Sentences with phrase «other pop culture references»

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What came next was a genius mashing of literary and pop culture references including Charles Dickens» novel «A Tale of Two Cities,» Dr. Seuss» «Green Eggs and Ham,» «The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,» «The Lion King,» and many others.

From pop culture references to callbacks to other Marvel movies, the newest superhero addition has some fun details that fans might not have picked up on.

This wry, wonderfully detailed film catches the enormous imbalance of a morose teen with no life experience other than the thousands of fictional and pop - culture references that fill his head and his room: A sketch of Woody Allen's head hangs over Oliver's bed.

To anyone new to Stranger Things Imagine ET, Aliens, The Goonies, The Thing, IT and many other 80's -90's Science Fiction / Horror films books mixed together that was infused of so many pop culture references from the same time that they become hard to keep track of at times well THAT is pretty much Stranger Things in a Nutshell!

Credit goes to the writers for ensuring that the constant wisecracks, digs at other superheroes or pop culture references, don't distract a viewer from the story's emotional core and it's protagonist's moral ambiguity.

More than any other type of songwriting, rap lyrics are peppered with pop culture references, from movies to cars to sports to fashion to other rap songs.

A concise summary of the «plot» of Meet the Spartans is not possible, but suffice it to say that the film generally follows the outline of last year's 300, with detours along the way to reference other recent films and pop culture icons.

The hilarious jokes and jabs are there (with plenty of references to other movies) and so are the many, many zippy pop culture references that go flying by, begging for repeat viewings.

Additionally, prepare yourself for plenty of references to other video games and plenty of pop culture franchises.

Marketing aside, Ready Player One also has the disadvantage of being adapted from Ernest Cline's dreadful novel, which reads less like prose and more like a laundry list of pop culture references colliding into each other.

I walked into «Shrek Forever After» expecting another tired retread, coasting on pop culture references, familiar catchphrases and various other random gags, but devoid of a story truly worth telling and unable to make the characters feel fresh again.

Even though the pop culture references are dated by some 20 years, the other jokes are fresh and fast paced to overcome the earth - toned sets.

The entire film references other comic book films, and pop culture mentions, typically by making fun of them in some way; Green Lantern, joke in the credits, Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice's silly mommy moment, Hawkeye's lack of powers, Josh Brolin's Thanos's two - timing as a character in Avengers: Infinity of War less than three weeks ago, at one point Wade simply calls Brolin's (Cable), «Thanos,» Logan's gags you'll need to see for yourself.

Those not quite in tune may miss out on some of the gags, but may still enjoy the more modern comedy styles in other capacities, which is to throw in as much envelope - pushing vulgarity, F - bombs, and pop culture references as possible.

While other animation companies are making films on computers with scripts that focus on pop culture references, the punk rockers at Aardman Animation are doing it, as Sid Vicious once sang with no reverence to Frank Sinatra, their way.

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Why we like it: In a field that tends to elicit yawns and blank stares, The Reformed Broker gets its acclaim from pulling from many different themes and tools, including «statistics, satire, anecdotes, pop culture references, sarcasm, fact, fantasy, and any other device that I feel necessary to get my points across,» according to Brown.

TVGB: There were several nods to other games and pop culture references in Alien Hominid HD, can we expect to see the same type of humor in Castle Crashers?

Some of these references are hilarious while others are primarily designed to make you reminisce of not just video games, but pop - culture as well.

Some boss fights are fun jokes on classic gaming and pop - culture references, including a goofy twist on Donkey Kong that relates to a school bully, while others are just over-the-top fights related to the plot.

Several billboards feature hilarious texts which are references to other games or pop culture, and there is even a tiny bit of a level inspired on the world's most famous birds!

For the first hour, players may smile wryly as they tick off references and mechanics they've seen in other games and elsewhere in pop culture.

As Roughshot tries to be funny along the way, there are many pop culture and other video game references that just come out corny and the humor isn't needed.

Snakes, spiders, scorpions, and other bits of nature from his hometown appear mixed in with Catholic symbolism, aliens, gang members, pop - culture references, and commercial imagery, giving brand logos and religious icons the same attention and placement.

Through Nuskool's site, teachers can find lessons for students in grades 6 through 12 that use references from television, music, video games and other pop culture genres to teach a range of lessons aligned with Common Core State Standards.

Film snobs hate on Spielberg and the story, while others praise the visual smorgasbord of pop culture references.