Sentences with phrase «villain against villain»

Okay, we saw it with the Justice Lords, but now Mortal Kombat developer Netherrealm's DC Comics fighting game, Injustice: Gods Among Us, shows hero against hero, villain against villain, and every other permutation.

Thanos could have sundered reality after having again acquired the Infinity Gauntlet, or another version of the Secret Wars could have started, pitting hero against hero, and villain against villain.

Not exact matches

Vulture, or Adrian Toomes, played by a very well - cast Michael Keaton — who probably got this role for appearing as another man with wings in «Birdman» — is one of the rare villains in the MCU that has a personal vendetta against the superheroes who doesn't feel like a desperate tie - in.

Wonder Woman's greatest battles weren't waged against villains like Dr. Psycho or Professor Manly.

Since villains have shockingly low success rates against their heroic nemeses, there's a lot we can learn from them about what not to do.

In the same vein as Nintendo's «Super Smash Bros.» series and Warner Brothers» «Injustice» franchise, «Marvel vs Capcom» pits Marvel superheroes and villains (Iron Man, MODOK, and many more) against Capcom's most famous faces (Mega Man, various Street Fighter characters, and many more).

It's a genre standard to pit the underdog hero against the Big Bad Villain in action movie posters.

Iron Man is an impressive hero, but in his movies, he's always matched against a villain marked in turn by their capabilities.

Here, the chief villain remains the odious Walter Duranty of the New York Times, a principle agent of the cover - up of the Holodomor, which continued well into the 1960s and is being revived in Putin's Russia today, as part of its propaganda war against a now - independent Ukraine.

What began as a reasonable enough reaction against the Victorian tendency to disbelieve the wife and deprive her of her children upon divorce, has transmogrified itself into the very reverse, where husbands and fathers, even those of otherwise good reputation and position, are assumed to be the villains of the piece.

But now we're villains and everybody pulls against us.»

On Thursday night against the Warriors, the NBA's villain slammed on Jermaine O'Neal in the low block.

wish the boys Goodluck against the villains... don't let a new record be created against us (Last one was on August 17th, 2013)

if the spuds somuch as win or draw against the Toons, Then there's no way we are finishing above em...... even if we beat the villains 5 - 0!

This included breaking the deadlock against the Villains in the FA Cup final.

This Saturday's Villa Park bow will be Sherwood's first match since a final day Spurs win against the Villains at White Hart Lane, which left him with the best win ratio from the past five managers of the club.

Joel Embiid is the NBA's biggest villain these days, and he reminded the world on a play that had absolutely nothing to do with him during the 76ers» matchup against the Knicks on Monday night.

But their recent record against the Villains gives them plenty of encouragement.

Up stepped pantomime villain Deeney to take the spot - kick against the man who doesn't save penalties.

On top of all that their poor form this season, the Villains have managed to win none of their last nine Premier League games against Newcastle, losing five of those.

Can the Villains bank a big win on the weekend to raise their stock or will the Magpies bounce back from a surprise defeat last weekend against Wolves to get back in the title picture?

Newcastle are in good head to head form against Aston Villa, nine games unbeaten in fact against them in a good W4 D5 in their last nine against the Villains.

The Villains, following an eight - goal thriller against Notts County in the League Cup, will be looking forward to take the momentum into the weekend and pile more misery on Dick Advocaat and his...

So the goals were there from there last season against the Villain.

Birmingham survived a derby against city rivals Aston Villa on the weekend, playing out a 0 - 0 draw with the Villains.

Although Arsenal last defeat at the Emirates was in January against Man Utd 2 - 1, and although Aston Villa in last seven matches against Arsenal manage to won only once, today is new match, and it wont be so easy for Gunners as the Villains are unbeaten in past three games.Last match of these two teams was in FA Cup when Arsenal was down to two goal, but manage to get 3 - 2 victory.

I am also concerned that Rosicky had his nose smashed, and no action was taken against the villain involved, and I am also concerned that Theo had objects thrown at him, and he became the focus of judgement, whilst more recently someone else had coins thrown at them, and the FA immediately stepped in and spoke of banning the offending spectators.

