Only the zany dialogue, brilliant voice acting from the cast of the Adventure Time series, and humorous twists on a well
established genre makes this title stand out at all, and that's provided you're already a fan of the cartoon as well.
Not exact matches
If you're going to attempt to
make a mark on a
genre that already boasts an exacting pedigree you must - one, introduce new ideas, and two, execute the
established rules better than your peers.
Doesn't add much to the coming - out
genre, as it has been
established in countless Sundance competition films and
made - for - television movies.
It's those narrative conveniences that
make «In Darkness» feel slick and worked over - the sense that an immensely powerful story of survival has been cut to fit the cloth of a by now well -
established genre.
Not only is it a work of terrifying brilliance, but it's also one of the most important films ever
made: after 1960's Psycho and 1974's Black Christmas, Carpenter's Halloween firmly
established the concept of the slasher film and changed the entire
genre of horror forever.
This film goes to show that you only need a slight twist on an
established genre to
make a great film.
Helmed by veteran TV director Mimi Leder in somehow small - screen - friendly Panavision (that she manages to
make her panoramic
establishing shots look like the stock transitions in any episode of «Hart to Hart» should be included in a textbook somewhere), the picture goes through the motions — from discovery of the peril by naïfs to the involvement of the Internet to the slow - in - coming participation of the powers that be — of a
genre most recently (and faithfully) resurrected by The Day After Tomorrow.
It continues Del Toro's trend of mixing his style with
established genres to
make something that feels familiar and yet still his own.
Corn Quest doesn't redefine the well
established tower defense
genre, but it does
make for a fast and furious alternative to the usual considered «puzzle - like» standard gameplay.
Not the sort of fun a team of game -
making experts create after months of exhaustive development work with an eye on an
established genre, but the sort of fun that starts out with drunken conversation and a few «what if» scenarios that ultimately get out of hand.
It borrows ideas from well -
established genre's, but never accomplishes anything great to
make it stand out on its own.
The film also fails to
establish a consistent tone, sampling a variety of
genres (from dark comedy, to crime thriller, to blue - collar drama) like a kid at an ice cream shop who can't
make up his mind.
Put in the necessary hours to contact other authors in your
genre, format a box set or create an event, and
establish what the authors should do on their part to
make the event a success.
This is Leckie's follow - up to Ancillary Justice, the novel that won just about every major science fiction fantasy award in the last year — the Hugo, the Nebula, the Clarke and more — and
established Leckie as one of the best new voices in the
genre (and also
made me look super smart for blurbing the book).
For
established hardcover authors and other
genres that are hardcover heavy like thrillers, literature and science fiction, the inroads
made by self publishers on the low end were not significant.
Of course, I guess it never occurred to them that Epic is a pretty well
established and talented game development studio that often comes up with new and innovative ways to improve a
genre, or
make them mainstream.
They
made a concept based on a well
established genre.
It borrows ideas from well -
established genre's, but never accomplishes anything great to
make it stand out on its own.
Nick: It's not always easy to launch a new IP amidst
established games, especially in an open - world
genre, but Guerilla Games absolutely hit it out of the park with this ambitious adventure that not only played wonderfully but is perhaps one of the most sublime looking console games ever
made.
Not the sort of fun a team of game -
making experts create after months of exhaustive development work with an eye on an
established genre, but the sort of fun that starts out with drunken conversation and a few «what if» scenarios that ultimately get out of hand.
Making its debut in 1992, Alone in the Dark was directed by Frédérick Raynal and the game
established many conventions of the survival horror
genre.
Video art as a
genre was
established in the 1960s and 70s when the earliest portable video cameras were introduced and the technology was
made available to the general public.