Sentences with phrase «story elements of time»

Timespinner is a beautiful platformer in the 16 and 32 - Bit tradition with a really neat mechanic for freezing time and story elements of time travel.

Not exact matches

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Just as the Jews in Biblical times achieved their dream of freedom and self - determination, many of the elements of the Exodus story serve as metaphors for how we can achieve our own dreams today.

And other than those elements, the rest of the story is, according to the New York Times, exactly the same: Peter Hodgson later discovered Silly Putty in a toy store and ran with it.

A key element of the activity is a full - length music video which will run on YouTube and, for the first time, be used by the brand on Instagram Stories.

This is why I spend my time critiquing power and authority, especially religious: because it compromises the most historic element of our story... that moment in time when we crossed over from freely walking in the garden with God to working on hard ground with thorns and a curse.

As the podcast made clear, though he apparently knew key facts related to the case, part of the reason Jay is such an interesting element of the story is that his testimony changed several times.

Then light was liberated, and then gravity created the first stars and galaxies, then billions of years later, a local star went supernova and seeded the local nebula with heavier elements, elements necessary for life, elements that were not created during the Big Bang, then the sun was born, then the planets coalesced, and billions of years later some primate wrote a story about how the Earth was created at the same time as the rest of the universe, getting it wrong because that primate did not have the science nor technology to really understand what happened, so he gave it his best guess, most likely an iteration of an older story told prior to the advent of the Judeo Christian religion.

In terms of faith, apart from his love of the Mass, the time at the Oratory also gave him a strong grounding in Thomist metaphysics, and certainly this was a key element in the way he portrayed evil, death, immortality and many other things in his stories.

It is in any case a fact that Israel's creation faith — certainly a basic element of the structure of Yahwism from early times — receives scant specific mention (apart from the J story of Gen. 2:4 b ff.)

But if it is because of a real conflict with the way in which any decent modern man is bound to think, then indeed it is time to talk about removing the offensive elements from the Biblical story by radical translation into harmless terms.

It's a Wonderful Life, a putatively heartwarming story about a small - time banker with a heart of gold, manages to combine all four elements, as it inexplicably lionises a lunkheaded ninny who risks the financial health of his community by making a series of bad loans to people who are in no position to repay them.

There are substantial overlaps, with elements of the story being retold several times.

In Napata's heyday, the palace had been a two - story labyrinth of some 60 rooms, but time and the elements had since reduced its crumbling mud - brick walls virtually to ground level.

This, I think, is the most effective element of MGS2: By the time the game is over, the savvy player will be able to take a moment to just stop and think, and unravel the story and its themes.

Lastly, I didn't like that they spent so much time on the Roman element of the story.

With a bit more time spent polishing and developing key elements and its story this could have become a «classic» as the potential is their for all to see, however in its current form it will sadly slip into the void of mediocrity that has claimed so many third person shooter in the past.

Because the elements of this title were introduced in Civil War, we are spared the time - consuming trouble of an origin story.

The film's single downside is a certain nagging sense of deja vu: the fact that so many of the elements of the story — the dark force, the all - empowering object, etc. — have been usurped over the years (by «Star Wars» and others) that you feel as if you've been down this road many, many times before.

Outside of the fantastic, time - bending visuals, the story and combat are merely fine, and the live action elements are nothing short of a chore to get through.

While satisfying at times, poor story presentation and an abundance of superfluous elements make Valkyria Revolution less than the sum of its parts.

Some of the story elements make no sense, even in a comic context (no time seems to have passed between Connie's birth and

Here, the element of time has been completely removed, as has any story progression.

Despite the at - times predictable story elements of the crime action comedy, Catherine Marie Thomas, the costume designer for «The Heat,» effortlessly outfitted Bullock and McCarthy to perfectly represent their characters visually.

However in the hands of writer / director Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, In Time), the result is occasionally challenging, dealing with both the science fiction elements and the teen angst at the heart of the story.

Then you have the time travel element of the story as you head back in time in order to save the present which has this Sliders feel to it.

When it focuses on the nuts and bolts element of the story (which also features Vincent D'Onofrio as Jimmy's long - time NYPD adversary), it has a firm footing, and despite being overstretched at 114 minutes, it manages to maintain its momentum ahead of the blood - splattered final act.

