Sentences with phrase «of old comic»

The other day I came across one of my old comic books about the «man of steel» and my thoughts went to how the role of the modern day Realtor has a lot in common with my favourite superhero.

I thought it was hinting that the movie was possibly about super powered kids or something cool like that, like a live - action version of the old comic, I think it was called «Power Pack».

Anthony Russo responded by stating that he and his brother had always been bigger fans of Marvel Comics and even admitted that his brother Joe still has a bunch of the old comic books stored away in a closet.

What I do know is that Petrie, the king of the formula convention, would have been infinitely more interesting discussing why it is that people like him think that putting Clark Kent glasses on someone outside of old comic books renders him or her unrecognizable.

We open at the famous Carnegie Deli in Midtown Manhattan, where a bunch of old comics are gathered and reminiscing.

He notes that they also spend more time on individual panels, taking in all the details before moving on: «It's weird to go back and look at some of the old comics now.

You won't be able to participate in breathless discussions about this week's revelations, but you'll have access to a nearly endless supply of older comics, including Marvel events such as House of M, Civil War, Secret Invasion, and World War Hulk.

I was introduced to the world of superheroes by my uncle (the same uncle who, incidentally, had introduced me to video games) with Batman: The Animated Series and a few of the older comic books.

Not exact matches

Also great in the necessary role of comic relief is Jake Johnson as Lowery, who seems to be taking Samuel L. Jackson's old job.

The overall aesthetic design of your ad: color schemes, styles, layout and tone; bold versus subtle, traditional versus modern, serious versus comic, masculine versus feminine, young versus old, and everything in between.

I sometimes find myself in the comic position of publicly debating liberal Catholics and suddenly realizing that they are consorting with the old liberal Protestant strumpets of my seedy past, while I am setting forth their own traditional arguments from their magisterium.

Women and men of advanced years are not the grannies or funny old men depicted in the comic strips or on TV.

On this snowbound east - coast day, everybody and her brother is linking to a page of old Calvin and Hobbes comic strips, which gathers all the snowman strips from that great cartoon series.

Old Roy of the Rovers comics would often incorporate a speech bubble device where a supporter at the back of the crowd handily summarised the action for the lazy artist up against a submission deadline.

Delicious brunch, comic books and old - fashioned charm await you in this western suburb of Chicago.

The Multiplex wasn't filled with comic book adaptation after graphic novel adaptation; genre exposure came via late Sunday night airings of (old school) Doctor Who on WTTW.

Would they publish a comic image of McCain as a doddering senile old man with a walker and diapers as satire?

14 - year - old Bronxite, Brittany Lopez, read 325 novels and comic books this summer and was crowned winner of New York City Public Library's summer reading contest.

Clan Apis, originally published as a five - part series, ingeniously reworks the plot conventions of the musty old action comic.

There's something very old Hollywood about Jennifer's look, comprised of an off - the - shoulder, full - skirted LUBLU Kira Plastinina dress with a bow belt, plus a crown braid (of course), at the Twentieth Century Fox event during Comic - Con in San Diego.

Also, as proud as you might be about your old Barbie collection or limited addition comic magazines, refrain from sharing this kind of information with millions of other users!

The unfiltered membership of a general dating site didn't embrace a 30 - something - year - old man who loved «Star Trek» and comic books.

It's a roomful of an eclectic array of collectibles, including: maps from old atlases (many dating... sell comic books at conventions and eventually sold all of his...

27 year old male looking for someone whos into similar hobbies / stuff I'm into examples: metal music and the darker side of things, also good books as I love poetry and write my own... perhaps even comics haha, love those too.

I am a 33 year old, inexperienced CD male with a good sense of humor and love for comics and video games.

This is a thrilling and darkly comic portrayal of a son looking for a father, and an older man forced to become a mentor.

The symbols of my junior - high loserdom had gone major label on me, and so as the advertisements and press articles began to make X-Men a household word, I dug out my old, neglected boxes of comics to try to figure out what had made them so important to me in the first place.

Some of the superheroes who will be introduced to the viewing audience include Peter Petrelli, an almost 30 - something male nurse who suspects he might be able to fly, Isaac Mendez, a 28 - year - old junkie who has the ability to paint images of the future when he is high, Niki Sanders, a 33 - year - old Las Vegas showgirl who begins seeing strange things in mirrors, Hiro Nakamura, a 24 - year - old Japanese comic - book geek who literally makes time stand still, D.L. Hawkins, a 31 - year - old inmate who can walk through walls, Matt Parkman, a beat cop who can hear other people's thoughts, and Claire Bennet, a 17 - year - old cheerleader who defies death at every turn.