But with the stars aligning for the Wisconsin Republican to become the next House speaker, Democrats say they'll now have a villain to run against, not just a stack of numbers.

Protest against prisoner book ban takes unusual new direction, after bestselling author announces she» l name the villain of her new novel after the justice secretary

The strip I chiefly remember was Slaine: The Horned God, a story about a Celtic barbarian uniting the tribes of the earth goddess against a villain rather wonderfully called Slough Feg.

The more he can persuade MPs to join together against the journalists, the less attention will be paid to his unfortunate decision to hire one of Murdoch's alleged villains.

Silver aside, Bharara has won convictions against some of New York's most notorious white collar villains, corrupt politicians and international terrorists, including ex-NY Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and al Qaeda terrorist Khalid Al - Fawwaz.

It's about settling old scores against religious leaders, institutions, parents and the greatest villains of all - time — «straight white men of privilege,» he wrote.

The Nov. 8 segment is now titled «Former AG Tricks Sam Into Thinking He Was Decent» on YouTube, where a description notes, «We taped this segment before the allegations against Eric Schneiderman came to light, and we sincerely apologize for characterizing him as a hero when, to so many women, he was the vilest villain.»

And just like in a horror movie, getting an answer quickly can guide what kinds of barricades and weapons health professionals should use against the villain.

When the slasher series start to get desperate, they reach for family members to face off against the slasher villain.

His #epichorrorbattles series pits iconic slasher villains in death matches against one another.

A super-villain operates a giant robot and stomps through a city after a superhero: the superhero breaks the robot face shield, grabs the villain, beats him and throws him against a wall, pulls up a skyscraper and launches it toward the villain and into the theater audience, and he kicks an empty city bus toward a woman that ducks out of the way.

Perelman has done a remarkable job in adapting a story where there are no clear cut decisions to be made or no traditional villains to root against.

I, Tonya's message is clear, though, the abuse the woman endured moving from her mother to her husband to the nation as a whole, as the 24 - hour, news cycle being established at the time the events occurred made Harding a villain we could all root against.

It's a grungy world of double - dealing with villains of various stripes, the requisite fighting foes to root against with the two - headed Twin Cities, the weirdest; the high - tech monstrous Zeus, the best.

The villain, against whom every one of these galactic guardians is arrayed, is Josh Brolin's Thanos, and he needs to be a huge, huge deal or the film can't work: if this lot have handled anything remotely his equal before, there's hardly the need for such an all - points call - up.

Against that backdrop is the struggle of young Vallon trying to carry out a vendetta against what he first perceived as a villain in Bill the Butcher, but as time winds on his bad deeds seem to have reason / meaning behind them and he seems almost honorable in his aAgainst that backdrop is the struggle of young Vallon trying to carry out a vendetta against what he first perceived as a villain in Bill the Butcher, but as time winds on his bad deeds seem to have reason / meaning behind them and he seems almost honorable in his aagainst what he first perceived as a villain in Bill the Butcher, but as time winds on his bad deeds seem to have reason / meaning behind them and he seems almost honorable in his actions.

He's a tragic villain up against a grieving hero.

Deadpool assembles a team of mutants (except, hilariously, a guy named Peter, who has no obvious superpower) that he dubs X-Force for a daring, pratfall - filled and mostly ill - fated rescue before facing off against a rather more ordinary but still plenty nasty villain, the headmaster of Broadstone House, a reformatory for mutant children, who has the mien of a bureaucrat and the soul of a sadist.

Ghoulish interest is a prerequisite for watching Mira Sorvino (as a bold and athletic entomologist) act against performers who have mandibles, or for appreciating the care with which nymph, juvenile and adult insect villains have been devised.

Batgirl is a great character against a great villain: Joker.

Once and for all the iconic figures in the Mortal Kombat franchise squares off against the heroes and villains of the DC Comics.

A trailer has arrived for Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay, which pits Harley Quinn, Deadshot and the rest of the team against an immortal villain.

Michael Parks is the star of the show, as the crazed Reverend Cooper, stealing all of the best lines and giving us a nasty villain to rally against.