The screenplay by Simon Kinberg spends so much time catching us up to the events that the previous movies left out of their narratives that it's kind of amusing that the logistics of time travel here are the least explained and most straightforward element of the present - day story.

However, this time Cloverfield director Matt Reeves went back to John Ajvide Lindqvist's book to re-adapt from scratch but also use some of the same story elements in the original film.

This is rather precious, to be sure, but blurring the lines between stories and narrators, or between the story on the page and the written material itself, is an element of storytelling that grabs me every time, and I was charmed immediately.

That is to say, The Ring has very little to offer we haven't seen 100 times before, and feels more like a compilation of images, music and story elements that most people find unsettling or eerie, slapped together around a flimsy storyline.

Taking on his usual array of multiple roles, director, producer, composer, editor and story co-scribe Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D) is seemingly in his element.

«Within that big mission of Ground Zeroes you have several side elements, collecting specific items, doing something within a certain amount of time... In the side - ops you will find several elements scattered, and when you put them together, it will put together a story within the player's mind of what is the next part of the game.»

Among the more indie elements at this year's festival are Baumbach and his «The Meyerowitz Stories,» a story of adult siblings starring Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller; Coppola and her «The Beguiled,» based on the same novel as Clint Eastwood's outre 1971 film; and Benny and Josh Safdie and their caper «Good Time.»

You will creep out by some of the elements presented in the story and the music can get scary at times but that's basically the gist of it.

The story of Brian Wilson, as told in his autobiography «I Just Wasn't Made For These Times» could possibly repeat these common elements, but in a tone much more darker than any musical biopic has explored before.

The humor can also be overly silly at times, more befitting a cartoon than a subtle independent comedy with melancholy beats, and the action elements toward the end, including car chases and destruction, feel like they belong in a spoof of 1980s blockbusters more so than in a poignant story about two misunderstood and withdrawn characters finding ways to come together.

That last part is especially bad during gameplay, where story dialogue and in - action one - liners will essentially overlap and obliterate whatever element of comic timing there may have been.

So it's unfortunate that Schrader's Touch, based on Leonard's novel of the same name, never gets off the ground, especially because it has all the elements of a good time — bouncy atmosphere, an ensemble cast, playful humor, and, befitting Schrader's thematic obsessions, a cheeky religious story.

This film shares elements of story and tone with numerous members of the sci - fi / horror / alien genre, including two in particular (an all - time classic, and a recent Oscar winner).

I wanted to show what it's like to be a firefighter, so I spent time with several different departments, talking with and observing firefighters to give the story credibility and to shed elements of truth throughout the film.

An RPG featuring «a new strategic take on the Active Time Battle system that features stacking characters and monsters,» World of Final Fantasy will include a story that's over 100 hours long — and that's not counting Mirage training or side elements.

Mr. Villeneuve utilizes what appear to be flashbacks in helping us better understand Dr. Banks, but the element of time may not be what we typically accept in story - telling.

While it may not be to all tastes, as the constant envelope - pushing will most likely offend as many as it attracts, credit Ozon for being able to keep all of these off - the - wall elements consistent to his overall story, and deliver some good laughs and an unlikely pleasant time with it.

This is not just a story about time travel; the film takes familiar elements and finds exciting and innovative ways to challenge our expectations of them.

However, I'm going to have to hedge a recommendation, as the thriller elements, which constitute the bulk of the running time, are average at best, and at worst, a real test of one's ability to suspend disbelief (again, that whole «training to be Bobby Z for no apparent reason except for story convenience» portion is a plot contrivance too ludicrous to ignore).

But Spy Game doesn't really give you time to really think about these lesser - developed elements or the implausibilities of the story.

His stories are mysteries at heart, the details of which are revealed late in the game and shift our perception of everything that has come before it enough to lessen whatever story elements Lehane has taken the time to set up.

Having Rudd in front of the camera helps the actor carry the comedic rhythms through the movie's more dramatic moments, bringing balance and relief to heavier elements like the Hope / Hank Pym reconciliation story with well - timed everyman charm that is Rudd's claim to fame.

It is very much the Black Panther tale dreamed up by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the 1960s, a retelling of the origin story in which Wakanda becomes the sole possessor of vibranium, an indestructible alien element from a fallen meteorite, and over time becomes the most technologically advanced society in the world, in part by cutting itself off from said world, hiding under the cloak of unassuming third - world poverty.