Sentences with phrase «obvious nod»

It's hardly much of a criticism, though, but does serve as a very obvious nod to the game's mobile origins.

To name the sci - fi film (s) that receive obvious nods would spoil the film.

Much has been made of the influence of both Woody Allen «s Manhattan and the French New Wave films of Eric Rohmer and François Truffaut, but the most obvious nod in the film has to be to Leos Carax «s Mauvais Sang (1986).

Then a more obvious nod to Ed Miliband — «Responsible capitalism is what sensible business wants,» a clear echo of the Labour leader's often - cited speech of 2011.

The journalist mentions there are superheroes that swing and crawl up walls, a seemingly obvious nod to Spider - Man now that the character is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Their fashionable frocks are costume designer Jacqueline Durran's only obvious nod to the seventies» more outlandish attire.

While there are a few obvious nods to Carpenter's Halloween early on, we would expect nothing less of writer Kenny Caperton, who owns and lives in The Myers House NC (a life - size replica of Michael Myers» home), and the fun genre references are just beginning.

One mission in particular made fun of the stealth gameplay of Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid, while less obvious nods are made to Harry Potter, The Matrix, Iron Man, Mass Effect and even prior Saints Row games.

There are obvious nods here to artists like Louise Bourgeois and Eva Hesse, both of whom utilized alternative materials including fabric and textiles to speak to a larger context about female identity and sexuality as well as women's invisibility in the greater world at large.

The quite obvious nods to Kubrick, for example, are undermined by an increasing interest in the subversive montage techniques of Godard, while an intertitle design inspired by Murnau's Sunrise is made strange when conflated with the King of Pop's lyrics for the song `' Childhood.»

It's a pretty obvious nod to the fact that S9 will feature slow - motion capture; over the past couple of weeks, a variety of leaks have indicated the S9 and S9 + will feature rear - facing cameras capable of capturing slow - motion video at 480 frames per second.

From subtle, throw - away lines and in - jokes to more obvious nods (such as the «old fashioned» Columbia logo at the beginning or the»70s - style opening credits), it wends its way through his productions.

Without giving away to much, there are very obvious nods to series veterans, like Leon Kennedy and Jill Valentine, and more subtle auditory points to the newest title, Resident Evil 7.

Zappa wrote this book as a tribute to his daughter, but the ending is an obvious nod to his late father, who was anything but a conventional dad.

Andersen's newest mask is this awesome «Reservoir Ducks» Mr. Blonde design, an obvious nod to the Reservoir Dogs, and arguably his best mask yet.

The company, Power Home Remodeling, bought the billboards in an obvious nod to the currently Oscar - nominated film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, but it also draws on real speculation that James might at least consider Philadelphia if he leaves the Cavaliers in free agency this summer.

This is an obvious nod to Simmons missing the entire 2016 season with a broken foot.

The inclusion of Houston is an obvious nod to the local staff in place when Davis played in the city of Houston from 2016 - 17.

There are obvious nods to E.T. and all the other movies where good kids help a misunderstood creature against the adults who want to kill it.

Musicians and music fans alike love this name for its simplicity and the obvious nod to music and poetry.

Tina Fey is television reporter Roxanne Ritchi, an obvious nod to Lois Lane, and Jonah Hill is her fat, nerdy cameraman Hal, who has a long standing crush on Roxanne.

A lot of the mechanics in the script by Benjamin and Paul China (billed as «The China Brothers» in a perhaps too - obvious nod to the Coens) are boilerplate familiar to the point of being rote, but the manner in which they're assembled and played out by sophomore director Jamie M. Dagg and his expressive cast of weathered character actors largely redeems them.

It's an obvious nod to the differences between Getty and his family and the divide between socio - economic classes.

The opening scene, in which Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito) confronts Leo O'Bannon (Albert Finney) and Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne) is an obvious nod to the opening of The Godfather: another small, balding Italian man, asking a lethal favor of a crime boss seated behind a large desk, while throwing in a reference to people behaving like «animals.»

In a codec conversation between Solid Snake and Roy Campbell in the «Snake vs. Monkey» minigame from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Snake wonders why «Sam or Gabe» couldn't do this mission, obvious nods to the Syphon Filter and Splinter Cell series.

The website IMDB lists the title of the film as «Ip Man Zero,» an obvious nod to its coming before parts one and two, but unfortunately, it's also an inadvertent comment on what this particular film has to offer.

Josh makes a new friend named Hannah (Vand), a mysterious woman who spends her nights wandering the streets (an obvious nod to Vand's turn as the chador - wearing vampire in «A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night»).

No one quite expected it to look the way it did, despite the obvious nods to the iconic GT40.

While it may seem like an obvious nod to enthusiasts everywhere, there was another big reason Honda opted for the do - it - yourself shifter.

In an obvious nod to its workhorse orientation the GX also features a prominent black plastic snorkel to enhance its deep water crossing and dust - busting abilities.

MINI was capitalized to distinguish the new car from the original, though the Cooper and Cooper S badges are obvious nods to the car's heritage and those models» emphasis on performance.

While the 2016 Beetle's styling makes some obvious nods to its retro roots, it also has a charm all its own, and it looks just as good with the top down as it does up.

The FJ's retro styling is an obvious nod to the angular, utilitarian Toyota Land Cruisers from the 1960s, but underneath, it's entirely up to date.

Bandi — whose pseudonym is derived from firefly, an obvious nod to the insect's small light amid vast darkness — shockingly remains a prominent North Korean writer.

The Skin Collector's title is an obvious nod to The Bone Collector, the very first Lincoln Rhyme novel and Deaver's 1997 debut, which was made into a movie starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.

In terms of the design of the phone, Samsung's CEO admitted that the design of the phone was explicitly created to circumvent Apple design patents, with a slightly tapered design that is unlike any iPhone model on the market, in an obvious nod to currently ongoing litigation while the size of the phone is meant to resemble a miniature tablet rather than any conventional smartphone, with an elongated teardrop shape.

However, aside from its obvious nod to niche pet clothing manufacturers, the day also lends itself to increasing animal adoption.

A valiant effort is made to give Tails something to do other than be another obvious nod to the second Sonic game, but he's still pretty useless.

An obvious nod to the world of Super Mario and the Mushroom Kingdom, The Other Brothers is meant to be a throwback to the days of classic platformers on the Super Nintendo, and it utilizes a beautiful 16 - bit retro aesthetic: but with that unmistakable polish and shine of a mobile release in 2013.

An obvious nod to Kojima's earlier game, the squat robot even resembles the original robot boss from the game.

This mist is an obvious nod to Stephen King's short story, and it even understands that the best part of the story is that brief moment at the end.

These are usually fun and obvious nods to the character's abilities, such as Ness providing ESP or the Animal Crossing characters giving Kirby Leaf.

This seems like an obvious nod to the hybrid nature of the Switch which is clearly the hit feature among gamers.

The off switches for almost all of the latest gameplay elements are the obvious nod to EA's wider usability concerns.

The choice of pixel art was an obvious nod to their inspiration as well.

The first title from the team of both current and former WayForward members, Shovel Knight is a 2D homage to classic side - scrolling action - adventure games, with the most obvious nods being to the early Castlevania titles, Duck Tales and Mega Man.