Sentences with phrase «poor attempt at»

Otherwise, a video may be perceived as a poor attempt at a used car commercial.

The course facilitators introduced themselves with a mix of well - placed intention, a poor attempt at humour and a hint of naivety with regards to the magnitude of the issues being faced by each of the attendees.

Think Java «Write once run anywhere» as a portrayal of a poor attempt at «eating a business problem», and you see it emerge that some functional value is more about the ease of use or the interface than the internal functional value.

Its Optimus GT540 was a poor attempt at making a stylish and original phone, and ultimately ruined by a terrible resistive touchscreen.

Leaving aside inherent hypocricy implicit in the assumption of the truth of AGW that follows with mentioning adaptation, the very idea itself is simply a poor attempt at painting over the rust.

In another poor attempt at taming the situation, scientists set the Myxoma virus (which spreads a disease called myxomatosis that is lethal to rabbits) upon an unsuspecting rabbit population, with brutally effective results.

This is just a poor attempt at trying to prove that it doesn't mean that we are all going to die from CAGW.

(Very poor attempt at a CC joke).

This is a poor attempt at what could have been an amazing game.

The strategic elements add a little bit of depth to the gameplay but it's nowhere near enough to save this poor attempt at a game.

The generic music in the background doesn't help its cause either, and the whole thing feels like a poor attempt at recreating Excitebike 64.

It's funny how you said «by your logic Star Fox shouldn't have three» and when I said that's true you just ignored that I proved your poor attempt at a «gotcha» wrong.

Burnout Paradise is not a bad game, just a poor attempt at a Burnout Game.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is unfortunately another poor attempt at a movie tie - in game, taking one of the most cloned games available and sticking a new cartoon skin on it.

@elite24gamer: you're really bad at stealth trolling @ everyone else: look at this person's post history, you'll see that he's an xbox fanboy, and the post above is nothing but a poor attempt at stealth trolling, likely in a pathetic attempt to try and increase his bubble count in a PS4 - related article.

And Gambos» poor attempt at humor about holding «your Kindle up and wave it in the air» was just plain asinine.

If you feel that it was simply a poor attempt at humor, that is a fair critique.

For those who complain that it is a poor attempt at a Porsche GT3 RS I would argue that this car is not meant to compete with such a stripped down street weapon.

Not only is it a poor attempt at a western, Texas Rangers is a poor attempt at a movie.

There are some new modes here as well, such as the Sugoroku, which is just a pretty poor attempt at turning Samurai Warriors into a board game.

This rediculusly written movie is simply a poor attempt at Jaws, any issues raised about testing on animals and the concequences of this are portrayed in such a way that it is quite frankly embarrassing.

It plays like a movie making fun of Wes Anderson movies or a poor attempt at aping one.

Is Django Unchained another fantastic example of the Tarantino style of story telling or is it just a poor attempt at a Spaghetti Western?

JFK — John F. Kennedy Although his image was only stock footage, the presence of John F. Kennedy was a haunting character in the film, and served as both an overwhelming symbol of fallen hope, and a poor attempt at brainwashing an audience into paranoia.

A poor attempt at Steampunk in a time period where it has no relevance.

A rather poor attempt at simulating the work of a life rescuing helicopter pilot that suffers from poor controls and dated visuals.

This film is just a poor attempt at cashing in on the success of Scream, at least Scream was fun, but this film is plainly bad.

Idle Hands is definite a poor attempt at horror comedy, one that everyone should forget about.

former Foreign Affairs Minister has condemned what he says is the poor attempt at equalization of President John Mahama's controversial gift and a car the NPP government received from the Libyan government.

Szczesny: [5.5 / 10] Extremely poor attempt at saving Weimann's shot, but made a brilliant save in the first half.

Cesc Fabregas is no longer a first team regular in the Chelsea side therefore he may have to leave the Blues if he is unhappy with the role he has under Conte.The Spaniard was one of the big disappointments last season as Chelsea made a poor attempt at defending their title.

The pigshit thick Scousers have just told the entire law enforcement community (who all they will already be on first name terms with, of course) where their poor attempt at civil disorder is going to take place, and they will no doubt be dealt with accordingly.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter will surely face even more criticism after a poor attempt at condemning the racist attack by Chelsea fans on a man at the Paris Metro station last week.

He is absolutely atrocious, Granit Xhaka is slow and can not pass and elneny looks like a really poor attempt at replacing Coquelin.

It seems a poor attempt at taking a different slant on a story in order to pull readers in, and a pointless one at that.

you making a very poor attempt at humor.

Apparently I had a poor attempt at a goatee like Oakland A's third baseman Eric Chavez did at the time.

After a poor attempt at the challenge a couple of Movembers ago, Jonathan's back for another go.

This article is a poor attempt at optimism.

That picture up there is a poor attempt at photoshopping him (look closely at his right hand, and you'll notice what I noticed).

All of his rambling above seems to be a poor attempt at reconciling the flaws with religion with the ingrained idea that god must exist.

That is a very poor attempt at a Straw man fallacy.

And having read it and though about it for decades, I can state that many of the stories are poor attempts at literature or history, unless you like thinly veiled plagiarism.

Poor attempts at menu development won't always mean the demise of a concept, and successful menus won't ensure business success, but the quality of menu development definitely affects a restaurant's success.

Name calling while calling for tolerance, keen sense of the obvious comments, poor attempts at humor (usually mocking, calling people bigots because they don't agree with), and then losing your temper when you you get called out.

Second would have to be the poor attempts at tying all of the episodes together.

Considering this came out in the post-Scream era there's still some knowing winks and poor attempts at humor sprinkled throughout.

And unfortunately, that's where the magic ends, because the rest of the film makes many of the same mistakes as its predecessors, with plenty of bad dialogue, poor attempts at humor, and a laughably bad performance by Johnny Whitworth.

Belial's speeches are littered with poor attempts at humor, and writing that is more repetitive than the gameplay.

The film is also plagued by poor attempts at humor and some truly awful performances, none more so than Eddie Redmayne as the eldest of the royal siblings.