Sentences with phrase «on comic books as»

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She was the latest attraction on the block intended as a piece of eye candy for the onlookers to admire, but in the end, Sue Storm fell way short of her heroic comic book status.

Instead, comic books are completely legit entertainment as long as it's factored into the travel and entertainment budget and they are not overspending on it.

As it happens, Activision recently released two Canadian - designed games based on comic books, both of which I found to be decently fun.

Meanwhile, Vox recently floated the idea of Fox going all - in on Deadpool by launching a film series, similar to Disney's The Avengers series, that would see his character team up with others from the X-Men comics to form a group known in comic books as the Uncanny X-Force.

I'm acting as the executive producer as well on that franchise, and that's looking at the movie, the book, the comic, mobile, the companions, all that stuff and making sure it's all going towards the unified universe and vision.

As for why I would make it a comic book coffee shop as opposed to one offering traditional literature, I believe comic books best suit the business model because they're short enough to read in an hour or afternoon, depending on the lengtAs for why I would make it a comic book coffee shop as opposed to one offering traditional literature, I believe comic books best suit the business model because they're short enough to read in an hour or afternoon, depending on the lengtas opposed to one offering traditional literature, I believe comic books best suit the business model because they're short enough to read in an hour or afternoon, depending on the length.

Essentially, it continues the chase after the youth market for reasons first extrapolated in a 1954 Robert Warshow essay on then burgeoning pop culture (specifically comic books) that identified the appearance of «newness» as the basic attraction for a targeted audience.

To be sure, as Schmidt's chapter on the poor but prolific cartoonist Watson Heston notes, evangelical Christians pioneered the religious use of comic books and religious cartoons.

Perhaps best known for his text on the sociology of religion, The Sacred Canopy, Berger has also shown a keen interest in issues of development and public policy and in the nature of religious belief in the modern world, as evident in A Far Glory: The Question of Faith in an Age of Credulity (1992) and in his most recent book, Redeeming Laughter: The Comic Dimension of Human Experience.

Late - night comedian Samantha Bee, whose «Full Frontal» show last year created images of Schneiderman as a comic - book superhero taking on Trump, distanced herself from him, demanding on Twitter that he take down a recent tweet of the pictures.

That a major university press would publish a series of graphic novels may come as a surprise to those who think of these works as comic books on steroids, offering plots about superheroes to younger readers.

The Atomic Age kicked off with a bang on July 16, 1945, with the detonation of a test uranium fission bomb at the Alamogordo Test Range in the New Mexico desert, during what's known as the «Golden Age» of comic books and strips.

The anticipated film Watchmen, based on the 1980s DC Comics 12 - part comic book series (later adapted as a graphic novel), hits theaters tomorrow.

You are welcome to use Comic Book Passions solely as a dating site, since it has all the major features found on mainstream dating sites (e.g. photo personals, groups, chat, webcam video, email, forums, etc.).

Or, if you aren't interested in dating, you can use Comic Book Passions solely as a Comic Book focused social network, since it has all the major features found on large social networking sites.

Fast - paced and action - packed, the blockbuster franchise and comic book saga unfolds for the first time on next - generation platforms, as Banner scours the planet trying to find anything to help him fight his involuntary rage.

As it turns out, «'' Amy»» entrepreneur Banky Edwards (Jason Lee) has sold the film rights for his «'' Bluntman & Chronic»» comic book — which is loosely based on Jay and Silent Bob — to Miramax, and the studio greenlit a big - budget production.Before it even begins, though, the pending «'' Bluntman & Chronic»» film provides more than enough fodder for a new wave of hate - mongers who prowl the Internet, namely pimple - faced geeks who slam anything they can type about on a series of movie gossip websites.

Just as comic books don't stop at two but go on for years with new stories and characters, one gets the distinct feeling of Shrek the Third as a continuing presence.

But Constantine, which follows Keanu Reeves title character as he teams up with Rachel Weisz's Angela to prevent Satan's arrival on Earth, takes a leap out the plausibility window early on, something presumably dictated by the comic book that the film is based on.

In contrast to the tonally exploitative, post-9 / 11 catastrophe smut of the Avengers tentpoles, the former plays as a clever espionage thriller built on political intrigue, disguised as a comic book movie.

The comic book is even noted on the DVD case that was issued at the time, which is worth getting if you enjoy the film as a back - issue comic, while an action figure series was issued briefly.

Let's begin with a recap of Iron Man 1, not so much the plot (a man puts on an iron suit and beats the bad guys) as what it was that made it so successful, widely considered one of the best comic book adaptations ever.

Queasily suspended between drag theatrics (Faye Dunaway and Brenda Vaccaro camping it up on a soundstage replica of a carnival spook house) and Spielbergian wholesomeness (Canadian Helen Slater as a toothy, Aryan Ubermadchen), this is one comic - book feature that doesn't fly.

While comic book adaptations don't always accurately represent the movies they're based on, the «Doctor Strange» prequel comic offers a lot of reveals that seem very plausible for the upcoming Marvel Studios film starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the Sorcerer Supreme.

