Sentences with phrase «even out of comics»

Not exact matches

Late - night comics have relinquished the airwaves to diet pill peddlers, city buses have ceased running here in Atlanta, and even Manuel's Tavern is turning out the last of its regulars.

It's called Ingredient: Unveiling the Essential Elements of Food and it's like a comic book meets cookbook... even my kids love it and get a lot out of it!

As it turns out, «'' Amy»» entrepreneur Banky Edwards (Jason Lee) has sold the film rights for his «'' Bluntman & Chronic»» comic book — which is loosely based on Jay and Silent Bob — to Miramax, and the studio greenlit a big - budget production.Before it even begins, though, the pending «'' Bluntman & Chronic»» film provides more than enough fodder for a new wave of hate - mongers who prowl the Internet, namely pimple - faced geeks who slam anything they can type about on a series of movie gossip websites.

Even in the angst - friendly world of the comic book, the X-Men have always stood out.

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.

Other enjoyable performances back Sandler's up: Emmanuelle Chriqui is a charming leading lady; Lainie Kazan's crack comic timing put me in mind of her uproarious portrayal of the ultimate Jewish mom in 1982's My Favorite Year (and she doesn't look like she's aged a day since); as two of the Zohan's old foes, John Turturro is amusing (even if he's in danger of becoming this decade's answer to Vito Scotti if he takes on too many more ethnic roles), while Sandler's longtime buddy and perpetual hanger - on Rob Schneider for once DOES N'T make you want to tear out either his hair or your own.

The good news is that some parts of this shopping list are checked off with style and grace: Tony and Pepper are still, at heart, the leads in a screwball comedy — and Downey and Paltrow are top form here; the new villain has the comics» Crimson Dynamo's name — Ivan Vanko [Mickey Rourke]-- but instead of wearing the hopelessly out of date crimson armor, wields a pair of plasma whips that can slice and dice even Stark's fancy suit; and finally, there's Justin Hammer [Sam Rockwell — who was a finalist in casting Stark], a hi - tech weapons manufacturer who got Stark's old Department of Defence contracts even though he's not nearly as talented.

And yet Ned turns out to be a strangely moving figure, a comic foil worthy of affection, perhaps even respect.

Darwyn Cooke's Eisner Award - winning mini-series, «DC: The New Frontier», gets the direct - to - DVD animated movie treatment, which will likely please fans of DC comics in general, even though its revisionist nature may irk some «Justice League» fans, while those who love the comic might feel like too much was left out to call this a truly successful adaptation (400 + densely presented comic book pages squeezed into a mere 75 minutes).

After debuting the new Doctor Strange trailer at its presentation at Comic - Con earlier this evening, Marvel Studios brought out Yondu and his team of Ravagers to introduce / make fun of the cast of Guardians Of The Galaxy Voof Ravagers to introduce / make fun of the cast of Guardians Of The Galaxy Voof the cast of Guardians Of The Galaxy Voof Guardians Of The Galaxy VoOf The Galaxy Vol.

So what begins as a lark — with the vast assortment of comic book characters trotting out their costumes; middle - aged Bruce Banner humorously being so out of practice that he can no longer transform himself into the Hulk; Tony Stark bantering once again with Gwyneth Paltrow's Pepper Potts; Holland's Peter Parker looking so childish even he seems to wonder what he's doing in this company; Dave Bautista stealing every scene he's in; Scarlett Johansson and Don Cheadle being given absolutely nothing fresh or original to do; Evans trying to leave his Captain America persona behind him — transforms into something genuinely threatening and grim, something, in fact, that has to be taken seriously: the prospect that evil can win.

Even the darker second film had plenty of humor throughout, but Skull's attempts are in the realm of mild comic relief rather than contriving scenes of out - and - out gags.

Even by the standards of the current run of mediocre comic - book movies, this one stands out for its egregious shoddiness.

Even the slapstick in this film has an ugly streak to it, such as when our heroes throw apples at joggers and bikers for fun, or when a gay couple played by Patrick Warburton and Michael Dorn attend Comic - Con to beat the crap out of nerds, simply for being nerds.

The 11 - foot CGI Hulk may look a little cartoonish, the addition of rabid Hulk dogs is downright lame, and the use of comic book panel editing is an acquired taste, but it still looks and feels like a superhero movie, even if it didn't turn out exactly the way we wanted it to.

That's why many reacted strongly to simplifying «Get Out» as a comedy, even though Peele (half of the comedy duo of Key and Peele) is a comic veteran.

He took a beloved Marvel institution — the X-Men — and made a crappy movie out of it, then admitted he didn't even read the comics and that he didn't use his brain, but his «eye and instincts.»

