Sentences with phrase «on old tropes»

If you get hooked — and you'll likely get hooked — you're going to find a few hundred hours of Pokemon battles to look forward to, even if the game falls back on some old tropes a bit too much.

However, I would like to read more of Gaiman's work because I love the spins he puts on old tropes.

I read a lot of fantasy, so it's great to see amusing, self - aware twists on the old tropes — everything like dwarves to Evil Ones to old - fashioned dungeons crawls like in an RPG.

Unfortunately, Bravo relies on old tropes of «good» and «bad» guys and contrived awkward sexual interactions.

Cameron was clearly evasive and relied on old tropes such as the union attack, which is anyway of questionable value.

Whether appearing as the female leader of the Dark Army or the male Chinese Minister of State Security, he was always absolutely mesmerizing to watch, offering glimmers of insight but never full access to the character's agenda and putting a slyly subversive spin on the old trope of the «inscrutable Oriental.»

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Add to that another old sexist trope: If a man cheats on you, it's your fault.

I'm pretty sure this old trope about letting your baby pacify at the breast will teach them to overeat is false and not based on any actual evidence.

And first on the chopping block should be that tired old trope that you, working mama, can have it all.

But one 22 - year - old single took this trope to ridiculous and glorious levels on his dating profile.

Skyfall is not without its weak spots — Bardem's master plan is ultimately a bit blunt and unartful, the script is not terribly good to women (wish they'd get rid of that old Bond trope for good), Whishaw and Craig regrettably don't kiss — but, all cards on the table, it's still a knockabout success.

Our intrepid hero, also a she, an older Asian woman to boot (something one NEVER sees on TV) on a worldwide hunt / chase for this evil Bond using only her wits and no weapons, special gadgets, or any of the usual tropes one sees in these sorts of

On the one hand, the premise and story are a clever adoption of old fairy tale tropes (the pauper princess, heroic warrior savior, evil quasi-relatives, completing three trials, etc.) dressed up as modern big - budget sci - fi.

While I'm a little skeptical of the decision for a vague Eastern European accent from Chastain, at least it's something different than the old «an English accent will work for any foreign story» trope that's been going on forever.

Though the «sex equals death» rule isn't as prominent in modern horror movies that defy those decades - old tropes, «It Follows» is very much a retro homage to «70s and «80s genre classics, from the «Halloween» - esque synth score, to the striking similarities to «Nightmare on Elm Street,» both in Jay's perpetual helplessness and the film's dreamlike atmosphere.

This gets a place on the list by being much, much better than I thought it was going to be, and for successfully pulling off an American version of the old kids» book trope, kids - go - into - countryside - and - discover - magic.

That subtle leaning on tropes but using them as springboards for substance as well as style is what gives Hap and Leonard its intriguing, engaging appeal; Purefoy's East Texas charm and Kenneth Williams» hot - tempered intensity fit together like old friends really do, with each one enjoying the chance to deliver the pulpy dialogue.

(In a clever subversion of an old trope, this film offers a small - town diner where a table full of gossipy old men — with Bruce Dern as their ringleader — pass judgment on everyone's comings and goings.)

This raunchy look at growing up in a broken home hits all of the classic tropes with panache — living in the shadow of an older sibling, an absentee mother, nursing a crush on the high - school bad boy and the student - teacher friendship.

This is the same old Cinderella trope located firmly within the «Family Guy» generation, the film's hip acknowledgment of genre conventions (the absurdity of talking animals, the modern irrelevance of royalty) nevertheless failing to capitalize on that newfound consciousness in any meaningful way.

Screenwriters John Ronson and Peter Straughan (who very loosely based the character on Frank Sidebottom, the comic persona of the late U.K. performer, Chris Sievey, amongst other musicians) are aware of the thin line between madness and genius, but rather than exploit that tired trope, they use it as a jumping off point to explore issues as inherent to both art and life as identity, voice, creative output, and that age old question of what it really means to sell out.

As Horacia puts two and two together at a key point late in the film, Diaz gives his own spin on a hokey, century - old visual trope by placing the entire scene out of focus; his heroine only comes into sharp definition as she walks away, toward the camera.

Blame and One Percent More Humid repeat the tired trope of female students having affairs with their older male teachers, a familiar storyline on just about every teen - oriented TV series, though their emphasis on the strengths and dangers of teen girl friendships was strong.

That's why the first pages of this hit on some of the oldest genre tropes.

A twist on the old Prince Charming trope, in that Nick's extreme wealth is the main barrier to his and Rachel's happiness.

One of the tropiest tropes about manga culture in Japan is the old chestnut about salarymen reading manga on the train while commuting.

When approaching a mid-generation Pokemon title, Game Freak usually tries to find balance by falling back on an age old trope: releasing a slightly improved copy of the existing two games and calling it a day.

Nearly every gamer has memories of trying their hardest to beat a game as quickly as they're able to, be it time trials in Ridge Racer or trying to finish Super Mario Bros on the NES as fast as humanly possible, being good enough to re-tread old ground as smoothly and as fast as humanly possible is a well worn trope in nearly every gamer.

You're rarely short of things to entertain yourself with in The Witcher 3's quasi-open world, then, and all the better that you're in a universe that involves the supernatural without leaning on the same old Tolkien fantasy tropes.

Next on the list, a flawed video game «trope» that's basically as old as the medium.

Osman is also researching how new technologies of war, violence and representation, predicated on old colonial tropes, are being repackaged and deployed during «the war on terror.»