Sentences with phrase «than a nostalgia for»

The future demands from us something more than a nostalgia for some rose - tinted version of a past that did not really exist in any case.»

Thus John Paul's concern with Jews and Judaism was more than nostalgia for his prewar childhood and youth, and more than sympathy for the common plight of Polish Jews and Polish Catholics during the war.

That franchise is very difficult to work on and innovate with because people expect / want it to be better than their nostalgia for the game and that's a tall order.

Not exact matches

Super Nintendo nostalgia seems, these days, to be much more powerful than the longing for the days of 8 - bit, so such a product could be far more successful than the NES Classic.

Nostalgia for the rural past of Anglo - Americans, when «community» was more of a reality than in the modern suburbs, has even invaded the mass media of late.

The Mighty Ducks does not hold up as a «good» movie, but if you are looking for the ultimate piece of early «90s sports nostalgia, there is no one better to deliver it than Emilio Estevez and his ragtag team of hockey cast - offs.

I'm all for a rigorously selective form of nostalgia, and that kind of nostalgia, practiced by our most astute social critics, is less blinding than liberating.

Many Christians (I am one of them) may feel nostalgic for a culture that is more God - oriented than ours, but this religious nostalgia must not be allowed to fly us on a magic carpet to a mystical fata morgana.

Promoting a brittle presentmindedness, the idea of progress weakens «the inclination to make intelligent provision for the future, and nostalgia, its ideological twin, undermines the ability to make intelligent use of the past» Distinguishing carefully between nostalgia and an appropriately critical historic memory, Lasch laments the ways in which — driven by progress, even driven a bit mad by it — we can do no better than issue a «communitarian counterpoint» to attempt to right the balance and to retain, at least here and there, smidgens of civic virtue.

Piper is thankful for the attention, but he's working on something more substantial than attracting nostalgia fans.

As long as nostalgia doesn't get in the way of restraint, the Heat and Wade should be headed for a much happier ending than his first stint with the team.

My appreciation for Radio Flyer runs deeper than just nostalgia for the Radio Flyer Classic Red Wagon — they continue to come out with fun, innovative toys.

I did try to drink a skinny pumpkin spice latte a couple years ago for nostalgia's sake, but — and I apologize for how Gwyneth - y this is going to sound — I couldn't stomach more than a couple sips.

Caring for our clothes is so much more important than a moment of nostalgia for a past generation.

There is no better time to revisit classic recipes than the holiday season, for holidays bring nostalgia and nostalgia calls for comfort food.

Nostalgia is denial - denial of the painful present... the name for this denial is golden age thinking - the erroneous notion that a different time period is better than the one ones living in - its a flaw in the romantic imagination of those people who find it difficult to cope with the present.

Rather than wallow in nostalgia for the past, they dare to reinvent it, to make it something strange, beautiful and new.

Moviegoers hoping for something — anything — to take away from «Nostalgia» (other than a vague feeling of dysphoria, tinged with ennui) will not be similarly compensated.

I got the Wind Waker HD box set and Super Mario 3D world for Christmas, and both are not only incredible in their own right, they also represent everything that is good and exciting about the Wii U. Super Mario 3D world is hands down better than any of the «New» Mario side scroller series; mixing genuine ingenuity with the perfect degree of nostalgia and family fun.

While I did have high hopes for a 3DS collection of 100 of the «best» minigames, Mario Party: The Top 100 is nothing more than a disappointing cash in from an aging franchise that relies more on nostalgia than great gameplay.

Summertime moviegoing, especially in a big city with a healthy appetite for both cinephilia and nostalgia, means more than simply waiting around for franchise blockbusters to take your money and run.

Baumbach sympathizes with Josh's moony nostalgia for his bygone years, but he also makes him the moviemaker equivalent of a perpetual grad student: For seven years he's been working on a documentary on «power in America» that runs more than six houfor his bygone years, but he also makes him the moviemaker equivalent of a perpetual grad student: For seven years he's been working on a documentary on «power in America» that runs more than six houFor seven years he's been working on a documentary on «power in America» that runs more than six hours.

Perhaps it's nostalgia, if not for the simpler thrills of childhood viewings (this was my first time seeing the film) than for the off - the - wall, predictable, and good - natured stories that the Disney studio has long dabbled in.

Since this musical, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John as two teenagers in love, relies more on its iconic nostalgia for its success rather than its art; this new and stunning - looking film might throw you off quite a bit.

But in the end, The Alliance Alive doesn't provide much more than a nostalgia fix for those who had Final Fantasy Legend on their Game Boy growing up.

Still, there's not enough here to tell us whether this'll be a more successful work than Wiseau's last project, The Neighbors, or if its stream of random, noir - y images and odd line readings can amount to something more than just a new dose of nostalgia for Room fanatics.

Sidestepping nostalgia, Dazed and Confused is less about «the best years of our lives» than the boredom, angst, and excitement of teenagers waiting... for something to happen.

if you like overpaying for cheaply made nostalgia than that's up to you.

