Sentences with phrase «function as a comic»

he meets up with some exvillagers who help things out by functioning as comic relief and bystanders for Jaa to rescue, he takes on an increasingly large segment of the Thai underworld, and performs some spectacular stunts.

While some publishers have jumped into the one - stop comics marketplaces like Comixology, others have also put up their own gated digital storefronts, such as Dark Horse Comics» mobile app (Android, iOS), which functions as comics marketplace, download manager, and comics reader all rolled up into a single package.

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Bryan Singer's take on Marvel's popular mutant team kicked off a renaissance of complex comic - book movies: You mean superheroes could function as social metaphors?

Singer talks about how mutant functions as a metaphor for homosexuality, and that much of the cast weren't comic book fans.

She functions as the film's comic relief and gadget master — the many parallels to James Bond movies aren't accidental, as seen in spy and arms - dealer characters played with enthusiastic bluster by Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis, respectively.

Joanna Robinson of Vanity Fair reported in April 2017 that a scene was cut from the film that hinted at a romance between the film Ayo (played by Florence Kasumba) and Okoye, who as general of the Dora Milaje functions in a similar capacity as Aneka in the comics:

In the «silver age» of comic books, before the rise of self - conscious «graphic novels,» superhero comics functioned as deliriously inventive pulp revues — and that's what Coogler gives us with this kinetic extravaganza.

(We don't learn what their original version would have looked like, but anyone who's read the comic books or seen a movie ad knows that Ultron functions most of the time as an ultra-intelligent robot.)

There's also a fairly needless subplot involving a TSA agent, played by LilRel Howery, who dual - functions as an exposition delivery system and a tension - breaking comic - relief sidekick; it's the only part of the movie that betrays Peele's sketch - comedy roots, plainly visible in his script for last year's Keanu.

Regardless of the motivations, Black Panther, Black Lightning and Luke Cage suggest that comic - book movies can continue to function as a form of global diversity - awareness training.

(Ludacris» droll tech - guy Tej and Tyrese Gibson's perpetually grinning himbo Roman also return to function as backup and comic relief, while Dwayne Johnson's Agent Hobbs bookends the film in what amounts to a large, memorable cameo.)

But co-directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa aren't making the broadly comic version of this story; Fey and Carlock's self - effacing wit functions more as window - dressing, arranged with restraint.

In addition to its function as a reader for users» existing collections, ComicZeal also offers a huge number of public domain Golden Age comics for free, and they make for a handy way of demonstrating the application.

The WildStorm imprint was closed last month as part of a restructuring of DC Entertainment that leaves the comics - publishing division in New York City while moving the company's administrative and digital and multimedia functions to Burbank.

Elements such as stickers, comic looking fonts and text functions and PANELS!

Black Panther functions like the best superhero comics, drawing on the history and context of what's come before, while filling in backstory as needed.