Sentences with word «retreading»

There are still plenty of retreads of Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism, some of them interesting.

Instead of retreading old ground, Julie began getting her students ready for their upcoming core class.

I do agree that there's a lot of missions but the missions are just retreads of everything past, I du n no, mission 10 or 11.

I'm looking forward to the surprises that are to come in Hobbit Part 2, much more than I feel like this is a tired retread of ground covered in LOTR.

What we have is a bunch of Clinton - era retreads in Summers, Orszag, and Geithner.

Although it's a clever approach that earns some laughs, it doesn't change the fact that the film is still a complete retread from top to bottom.

Even as its plot suggests more traditional coming - of - age dynamics, the filmmaker doesn't retread familiar territory so much as reinvent it.

Volunteer activities vary from season to season, but include tasks such as retreading trail, restoring native habitat, moving materials, replacing fence, brushing trail, and constructing new trail structures.

The W1 Remix was for retreading old stomping - grounds.

Madden NFL 09 All Play improves greatly on last years Wii effort, there is a bit of retreading on old ground, especially in the Party Play area but in all it makes for a great family game, keeping a sensible balance for beginners and experienced players.

With retreading classic games being all the rage nowadays, it's easy to be apathetic about the news of rereleases.

Partly this was because the moderators, principally NBC's Brian Williams and Tim Russert, spent too much time reviewing non-Black-Brown issues, like the Iraq war, encouraging the candidates to pointlessly retread familiar ground.

Kingdom Come's flaws arise from its depth, from ambition, from its unique aesthetic and ideas, and I'd rather deal with its problems than play an ultra-polished experience that simply retreads old ground.

Bioshock 2 always seemed like the game that got the raw end of the deal, while it does retread a similar path to the original it does so in a unique and fun way.

A good idea and a stellar cast lost inside a sloppy script that mostly retreads last year's laughs.

Other changes were mostly retreads of past ideas that had failed to gain traction in the Legislature.

O'Connell is animated and full of anecdotes (the saddest of which here involves the impact of Lombard's untimely demise on the Hitchcocks), but the rest are basically retreads of the opinion (shared publicly by Hitch) that the flick is a minor curiosity.

The few misses for me were having to retread too much of an area if you die against a boss or key confrontation.

Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in ’21 Jump Street» As a feature film retread of a vapid»80s cop show re-imagined as an R - rated slapstick action - comedy starring that one kid from Superbad and that dude from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the comedy 21 Jump Street should logically suck.

BDSM elements once again come into play, but the scenes mostly all come across as simple retreads of similar sequences from the previous movies.

This script, another in a lengthy series of plot retreads by Luc Besson (Wasabi, Kiss of the Dragon) and Robert Mark Kamen (The Fifth Element, A Walk in the Clouds), is rife with horribly written dialogue.

The issue is only further amplified by the need to retread through previous areas constantly to further the story, thus feeling sluggish overall.

But director Zack Snyder, who is best known for 2007 action film «300» and 2009 superhero flick «Watchmen,» told Reuters that it was a delicate balance staying faithful to Superman's story without retreading earlier film and television versions.

At least my english retread lining is made from 100 % PET and cleans up / dries very quickly.

But while it's a clever approach that earns some laughs (none more so than during the end credits sequence), it doesn't change the fact that the film is still a complete retread from top to bottom.

Feels like a tiresome retread — enjoyable enough when it sticks to the old script, but frustrating in its disappointment when it does attempt anything new.

Though there have been some additions and changes to the plot, mostly involving peripheral characters like Baby's sister, Lisa (played here by Modern Family's Sarah Hyland), and her parents (Debra Messing, taking over the role once occupied by Kelly Bishop, and Bruce Greenwood as the doctor patriarch originated by Jerry Orbach), Dirty Dancing 2017 is more or less a beat - for - beat retread of a more enjoyable movie.

He means retreads of painting, with a smear and a knowing wink to show that both you and the artist see right through them, in yet another self - conscious display of beauty and smarts.

Nothing about retreading maps over and over and endgame Collect - O - Thon's shout «fun» to me (emphasis on the ME).

But we also have to endure a steady menu of sight gags relying on homophobic «humor»; multiple fight scenes with very little comedic payoff; an uninspired retread of the smuggling operation plot line from the original; too many moments featuring the insufferable and just - not - funny Farva character, and an ending that makes zero sense and has no payoff, even in this loony comedic universe.

And while Fleshy Souls and Bony Spirits certainly succeed in that regard, they reuse both the same boring battle system and they both open with an unnecessary retread of the first Yo - kai Watch's plot.

Worst of all, that familiarity, similarity, and repetition also can be found inside the books, in their rebooted plots and retread characters.

Instead, you'll retread across many of the same areas across the game's collection of over a hundred missions, which can induce a bit of tedium.

A landmark work for the medium, even if it was just a thinly veiled retread of Metal Gear 2.

As a result, you won't spend much time retreading ground even if you die repeatedly.

What we have is a bunch of Clinton - era retreads in Summers, Orszag, and Geithner.

First of all, there is almost no specific type of hire (hot coordinator vs retread vs head coach at smaller program, etc.) that works out any better than others.

Rick Neuheisel, Tyrone Willingham, and Dennis Erickson were considered retreads, but were just some of the names that passed on the job.

a) Illinois was in a very awkward position to begin with - Lovie was replacing a glorified interim coach while Herm is replacing a coach people were kind of shocked got fired in the first place b) Timing aside, Smith's hire wasn't all that unconventional - while not as prevalent as up - and - comers or hot coordinators, recent NFL coaches with some kind of connection to the school / area is probably the fourth biggest source of college coaches after retreads.

Yet another Mario retread.

Jerry Lewis is dead, the moon is blotting out the sun, fascism is somehow still a thing, and a just - above - direct - to - video - grade Midnight Run retread with the tagline «Get triggered» is No. 1 at the box office.

I think I've seen this dress at the latter about 2,000,000 times, probably with a leather jacket over it and Doc Marten knockoffs since the 90s retreads are so hip right now.

The film shows a refreshing interest in his current existence, rather than becoming a by - the - book retread of his pre-pope life.

Critic Consensus: The cast of Last Vegas keep things amiably watchable, but the film is mostly a mellower Hangover retread for the older set.

Critics Consensus: This Disney retread has neither inspiration nor originality, but may please moviegoers under the age of ten.

It's a generic retread of detective stories that had been all but completely cycled out of existence, lacking anything to distinguish it except for some racial remarks thrown Simpson's way.

Filing off what little edge there was from the first film's supervillainy, introducing a host of mostly forgettable new characters (Al Pacino was initially down to voice the bad guy, but dropped out at the last minute), and doubling down on the adored - by - kids, annoying - to - adults Minions, the film has occasional moments of wit and invention, but it's mostly a bland retread without the heart of its predecessor.