Sentences with phrase «well established genre»

Only the zany dialogue, brilliant voice acting from the cast of the Adventure Time series, and humorous twists on a well established genre makes this title stand out at all, and that's provided you're already a fan of the cartoon as well.

They made a concept based on a well established genre.

Not exact matches

As you know, @ostrachan, the key to a good hermeneutic is establishing genre.

In terms of mechanics and content it is a yet another sequel to a well - known series that itself is in a long - established genre.

If you're going to attempt to make a mark on a genre that already boasts an exacting pedigree you must - one, introduce new ideas, and two, execute the established rules better than your peers.

It's those narrative conveniences that make «In Darkness» feel slick and worked over - the sense that an immensely powerful story of survival has been cut to fit the cloth of a by now well - established genre.

The Silence of the Lambs opened up the Best Picture categories genre requirements, Miramax established itself as a major player on the indie scene with Best Picture squarely in its sights, and Steven Spielberg went from being official Oscar bridesmaid to one of its all - time favorites.

Continuing with the formula they've established of taking typically male - dominated genres (raunch comedy, buddy action movie) and inserting a dominance of women into the primary characters, this one sees McCarthy take on the role of Susan Cooper, a well - trained CIA agent who has spent her time in the agency as the desk - bound partner in the earpiece of well - groomed field agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law).

Given that Germany, with few exceptions such as the comedy genre and the history film, does not have a well - established genre film tradition anymore (at least not on the big screen), the only way to rejuvenate such a tradition is by explicitly committing to producing many genre films for the cinema.

With two subsequent sequels proving to be even more profitable, Neeson has firmly - established himself as a bonafide action star, and although Martin Scorsese's upcoming Silence may well find him back on prime dramatic form, he is showing no signs of turning his back on the genre that he has seemingly embraced with opening arms in recent years.

Coming into the toys - to - life genre this late in the game it faced stiff competition in the form of the very well established Skylanders and Disney Infinity franchises.

Ably assisted by screenwriter Mike Carey, adapting his own bestseller from 2014, their film takes the elaborately overdone zombie genre and resuscitates it, while also taking and revamping a handful of well - established genre tropes ---- apocalypse premise, creepy kids, mad scientists ---- and tweaks them in eccentric and imaginative new ways.

This movie takes all the well - established clichés of the genre and gives them a big grateful hug.

During the decade, established auteurs like John Carpenter, David Lynch, Rob Reiner, Sam Raimi, Wes Craven and Jonathan Demme flourished in the burgeoning horror market, but new comers like David Fincher, Peter Jackson, and Robert Rodriguez were able to jump start their careers in the genre as well.

We believe it to be one of the genre's best and most challenging, as we have included plenty of twists and surprises for players to experience, as well as putting plenty of new twists on the established platformer formula.

With its sharp - edged political assessment of American culture, Tragedy Girls is a subversive little provocation that clearly establishes itself as one of the year's best genre films, and its reputation, like Sadie and McKayla's, is destined to soar.

Corn Quest doesn't redefine the well established tower defense genre, but it does make for a fast and furious alternative to the usual considered «puzzle - like» standard gameplay.

Superhero satire doesn't always play well on the big screen, but director James Gunn demonstrated his ability to tinker with established genre conventions with «Slither,» and besides — it's Dwight Schrute from «The Office» beating people up with a wrench.

It borrows ideas from well - established genre's, but never accomplishes anything great to make it stand out on its own.

The result of this is the film leaves its well established foundations for a genre exercise that tries to distract you from realizing the film ever had any bigger ambitions.

Snowpiercer is a product of a genre that can easily get lost in its conventions, but establishes itself as proof that big idea science fiction remains alive and well.

There are scenes here — most of them the ones that offer fake examples of well - established genres — that have that sublime feeling of being transported to another realm.

Unlike traditional publishers — who only take on a book if it has a chance of doing really well, either because the author has an established platform or because the book is in a very popular genre — I work on a lot of projects that probably won't be as successful.