Based on his long - running comic book, which debuted in 2008 before wrapping up at the end of 2013, «Locke & Key» would have combined a classic haunted house tale with complex and rich mythology, and as such managed to attract some heavyweight names: «Star Trek» duo Kurtzman & Orci were writing with «War Of The Worlds» scribe Josh Friedman, Steven Spielberg was producing and «Never Let Me Go» helmer Mark Romanek was brought on to direct the pilot, which reportedly cost as much as $ 10 million.

The question is, as someone who's head - over-heels in love with such comic book movies as Dark Knight and V for Vendetta, would I appreciate a comic book movie focused on realism?

LEGO City Undercover was the first of TT Games» LEGO series to be based on a LEGO owned property as opposed to a movie or comic book license.

Anthony Stokes with a response to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and directors who might be jealous of comic book movies... We're in the age of cinema that focuses on comic book movies and as such everybody is talking about them, even big powerhouse directors.

As the movie - going public slowly catches up on who Thanos is and what he has planned for the universe, the comic book fans of the world eagerly — but cautiously — wait to see how Marvel will bring The Infinity Gauntlet to the big screen.

As a comic book fan, it's a blast to see some of my favorite heroes and villains battle it out on screen.

In what can only be described as a metaphoric victory for Dr. Doom and discerning comic - book fans alike, the latest Fantastic Four movie flopped this weekend, earning only $ 26.2 million on a lot of screens.

Based on the comic book by Mark Millar, the plot follows a veteran secret agent (Firth) as he takes a young delinquent (Taron Egerton) from the London streets and enrolls him in an academy that trains it's pupils to be 007 - type secret agents.

Based on the comic book of the same name by Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff's film follows Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson), who, as they graduate from high school, respond to a personal ad from a middle - aged record collector as a joke — a decision that changes their friendship.

This year there were way too many comic book adaptations, but there were some welcome surprises on screen as well.

Emma Stone reveals that the studio and her director plan on honoring the fate of her character as seen in the original comic book.

His stint on X-Factor still stands as my favorite comic book run, developing Guido «Strong Guy» Carosella into the role model for guys with torsos way out of proportion to their legs.

GHOST WORLD (Grade: B +): Thora Birch won the best actress honors at the 2001 Seattle International Film Festival for her performance as a passively rebellious 17 - year - old in this funny, sad and tragic teen angst drama / comedy directed by Terry Zwigoff («Crumb») and based on a serialized comic book by Daniel Clowes.

Hugh Jackman is currently in theaters playing Marvel fan favorite Wolverine for a record - setting ninth and final time in the R - rated Logan, and during his recent press junket to promote the film, the Van Helsing star talked about taking his son trick - or - treating on Halloween while dressed up as has signature comic book character.

Set in the hippie - comedown haze of mid-1970s San Francisco, this adaptation of the coming - of - age comic book stars Kristen Wiig as a ditzy mother completely unaware that her teenage daughter (British actress Bel Powley) and her boyfriend (Alexander Skarsgård) are carrying on behind her back.

Its release on video is not a media circus, and in fact, it barely registers as a footnote in Superman history, but fans of animated comic book fare should have little problem being entertained.

Essentially, this is a comic - book story as told on paper, in that every second of plot is incidental as the end of every thread must return us to the status quo before the credits roll.

He goes on to talk about how «complicated» the whole situation is, in a post that is both thoughtful about the movie's whitewashing — as well as how white his comic book already was.

Existing in a fascinating universe that marks it as one of the better comic - book adaptations without origins in an actual comic book, it features Keanu Reeves as the titular angry guy, taking on the Russian mob because they killed his dog.

Set on the world of Sakaar — known dearly to comic book fans as the world the Hulk gets whisked off to in the now classic story arc «Planet Hulk» — Thor: Ragnarok and its location open up unlimited potential for the Marvel Cinematic Universe; it is also the planet where the Hulk had his son, Skaar, after all.

The Clockwork Girl is in production as a stereoscopic 3D computer generated feature film based on the comic book series published by Arcana.

Three years ago, The Guardians of the Galaxy was considered the first big risk of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, completely removed from the rest of the Avengers on other planets with characters even avid comic book readers weren't overly familiar with, all led by an actor who was primarily known as the chubby goofball on an NBC workplace sitcom.

Beck has worked on film adaptations of comic books before, such as Red and Elektra.

For like Wolverine himself, always trying to find a balance between being human and the more brutish side of his nature, «Logan» as a comic book movie must periodically feed the beast and partake of the kind of on - screen violence that is its fanboy reason for being.

Based on the original comic books by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the film depicts T'Challa, a.k.a Black Panther as the leader and protector of the fictional universe, Wakanda.

Johnson also has another Fast and Furious movie on the cards, as well as an adaptation of the Rampage video game, action - comedy Central Intelligence, a Baywatch movie and the comic - book film Shazam!