Sentences with phrase «used as a plot device»

Meanwhile, Clemons proves that she needs to be getting more work across the board as a character whose mixed race and sexuality are never used as a plot device, but merely something that is part of her everyday life.

While he's an integral part of the Batman mythos, he's often used as a plot device that simply exists to give Batman information on whatever crime he's attempting to solve.

Fans will already know the character's secret identity, but the drama inherent in that set - up is never engaged with especially, because the Winter Soldier Is essentially wordless, and mostly brainwashed (between this and Hawkeye in «The Avengers,» Marvel writers should be banned from using that as a plot device at this point).

The «longest - living» winner takes the pot, which is why creative artists have often used this as a plot device involving skulduggery.

Not exact matches

It's difficult to critique this in a spoiler - free way, but to use the example of A New Hope, while the Death Star was a looming, terrifying presence throughout, the big threat to our heroes in this film seems to appear quite late in the day, and seems more important as a plot device to bring key characters together than a genuinely gripping menace.

@Atheist Hunter Any story that uses magic as a central plot device is fictional.

Amnesia is often used as a convenient plot device in films and TV, where people suddenly lose all memory of their names or the past lives.

Rather they using their impotency as a plot device, they insult the viewers intelligence by ignoring it.

The film is about magic, but it's more or less a classic story of star crossed lovers that uses magic as a plot device.

The use (and abuse) of a very young child in peril as a plot device is something I approach with caution, but in this case, without giving away too much of the final act, I feel it is largely justified by the story.

He uses feminism as a plot device, depicting the women as braying harridans and broad caricatures rather than exploring feminism itself.

The other, and more troubling aspect to the film is Mr. Johnson's use of women as plot devices or Male Support Systems.

Utilizing anachronistic gumshoe dialogue in the style of Dashiell Hammett, director Rian Johnson assembled a seemingly clever detective story that uses a «brick» of heroin as the MacGuffin, and a dead girl as a plot device.

It's not too much of a stretch to use that guilt as a plot device or conflict point to further define a relationship between the two, right?

Actually, it is the manic pacing of the comedy that bothered me, breathlessly frenetic to a fault, as if Russell couldn't stop for even a moment or his whole house of cards would fall apart into nothingness, which I argue would be appropriate for a movie that uses nihilism as a plot device.

The plot device of using illicit drugs — in this case, MDMA, a.k.a. Ecstasy, a.k.a. the «hug drug» — as a transformative elixir of sorts has become somewhat of a hoary old chestnut in recent cinema.

And were they really joking about date rape, or just using the drug on themselves as a plot device?

The film's obvious influence is «John Wick,» which used a dog as a winking plot device, showing it briefly before stirring Keanu Reeves to swiftly avenge its death.

For an 11th - grade narrative unit, I asked students to analyze classic narrative essays such as George Orwell's «Shooting an Elephant» and Amy Tan's «Mother Tongue» using the traditional plot diagram and paying attention to literary narrative devices.

Find something new, or, better still, invent it, and avoid McGuffins — plot devices used solely as motivators, in the form of sought - after objects or goals — like the plague.

«For every author who meticulously examines the latest developments in physics or computing, there are other authors who invent «impossible» technology to serve as a plot device (like Le Guin's faster - than - light communicator, the ansible) or to enable social commentary, the way H. G. Wells uses his time machine to take the reader to the far future to witness the calamitous destiny of the human race.»

While certain important details seemed clumsily glued together towards the end, and Flora's far - fetched opportunities in her new role as top forager are plainly used as devices to rush the plot forward to its preordained conclusion, the sheer breadth of her adventures outside the hive, the domestic drama, and various personalities kept me glued to my seat.

Macaulay employs four different fonts — one for each story — that are used as a storytelling device, along with the nonlinear plots.

- after the remakes of Terry's Wonderland 3D and Dragon Quest Monsters 2, Yuji Horii asked the team what should be next - the choices were Caravan Heart (GBA), a professional version of Dragon Quest Monsters 2, or a brand new game - the staff made the plot together with Takeshi Uchikawa (who is currently directing Dragon Quest XI)- the suggestion was to make the theme become something catchy, which lead to a science fiction vibe - Horii said «anything's alright as long as it's interesting» - the creation of the Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light helped build Joker 3 - fan feedback from the mobile game was used, which lead to monster stats being seen - the Reactor device lets you easily see all the things that occur on the field - the team had some trouble bringing together the ridable monsters aspect of the game, but eventually worked it out - the full game starts off with monsters that players can ride on land - you'll eventually unlock sea, air, and multi-jump land rising monsters - a «Big Air ride» was teased as well - by clearing the story, features will be unlocked that further modify monsters such as abilities and changing their sizes - Stealth Boxes which can not be found without using the Reactor only contains useful items that are optional - compulsory items that are needed to be found with the Reactor are placed in non-stealth locations - accessories can strengthen monsters, but monster strength is mainly determined from raising and combining them - features more offense - related content in the form of new spells and skills - new water - type spells are included - new skills added enable more detailed adjustments in versus, adding more strategic features - one of the items that can be bought with Communication Coins has the same effect with «Key of Encounters» - this lets players recruit monsters a bit more easily they've befriended before - since Communication Coins can only be obtained from multiplayer battles, it's completely optional - people who still do StreetPass but don't want to do multiplayer battles can still get them by combining monsters - DLC monsters are planned to be added regularly post-release until around Golden Week (April 29 — May 5)- - A national tournament is also planned, with more details coming later - carryover feature from Dragon Quest Monsters 2 that comes into play after the ending - players can bring up to 10 monsters which are ranked A or below from DQM2 to DQMJ3 each day

This unique plot device is effectively used to simultaneously tear down both the protagonist's and the player's current perception as to «who and what he can trust» within both the context and reality of the game.

But now the Assassin's Creed franchise has shifted away from the intriguing contemporary science fiction plot — with revisionist history serving as both a backdrop and a foil — and onto an out of control metanarrative using «the real world» as the barest of framing devices.

No one would have imagined it after the first game, but in trying to one - up the stakes of the predecessor, Double Dragon II went even more reckless in using Marion (yes, the series is rather inconsistent with spelling her name) as a plot device.

He doesn't remember who he is or why he is there... Yes, amnesia is used as a plot point in Galerians, and yes this is an overused plot device... In fact, bar a few specific games that use it brilliantly (like Amnesia: The Dark Descent), I usually hate it being used to set up a story.