Sentences with phrase «off as a gimmick»

The cynically minded might be quick to write this off as a gimmick, and in this case they'd be right.

Where the movie takes chances (Sissy Spacek as a therapist who only treats Gray in odd locations, like a bowling alley), they come off as gimmicks rather than entertainment.

A Quiet Place similarly succeeds in providing information and character development though strictly visual means, without making its lack of dialogue come off as a gimmick in the process.

You could take one look at this game as a newcomer and write the whole thing off as a gimmick.

Doesn't it seem like, just with motion control, when done well, it's because of quality game design, but when they focus on any one technological aspect it tends to come off as a gimmick and is ignored as such.

MIUI is a far cry from stock Android, but Xiaomi's much needed overhaul to the interface has made it more aesthetically pleasing, and includes many features that actually add a fair amount of value to the software experience and without coming off as gimmicks.

Without backward compatibility, Animoji could be at risk to come off as a gimmick, which may quickly be forgotten by users.

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Sidestepping the Fraud Issue: Bailing out fraudsters instead of saving America's economic base Recent federal bankruptcy proceedings have exposed Lehman's deceptive off - balance - sheet accounting gimmicks such as Repo 105 to conceal its true position.

But the proposals to deal with it are worthless gimmicks such as: «A licensing forum to give locals a say on the impact of off - licence applications in their area.»

I looked at the Beautiful People situation, where they booted singles off the site who had gained weight over the holidays, as a public relations gimmick.

New Girl, How I Met Your Mother, and Parks and Recreation have all featured online dating, but only as a one - off, single episode gimmick.

Which I feel is deplorable, and shows compatible partners as a complete rip off, all gimmicks and air no action.

as a owner of a Wii u i find it very disappointing system, the game pad is a very mixed bag i mean it could work really well like the off screen game play works great but for the fact that you never really need to play off screen for any game and in fact i think the game loses a certain enjoyment level like NSMBU it mean it works but you lose some of those great looks the game has and i find colors to be washed out, next with the game bad is that they use it as a gimmick in quite a few games (zombu) and i found that over a long game play with having to look up and then down every few seconds to every minute in about 1 - 3 hours i had a huge head ache which sucked, next the biggest issue with the system is that 32 GB console are you kidding me 32 GB only?

There is an attempt at some sort of twist ending, a la M. Night Shyamalan, but even this adds so very little to the story as a whole, and comes off like a gimmick just to give the film a «big reveal» even if it doesn't really merit one.

But the premise that carried the first film (and the original Japanese trilogy and mini-series)-- the idea of a media - borne STD (or drug addiction), transformed here into something carried aloft by the virulence of peer pressure — is instantly discarded along with its deadline gimmick in favour of about two hours of garbage involving killer deer, a somnambulantly - possessed kid (if demonic possession renders your nine - year - old docile as a fawn, that's a trade - off some might be willing to make), and poor Naomi Watts huffing and puffing and delivering awful, repetitive monologues at her catatonic kid.

Yes there is a gimmick of being shrunk but wisely Payne chose not to focus solely on this but used it more as a jumping off point for the more important themes this story brings about.

However, the film does pull off some mildly interesting forced - perspective gimmicks with the gods, as they stand several feet taller than the human characters.

Although the film often favors the gimmick over the story, it serves as a great reminder that while not every off - the - wall idea is guaranteed to be a success like «The Artist,» it's the willingness to take those risks that making movies is all about.

Publishing DC's 52 - variant - cover gimmick with Justice League of America # 1 seems to have paid off, as ICv2 estimates Diamond Comic Distributors sold more than 300,000 copies to comics shops last month.

The trailer shows off the new stages and several of their gimmicks as well as a lot of new brand new unseen heat actions from SpeedWagon / N`Doul and Maria.

Most, such as the diving game «Treasure Twirl», are lovingly designed, with their own gimmicks that show off what the Motion Plus can do.

The magic book alone makes this collectors edition worth it it looks just like an actual Sorcerers handbook A complete reproduction of the game item With gold colored leafing In the center mirrorbead has a hidden gimmick if you look into it you'll notice that everything is turned upside down how they pulled that off I have no idea but it's an extremely nice touch that just adds to it it looks like something that you would find in a Harry Potter movie if you get the chance to buy don't let it slip through your fingers As a collector owning this I've never been happier

Moreover they are unreliable in colder temperatures, failing to emit much heat, are hostile to such gimmicks as dimmer switches, and their lifespan is limited by being frequently turned on or off.

It's still been a serious turn - off to many existing racing fans who see it (and consequently, the series itself) as a silly gimmick.

It was a nice idea but came off as a poorly executed gimmick, and so the G6 is basically the de-gimmicked, straightforward phone most people want.