarandon's particular skill in one scene with Jenkins: «It's not what actors show you on screen that's interesting, it's what they're hiding from you,» and he's right on — she is all about digging into pain or anxiousness and then repressing it so you have to figure out her character's trajectory.

Although it manages to be suspenseful about the journey of its jumbled characters, it is an unrelenting examination of the search for the hidden recipe of me, you and us that makes for a strong marriage, and that's something you ultimately have to steel yourself for in a weekly series.

Director Kyle Henry, screenwriter Carlos Treviño and a wonderfully talented ensemble cast deliver a 21st century relationship time capsule of Rogers Park and some of the people who call it home — but this tightly scripted, dialogue - driven character study is also brimming with universal truths about the long - hidden but nevertheless permanent bruises of family tragedies, the changing and sometimes numbing nature of even a truly loving long - term relationship and the slow death of knowing one's dreams are almost certainly defunct.

The film opens on the island of Themyscira, a paradise island created by the god Zeus and hidden from the real world by a protective shield, and the film stays there for a while as we follow Diana from curious little girl to fully trained warrior princess but once Steve Trevor's fighter plane crashes there and Diana realises there is a war being fought in world she does not know of that is not too far away then we swiftly get brought into London in 1918 and this shift from fantasy into a «real world» scenario gives the film a greater sense of depth, and when combined with characters that you actually care about then Wonder Woman is head and shoulders above all of the other DCEU movies on the strength of that alone.

by Walter Chaw I look at the first film in this very fine trilogy as Jason Bourne embodying Harrison Ford's Deckard character from Blade Runner: someone with hidden potential and a certain confusion about his place in the world — and the kind of figure Matt Damon is best at portraying, as it happens.

Moreover, theories about sociological, hidden and subliminal messages in Disney films and characters are so prevailing that I have enjoyed intriguing classes on the very subject in junior high (for free) and at university (for a repossessed Porsche).

That's another thing about Leigh, that he never appears himself to be making any kind of overt judgments on his characters, or even preparing any kind of melodramatic reveal of their hidden natures) the film brims with uncomfortable little touches.»

Set over an eventful but not extraordinary senior year of high school in Sacramento («the Midwest of California,» as one character calls it), Lady Bird follows Lady Bird through rites of passage: getting into and then out of the drama club; tiptoeing into first romance; agonizing about college; growing apart from her best friend (Beanie Feldstein); fighting with her mother; and trying to hide her family's limited income.

«She obviously needs to be in hiding somewhere,» said Lawrence last year about her character's situation after being revealed to the masses in «Days of Future Past.»

Tomorrow we've got an interview with director Lee Unkrich, but today I wanted to get things going with this big list of a bunch of fun facts, hidden facts, and character facts, about Toy Story 3 (thanks to a post from Cinema Blend).

Here the effect is at times unsettling: nearly all of the characters have something to hide as well as something to brag about, and, as in a Wong Kar - wai film, each is briefly allowed to become a first - person narrator.

The American is actually an arty little character study about a lonely assassin for hire who has become a target and hides out in a picturesque Italian village.

Payne's script brilliantly hides little details about the character and the audience gets to put the pieces together as we go.

Jon Favreau's Iron Man wrestles with those responsibilities as well as a relatively unique conundrum: How do you make audiences care about a character whose face is hidden under a metallic scowl?

• 25 Fun Facts About Beauty and the Beast — Disney Channel's Gus Kamp and Kayla Maisonet host this entertaining countdown featuring little - known fun facts, anecdotes and hidden Easter Eggs (references to Disney animated films and characters) from one of the most cherished animated films of all time.

We have no one to root for or care about — no emotional focal point — because the central character's motivation is hidden from us only to provide a cheap surprise midway through the movie.

We know everything about the game we are just done with, be it characters, their specialties, those hidden tricks, passages etc...

As such, it's a film that's predominately about grief, and most effective when that's what it's focusing on: as much as the characters try to hide or repress it, the loss haunts them — and smartly, it's not just Eleanor and Conor who are bleeding, but their parents and friends too.

Much of what we read in these «Corner Office» conversations would certainly justify Paul Tough's applause for «persistence, self - control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit, and self - confidence» — traits that he wrote about in his recent bestseller, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character — and subject of an IdeaLab essay last week.

How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character introduces extensive research about the paramount role of non-cognitive skills — or character work — in children's success, and proposes a new system to support children in extremeCharacter introduces extensive research about the paramount role of non-cognitive skills — or character work — in children's success, and proposes a new system to support children in extremecharacter work — in children's success, and proposes a new system to support children in extreme poverty.

I.e.. For a moment, I assumed that everyone, not just pantsers, would want to not lie or hide anything about their characters, haha.