It is still best to get consistent content out there and gain traction in the genre you're known for or wish to establish yourself in.

Jocasta works with some high - profile writers, including Robert Harris and Sebastian Faulks, as well as established and debut writers from across the genres.

With this novel, Carr has boldly established a new genre - future history - combining the best elements of mystery and thrillers with unique historical insight.

But I don't feel it was a waste and I'll do it again for other stories in this series, as I believe that this level of free downloads and the temporary visibility are a good way to cast a wide net in order to begin establishing myself in a new genre.

Publishers need good reasons to accept your book, and if it fits into an established genre and also has a fresh spin, it's got a better shot.

This is Leckie's follow - up to Ancillary Justice, the novel that won just about every major science fiction fantasy award in the last year — the Hugo, the Nebula, the Clarke and more — and established Leckie as one of the best new voices in the genre (and also made me look super smart for blurbing the book).

Next up on our list of sub-genres is Mystery, a well - known and well - established genre.

Taught by established professional authors, the course offers the chance to work in a wide variety of fiction genres as well as specialize in any of the major forms — prose fiction, poetry, theatre & radio script or screenplay.

The agency welcomes both first - time authors and established writers in both fiction and nonfiction and has taken many of each genre onto best - selling and award - winning careers.

If you're writing in a well defined genre, your craft is well established and you know what you're going to do with the ideas, it's perfectly possible to whip your novel out in six months or faster.

Also, really good, established bloggers who specialise in a particular subject area or genre can have a huge audience that are exactly the kind of people that you want to reach.

Established franchises have had a lot of difficulty branching out into different genres, and there's probably a good reason for that.

Of course, I guess it never occurred to them that Epic is a pretty well established and talented game development studio that often comes up with new and innovative ways to improve a genre, or make them mainstream.

While I question if just having a name change for a well established game mode (free - for - all) is somehow creating a genre, I have to say his own unique implementation is worthy of respect.

It's a bit daunting when hopping from one unseen platform to the next, miles up in the sky with nothing but floating playing cards and clouds surrounding you, but it also provides a bit of a fresh mechanic to the well established platforming genre.

It borrows ideas from well - established genre's, but never accomplishes anything great to make it stand out on its own.

Racing is without doubt one of the most competitive markets and on the surface many would consider it a dead end genre when it comes to innovation while being almost impossible to carve out a unique reputation, especially with the likes of Turn 10 and Polyphony Digital already well established.

Despite it's game - breaking bugs that I luckily haven't encountered since the most recent patch, this sci - fi romp offers enough new twists to a well - established genre whilst still evoking nostalgia for the classics.

The press is even relatively well - equipped to handle competitive skill - focused multi-player games as long as they're grounded in a well - established genre.

The best thing about Final Fantasy's template is that it's so variable: you've got an established set of monster types, jobs and magic that can bend and fit into practically any genre.

Take all of that shooting goodness and wrap it in a delightfully retro arcade aesthetic and a goofy sense of humor and you've got yourself a solid VR FPS that establishes itself as one of the best the genre has to offer.

In some respects, games have been getting better at this ever since the genre's conventions were first established in Grand Theft Auto 3 in 2001.

Keep the sales charts as they are, but also establish a genre - specified «best - of» or «gamers» choice» chart, where the highest - rated games (with some pretty high minimum number of user reviews) can be put on parade.

I would definitely agree in this regard as well in contrast, as the game tries to take an established gameplay genre and add its own unique spin on it.

The shoot - em - up genre was well established in 1990, with an already rich background to draw from.

These are aspects that are visible in her exploration of well - established photographic genres such as film stills, fashion photography or classic portraits, as well as in series where she explores a more abject material related to themes like fairytales, catastrophes, pornography, war and surrealism.

The work of both artists spans the majority of the 20th Century, from late 1920s until the end of the of the 1970s, and reflects their reevaluation of Post-Impressionism and various phases of Cubism, employed through well - established genres of still life and landscape painting.