Sentences with phrase «viewed as disasters»

Writing to Sony chief executive Michael Lynton, Perlmutter cited three female - led superhero movies — «Electra,» «Catwoman» and «Supergirl» — that he viewed as disasters or, at the least, «very, very bad.»

Perhaps some will see that as a price worth paying if it means farewell to Gold and Sullivan but I would view it as a disaster from which recovery will be slow and painful.

Not exact matches

If a leader can not listen to contrary opinions and make informed decisions based on a full range of views, then he / she courts disaster — as Rumsfeld did in Iraq.

Instead of turning setbacks into disasters, they view hurdles as challenges to be overcome and, thus try harder.

I continue to view most of the large - cap universe as being among those probable speculative disasters.

Groups of young friends who go to see some of the more death - focused horror films in vogue of late will routinely take bets on which stock character will face a grisly end soonest, as when viewing the Final Destination series» a film series that is, essentially, the apex of the set - piece disaster horror movie as orchestrated by MacGyver.

I came across a sarcastic poster that sums up well the image of God one ends up with if they view a personified deity as behind forces of nature and natural disasters: http://www.patheos.com/community/exploringourmatrix/2011/08/27/the-connection-between-hurricane-irene-and-gay-marriage/

In the biblical view, the raping of nature and the exploitation of people in society are profoundly understood as part of one reality, creating disaster in both.

If morality as proclaimed by various religions is denied a place at the policy table, then our nation will only be guided by those with a very cramped and limited moral view — which would have been a disaster for abolition and civil rights way back then — and would be no less a disaster today.

My research question is: What, if anything, is actually happening to us — members of the media audience — as we view and «survive» so many disasters through media?

When we look at where he is today and view it as a continuation of 2017, it looks like disaster, but on the other hand if we focus on 2018 it looks a lot like any number of baseball players after two weeks in the season.

Despite sitting second in the Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund's season is widely viewed as a medium - sized disaster.

Only 21 years old, Asano was viewed as a project for the future, and barring disaster was unlikely to see first team action with Arsenal this season, so this move allows him to get games in an actual league (rather than the reserves).

Among the biggest bureaucratic challenges faced by the UK Space Agency is its management of applications for new satellites, which are viewed as critical because of their ability to provide data on the environment, climate, weather, security agriculture, coastal management and disaster mitigation.

Could have convinced the party that blue Labours view on Immigration and socially conservative views on communities such as religion, working with the state to subsidise locally run charities, was something, that could bring into our party working class people not already connected, by the groups associated with our movements (Trade unions, the Co-op, retired union affiliates) after the disaster of the World cup, owl gate and then the Ill prepared speech at the IPFF on social change and trying to deflect attention from it by rushing out the «well make unemployed teenagers work for their dole» plan, it's hard to see us being able to be taken serious on welfare reform.

John Prescott reports a senior Tory viewing the campaign as «a disaster», and that opinion is surely not a one - off among the grandees, let alone the commentariat.

Because Landsat satellites have been gathering visual information for four decades, we can now view landscapes before, during, and after fires and other natural disasters, and see bodies of water shift their shapes as water levels rise and fall, and watch cities grow.

As the Spar is dashed to pieces in full view of TV cameras, Greenpeace suffers a PR disaster of the kind to which it subjected Shell.

James Franco had been viewed as a lead actor contender for his work in «The Disaster Artist.»

The rest of the film can be rejected, even at the intellectually contemptible level of disaster flicks, for such inept conceptions as a volcano that throws fireballs nowhere except straight at the hotel, and a tidal wave that must be only about one block wide, for all that the tranquil sea views from just up the beach indicate; and for trembly special effects the like of which hasn't been seen since the DeLuxe Color Allens at the turn of the Sixties.

First doesn't always mean better in terms of release dates (both the disaster movies and Snow White films battles above prove that), but there's always the danger that audiences will view a second similar movie as a copycat.

But though no cinephile's life would be complete without a viewing of The Room — an experience one early reviewer compared to «getting stabbed in the head» — there's no need to have seen it in order to enjoy The Disaster Artist, James Franco's hilarious and big - hearted adaptation of Sestero's memoir, starring Franco himself as the eccentric maestro and his brother Dave Franco as Sestero, a Sancho Panza — style sidekick to Wiseau's grandiose Quixote.

«The Disaster Artist» (Dec. 1): How do you make a good movie about one that's widely viewed as one of the worst ever made?

Metroid Prime was arguably one of the most anticipated games ever released in the West, and rightfully so — everything surrounding the game seemed as if it could spell disaster, being handed off to the then - rookie Retro Studios and employing a first - person view similar to the burgeoning FPS genre of the time.

As it is, «Dune» was a disaster, but in the wide view a constructive one, in that it can at least partially be thanked for kicking Lynch's future filmography onto the wonderfully wonky parallel track it's pursued ever since.

