Sentences with phrase «of gladiatorial combat»

The glamour of gladiatorial combat in the public arena outshone the cerebral problem - solving of the lawyer sitting his office.

Still, she says, «I loved Gladiator and I thought its depiction of gladiatorial combat, although it was an aggrandizing picture, was cleverly and expertly done.»

Developed by the same studio responsible for the Tenchu and Way of the Samurai series, Gladiator Begins combines the bloody, brain - smashing violence of Gladiatorial combat with deep customisation options — where your choices outside battle greatly affect your chances of victory in the arena.

In addition, the resolution of this episode before disaster struck is likely to further entrench the current system of gladiatorial combat between management and labor, which, in turn, increases long - term instability in the education sector in at least two ways.

Further complaints: Miguel Gomes is insistent that his «Arabian Nights» is three separate films and not one linked trilogy, which makes its inclusion as a single fourth - place entity a modest cheat, and that five - way ties at 14th place are just begging to be broken up by some form of gladiatorial combat.

The rumor states that the Hulk will play a larger role in Phase Three with his own standalone film that follows the storyline of Greg Pak's popular «Planet Hulk» storyline, where the Hulk gets shot into space and lands on a planet of gladiatorial combat, eventually becoming its king and returning to Earth to exact his revenge on those who exiled him into space.

We can definitely expect a new upgrade system and an eagle for a bird's eye view of the maps, while hints of gladiatorial combat and supernatural creatures were teased in the trailer.

The cooperative multiplayer experience in «Ryse: Son of Rome» plunges you into the brutal world of gladiatorial combat.

The Romans loved to be entertained, and few things riveted them more than the spectacle of gladiatorial combat.

As Liverpool wound down the clock to what should have been a nail - biting 2 - 1 win over Tottenham at Anfield on Sunday, Emre Can smashed the ball into the stands, throwing his hands up in a gesture of gladiatorial combat.

Not exact matches

For some reason this brought to my mind Louis Ginzberg's «The Legends of the Jews,» where it says that at the end of all things the righteous get to «view the mortal combat between Leviathan and Behemoth, as a reward for having denied themselves the pleasures of the circus and its gladiatorial contests.»

These days, the Marvel movie on everyone's lips is Black Panther, but we'd be remiss to entirely forget about Thor: Ragnarok, a shaggy, sci - fi buddy comedy that just happened to take place against a vista of wild, intergalactic gladiatorial combat.

But his first attempt to stop her fails: He's deprived of his all - powerful hammer, and winds up imprisoned on Sakaar, a distant planet where he's forced into gladiatorial combat against his old friend the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), who doesn't seem to recognize him.

The Surfer is transported to Asgard where he confronts Thor, but the God of Thunder wants to finish his meal so they agree to gladiatorial combat following dinner.

The Dutch trading post at Dejima becomes a Pirates Of The Caribbean - like hideaway, where slaves fight ogres in gladiatorial combat.

Every Friday, as the new releases are sluiced out, advertised in flashing neon over the box office of your local multiplex, it's become a case of picking one film and catching the other one later, if at all — it's like movies are pitted against one another in gladiatorial combat.

Spartacus is trained in the arts of combat at Batiatus» gladiatorial academy, where one day two powerful men and their wives arrive from Rome.

The Monaco Grand Prix also has the (well - justified) reputation of attracting the rich and famous but every year tens of thousands of ordinary race fans flock there to view the sight and (incredible) sound of 200 mph projectiles dicing with each other inches away from the barriers in what is almost gladiatorial style combat.

News - 1 day, 2 hours The first Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 zombie mode «experience» puts the 4 characters into zombie - killing gladiatorial combat.

Take a creature design, give it three special abilities, tweak them with a series of variables, and drop them into a cheerful gladiatorial combat.

The neutral planet of Solaris VII is home to the Inner Sphere's most famous gladiatorial «Mech combat arenas.

The full PC game will be available October 10th and will come with all 4 DLC Packs (The Colosseum Pack, The Mars Chosen Pack, The Duel of Fates Pack and the Morituri Pack), Cooperative gladiatorial combat in the Colosseum, Colosseum Mode with 25 multiplayer maps and customization options for your gladiator with new armour, weapons, shields and consumables.

Given the history of warfare and gladiatorial combat that persists in Legrand Legacy, it makes sense that there are many violent diversions that focus on martial prowess.

a 1984 Taito game of one - hit kills achieved through fencing, kendo, and gladiatorial combat.

«Gladiatorial Combat: The Battle of the Big,» New York Times, 17 May 2013 (Red illustrated).

This is the area of artistic combat that makes Art Basel a winner in the artfair gladiatorial ratings

(Press Release) «Gladiatorial Combat» — Critic Roberta Smith weighs in on the Battle of the Megagalleries being waged currently between David Zwirner, Gagosian, and Hauser & Wirth, which are duking it out on the highest market stage with shows of new work by Jeff Koons and Paul McCarthy.

(PDF) Don't think of your expert as a participant in gladiatorial combat with your opponent's expert.

As dispute resolution adopts different forms and emphases, the gladiatorial method of legal combat is looking increasingly old fashioned.

The lord chief justice has recently complained at the excessive length of trials through over-citation of precedents, but the complexity and consequent cost of litigation follow inevitably from the narrow focus of barristers on the gladiatorial combat instead of dispute resolution.