Sentences with phrase «origin stories»

I guess it's the George Lucas school of writing origin stories — don't use anything of real emotional consequence in the first movie.

Set in deep space, and in half a dozen lands (New York, Wakanda, Titan, Knowhere), the film presents a galactic battle for the fate of the universe that throws together the six original Avengers; the follow - up wave of Marvel superheroes who've only recently been given their own origin stories (Black Panther, Dr. Strange, the rebooted Spider - Man); the Guardians of the Galaxy; and a sprinkling of other figures who've been there on the fringes.

But really, it's a celebration of craptastic origin stories, that takes them to their ultimate level of crap.

Jason and Leatherface are getting origin stories.

This week comes word of origin stories based on...

I'm so exhausted by origin stories.

Given the origin stories of most of these characters — rooted as they are in the deaths of loved ones, often through the heroes» inaction, real or imagined, it's not a far reach to say that superhero comics are trapped in a process of repetition automatism (or «repetition compulsion»).

While we here at The Mary Sue have declared ourselves pretty much Done With Origin Stories, at least this one doesn't concern a self - centered rich white man attaining salvation through superpowers?

Having exhausted multiple origin stories, each Marvel sequel is stuck perpetually recycling a «save the world» plot, just rearranging characters and settings.

Ironman 1 and Black Panther are still the best origin stories in the MCU, but when it comes to ensemble movies, this is my new favorite.

Here's a thing about origin stories, they set up the universe of a new world and here, the audience is a blank slate.

After the origin stories, the sequels sliding all over the quality spectrum, one Civil War, a Ragnarok, an Age of Ultron, and a gazillion buckets of popcorn sold the world over, the Marvel Cinematic Universe ascends to a state of supernova in Avengers: Infinity War.

Leatherface is second only to Rob Zombie's «Halloween» remake in horror's pantheon of terrible origin stories.

These stories speak to us because they reflect our own origin stories.

But they all start somewhere, and in some cases, the origin stories are even more interesting than the legends themselves.

Since 2011, the International Space Station has housed an experiment that aims to decipher those origin stories.

They want to move toward a model - based system that assigns probabilities to the various origin stories based on all the data.

Like all origin stories, it would ultimately prove fictional, but it showed me what I love, what I want, and, as a playwright friend of mine likes to say, «what I want to want.»

Those distinct chemistries imply distinct origin stories for asteroids: One group formed from grist that began near the current location of the asteroid belt.

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Tech disruptors all have good origin stories, even if they're mostly bullshit.

These are the players who will help define baseball for the next decade, and we're watching their comic - book origin stories.

The stories of Genesis and Exodus, Joshua and Judges, and many others can be better understood as origin stories that helped the people of God make sense of their place in the world.

Unlike the Church, the film industry's trend of origin stories doesn't feel like it's coming from the fans, but from the bosses.

Here are our suggestions for other Community actors in big - budget origin stories: Joel McHale as the Grinch.

The origin stories teach theology, not cosmology, geology or anthropology.

Whether you're a Gen X gamer or starting a business, the origin stories of how Nintendo and Sega are entertaining and inspiring.

Many small businesses have heartfelt origin stories, so craft up a narrative that shows who you are and what your business» mission is.

«It's important to us to keep the origin story alive.

The origin story of that macabre death machine is fascinatingly told by The Paris Review.

What's more, the currency's strange origin story, with only six founding formulators, leaves something to be desired.

From what I know of Casamigos Tequila's origin story, it seems the exact opposite of a celebrity slapping his name on a product.

Part of icewine's appeal is its eccentric origin story: grapes must freeze on the vine and then be harvested under sub-zero conditions.

Depending on which origin story we're going with, he built the Iron Man armour to escape his captors either during the Vietnam or Afghanistan conflict.

Spanx's origin story is famous — Blakely cut the feet off pantyhose and improvised a slimming product that solved a problem for women everywhere.

The streaming service won the bidding this year for «Ratched,» an origin story based on the «One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest» character.

Most of the issue seems to be over the fact that an origin story for the Joker is antithetical to the entire concept of the character.

It doesn't get bogged down in an origin story or an explanation of powers.

As reported, the new film will be an origin story for the clown prince of crime, it will be set in the 1980s, and it will be completely unconnected with the Jared Leto version of the character introduced in «Suicide Squad.»

Ultimately, an origin story idea seems to have a lot of people running scared because they just don't always work out really well.

He crafted a superhero story that goes through the standard motions of an origin story while also managing to be a fun heist movie with great performances by Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas.

Every leader and every company has a unique origin story.

Overall on YouTube, Budweiser's «Born the Hard Way» commercial — the origin story of brewer's German founders — has been the most - viewed Super Bowl spot so far, but note that the beer commercial was posted on Jan. 31 (five days before the broadcast).

Many famous American brands have an equally famous origin story.

Years ago, I worked as a waitress at a popular independent brew pub with an origin story that was the stuff of local legend.

It's an origin story that still evokes a sense of ruggedness that characterizes the brand today.

It was amazing,» says DiMaggio, who believes her company's origin story helped win over some buyers.

Think about your brand's origin story - why did you start in business?

His rough upbringing — which includes a revolving door of stepfathers, an alcoholic mother who chased him around with a knife, and a period of homelessness — makes a compelling origin story, a tale he still emotionally unspools at his seminars decades later.

Nate Silver has the origin story of a nerd superhero.