Rather than be viewed (or viewing themselves) as victims of a disaster, children can be pro-active agents to address the impact of natural disasters, especially in light of climate change.

Instead of calling car repairs emergencies or disasters, start viewing them as planned expenses.

A dozen years later, Katrina is viewed as a watershed moment in planning for pets during natural disasters.

For many recent exhibitions, including Portrait of a Young Man at the Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, URANIBORG at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France and the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, Canada and, most recently, Disasters and Miracles at the Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland, Grasso has acted as a co-curator in conjunction with the museums, altering the architecture of the exhibition spaces and merging his works with pieces in the permanent collections of the institutions in order to create a unique and dynamic viewing experience.

The dual meaning of «resolution,» as both coming - into - view and overcoming conflict, defines a wide range of artistic responses to the global shifts in society and culture — world wars, disasters, financial collapse, environmental degradation, and violations of human rights.

The goal laid out in Adaptation for a High - Energy Planet is simple and can be supported regardless of views about global climate risk: reduce the number of deaths caused as a result of extreme weather and disasters every year, while still accelerating modernization and low - carbon growth on an increasingly high - energy planet.

As we increase our exposure, investing in disaster - resilient infrastructure and prepared citizenries not only makes moral and economic sense, it's also not dependent on one's personal views about climate change.

This deal to lift the export ban is a disaster for the climate and for American communities that our children will view as a cynical indictment of a corrupt political system not yet willing to confront the powerful interests behind the climate crisis.

Viewing disaster risk reduction as an integrated chain of actions could help cities mitigate and adapt to climate risk and prevent our coasts from washing away.

No one knows exactly, but Wagner and Weitzman properly view the outcome as «near - certain disaster.»»

Disasters can be viewed as natural or man - made acts that are outside human control.

What are your views on «weather warfare» ya know like controlling natural disasters as weapons, is this even possible?

Since then, biologists have been working diligently to understand the full impact that the disaster has wrought on the region's wildlife — even as the spill and its fallout slide further from the public's view.

Opposition Senate Leader Nick Minchin echoed his views a couple of months ago, saying `'» For the extreme Left [global warming] provides the opportunity to do what they've always wanted to do, to sort of deindustrialise the Western world... you know the collapse of communism was a disaster for the Left, and... they embraced environmentalism as their new religion.»

While this is not necessarily an inherently abusive practice, Facebook clearly views its existence as a potential threat in the waiting, and the company is taking seemingly ever preemptive measure it can right now to fend off future privacy violations and PR disasters like the Cambridge Analytica one.

• Installed, configured, and managed multiple web sites supporting global e-commerce and e-business credit in technical environments comprised of Solaris 8 - 10 (LDOMS, ZFS, RAID, ZONES, CONTAINERS), Aix 6.1 - 7.1, Linux 4.0 - 5.5, Web Sphere MQ, Apache, Jboss, ATG, DB2, Oracle, MySQL and VMware • Optimized data security through close cooperation between Network Administration, Unix System Administration, NT Administration, DBA, and Backup and Recovery Administration teams • Installed Emulex LPFc, EMC Power path, Navisphere, Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas cluster server, Veritas File system, Veritas Net Backup etc. and archived original configuration • Utilized expertise in managing and performance tuning major RDBMS Oracle / Sybase / SQL / Informix / DB2 / ATG / SAP • Built and configured IBM, HP and Sun servers, EMC, TSM and Sun SAN • Architected Disaster Recovery System, conducted testing, observed fail errors, and reset the systems • Compiled opensource applications and packages as necessary for the source of both Solaris and RPM packages • Installed and configured Nagios, Cacti and MRTG graphing tool to monitor and visualize servers and network devices • Managed Send Mail, SFTP, FTP, HTTP, SSL, SSH, DHCP, DNS, NIS, NIS +, DHCP, LDAP, Apache, Tomcat, Web Sphere, BMC Patrol, HP Open View, and Nagios • Coordinated efforts among Development, QA, Production, DR, Systems, DBA, Production, Support, Network Administration, and Applications groups for project completion ahead of schedule and under budget • Planned and developed projects, performed user acceptance tests, and applied patches to fix bugs • Served as liaison with vendors multiple vendors including Cisco, EMC, HP, IBM, Red Hat Linux, Oracle, Sun, and Symantec resolving hardware and software issues in a timely and professional manner

A number of bills are in Congress that would do one or more of those things, but they're stymied because many members of Congress view natural disasters as mainly a problem of a few states, according to congressional aides at the symposium.

As home sales begin a slowdown in some areas, it's vital for you to view a falling market as an opportunity, not a disasteAs home sales begin a slowdown in some areas, it's vital for you to view a falling market as an opportunity, not a disasteas an opportunity, not a disaster.

Despite being hit by a deluge of disasters - floods, mud slides, earthquakes, forest fires - California still is viewed as a desirable place to live, and home buyers are willing to pay top dollar to live in the state.