Sentences with phrase «obvious reference»

You'd think there would be obvious references if he did exist.

A lot of the elements the elements are fairly obvious references to other things.

The Third Reich is Anderson's most obvious reference point, right down to including a murderous villain dressed in black leather.

A game with obvious references to Sonic Generations was announced at the end of Sega's 25th anniversary stream.

The two most obvious reference points are the Harry Potter series and The Incredibles, with dashes of X-Men, Mean Girls, and most any John Hughes high school movie.

This pile of finely ground glass, stripped of reflective properties, made obvious references to a familiar set of precedents, from corner pieces by Robert Morris, Joseph Beuys and Felix Gonzalez - Torres to Robert Smithson's mirror and glass works.

For me though, I think that in this particular case, even in regards to what better represents the spy experience, the less obvious reference in this case was a vastly inferior version of the obvious one.

The new name, as obvious a reference to ING Direct's iconic colour as it may be, is note - perfect for its modernistic whimsy.

Some may roll their eyes at the very obvious references to The Shining in this film, but I see them more as a nod and homage to a classic than Wan ripping off Kubrick.

Heck, in just the opening credits sequence alone, the film made some rather obvious references to the James Bond films, John Wick and even Flashdance!

I see no reason to not see this as the more obvious reference: DK / Diddy being an enduring partnership.

Delving back to ancient sacred geometries and that most ubiquitous of forms, the Star of David, may seem too obvious a reference for the Jewish Museum, which was faced with the task of designing a new graphic identity.

Obvious reference points for Ebstein are formal modernists like Matisse, Stuart Davis, and Hans Arp.

There is no use resisting the Ready Player One juggernaut, or its rosy version of the»80s that somehow consists only of the most obvious references.

The subtleties in which they are used are quite ingenious and I'm sure that there are many less obvious references that I missed.

Streaming video - on - demand platforms «only exist because of our content,» Zaslav said, in an obvious reference to Netflix.

Pointedly carrying a glass of lemonade as she took her seat on stage, Sharon made an obvious reference to reports that Ozzy allegedly cheated on her with a hairstylist by channeling Beyonce's latest album, which has themes of infidelity.

The wicked one is an obvious reference to Satan, and the weapons he is described as using here are typical of the type of weapons he prefers.

No matter the obvious reference to Edmund Burke, 2009 Europe is not 1790 France.

Matthew follows this with his being put with the hypocrites; there men will weep and gnash their teeth — an obvious reference to hell.

Although the obvious reference of Dedication was the cleansing of the Temple by Judas Maccabaeus, it had at this time a covert meaning which to the Jewish mind was more poignant.

They are at the forefront of a new approach, with Woolworths building some of its own new brands, which don't have any obvious reference to Woolworths on the front of the pack.

At his pre-match press conference on Friday, Max Allegri described his Juventus team as «wounded dogs,» an obvious reference to what happened three days earlier in the Champions League.

And yes, that is an obvious reference to our Spanish wizard, who was extraordinary, coming from his own far superior planet than everybody else on that pitch.

Yeah the Liverpool above it and the obvious reference to liverpool by saying «calm down» means you think its liverpool so you should have just said it out.

When asked whether they think public spending cuts have not gone far enough (an obvious reference to the austerity policies pursued by the British government in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis), Tory members are far more likely to agree or agree strongly with austerity than adherents of other parties.

The name seems to have several meanings: It's an obvious reference to a James Bond - type vehicle, also refers to the bike's abilities as a type of «insurance,» and is an acronym for the contraption's full title, the Built of Notorious Deterrents bike.

It was, says Schneider, the «Woodstock of CO2» (an obvious reference to the «Woodstock of Physics» meeting held last year, during which news of the high - temperature superconductors exploded into the public consciousness).

Not an obvious reference to the kimono but a modern take on it, very interesting!

Overall it was a good showing that is sure to do well editorially and in stores, but we can't help notice the obvious references peeking through.

In the context of libertine Berlin, the obvious reference was the films of Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

The obvious reference points are «Apollo 13» and «Gravity,» though this film can not compare.

In the 1998 Elizabeth there were obvious references to Princess Diana (emphasised by casting her mentor Sir Richard Attenborough as Elizabeth's kindly adviser Sir William Cecil), while the Papal Bull excommunicating Elizabeth and urging her assassination brought to mind the fatwa on Salman Rushdie.

You think of Spellbound, and there are obvious references to Vertigo, but the way that's integrated into a modern film that takes place in the past — that layering of time is really interesting.

When Newman and Stockard Channing speak about Catalina in Twilight, either as a fond memory or as a possible future outing, it's an obvious reference to Newman and Melanie Griffith's conversations about Hawaii in Nobody's Fool, where it's simply an oft - deferred fantasy.

Let's start this review out on front street: Describing Urban Trials Freestyle without mentioning it's obvious creative template, Trials HD, is a fruitless endeavor, even going so far as to ignore the obvious reference in the name.

Lyrically, it's on the nose in its prophetic intentions — singer Mickey Thomas wails «I didn't care how much they cried, no sir / Their tears left me cold as a stone» — as well as its (apparently) obvious reference to Anderson's 1999 epic.

There are few, if any, obvious references to other films, other than addressing that the best resource for zombie mythology is horror movies.

Zubrowka is some kind of amalgam of the works of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig and Anderson's own sensibilities, with more than a little bit of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger thrown in, among many more influences (Madame D's name being one of the most obvious references).

Doc's drifting, dazed persona feeds on an obvious reference point for Pynchon acknowledged by Anderson (2), the Coen brothers» The Big Lebowski (1998).

This is an obvious reference to the knight's gambit move in chess.

I chuckled when he screamed «SNAAAAAKEEE» from the top of his lungs when I died (for the unaware; this is an obvious reference to the Metal Gear Solid series).

Other than the obvious reference to Mario Kart 8...