Sentences with phrase «episodic nature»

Before it completely peters out, however, the film generally comes off as a perfectly watchable endeavor that benefits substantially from O'Kelley's engaging turn as the likeable protagonist - with the palpable chemistry between the actress and her onscreen love interest compensating for the overly episodic nature of the movie's midsection.

Two alternative hypotheses, however, can account for the discrete and episodic nature of hominin evolutionary events.

It increases the velocity of science in Antarctica if they are able to send data from all kinds of different experiments in real time, versus the episodic nature they have now.»

400 Days is the demonstration that The Walking Dead worked thanks to its episodic nature, or at least to a «not too compressed» narrative rhythms.

The film's episodic nature, which serves to underscore the moments of grim drama, adds to the problem.

The episodic nature of LaGravenese's screenplay ensures that Water for Elephants is subsequently only enthralling in spurts, with the number of talky, pointless sequences generally (and increasingly) outweighing moments of an organic and wholeheartedly gripping variety (eg August takes out his considerable rage on an elephant).

The movie masterfully crystallizes the unruly, episodic nature of memories, re-creating the way certain small things stay with us while other, much larger events recede into a haze of cigarette smoke.

Struggling with its episodic nature, Tales of Monkey Island makes an interesting addition to the franchise.

The movie's episodic nature, the fits and starts of its drama, are signals that recreating reality isn't their strongest suit.

Nobody expected that the episodic nature would work so...

The show seems to enjoy its episodic nature a little too much.

The episodic nature of Baker's film suggests that the world the characters inhabit is fast and fleeting, unsentimental but teeming with unprocessed emotions.

But the film is about the Revolutionary War which was fought in much the same fashion — what Twilight Time's Julie Kigro calls «a war of vignettes,» noting that the war's episodic nature is probably reason there has yet to be a definitive feature film of the war.

Holy Motors (Rock Fist Way Up)-- The anti-Cosmopolis, this rich man in a limo film uses the episodic nature of traffic stops to stretch fimmaking to its limits.

It helps that the framing device cleverly makes the episodic nature of the film feel not only natural, but essential in telling the story.

The action scenes are super-fun, and the episodic nature of the story means that the film certainly feels like a computer game at times.

It's almost staggering to comprehend that this is the eighth Fast & Furious film, not least because it seemed like the franchise was chugging to a close when Universal dropped the entire cast for the Japan - set spin - off Tokyo Drift in 2006 - and yet its episodic nature, well - managed ensemble and increasing ridiculousness made this an easy film series to enjoy.

He's a very passive character, completely at the mercy of his life's events — a point further reinforced by the film's rambling, episodic nature.

The great expanse of time and episodic nature that partially defines the series format allows Campion to work at once ambitiously and confidently.

The episodic nature of the film, the various physical environments in which Babydoll and her fellow warrior - inmates find themselves, as well as the sexualized nature of these characters, bear all the earmarks of a videogame, but the real world filled with real danger that intrudes at crucial moments raises the stakes, engaging the audience in a way that the female - centric, video - game - turned - film Aeon Flux (2005), which I also like, never quite achieves.

As a home viewing option, the episodic nature of the story — about a career woman whose struggles up the corporate ladder are made all the more frustrating by the pestering presence in her life of her forcibly whimsical dad — loses momentum easily, and the big moments near the end seem a bit more gimmicky.

The movie is structured to emphasize its episodic nature, but Rodriguez, who photographed and edited the movie, is not terribly interested in the final impact; he's fascinated by the intrinsic value of the journey, which does not translate very well for the rest of mankind.

This port is made possible by a partnership with Rooster Teeth, though that's pretty much all we know about it so far (no details on the episodic nature of the game, any additional content and / or features, the price, etc.).

The episodic nature of the film doesn't help sustain momentum, especially since the actual rounding up of the film's stars takes up about 2/3 of the total running time.

While the episodic nature solidifies the film's themes, it's also in these passages that more conventional notions take hold, leading to a conclusion that was less than satisfying.

For all the glories of visual storytelling that are on display, War Horse can not escape its episodic nature, calling to mind another Spielberg picture about the horrors of war and its devastating effects upon soldiers and civilians.

In the first three and a half weeks of its launch, Kaiser reported that 250 arts organizations contacted the Kennedy Center for its pro bono help, which will include a new arts in education program, slated to pilot in the Lafayette, La., schools next year, that aims to reshape the current, episodic nature of children's arts education.

Stand - alones demand a different kind of storytelling from a series novel, perhaps more complete than what is required for the episodic nature of a series.

I always felt that the fact that each adventure has its own title, a distinctly separate storyline that is outlined in the flap copy was enough to convey the episodic nature of series in which each story is an adventure of its own, featuring the same principal cast.

A measurement of the blood insulin level would seem to be the obvious test, but all too often ferrets with insulinomas have normal insulin levels at the time of sampling, due to the episodic nature of this condition.

Going in me and a lot of other people were apprehensive about the episodic nature of the game, and while I still can't say that it was the right decision the final product has proved to be a lot of fun.

Due to the game's episodic nature, speculation and questions about possible post-release content for Remedy's upcoming Alan Wake being released have made the rounds before.

The 2016 reboot of Hitman is one of the best - looking games on the Xbox One but due to its episodic nature was foolishly overlooked by many people.

Yet, true to its episodic nature, the game feels unfinished and somewhat unpolished.

Cory picked up Hitman, and is blown away how much the episodic nature of the game ended up being possibly the best part.

Today, Enix released HITMAN Companion [Free], a new app that helps players keep up - to - date with the latest news and helps keep track of what's been added to the game, an especially useful feature considering the game's episodic nature.

Its episodic nature comes off as arbitrary to begin with, the DLC slinging is flagrant, and overall it looks and plays like something either very old, or a budget game punching above its weight.

New type of action game - Asura's Wrath will seamlessly blend action and narrative and will adopt an episodic nature, more akin to a TV drama series.

New type of action game — Asura's Wrath will seamlessly blend action and narrative and will adopt an episodic nature, more akin to a TV drama series.

Asura's Wrath seamlessly blends action with narrative, adopting an episodic nature more akin to a TV drama series

The blog post emphasized the episodic nature of the new game: «What if this title was wholly different to anything we have ever attempted before, both in gameplay and narrative?

Because of the episodic nature of the game, and because this is The Last Door: Season 2, I strongly suggest you go to either the website or Kongregate and play The Last Door: Season 1.

Given the episodic nature of the first Winnie the Pooh film, and how every show related to him tends to take place around daily life, I decided to add three storylines of equal length.

This 90 - 120 minutes of gameplay is largely uninspired, and I'm getting the sense that the episodic nature of this game might actually hurt it in the long run.

The famed plumber is free to search for Power Moons (the replacement of Power Stars) however the player sees fit, with the episodic nature of past 3D Marios no longer limiting Mario's options.

Its episodic nature and entertaining raid modes, coupled with the game's very forgiving pricetag, are a perfect fit for the Switch, if you play it as a portable, that is.