Sentences with phrase «only gimmick»

The wife told me there was no impending divorce — the ad was only a gimmick to attract buyers.

This is no commentary on racism or slavery, only a gimmick; not a satire but a pandering to the herd; not realism or revenge, but caricature, infantile mayhem and in - jokes like original, 1966 Django Franco Nero cast as Amerigo Vessepi.

These are only gimmicks - all available on current production cars.

Recent controversies over reviews for books bandy about the idea that reviews are now only gimmicks for marketing purposes, due to their lack of quality and the ease with which anyone can rate a book.

We also got a fairly long video of actual gameplay in the Willy stage, and it never appeared, the only gimmicks seemed to be the moving platforms on the sides.

Cooperation and sudden death aren't the only gimmicks of ObsCure.

Not exact matches

His reluctance to appear in Infinity War was a fun gimmick, but at the end of the day, I was bummed the green guy only had one little action moment.

Look, I love the occasional beard brew, but gimmicks only go so far.

This match was almost equally as important for Dillinger, as it is only the second televised appearance of his «Perfect 10» gimmick.

And increasing unpredictability without resorting to gimmicks like reverse grids or success ballast (shudder) can only be a good thing, right?

Once you're over that though you'll be treated to great racing — which is refreshingly simple and gimmick - free — and riders that not only have personalities, but are actually allowed to show them!

Ozil no way he will fetch the 42.5 M we bought him for and Alexis with his wantaway gimmicks and only 12 months remaining we will be lucky to get the 35M we bought him for....

Which features are absolutely essential, and which are unnecessary extras that were only invented as a sales gimmick to separate you from your money.

Even Nestle agrees (even if it is only a marketing gimmick and because they have to say -LSB-...]

According to him, the NPP led by its flagbearer, Nana Akufo - Addo only engaged in political gimmicks in their «desperate attempt to win the November 7 general elections.»

BY SUSIE DAY Only a couple of years ago, the New York State Parole Board was a draconian gimmick to keep people in prison — regardless of...

Liberal Democrat work and pensions spokesman David Laws also dismissed today's plans as offering only «rebranding, further delay and more gimmicks, when what is needed is immediate action».

Typical of Democrats, they only propose spending gimmicks and nothing ever to reign in taxes.

The de Blasio administration is constrained by an economy that is only slowly improving and by a budget gimmick that the prior administration used to balance its budgets.

Its an accounting gimmick that only works when you can make your own money.

It is rampant with corruption, lending agents making outrageous commissions and spending it on cocaine, bait and switch gimmicks, and carpet bagger vultures that only care about making a ton of $ instead of investing in their communities.

We can't rely on gimmicks that only make our problems worse in the coming years.»

But that's only thanks to accounting gimmicks that mask the true jump, which a Citizens Budget Commission analyst suspects is over 4 percent.

«Until he does all these, his apology will only be seen as part of the political gimmicks that he is known for and Ekiti people will never take him seriously.»

According to him, his opponents ridiculed him saying it was a political gimmick and could only be possible in 20 years.

Instead, Cuomo peddles his «START - UP NY» gimmick, which only provides a select few tax breaks to a select few businesses for a select period of time.»

The correct decision is, as I have been continually advocating for years, to fire the current administrator, develop a full efficiency and profitability turnaround plan with a strict timeline, and, if only if those concerted efforts fail, then sell the hospital to a carefully selected and responsible buyer directly rather than through the budgetary gimmick of an LDC.

Miner blasted the plan as a «gimmick» that would only cause greater pain down the road.

According to Councilman Hoehmann, «while the budget at first glance looks good, upon closer analysis budget gimmicks are used that only mask the problem and will result in a certain downgrade in our bond rating and other negative consequences unless we once and for all address the issue».

Unfortunately as you look at these initiatives and the victories we have had we have been stymied by a Supervisor who would rather stay with the status quo — a Supervisor that would rather implement budget gimmicks — a supervisor and a Town Board majority that is looking at only self - interest and not the interest of the people they serve.

Instead, I see so many people waste so much of their time on worthless abs exercises, and falling for every gimmick product that comes onto their TV screen promising them a 6 - pack in only 2 minutes a day while sitting on their couch.

You will never again fall for their gimmicks and tired tactics only to find that the high priced health coaching school that tried to lure you with shiny objects and big discounts drips ONE course module on you every two to three weeks dragging out the time it takes to finish the program by 9 months to 2 years!

Hi Ikwo, thanks for your comment — funny word «gimmick» I know — apologies — what I meant was little touristy treats such as purses with Paris motives on them etc... you find the same ones everywhere, only near Sacre Coeur there are a couple of shops in which you will find very special a little more trendy ones — smile, hope this helps!

Stress is an epidemic in our current culture, and there are tons of products and gimmicks claiming to relieve stress that really only relieve your wallet.

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.

The only big «gimmick» in this game is the evil spirit sections, and they are taken care of fast.

Rewards the rock snob... Casts an old - timey light on a genre that often only banks on updated gimmicks.

The jetpack might be a nice gimmick, but it's not innovative enough to carry an entire game, especially since vertical cover can only be used in certain places.

The simple, highly effective gimmick of this straightforward shocker is a malevolent clawed spectre named Diana (Alicia Vela - Bailey), who only appears in the dark.

With nonexistent character depth, abysmal storytelling, and an aesthetic gimmick that hurts the film far more than it helps, all CBGB only benefits from a killer soundtrack.

A teenage girl's sexual awakening coincides with her mother's gender transition in «52 Tuesdays,» an Australian indie with an unusual narrative gimmick: It was shot over 52 consecutive Tuesdays, and only on Tuesdays, to capture a year of life onscreen.

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?

In most voodoo movies, voodoo itself is taken only as a backdrop, a gimmick.

However, an inventive gimmick can only go so far if the story doesn't involve or make you care for the stakes at hand.

What I did predict was that it's gimmick appeal would doom the system as most would only by the gimmicky games.

The plot follows the routine path, and the gimmick of the walking, talking id that is Deadpool only lasts for so long before even the character seems to fall into a routine.

It may be eight cores but I think that is more of a gimmick to make the people that only care about specs cream their pants.

The only way the movie really emulates its contemporaries is by being offered in 3D, a format it exploits with the occasional in - your - face gimmick as well as the dimensional setting of the Florida climax.

Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg seem irrelevant to the drama; they only stick to their duties or gimmicks.

by Walter Chaw Billed as being filmed in a single shot (though the skeptical — and those taken in by the «unedited» long takes of Alfonso Cuarón's Children of Men — should wonder why an editor is credited), Gustavo Hernández's zero - budget conceptual experiment The Silent House (La casa mudi) has found a way not only to suggest a gimmick successfully carried through, but also to weave that gimmick into a richer thematic tapestry.