Sentences with phrase «more than nostalgia»

Atari affection is nothing more than nostalgia.
It's called the Gemini PDA, and while that name may sound familiar to some there's a whole lot more than nostalgia at play here.
Thankfully this game has more than nostalgia going for it and I found a great platformer with some unique twists.
What Iris inherits is more than nostalgia, it is identity - a sense of place in time and history as well as physical space.
Dead Poets Society — Everyone loved this movie at the time, but it really can't rate any higher than this on anything more than nostalgia.
She met all the times I worried in the first 30 minutes that the film would be little more than a nostalgia - dripping scrapbook with incisive observations about how difficult it can be to connect with the people closest to us.
The Last Jedi had to deliver more than nostalgia, and it does.
Insomniac Games showed with the Ratchet & Clank remake that the series still was fun in its current status, but they've also shown with Spider - Man and Sunset Overdrive that they can do so much more than a nostalgia grab.
But in the end, The Alliance Alive doesn't provide much more than a nostalgia fix for those who had Final Fantasy Legend on their Game Boy growing up.
He constructs ten sturdy songs that give Mr. Jukebox the foundation to be something more than nostalgia.
Thus John Paul's concern with Jews and Judaism was more than nostalgia for his prewar childhood and youth, and more than sympathy for the common plight of Polish Jews and Polish Catholics during the war.
The future demands from us something more than a nostalgia for some rose - tinted version of a past that did not really exist in any case.»

Not exact matches

Super Nintendo nostalgia seems, these days, to be much more powerful than the longing for the days of 8 - bit, so such a product could be far more successful than the NES Classic.
Heirlooms can raise more than feelings of nostalgia.
Nostalgia for the rural past of Anglo - Americans, when «community» was more of a reality than in the modern suburbs, has even invaded the mass media of late.
The Monarch's ancient title articulates that principle — symbolically, yes, but as she said herself the worth of such symbols is measured in a whole lot more than conservatism or nostalgia.
Many Christians (I am one of them) may feel nostalgic for a culture that is more God - oriented than ours, but this religious nostalgia must not be allowed to fly us on a magic carpet to a mystical fata morgana.
, was meant to be a defense of distributism — but it is exactly the kind of defense that has made distributism seem like nothing more than charming nostalgia.
Collier and Horowitz recognize that the sixties» nostalgia has more than sentimental implications: «the nostalgia is also a political phenomenon.
I'm really not picky about it and will try anything from vegetarian to all - meat, or a nice all - day crockpot chili to something quick in a can (that one's more nostalgia than anything, though).
I've been thinking maybe it's the nostalgia that makes food seem more appealing than it perhaps was?!
i read your post as more a story about life, nostalgia and relationships than about food, of course the pizza is what tied it all together.
Piper is thankful for the attention, but he's working on something more substantial than attracting nostalgia fans.
I did try to drink a skinny pumpkin spice latte a couple years ago for nostalgia's sake, but — and I apologize for how Gwyneth - y this is going to sound — I couldn't stomach more than a couple sips.
Caring for our clothes is so much more important than a moment of nostalgia for a past generation.
Quite often it's the feeling of nostalgia that moves the heart more than the actual person.
When they took a look at San Franciscans» first impression topics, they found users were more interested in discussing nostalgia or childhood memories than anything having to do with the entertainment industry.
It's unfortunate, then, that Yooka - Laylee is no more than a mediocre attempt to capture nostalgia from the days of yore.
This is one of those rare movies that I think I enjoyed more over time rather than think it is not as good, or like it as a nostalgia piece.
As a record standing almost entirely on nostalgia, sure, it gives schmaltzy»70s dance music a fine, not - sacrilegious update and sets it to a pleasant neon glow, but it's a trip through history that's almost more educational than immersive.
There are some things that this movie improves on a lot from the sequels, the cinematography is pretty great, it didn't rely on nostalgia, it looks a lot more professional and its a lot more fun than the other sequels.
While I did have high hopes for a 3DS collection of 100 of the «best» minigames, Mario Party: The Top 100 is nothing more than a disappointing cash in from an aging franchise that relies more on nostalgia than great gameplay.
A little more on the biopic spectrum than a lavish stage - to - screen production as most cinematized musicals tend to be, Jersey Boys evokes the same nostalgia putting on a record of The
Summertime moviegoing, especially in a big city with a healthy appetite for both cinephilia and nostalgia, means more than simply waiting around for franchise blockbusters to take your money and run.
Though the film is clearly based around 80s nostalgia, the content of the film is more valid now than it ever would've been before.
That's more important than nostalgia.
Baumbach sympathizes with Josh's moony nostalgia for his bygone years, but he also makes him the moviemaker equivalent of a perpetual grad student: For seven years he's been working on a documentary on «power in America» that runs more than six hours.
Grease is a nostalgia movie, so it will hit home with nostalgia buffs more than those who are not.
Since this musical, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John as two teenagers in love, relies more on its iconic nostalgia for its success rather than its art; this new and stunning - looking film might throw you off quite a bit.
Chuck Norris vs. Communism is a history lesson, decorated in nostalgia, telling the story of people who were more like us than we ever realized.
Joining the ranks of The Diary of a Teenage Girl and The Edge of Seventeen as a refreshing woman - centered coming - of - age film (and offering more depth than either), Lady Bird captures a recent era with precision and a hint of nostalgia that's not distracting: Clunky flip phones and «Cry Me a River» blend right in.
Still, there's not enough here to tell us whether this'll be a more successful work than Wiseau's last project, The Neighbors, or if its stream of random, noir - y images and odd line readings can amount to something more than just a new dose of nostalgia for Room fanatics.
You'll hear many new versions of familiar Mario songs, so there's more than enough nostalgia to keep fans engaged.
But if you're more into movies rather than nostalgia and landmarks, there's plenty to get into with this episode.
This isn't a nostalgia trip through another film's highlights, à la the franchise reset J.J. Abrams offered two years ago -LSB-...] More than replicating the specifics of [The Empire Strikes Back], The Last Jedi preserves its general values, its spectacle and mysticism and downbeat Shakespearean drama.»
(a) short - term nostalgia will make audiences forget just how crap the sequel was (after all, the original Men in Black was released in 1997 — more than a decade ago now!)
It seems like everyone in Hollywood is in the nostalgia business right now, with more remakes and reboots and reimaginings coming out than you can shake a stick at.
Despite being met with harsh criticism by many die hard fans who found MvC's inspiration to be more an unbefitting novelty than proper game mode, it's still a worthwhile followup for anyone looking to accompany tomorrow's Street Fighter reboot with even more delicious «90s nostalgia.
The Alliance Alive is a game that relies heavily on nostalgia (and is more than influenced by Bravely Default), and features a vast world to explore, intertwining story involving 9 main characters, but also strategic turn - based gameplay mechanics.
It is, perhaps, tempting to dismiss Steven Spielberg's «Ready Player One» as little more than an exercise in crowd - pleasing nostalgia mining, a CGI - addled romp through the pop culture universe that Spielberg himself is, in part, responsible for...
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