Sentences with phrase «of a cult following when»

It got itself a bit of a cult following when it was released ten years ago and now EA -LSB-...]

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Another word that pops into our heads when we think of cult followings is Crossfit.
Explains Abby Huizing, founder of Franchisology, a Calgary consulting firm: «When a company like Chicken on the Way has garnered a cult - like following and decides to franchise, one of the most important things aside from location is choosing the right franchisees.»
Perhaps one of the most convincing arguments against religion is how nasty, hateful, vindictive and arrogant believers are when it comes to dealing with anyone who doesn't follow their cult, and how defensive and dismissive they become when you start asking probing, difficult to answer questions.
And if you've ever read the Koran, you know it's a death cult, and when you see Islamic terrorism carried out, it's merely the reader following the commands of the Koran (not so with the bible when grammatical - historical exegesis is used).
The teachings of Jesus are not followed by evangelicals because they are in a war like state of mind because of their END TIME CULT persona to wipe out all muslims from Israel when jews and muslims lived in peace among themselves before the creation of the NEOCONS at the signing of the Balfour agreement.
In recent years, Sriracha has developed a cult - like following, but I've always been ahead of the curve when it comes to food and have been using it in my recipes since the early 1990s — while you can get it in your local grocery store today (even Walmart, it's that mainstream), back then we'd have to venture down to the Asian market in Houston to score a couple bottles.
Gosh, I only read Wikipedia for entertainment and it's worst abuses are when something has a cult following with endless zealots fighting for a cause who will undue every criticism of their cause.
The stop - motion animation drama played to a clunky, awkward Q&A when I saw its North American premiere at Telluride, but now that people will have seen the film in droves by Sundance 2016, one can imagine this will be an indeed special event, the first big meeting of the cult following Johnson and Kaufman's film so richly deserves.
The following film introduced a corny «Man in Black» that was protecting Michael, a storyline that played front and center for the 6th film, where we learned that Michael was part of a druid cult that favored incest (oh, and that Michael only appeared when the stars aligned in a certain pattern).
When it begins Thursday night with a story of international rivalry and cult - of - hothead - personality (tennis drama «Borg / McEnroe» with Shia LaBeouf as John McEnroe)-- and continues over the following 10 days with movies about race, environmentalism, globalism, feminism and politics — TIFF will engage with the current moment as few cultural events do.
Unlike the cult following of Croupier, many people disliked I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.
But the movie discovered a passionate cult following on DVD, and when a 20 - minutes - longer director's cut was released, well before 2004, «Donnie Darko» had been vindicated as one of the most remarkable if head - spinning first features by an American independent filmmaker in then - recent memory.
Since its re-introduction in 2002 under the BMW umbrella, the MINI has again developed a similar cult like following from a diverse group of owners... just as it did when introduced in the -LSB-...]
Since its re-introduction in 2002 under the BMW umbrella, the MINI has again developed a similar cult like following from a diverse group of owners... just as it did when introduced in the United Kingdom back in 1959.
Nordic Games» Legend of Kay Anniversary is one such game, as it was obscure to begin with when it first came out for the PS2 (though it gathered a cult following), and now it's back with updated visuals, new character models and a bunch of additional features.
Creator Joe Madureira conceived the Battle Chasers comic book series as a passion project back when I was in high school and I loved it, so it goes without saying that Nightwar's announcement was nothing short of a dream come true for many of the source material's cult following.
The current climate consensus, covering practically the entire intellectual élite of the Western world — from the world's top right - on stand - up comics right down to the past three presidents of the Royal Society — is a unique event in our experience, and we're floundering around when we talk of cults, groupthink, ecofascists, follow - the - money, etc..
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