Sentences with phrase «better on the comic»

I want to talk about how this structure perhaps worked better on the comic page than on screen.

There's Something About Mary without heart, timing, intelligence, freshness, you name it, Along Came Polly casts Mary's leading man Stiller as a risk management professional but doesn't make good on the comic possibilities of his patented hapless stick - in - the - mud shtick.

Not exact matches

Segura won't put a dollar figure on what Completely Normal did for his career (he retained 35 percent ownership of the program), but he says it paved the way for bigger paydays — and that's been the case for other comics as well.

Paying homage to the comics Other than cashing in on video games — the LEGO Batman games are leading Activision Blizzard's (Nasdaq: ATVI) The Amazing Spider - Man on the charts as of this writing — it isn't yet clear how Warner will make good on this freedom.

Audible founder and Chief Executive Donald Katz said in a statement on Monday the company had been attracted by Rooftop's content as well as its pool of comic talent.

I'm acting as the executive producer as well on that franchise, and that's looking at the movie, the book, the comic, mobile, the companions, all that stuff and making sure it's all going towards the unified universe and vision.

A press release elaborated on its plot: «The comic depicts early events in Colonel Sanders» life that eventually led to the discovery of his real super power: the combination of a pressure cooker and secret blend of 11 herbs and spices, better known as his world - famous Original Recipe Chicken.»

As for why I would make it a comic book coffee shop as opposed to one offering traditional literature, I believe comic books best suit the business model because they're short enough to read in an hour or afternoon, depending on the length.

Mere days after comic book fans rejoiced at the thought of television's best bald - headed baddie taking the on the role of the...

Chip Zdarsky's 2015 - 16 run on the comic is pretty good, and would make a weird, fun movie!

I only ask because it would seem you are saying that due to the nature of God we have no way to test for or verify the existence of the spirit realm, thus you have assigned those unknowable spirits superpowers the likes of which might be better found on the pages on a comic book or in ancient fairy tales.

David Dark, author of The Sacredness of Questioning Everything, seems to appreciate Colbert as well, for he begins his chapter on «Questioning Our Offendedness» with a «tip of the hat» to the comic genius of the caricature that is Stephen Colbert — a caricature that highlights how «we develop a built - in resistance to any information that refuses to fall in line with our preconceived notions.»

Perhaps best known for his text on the sociology of religion, The Sacred Canopy, Berger has also shown a keen interest in issues of development and public policy and in the nature of religious belief in the modern world, as evident in A Far Glory: The Question of Faith in an Age of Credulity (1992) and in his most recent book, Redeeming Laughter: The Comic Dimension of Human Experience.

Comic books do this all the time (although to be fair, comic books have much better writers than the Bible did), and all you have to do is blame it on a time warp or another fictional character like Doctor Doom or SComic books do this all the time (although to be fair, comic books have much better writers than the Bible did), and all you have to do is blame it on a time warp or another fictional character like Doctor Doom or Scomic books have much better writers than the Bible did), and all you have to do is blame it on a time warp or another fictional character like Doctor Doom or Satan.

In keeping with the rather serious tone infecting The Lunch Tray this week (except for the comic relief provided by the school lunch lady action figure — thank goodness for her), the Wall Street Journal recently reported on two new studies showing that good heart health starts in childhood — and that poor habits can potentially cause cardiac problems later in life.

Even better, the show has encouraged fans to upload content ranging from photos to comic strips to illustrations (Botticelli's Birth of Venus redone manatee - style) to poetry («The product of our ecstasy will be half man and half a - «tee») to songs («She had big black eyes / no discernible thighs»), some of which have been featured on - air.

Earlier, he was quite happy with the dustup of Heins and Gallo vs Cahill and again, no information... what is basically a comic strip is now a «chapter book»... People, you got ta drop the fun and games cheering peanut gallery and insist on good journalism that gives you a clue about what's going on in your government.

The Mail on Sunday, in a disgraceful smear on Labour's candidate in the Eastleigh by - election, John O'Farrell, have grossly distorted words used in Things can only get better, his comic account of «eighteen miserable years in the life of a Labour supporter» under Thatcher and Major to claim that «he wished Margaret Thatcher had been -LSB-...]

It appeared on cocktail napkins («Real men don't ask directions») and became a staple of stand - up comics as well as jokes that made the rounds: «Why did Moses wander in the desert for 40 years?»

Better were ringmaster black coats, more utilitarian black wool coats with white blanket stitching and lovely sepia photo prints of wild animals on silk dresses: they were still conversation starters but with less of the comic about them.

I wore this exact outfit to San Diego Comic Con last month, however, as I was on my own, failed to get any snaps of it, but I didn't mind too much as I figured Disneyland was a much better place to get pictures.

