Sentences with phrase «throwaway stories»

It cleverly uses time travel to give the game this illusion of throwaway stories which are in fact deeply rooted into its overall plan.

Even though the only thing we have to go on is a single cinematic trailer, people are already assuming that the game will have a throwaway story mode with the focus put into Red Dead Online simply because GTA 5 didn't get any story DLC and the game's microtransactions brought in half a billion dollars of revenue.

Even though the only thing we have to go on is a single cinematic trailer, people are already assuming that the game will have a throwaway story mode with the focus put into Red Dead Online simply because GTA 5 didn't get any story DLC and the game's microtransactions brought in half a billion dollars of revenue.

Not exact matches

Admittedly, mistaking the personnel who attended this meeting wasn't some weeny, throwaway error, like the suggestion that Saddam Hussein could launch a chemical or biological attack in 45 minutes; and Alastair's timely correction may yet save a costly whitewash inquiry into the affair, as well as the prospect of anyone connected with the story committing suicide alone in the woods.

Such stories, while rather throwaway, do show the media's appetite for stories around the problems of being a female online dater.

Despite the lessening of madcap energy, Shrek the Third is still quite funny in parts, with some fresh throwaway gags to produce chuckles now and then from characters you'd think they probably should have jettisoned long ago, but are secretly glad they've kept around (the Gingerbread Man, Pinocchio, etc.) The fact that they are keeping in nearly all of the characters introduced in the series thus far is a bit of a double - edged sword, as they do provide a certain respite from the main characters that are already cycling through the same jokes all over again, but on the other hand, it's getting to the point that the high overhead of injecting scenes for all of these characters takes away from the focus of the story at large.

I didn't know if this movie was going to be a throwaway or not to an older audience, but thankfully it really does a great job of putting the pieces together to make sense of the story.

It's a great throwaway, midnight creature feature, but the story and its characters yearn for to have their own novelty.

Disappointingly, other than a few throwaway lines she contributes little to the story, and actually seems kind of pointless...

Although other films might've depicted a fun - filled female - bonding sequence as a throwaway montage backed by an En Vogue song, Story transformed it into a full - fledged music video set to Bell Biv DeVoe's 1990 mega-hit «Poison,» complete with MTV - and BET - style corner - screen end credits, resulting in one of Think Like a Man Too's most memorable scenes.

Aaron, then they should have just accepted that the story was only about Erik and Xavier, instead of sprinkling in throwaway prop characters that distract instead of add.

There are more love stories to come - Adonis falls for a singer named Bianca (Tessa Thompson), and this is no throwaway role.

This is the biggest Marvel Studios film to date — the story plays out on a global scale and the main cast reaches double digits — but many of its best moments are small, throwaway beats: Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), who is cramped in the back of a small car, asking a surly Falcon (Anthony Mackie) to move his seat up; a starstruck Ant - Man (Paul Rudd) so giddy about meeting Captain America (Chris Evans) he practically asks for a selfie; Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) teaching the synthetic Vision (Paul Bettany) how to properly use paprika in a recipe; Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) casually flirting with Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), to the alarm of her nephew Peter Parker (Tom Holland).

Filler arcs are not canonical with the main story of One Piece and are usually throwaway.

Now, of course, footage of any sort of deleted scene would've been a nice little bonus for fans who dished out extra money, but this isn't just some optional throwaway scene — it's a pivotal story mission that continues from the end of the game and gives resolution to plots that remain unfinished in the fifth Metal Gear Solid.

It's one of those throwaway traits that crime stories usually give to the «girlfriend» so that she has a few lines to say to the hero during their meager scenes together.

Her passion for bringing out the best in all who worked with her, her disarming throwaways («it was the first five minutes of our first day, and already I'd made a mistake»), and her candid directness about necessary conditions for her work («it is impossible to nurture a positive culture without the right to hire and fire at will») make this an inspiring story.

Sure, there's a few generic, throwaway quests to be found, but for the most part this vast, compelling world is filled high - quality stories to experience, which makes exploring feel wonderfully satisfying.

The story might be completely throwaway, but the gameplay is good fun throughout.

COD's stories have been gaming's definition of «throwaway» in recent years, but attaching a big name like Spacey to the project hints that maybe something interesting is going on behind all the explosions and bullet storms.

Even though the story is pretty much a throwaway aspect of the game, I still appreciate that they made the effort.

It's a familiar story: An interesting paper gets published, there is a careless throwaway line in the press release, and a whole series of misleading headlines ensues.