Sentences with phrase «much littler fanfare»

While Mario frequently reaps praise for his chameleon - like ability to blend into any genre, Kirby has been doing the same thing for nearly as long, but to much littler fanfare.

Not exact matches

Two years after Meigs Field was bulldozed in a much - publicized midnight raid orchestrated by Mayor Richard M. Daley, the nature park at Northerly Island has opened with little fanfare.

And as I seamlessly transitioned into 31 the other day without much fanfare and devoid of celebrations minus a lovely cake in the flavors I craved that finally and unexpectedly worked out, I think I've come to understand a little more: the intentions I set, the high intentions, stories in my head and visions of «glory,» the culmination of work and work and work, on whatever it is I'm working on, very rarely pan out the way I envisioned.

heads - in - the - doorway fanfare seems a little forced, and the casting of Larry David — yes, Larry David — as the ultimate dour, sexless nun, Sister Mary - Mengele, is one of those Farrelly stunts that calls so much attention to itself you're not quite sure if it's funny or just meta - funny.

Netflix films have been released with comparatively little fanfare (the Grand Jury prize winner of Sundance, I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore dropped onto the platform in February and registered nary a blip, with Bong Joon - ho's Okja also not succeeding in moving the needle all that much), as they seemed content with simply putting it up on the service and setting up a few awards qualifying runs in New York and LA and leaving it at that.

Instead, after movies much less popular in theatrical release eclipsed it in stature, it came to DVD in 2001 (day and date with its sequels) with little fanfare and just a trailer for company.

A much more gripping aquatic thriller, Below, snuck onto screens with little fanfare a couple of weeks ago, and it deserved far better than the under - the - radar dump release Miramax / Dimension gave it — but then the WWII setting and lack of a name star in its cast, not to mention the atmospherics - over-cheap-jolts approach adopted by David Twohy, go a long way toward explaining why this one spent considerable time on the «Max shelf.

There may be as much pomp and circumstance here as anywhere (deservedly so, I suppose), but you still get the traditional vows, hymns (led by two choirs, an orchestra, and a fanfare ensemble), and readings of Scripture, all of which leave little room or need for commentary.

Tanks brimmed, we set off again (the Jag coming to life with a little too much theatrical fanfare) and this time I find myself staring at the F - type's two huge exhausts as we continue west, cutting across country towards Bala.

It isn't just the Iconia A700 packing Tegra 3 action from Nvidia; the quad - core chip can also be found lurking inside the Acer Iconia Tab A510 that is on show in Vegas at CES as well.Afforded much less fanfare than its A700 sibling, the A510 falls a little... Read more

Yet it was Apple, who 2 years ago launched the Iphone 2G to much fanfare, only to replace the sloooow, buggy first generation device with the Iphone 3G a little less then a year later.

Afforded much less fanfare than its A700 sibling, the A510 falls a little short on the display front in comparison, but still packs a 10.1 - inch display with a 1280 x 800 pixel resolution.

Perhaps they were barely marketed titles that dropped with little fanfare, or smaller curios that failed to garner much attention, perhaps they were overshadowed by bigger, louder titles, or were written off early due to faults and failures before eventually coming good.

Final Fantasy VII is credited for helping North America fall in love with JRPGs, which were a niche market in the region until the war against Shinra was released to much fanfare (and I suppose JRPGs are a niche market in the West once again, but that's of little moment).

Founded by a group of eager gamers from Sweden with a dream to become game developers themselves, the company attracted much media attention in 2006 when it released (initially with little fanfare) a tech demo that was disguised as a game called Penumbra.

The Frieze Art Fair opened in 2003 to much fanfare, and in little over a decade would be joined by more than 260 art fairs held annually and 180 contemporary art biennials worldwide.

Few firms have achieved so much with so little fanfare.

The countries that signed the treaty have met since, with much fanfare, but often to little effect.

And yet much of this is happening with no fanfare, no catchy headlines and little public scrutiny.

While Microsoft's Surface line of Windows tablets launched to little fanfare, the Surfaces available now are much more formidable and impressive, gaining Microsoft some attention in the tablet space.

Compared to much larger competitors like Sling TV, fuboTV has gotten little fanfare when it rolled portions of its streaming service out of beta.

Mining Companies routinely roll out new loyalty programs with much fanfare but arouse little to no excitement from investors, at least until they can show some returns.

New York's 2015 legislative session came to a close, after much fanfare and negotiation, with very little to show in terms of policy change to better support children and families.