Sentences with phrase «less of a war hero»

To say that somehow he's less of a war hero than others because he was just a prisoner of war — I think that's reprehensible.»

Not exact matches

In tackling Louie's story (which sees him transition from Olympian to soldier to castaway to POW to war hero), she takes on a production of monumental scale, filmed in multiple countries and in vast expanses of the open, pitiless Pacific, but her willingness to go big is less impressive than her unwillingness to go gentle.

As Ambrose Hilliard, the star of a pre-war detective series, Nighy is never less than splendid, whether cozying up to Catrin so she plumps up his self - sacrificing role as drunken Uncle Frank, patiently coaching the real - life Audie Murphy - style American war hero in the cast (Jake Lacy, leadenness personified) used as bait for Yankee ticket buyers or conducting a sentimental group sing - a-long in a pub.

But let's not get too dire here: Infinity War's sequel could also just be the right timing for Captain America or Iron Man or another of Marvel's core heroes to walk off into the sunset in a much less tragic way.

His latest, Bunker Hill — which our reviewer calls «a marvelous book that recaps the highlights of the birth of our nation, while adding new insights into our history» — turns the spotlight onto some of the lesser - known heroes of the Revolutionary War.

- the 18 returning classes were chosen by seeing which popular classes would fit with the game - they also wanted to include classes to cover roles that the roster was lacked - the Pugilist class was added because the first group of classes selected did not include any with bashing and binding attacks - War Magus was added because the Medic was the only healer class in the roster at that point - they couldn't simply include all popular classes as that would have skewed the balance of the game - as for the Hero class, they with balanced offensive and defensive capabilities, but this made things to similar to other classes - this was rectified by adding after - images and other skills with good synergy - when an after - image appears, it does the same skills as the Hero, except on the following turn - it becomes possible for skills that usually can not be used multiple times in a row to be activated multiple turns in a row - it also means skills that only have an effect for one turn can be extended to two - after - images use not only the Hero's own class skills, but also their subclass skills - if the subclass is an Imperial, the Drive skill can be used multiple times in a row - when using Hero as a subclass to Nightseeker, the character can cover the Nightseeker's weaknesses of having low defense - after - images can also help increase the chances of inflicting status ailments - subclasses can be used to make up for weakness - Swordsman, a class that can learn speed and accuracy boosting skills, would be a good subclass for the Gunner - Reaper as a subclass for War Magus would allow that character to use the scythe's skills to inflict status ailments - the skill tree is slowly unlocked as a character grows - there are more skills that make jobs» individual styles stand out more, or expand the player's choices - the skill tree is also made so that there are less requirements to learn specific skills as compared to 5 - this makes it easier for players to get the skill they want without spending large numbers of skill points on lower skills - it's now easier to put points into skills, which makes re-specing easier - the team faced difficulty in balancing classes that were never meant to be alongside each other - they are doing their best to ensure that they keep the individual classes» identities intact

Set 25 years after the events of Gears of War 3, the new title finds an ageing (but no less macho) Marcus Fenix joining fellow ultra-violent gaming icon Kratos in the increasingly popular game - hero hobbies of offspring - training and beard - growing, as the newest arrival to gaming's booming Tough Dad pantheon.