Sentences with phrase «same old tropes»

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Calling mehypocritical while simultaneously repeating the same old tired trope is worth a good laugh though, thanks.

Bowed down with the weight of the past, rushing through their stories to solemnly validate that heritage, they rob us of the moments in the present when those same old reliable tropes can kindle once again.

Screenwriters - by - committee Keith Sharon, Alfred Gough, and Miles Millar, patching together an abominable iteration of the same old Lethal Weapon tropes, have conspired to get De Niro to immediately make 15 Minutes again (but as an alleged intentional comedy) and to continue Eddie Murphy's typecasting as an animated jackass.

This is the same old Cinderella trope located firmly within the «Family Guy» generation, the film's hip acknowledgment of genre conventions (the absurdity of talking animals, the modern irrelevance of royalty) nevertheless failing to capitalize on that newfound consciousness in any meaningful way.

It's refreshing to see a film about an older man and younger woman that doesn't involve some sort of icky, Woody Allen-esque romance, because although «The Intern» isn't technically a romantic comedy, it features many of the same tropes reworked to fit Ben and Jules» platonic relationship.

By subverting old - school gaming tropes with unique hacking mechanics, Hack «n» Slash allows non-programmer players to experience that same sense of mystery and discovery.

You're rarely short of things to entertain yourself with in The Witcher 3's quasi-open world, then, and all the better that you're in a universe that involves the supernatural without leaning on the same old Tolkien fantasy tropes.