Sentences with phrase «to take on the character»

The moral implications of the covenant did not readily take on the character of universal obligation and were never so conceived by the rank and file of the people.

One good reason to reboot a movie series — trademark issues aside — is that you have a different take on the characters.

Here, he gets to take on a character who doesn't seem to care about anyone except for himself.

I guess it does the job as far as proving that this is a new take on the character we haven't necessarily seen before.

Not just a great jumping on point for new readers, but a definitive take on the character that will hold true for years to come.

However, I think keeping that balance is pretty difficult, because I need to weigh protecting the old image against staying on the offensive and creating new, fresh takes on the character.

As I mentioned earlier, this is a slightly older take on the character.

Gradually over the years the man's face took on the character of the great stone face.

Where official interpretation does not hold sway, unofficial interpretation takes on the character of poetry.

The global mall, which seeks to increase our appetite for more, has taken on the character of an economic empire.

Definitely a different take on the character, but I dig it!

As I mentioned earlier, this is a slightly older take on the character.

DREW Not going forward STUDIO: CBS TV Studios TEAM: Joan Rater (w, ep), Tony Phelan (w, ep), Dan Jinks (ep) LOGLINE: A contemporary take on the character from the iconic Nancy Drew book series.

The new series will not be based on Clancy's increasingly deranged novel series, but will instead offer «a new contemporary take on the character in his prime as a CIA analyst / operative.»

It's an interesting take on a character seen in so many variations over the years, but what is most impressive about the project thus far is Kurzel's determination to keep Macbeth close to its Scottish roots.

CULVER CITY, Calif. (September 5, 2017)-- One of the most beloved and iconic super heroes of all time is back with a fresh, new take on the character for SPIDER - MAN ™: HOMECOMING, debuting on digital September 26 and on 4K Ultra HD ™ / Blu - ray ™, Blu - ray 3D ™, Blu - ray and DVD October 17 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Released in 2015, Disney - Marvel's Ant - Man awarded audiences with many surprises, including a comedic take on the character by Paul Rudd and a refreshing take on the superhero genre with the film's heist - type of story structure.

The Monster Hunter series has always been one of the more open takes on character progression in the RPG genre.

JB: It's great to see that despite his success, Strathairn is still taking on character roles like this.

Players won't be shooting waves of enemies as they scroll through stages, instead they'll be taking on another character as if it was a fighting game.

Or Leveaux needed a better take on the character.

Don't get me wrong, they deliver typically fantastic performances, but all the same I wonder if they only took on the characters just «cos they were playing against type (and probably paid a heck load of money).

«This is an origins story that creates Lara Croft and takes her on a character defining journey like no other.»

Played by Creed and Fruitvale Station's Michael B. Jordan, the Killmonger in the film seems like a fairly accurate take on the character: a disgraced and exiled Wakandan on a quest to take back the throne and take down the royal family, «rightfully» reclaiming his spot in society.

Director Doug Liman and Cruise, as Seal, are reteaming here after their huge 2014 success, the sci - fi Edge of Tomorrow, which also saw the actor taking on a character who is less than totally likable.

The Monster Hunter series has been one of the most open takes on character progression in the RPG genre.

The new 3 Series Sports Wagon will be the next model to offer BMW Lines as a way to tailor the car to individual tastes, just as with the Sedan, by choosing from a quartet of trim and equipment variants — the Sport Line, Luxury Line, Modern Line and M Sport Line Each presents its own individual take on the character of the Sports wagon, with exclusive, high - quality trim and material combinations.

The act of teaming up with other Fairies that you find during your journey and having their attributes combine with your own to make you an even more bad - ass Fencer is a unique take on character customization and opens the doors for various types of customization options.

Thanos had to take on characters like In - Betweener, the Champion, the Gardener, the Collector, the Runner and the Grandmaster to get them.

This film is bent on filling backstories that even the most ardent fans would shrug at and finding takes on each character so «fresh» as to make them barely the one you remember.

(At truly incandescent sports moments, as when the basketball team of my alma mater and former employer Valparaiso University this year advanced, against all expectation and indeed against all rational hope, into the third round of the NCAA championship, the grace takes on the character of the miraculous.)

Because Greek philosophical concepts had to be translated into Latin legal concepts, theology in the West took on the character of codified law after the West lost Greek.

«God very commonly takes on the character of a husband to us.

In neither case does the eulogy take on the character of an elegy: for both men, neoconservatism departs the scene not because it has failed but because it has, in large part at least, succeeded in what it set out to accomplish.

The nation took on a character which we are to envisage as a very moderate expression of the high concepts put forth by the three accepted exponents of the way of the Lord; or perhaps it is better said that hee nation trailed far behind such ideals.

This is why the conduct of man, which should be nothing but obedience in the present moment, easily takes on the character of something accomplished for the future, and thereby loses its character of decision.

Here when we get this 1927 book Symbolism, there are two key terms: «Conformation» and «Causal Efficacy,» «Conformation» being a later stage taking on its character from an earlier stage, «Causal Efficacy» being the earlier stage passed on into a later stage.

But whatever resources poetic interpreters discover and use take on the character of nature.

Even a Buddha stature takes on the character of a sacred object.

However, Conaghan does highlight one major problem within the Bank of England and one that has been a feature of it in modern times: the bank takes on the character of his governor.

I think it will weather really nicely over time and take on a character all its own.

Writer / director Alex Garland delivers a striking and impressively captivating opening stretch that instantly captures the viewer's attention and interest, with the movie's compelling atmosphere heightened by Portman's stirring work as the conflicted, grieving central character (and it's clear, too, that Portman's costars fare just as well, though Leigh's bizarrely ambivalent take on her character is questionable at best).

Still, I don't recall the novel being so screechingly histrionic, and certainly Julie Harris» earlier take on the character of Eleanor remains the most affecting of the two films.

Even as far as the Ultimate Spider - Man comics line goes, May is still a gray haired, former hippie take on the character.

A John Hughes - ian take on the character, the 2017 film imbues the franchise with fun, energetic aplomb.

Tobey Kebbel's take on the character smartly gives Doom a fiercely focussed relentlessness that at times calls to mind Robert Patrick's shape - shifting assassin from T2.

Instead of a traditional take on the character, Dracula Untold will position future vampire, Vlad III Țepeș (aka Vlad the Impaler), played by Luke Evans, as a loving husband, father, and caring ruler to the Wallachian people (Transylvania / modern day Romania).

This summer, Amazon is making an unashamed bid for the mass market with Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, a small - screen take on the character we've seen played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck and Chris Pine.