Even if there are a lot of games that were adapted from anime and comics, Dragon Ball Fighterz was still able to stand out from the rest because of how they applied the story to the game.

The notion of an event like this, combined with the general insanity of San Diego Comic - Con, makes me feel like breaking out in hives, and I'm not even going to San Diego Comic - Con.

And even though lately many of the biggest returns have gone to original, outside - the - box tales like Inside Out, Wreck - It Ralph and Zootopia, most animation studios in and outside of North America and the production companies bankrolling them still opt for tried and true comic adventures with wisecracking animals and conventional hero's journeys.

Lament the saturation of CGI - laden franchises, reboots and superhero films all you like, but some fantastic, revelatory works of cinema came out this last year — even some of those comic book movies you're so worried about.

With so much of its would - be surprise elements given away in its trailer, and even in the film's poster, «The Hangover 2» has a tough time mustering up the gross - out comic suspense the filmmakers are after.

Free stuff is great, and free books and comics are of course even better, but despite this it's worth pointing out that both the titles I mention above are much cheaper than buying a single issue printed comic, let alone a graphic novel (a single issue of a monthly comic from Image may cost up to # 3.95 GBP; but The Kill Screen was initially on sale for half that at # 1.99 for # 1 and Mills released Psychokiller for # 2.49).

Most comics shops are small businesses, and they are often tucked away in out - of - the - way places, so people may not even know if they have one nearby.

The selection is so limited currently, that new or previously - estranged readers are out of luck even if they do want to delve into decades» worth of comic history.

News from New York started pouring out last week before New York Comic Con even started, as publishers got a jump - start on press releases leading into the show, and ICv2 «s Conference on Comics and Digital provided plenty of discussion points about the current and future state of the industry.

It sounds silly, even as I write it, but going to the store, hanging out and spending time with physical comics, eyes to paper, customer to customer, is a huge and fundamental aspect of comics.

Like color vs. B&W, animation has the disadvantage of taking longer to make... but there's so many people out there who don't read, even if it's comics.

I can't even begin to tell you how many out - of - print comics I've purchased digitally.

When you look at these huge brands that sell millions of dollars of movie tickets, we are able to tap into audience that didn't even realize that there were comics based on these things, and they don't necessarily care if they read every issue — they just want to select and choose and try it out.

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DC Entertainment Co-Publisher Jim Lee has redesigned the yellow ninja in order to fit into the comic universe, and it is good to see that the very first guy I learned how to play as in Mortal Kombat is still beating the snot out of everyone after all these years (not even alternate dimensions can stop him from harpooning fools in the chest).

Since then, thanks to Ubisoft's numerous global studios, it's grown into one of the biggest multimedia franchises out there, with yearly triple - A games, as well as smaller installments, not to mention comic books and even an upcoming Hollywood movie.

This isn't a particularly shocking thing for comic book stories or even games based on them, but Arkham Knight goes out of its way to remind you that Batman is the hero and everyone else, friend or foe, merely exists to be saved by him.

From choppers to chainsaws to graffiti, Gears of War 3 rolled out the big guns at an exclusive panel at San Diego's Comic - Con International this evening.

swaps out tag team assists in favour of letting players call their second character whenever the time is right — mid-air, mid-combo or even mid-animation — to pull off devastating attack strings or execute precisely timed finishers, all with flashy animations and battle cries which do justice to the unlikely cast of comic - book heroes and video game icons assembled.

The general fighting mechanics are as fast, frantic and combo - heavy as ever, but Infinite swaps out tag team assists in favour of letting players call their second character whenever the time is right — mid-air, mid-combo or even mid-animation — to pull off devastating attack strings or execute precisely timed finishers, all with flashy animations and battle cries which do justice to the unlikely cast of comic - book heroes and video game icons assembled.

We have had manga, comics, spin - off games, even stage plays that have sort of bloated the whole timeline, so let's just try and clear out a little of the mess, maybe with new characters and a new setting.

At times I felt like Batman out of the DC Comic Gotham by Gaslight, a title set in Victorian London because the twins, even though they are deadly assassins are quite heroic as they help the poor of London and dispose of some its villains as well.

We do not consider individual printing of single images on normal office copier paper to be commercial use, even if it is posted in your place of work (Just like how cutting out a comic strip from the newspaper and sticking it on the wall of your office cubicle wouldn't be considered commercial use, either).

This is even more clear in the revered work of Osaka - born Kenzō Tange, which could be taken straight out of a manga comic.

One time, she even ripped up one of Pilkey's Captain Underpants drawings in front of the entire class, told Pilkey that his comic books would never amount to anything, and sent Pilkey out into the hallway.