Sentences with word «knockoff»
A "knockoff" is a cheaper or imitation version of something, usually a product or item, that looks similar to the original but is of lower quality or made by someone unauthorized. It is often made to deceive or trick people into thinking it is the real thing. Full definition
What squashes the threat of Allen's more overt homages ever feeling like cheap knockoffs of other filmmakers» work is his primary function as guide.
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They don't see value in allowing other people to offer their products for free through emulation, they aren't the biggest fans of cheap knockoff versions of their intellectual property, and they certainly have no desire to be one - upped by their own fans.
This is why we find it amusing that Xiaomi's CEO is now warning its fans to watch out for knockoff Xiaomi products being sold at phone retail outlets in Chinese cities.
FROM EARLIER: Company that makes billions ripping off Apple warns people not to buy knockoff versions of its devices
Instead, it looks like some misbegotten Chinese knockoff with too much surface complexity.
Wow, the Pottery Barn knockoff Rope Knot Table Lamp took off with so much force!
It's a simple correlation: Teams whose players are subjects in a terrible photoshoot in which they look like knockoff versions of R&B groups, always lose.
Ariel's pair, however, was a $ 22 pair of knockoffs from a little - known manufacturer.
That «something» would turn out to be a mermaid, the first of Liautaud's cut - metal sculptures, which would over several decades spawn a cottage industry of curio knockoffs in Haiti.
This «Vette comes with original knockoff wheels and amazing - sounding off - road exhaust.
There are hundreds of faux leather or cheap Chinese knockoffs on the market that will do the job, but are flimsy or have a very poor build quality.
Brainwashed or you're just a cheapo buying knockoffs cheap Android phones and compare them to the iphones.
In 2007, they were selling iPhone knockoffs before the first iPhone was available for sale.
If anything, this feels like the Asylum knockoff on The Shallows.
I especially love their shoes (so many great knockoffs of my favorites from Nordstrom) and the Who What Wear line.
I've seen knockoff characters from famous franchises, as well as some horrifying unspeakable monsters (NSFW!)
There were lots of girls carrying around really good knockoffs of the bag around high school.
We're a long way from McDonagh's last film, Seven Psychopaths, which was a gleefully glib (albeit frequently hilarious) meta cartoon crime caper, like what Charlie Kaufman might make if assigned to write a Tarantino knockoff with his fictional brother Donald.
They want to make it clear to the trade: offering knockoffs does little to help grow sales and profits and only serves to hurt the category.
The pieces Bradley will unveil at P.S. 1 feel like Canal Street knockoffs of Minimalism, which expand on the group of «figures» he recently presented at CANADA gallery.
Mock - up Milk Bones for dogs, almost - Advil medication for headaches, might - be Mars bars for snacks and supposed - to - be SoftSoap for bathrooms: the store sells knockoff products for much cheaper than it sells name brands, earning it a higher profit margin and helping turn Dollarama into a near $ 3 - billion a year company.
Halley has failed to make it as a lapdancer and is now getting knockoff perfume bought wholesale and trying to sell it to people coming in and out of golf resorts and leisure clubs.
And I assume they're original, not knockoff?
Now, it's a rare film knockoff video game that's worth playing.
So when is it worth splashing the cash, and when do you just buy the cheap and cheerful knockoff at Zara?
Krauss might have praised them as knockoffs, and Pryor would have laughed.
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From the images on tap, we can glean these are mostly «80s arcade game knockoffs with poor presentation that most certainly don't live up to the «hours of gameplay» hype being advertised.
You can find places that come highly recommended by LoveGold without having to worry about knockoffs or fake jewelry.
There've been so many Hangover knockoffs since then (including Hangover Part II) that the premise doesn't feel so fresh, but the trailer gets in a couple of amusing jokes.
Instead of the paltry 100 - player count of PUBG, Fortnite Battle Royale and the many knockoffs out there right now, Mavericks drops you into a lush, dense world of up to 400 other players.
After flying to the West Coast, Tony meets with CIA - connected makeup artist John Chambers (John Goodman) and curmudgeonly motormouth producer Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin, in fine, salty form), who set him up with a script — a Star Wars knockoff called Argo — along with a publicity campaign.
But it's important to regard the series as a whole, and with the eighth installment («The Fate of the Furious «-RRB- opening this weekend, now is the perfect time to chart its bizarre evolution from action film knockoff to genuine pop culture phenomenon.
His mother gave him that awesome mix before he was sucked out into space, and it's integral to his concept of himself in a way that makes us care about whether he dies in, say, a botched arrest as he lifts some kind of Indiana Jones knockoff artifact from deep space.
I've seen knockoff characters from famous franchises, as well as some horrifying unspeakable monsters (NSFW!)
:P Though it is definitely impressive, and I'd be lying if I said there isn't a tinge of jealousy here, despite the fact that I know 90 % of that is shovelware or minigame compilations that are effectively Wii Sports knockoffs.
Am I saying there's no cheaper, third - party knockoff band available?
That hardly makes them victims of predatory pricing, any more so that someone who buys a five - figure Louis Vuitton, even though a department store knockoff is readily available.
For years, there's been a buzz around the Specialty Equipment Manufacturer's Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas that offshore companies were reverse - engineering knockoff products and then displaying them with impunity at SEMA and at the nearby Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX).
I, too, routinely lose business, many thanks to either straight from China knockoffs, or from illegitimate coops.
Directed by Ghibli alum Hiromasa Yonebayashi («When Marnie Was There»), Studio Ponoc's first effort feels like a high - end knockoff that's been made with the best of intentions.
For more than an hour, «Racer and the Jailbird» (the less unwieldy original French title is «Le Fidèle») succeeds as a so - so knockoff of superior gangster films such as «The Town» or «Heat.»
There are tons of cheap and somewhat popular knockoffs available on Amazon, but be sure to dig through the user reviews before you drop your cash on one.
If you love a certain kind of Girl Scout cookie, but want to eat it all year round, try this fabulous knockoff recipe for Skinny Mint Cookies.
Installation shot of Alien She at the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University: Stephanie Syjuco, The Counterfeit Crochet Project (Critique of a Political Economy), 2006 - ongoing, yarn, downloadable PDF instructional guide for creating knockoff logos.
I managed to make 2 white yarn Anthropologie knockoff wreaths to add to my decor this year; they were easier to make than I thought.