Despite being met with harsh criticism by many die hard fans who found MvC's inspiration to be more an unbefitting novelty than proper game mode, it's still a worthwhile followup for anyone looking to accompany tomorrow's Street Fighter reboot with even more delicious «90s nostalgia.

Though Less Than Zero seems, despite its sterile apocalyptic blight, almost naïve in the wake of Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream, it retains (especially in retrospect, given the lost spirit of the Eighties and Robert Downey Jr.'s offscreen problems), something approaching the laden nostalgia of Romanticism.

It is, perhaps, tempting to dismiss Steven Spielberg's «Ready Player One» as little more than an exercise in crowd - pleasing nostalgia mining, a CGI - addled romp through the pop culture universe that Spielberg himself is, in part, responsible for...

In some ways, Scott takes nostalgia further than Gary, his entire perspective shaped by a fondness for things of which he has no strong personal memory.

For instance, one would expect the return of Legolas (Orlando Bloom) to kick in some much needed nostalgia for the series but he, worse so than Ian McKellen «s performance of Gandalf, seemingly lacks interest in the role and his apathy shines a bright hole where there ought to be liFor instance, one would expect the return of Legolas (Orlando Bloom) to kick in some much needed nostalgia for the series but he, worse so than Ian McKellen «s performance of Gandalf, seemingly lacks interest in the role and his apathy shines a bright hole where there ought to be lifor the series but he, worse so than Ian McKellen «s performance of Gandalf, seemingly lacks interest in the role and his apathy shines a bright hole where there ought to be life.

Not quite as mired in nostalgia as its source material — or, at least, more expansive in the references in which it is mired — Spielberg's film is probably a more appropriate setting for the subject matter than Ernest Cline's novel.

Like the best coming - of - age films, in Lady Bird, what is far more essential than relating to the references is understanding that they do not exist for the sake of throwbacking - the language of so many nostalgia cash cows these days.

Indeed, for all of Assayas's personal attachment to this material, Something in the Air isn't significantly more illuminating about the period than something like Almost Famous, which uses the titular song to roughly the same effect, evincing the same impossible nostalgia for a time when everyone was supposedly moving together on one big bus, so to speak.

For the initiated who are somehow invested in these characters for no reason other than nostalgia, it may deliver as a lobotomized Happy Meal of a movFor the initiated who are somehow invested in these characters for no reason other than nostalgia, it may deliver as a lobotomized Happy Meal of a movfor no reason other than nostalgia, it may deliver as a lobotomized Happy Meal of a movie.

SEE THIS MOVIE IF: for no other reason than the nostalgia of seeing Pacino, Walken and Arkin on screen together.

The latest nostalgia trap to get a nerd baptism (an AICN - sponsored reunion screening at Austin's Alamo Drafthouse is more or less single - handedly responsible for the picture's splashy DVD release), it's at least better than the movie to which it's most often compared, the Steven Spielberg - produced The Goonies, if only because it's a good half - hour shorter and, by extension, comparatively unpretentious.

WHY: «Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows» isn't any better or worse than Jonathan Liebesman's 2014 reboot, but it's such a nostalgia - fueled throwback to the original animated series that it atones for many of the first movie's blunders.

The 21 - year - old Californian, one of more than 400 National Education Association members who were delegates or alternates here last week, appeared oblivious to the nostalgia that gripped many older people as the Democratic National Convention returned to the Windy City for the first time since the violence of 1968.

If, like me, you spent much of your childhood consciously avoiding uttering the phrase «I don't know,» or boasting to your friends that you could most definitely climb up an oil - slicked slide in less than five seconds, our next Nostalgia Week book is just for you.

And at less than 60 pages, it's the perfect keepsake or gift — a blazing - fast read worth revisiting for the ensuing well of nostalgia.

For those of you who want a dose of nostalgia for the San Francisco your parents knew, you couldn't do much better than GordFor those of you who want a dose of nostalgia for the San Francisco your parents knew, you couldn't do much better than Gordfor the San Francisco your parents knew, you couldn't do much better than Gordon.

Though Wright is known for his elegant ruminations on nostalgia and the mysterious passing of time, this volume, with its plethora of seasonal allusions and insistent referencing of times and images past, has an even more elegiac cast than his earlier work.

And if digital distribution has a chance of being more profitable than brick - and - mortar store distribution then Marvel owes it to it's readers, creators and stock holders to pursue that business without having to worry about someone else's business for nostalgia's sake.»

So, if there's a sense of nostalgia for certain characters, stories or ideas, we'll more than likely create a project or two around those concepts.

And so we've handpicked a mix of romantic places to stay in Johannesburg that ooze romantic idyll, nostalgia and charm for those of you for whom an escape can not be less than a liaison; an affair of the heart.

Rad Rodgers» replayability originates from far more than retro nostalgia as it features 8 platforming levels, 3 pogo stick levels and an end world boss with standout level design in its own right accompanied by dozens of secrets, alongside numerous collectibles, unlockable concept art, fun hats, amusing dialogue, three difficulty levels and revamping local leaderboards with points scoring focused online leaderboards that will collectively have players returning for quite some time.

6 is nice, more for nostalgia trip now than for actual epic greatness, though it does have that I believe.