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About Me im 24 and created a podcast called animanga Nation on youtube about indie anime and manga also do a channel about american comics as well i like to write stories and and live life to the fullest

Grew up in Gardnerville, but born in Montana Well like to hang out with people Watch Movies Play Video Games (PSP mostly) Recently Got my Graphic Design degree Also Have a degree in Fine Arts, too Am a big Nerd Am currently working on my own comic book (writing and drawing) I enjoy Photoshop...

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An imposing and highly memorable presence on the Broadway stage, actor Frank Langella has won only a fraction of the acclaim he's received in the theater for his film career; still, his brooding good looks and his ability to play both villains and comic foils with a touch of menace has made him a welcome (and increasingly familiar) fare to film buffs.

Funnyman Steve Oedekerk never quite broke through as a standup comic, but his years on the standup circuit did lead to a thriving career as a writer and director for some of Hollywood's biggest comedy stars, as well as periodic acting jobs.

A biography of the pioneering comedian Richard Pryor that features interviews with family members who describe his often difficult life as well as sit - downs with modern - day comics who explain the influence Pryor's unique style had on them.

I never read the comic and quit watching the show after that nonsensical arm hacksawing three episodes in, so maybe I've missed out on something, but for all of the hype surrounding this game, I only felt that the story was «good» — perhaps even «very good,» in spite of its predictability, due to its execution.

Although probably best known as the voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog on Late Night With Conan O'Brien, New York native Robert Smigel's legacy is really more that of a writer.

Since the comic book first arrived on shelves in the mid -»60s, it has consistently been one of the best selling titles; most people who have collected comics at one time or another have bought at least one X-Men issue.

While weed was a big part of the comic misunderstandings that fueled the plot of the first movie, and works in similar fashion here as well, the fact is that both films operate on a higher plane than an awful lot of sludgy spliff flicks.

At its best, the film resembles an ultraviolent Looney Tunes spinoff, with Reynolds once again going full Bugs Bunny behind either a mask or a mountain of makeup — his extremities all akimbo, his rapid - fire comic patter usually landing on just the right side of obnoxiousness.

Trust at times seems about as factually accurate as the «B.C.» comic strip, and Boyle's visual affectations and his over-reliance on split - screens do not always serve the story well.

A visit to «Eyes Wide Fight Club» and an amusing cat - and - mouse chase in pursuit of a Fabergé egg are very funny, and McAdams is on riotously good form as the doggedly ambitious Annie, clearly having a ball in her zestiest comic role since the career - making Mean Girls.

Again, the film's style is pretty frantic, but it's also refreshingly nifty, offering anything from editing snaps to comic panel and onomatopoeia bounces that Randall Miller, as director, utilized well enough to sustain a degree of entertainment value, kept up after style dies down by directorial plays on music.

A 90 - minute, years - in - the - making comic wind - up machine that begins by mocking its own audience for paying good money to see what it can watch at home for free and proceeds from there through the most wickedly funny arsenal of assaults on big government, organized religion and corporate America this side of «Borat.»

Terrible plot, lackluster effects, a trainwreck sense of direction, and an absolute lack of an epic scope that the first two delivered on so well makes Superman IV: The Quest for Peace not only the worst Superman film, but one of the worst comic book movies in general

Let's begin with a recap of Iron Man 1, not so much the plot (a man puts on an iron suit and beats the bad guys) as what it was that made it so successful, widely considered one of the best comic book adaptations ever.

Playing to his strengths, star and co-writer Will Ferrell reaps many good comic moments early on in Adam Mckay's feature to compensate for a sluggish second half.

Some of the better actors get too animated once the spotlight inexplicably shifts on them, as though the zaniness of the whole movie depends on them shining like comic stars.

I've written before on this blog about the difficulties Marvel might face adapting Ant - Man, given the enormous damage to the superhero's reputation following a very nasty, very well documented domestic violence episode (involving his wife Janet van Dyne, AKA The Wasp) in an early 1980s comic book run.

On par with Dark Knight for best comic book movie ever made.

This dryly satirical comic drama of a film director who flits between two lovers on a trip to the coast is the best film yet from South Korean director Hong Sang - soo, who has made a career with stories of emotionally arrested men and tolerant women.

The kind of thing they'd screen at Comic - Con, this de facto making - of nevertheless doesn't do a very good job of selling the movie (the animators most vividly remember interdepartmental conflicts)-- and the many testaments to working without deadlines serve only to shed light on Steamboy's suffocatingly overindulgent design.

The year was 2009; X-Men: Origins Wolverine just debuted and while Ryan Reynolds take on Wade Wilson was mostly well received their version of «Deadpool» was demonized by most if not all comic book fans.

But what I'm worried about is what it'll mean for movies that aren't summer blockbusters based on well - known comic book franchises.

Michael Douglas will follow his Best Actor win at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night (12Jan14) with his first comic book role in Ant - Man.

And on Sunday, Margot Robbie was announced the winner of the Critics» Choice Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie for her role in the comic inspired film.