A 33 - year - old actor and comic best known for his long - running role as Maurice in the Britcom «The IT Crowd,» Ayoade has an evident gift for the kind of slightly offbeat comedy that's about the differences between a character's self - perception and the way the world sees him.

It's an elaborate, shapeless, big - screen reincarnation of the 50 - year - old comic - book character.

Other enjoyable performances back Sandler's up: Emmanuelle Chriqui is a charming leading lady; Lainie Kazan's crack comic timing put me in mind of her uproarious portrayal of the ultimate Jewish mom in 1982's My Favorite Year (and she doesn't look like she's aged a day since); as two of the Zohan's old foes, John Turturro is amusing (even if he's in danger of becoming this decade's answer to Vito Scotti if he takes on too many more ethnic roles), while Sandler's longtime buddy and perpetual hanger - on Rob Schneider for once DOES N'T make you want to tear out either his hair or your own.

Yet while those comic book references, along with plenty of well - written quips aimed at older audiences, will engage the parents in the theater, the film's introspective second act may fail to hold the attention of younger viewers.

Barely a week goes by without news of yet another old comic book superhero being dusted off, rejigged, recast and set for another outing in a shiny new form.

While the young lovers drive the plot, the comic heart of a play like this one belongs to the servants and the hapless older generation.

Pairing the young star with two comic actors 10 years his senior (Jack Black and Steve Zahn), Saving Silverman followed in early 2001; with it, Biggs completed a triumverate of critical and commercial failures.Finding himself in need of a comeback at the ripe old age of 23, Biggs seemed poised to do just that later in the year, beginning with his reprisal of the bumbling post-adolescent Jim in American Pie 2.

Stale as week - old bread and every bit as bland, the movie saddles a strong cast with a groaningly ineffectual script (courtesy of Michael LeSieur, who wrote 2006's You, Me and Dupree) and wastes the director's gift for bringing lived - in charm and feeling to broad comic premises.

While alone, Ryan learns in an old comic book about the true plans of DRAGMAR, the villain behind the disappearance of the dogs.

But Chappell's triumphant comeback begins to spiral out of control into a wild night of comic misadventure after meeting struggling actor Spencer and his old flame Didi.

Director Todd Phillips, who tackled the theme of men seeking to shrug off the burden of adulthood in Old School, explores similar territory here with solid comic results.

As he grows older, Hoffman is mastering more and more the timing and inflection of a smart stand - up comic.

The good news is that some parts of this shopping list are checked off with style and grace: Tony and Pepper are still, at heart, the leads in a screwball comedy — and Downey and Paltrow are top form here; the new villain has the comics» Crimson Dynamo's name — Ivan Vanko [Mickey Rourke]-- but instead of wearing the hopelessly out of date crimson armor, wields a pair of plasma whips that can slice and dice even Stark's fancy suit; and finally, there's Justin Hammer [Sam Rockwell — who was a finalist in casting Stark], a hi - tech weapons manufacturer who got Stark's old Department of Defence contracts even though he's not nearly as talented.

Watching the innocent Frank turn into «Frank the Tank» emerges as the comic highlight of Old School.

Miller sticks to his wheelhouse by giving everything a bold «Sin City,» old - style comic book look, with lots of blacks, whites, and reds.

While the old - school comic book feel refreshingly replaces the humdrum bravado of the Hulks and Fantastic Fours of late, one can only handle so much Greek mythology, Nazis, and egg.

The two have also released several comic albums; created and starred in the film Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012); and codirected a series of popular Old Spice commercials starring actor Terry Crews.

Seeing reproductions of comic book pages in HD in the bonus features never gets old either.

The 48 - year - old actress will play the villainous Hela in the upcoming instalment of the Marvel series, and she developed an interest in the comic book world because her sons, Dashiell, 15, Roman, 13, and Ignatius, nine, are fans.

This may seem like a dramatic departure to fans of the Spider - Man comics, as May is usually seen as much older, in an almost elderly fashion, with graying hair.

Of course, the reason for this is that Logan appears to be loosely based on the classic comic storyline Wolverine: Old Man Logan by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven.

Tangents aside, Big Hero 6, directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams, is an adaptation of a little known Marvel comic, about a 14 - year - old boy called Hiro (spectacularly mispronounced as «Hero» by seemingly everyone, bar one character in the film), a total robotics prodigy, with genius level intellect, who participates in underground robot fighting.