Have students record the character's actions as well as his or her dialogue and inner commentary, and then have students make predictions about what the character is hiding, referring directly back to the characters» comments or actions and fully explaining the reasons behind their predictions.

However, as more is revealed about the characters and world, it becomes clear that Phos isn't the only one hiding both secrets and pain.

With her «conversational writing style and a knack for making readers care about her characters» (The Washington Post) bestselling author Sarah Pekkanen paints a vivid, kaleidoscopic portrait of a marriage before and during a crisis — and of a woman who fears that the biggest secret of all may be the one she's hiding from herself.

I LOVE the secrecy... the surprise in discovering that this character you know so much about is hiding something so close to his heart that it just wasn't shared with players in the past.

- hear comments from GLaDOS as you play - sounds from the Portal series - «cake is a lie» graffiti makes an appearance, with «the cake is in the kitchen on floor 2» written below it - the three light - up sections of the toy pad must be colored by positioning a character on a colored pad - then you move the actual minifig to the correspondingly colored panel on the toy pad itself - find hidden items in the world using the toy pad as a guide - toy pad flashes red when you go in the wrong direction and then gradually shifts to green when you're going the right way - use an environmental «keystone» to scale Batman to about ten times his normal size - use Gandalf's gift for magic to propel a levitated Companion Cube through a series of tubes and onto a button

- Ophilia and Cyrus have been announced as the last two playable characters - Cyrus is a scholar working at the royal university who is an incredibly curious and knowledgeable person - Cyrus» Path Action is «Explore» which lets him find out hidden details and information about other characters - during combat, Cyrus can reveal the weaknesses of enemies and exploit them using fire, ice and lightning magic - Ophilia is a priestess and her Path Action is Lead, which allows her to guide characters to certain places by having them follow - in combat, she's a classic white mage - type who can heal allies, buff their stats and use light magic to attack the enemy - Ophilia can also call upon the character she's guiding to aid her in battle - character's special abilities are called Talents - Olberic can take hits in place of other characters in battle - Primrose, like Ophilia, can call upon the character she has charmed and have them aid her in battle - Tressa can sometimes find money simply by walking around the overworld - Alfyn can mix items to damage enemies or heal allies - Therion can unlock treasure chests - H'aanit can capture beasts during combat - your active battle party can consist of four characters, but you can swap them out with the other four characters at any time - even after you've met up with the other playable characters, you can still pursue each character's individual story - you do this by making them the «main» character of your current party

If you're yet to see which main character shows up towards the end of the game, I'm not about to spoil it, as there are far more subtle continuations of the canon hidden throughout the Baker's mansion regardless.

The thing I always loved about Tekken was that it was fairly easy to pick up but hard to master; you could feasibly button mash your way through a match as Eddy, hoping for the best, but if you took the time to actually master a character's complex moves you'd unearth a hidden depth of technicality that sits up there with the best.

While it's expected to see Dominic Santiago's continuing mental breakdown after the loss of his wife in Gears 2, almost every character you can think of is feeling the effects of this longterm war, and the story spends just enough time focusing on the ways that some of the different characters are unravelling to make the game feel like it's about more than just hiding behind boxes and shooting monsters in the face.

I felt inspired to actually listen to non-playable characters, hoping to hear juicy rumors about possible quests or hidden prepper stashes.

By doing some exploring with the Tuner, you can find hidden rupees, find out more information about characters (or Tingle's own weird obsessions), and find the ever - valuable Tingle Statues in dungeons.

The beautiful and very kid friendly graphic and character designs hide a very dark, adult oriented story about vengeance at all costs.

The characters moved about the screen in game looking for a hidden portal while the portal lit green or red indicating how close the portal was.

Lets be honest, one of the best and most rewarding things about ploughing your way through a fighting game is unlocking hidden characters, which you can then take control of and beat your enemy into the ground with.

What's quite interesting about the hidden audio messages is that they give players a different perspective on the events that have transpired on Far Eden, whether it's from Doctor Adams or Violet, a Corebot that's mysteriously fixed on revolution, or other characters.

While hidden object games are more about screen design, mechanics and puzzle integration, I love series like Mystery of the Crystal Portal and Treasure Seekers that include a plot to follow with interesting characters.

I think part of the reason I can \» t complain much about the game \'s graphics in general is because, having actually played it and seen its monsters animate beautifully and with so much character, much of what I appreciate is hidden in between the screenshots.

Now I know the Captain Underpants series is known for its potty humor, which is one of the main reasons why children love the stories so much, but as a parent of an ADHDer, what I love the most about the series are the relatable characters for my ADHDer and the hidden (perhaps not - so - hidden) messages that kids with ADHD pick up on.

My loudest sobs in Hidden Figures came when one of the lead characters found the courage to speak out about the hurt and injustices she'd encountered.