Sentences with phrase «as cautionary tales go»

As far as cautionary tales go, The Lazarus Effect is pretty good stuff overall and effectively rises above its mild approach to deliver a thoughtful and intense horror experience that I had a lot of fun with despite all its flaws.

Plus, it's hard not to read into the «margin of error» political talk as a cautionary tale going into the 2016 election.

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After all, lightning rarely strikes twice, as the old saying goes, and Leeds are a glaringly obvious cautionary tale illustrating that fallen giants can endure protracted exiles from the top flight due to precisely the combination of on - field failure and off - field folly and mismanagement for which our club has become renowned.

A cartoonist, novelist and screenwriter, Alex Garland, who's most commonly known for writing films such as The Beach, 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Never Let Me Go, and Dredd, has now made his directorial debut with Ex Machina, a sci - fi cautionary tale that challenges viewers with a variety of existential questions in regards to artificial intelligence.

In retrospect, all seem to understand that Never Say Never Again is perhaps best regarded as a cautionary tale: When a movie like this is produced as a simple prerogative of copyright, no one's going to feel terribly passionate about it.

What could have become a trite, overwrought, emotional depiction of «woman goes mad with grief, and is further corrupted by power» and, therefore, a backwards - looking cautionary tale, is, instead, presented as moving and human.

And, of course, if we weren't taken seriously, we weren't going to make a difference other than, perhaps, serving as a cautionary tale.

The case may serve as a cautionary tale of what can go wrong for separated or divorced parents who plan to take their children in or out of the country on holidays this summer.

While Middle - earth: Shadow of War mostly escaped the intense scrutiny and anger directed at two of 2017's biggest loot box / microtransaction cautionary tales, those being the much - maligned Destiny 2 and the even - more - widely - detested Star Wars: Battlefront II, the game was nonetheless «review bombed» on platforms such as Steam and Metacritic by gamers who were unhappy about Middle - earth: Shadow of War's monetization system, and it thus went on to become a popular example among pundits of the dangers behind poor implementation of microtransactions and loot box economies in triple - A video game releases.

One notable example being that of a certain Yale Graduate in real life who wished to sashay into a high profile Investment banking job with a video resume that went overboard in its attempt to establish him as the perfect candidate — but ended up at somewhat of a joke, as well being a cautionary tale of what not to try while looking to garner the attention of the HR managers and recruiters in a subtly professional manner.