Sentences with phrase «when franchises like»

When franchises like Call of Duty and Battlefield announce that they're going to be set in emotionally resonant real - life timelines like the world wars there's immediately a pressure applied to them.

Some fans love the representation, but others argue that Fire Emblem doesn't deserve five characters when franchises like Metroid and Donkey Kong don't even have a third playable Smasher yet.

It's a damn shame when franchises like Hitman and Mass Effect have appeared to run their course and fail to sell as well as they used to.

When a franchise like Mass Effect is already a cinematic experience in itself, why not make it into a movie?

Not exact matches

When 13 - year - old Liberty Tax Service first launched, its franchises needed to draw attention away from established behemoths like H&R Block — and it only had a January - to - April 15 window to do it.

Many businesses shy away from moving into inner - city areas like South Central Los Angeles due to concerns about market viability, vandalism and gangs, but when we were looking for a location for our Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar franchise, my partner, Karim Webb, and I realized it didn't make sense to look anywhere else.

However, when the U.S. announced it was moving forward toward more normalized relations with Cuba, it seemed like everyone was losing their minds about franchises taking over the country.

Gordon Ramsay, 51, continued to host successful franchises like «MasterChef» and «Hell's Kitchen,» but he made the most waves when he cracked the internet up by roasting peoples» home cooking on Twitter.

Explains Abby Huizing, founder of Franchisology, a Calgary consulting firm: «When a company like Chicken on the Way has garnered a cult - like following and decides to franchise, one of the most important things aside from location is choosing the right franchisees.»

Their dependence on licensing deals with movies — particularly at Hasbro, which owns «master rights» to Disney (dis) franchises like Star Wars — has become a double - edged lightsaber: When movies are down, so are toys.

At a time when cybersecurity is an increasing concern, franchise partners like Freund utilize CMIT's national reputation and brand recognition to deliver cutting - edge protection for companies who want to know that a trusted business partner will take care of their IT needs.

«Fashion is Fun,» proclaimed NTY's James Wollman when describing how owning an upscale resale franchise can be more enjoyable on a daily basis than many other franchise concepts like eateries.

I'd put 75 % of assets into higher growth buy - and - hold - forever stocks like Brown Forman, Colgate - Palmolive, Hershey, and Nike, and then the remaining 25 % into Fisherified value stocks like DineEquity during the 2010 through 2015 stretch when it was cheap at the beginning of the period while simultaneously increasing its intrinsic value due to the receipt of significant one - time franchise fees.

In truth, there are times when the film feels less like an addition to the franchise than it does a remake of the original movie.

, Lakeview Organic Grain Originally posted on July 20, 2004 When our friend Sandy asked us in January to «franchise the design of our farm» onto his farm, that seemed like a crazy idea.

When recruiting, Nothing Bundt Cakes seeks out «like - minded people who are ready to join our growing family of franchises.»

When Hancock asked customers what they looked for when going out for ice cream, a majority said they liked the Cold Stone Creamery franchise because it gave optiWhen Hancock asked customers what they looked for when going out for ice cream, a majority said they liked the Cold Stone Creamery franchise because it gave optiwhen going out for ice cream, a majority said they liked the Cold Stone Creamery franchise because it gave options.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

You can read a longer version here, but the truncated version goes like this: The Indians have acted like a cool, calm and collected team for decades, when their lamentable franchise history suggests that they should be total hyperactive freaks the second they get a chance to reach the postseason.

because all the people who talk like he is the savior of our franchise and make comments like the one above (implying his ability alone will be enough to overcome any and all shortcomings by his team) will be the same people who throw him under the bus and crucify him online when he hits an almost inevitable rough patch as a young, 1st year starter in the nfl.

I didn't like his game but I won't ignore his contributions either, including him being here when the franchise was at its lowest.

In a season where they just announced that their franchise quarterback, Andrew Luck, is not coming back to save them and is instead heading to IR, losing to the Tom Savage - led Texans would have been like kicking a man when he's down.

I like the BPA philosophy and think that's the way to build a team that is successful for the long term, but I am also aware that the teams that are successful LT have their franchise QB, which is why I expect NE to fall off a cliff when Brady and Bellichick ride off into the sunset.

If you have played Battlefield from the outset 1942, BF2 for example you would of seen the franchise going downhill and trying to compare with the likes of COD when in fact they should of been concentrating on making it unique.

Spectre is sloppier than other recent Bonds, but it also feels like it's exhausted the idea that fueled the franchise's relaunch — darker and more realistic can only last so long when it's paired with a rotating cast of Bond girls and supervillains.

There are a few niggling criticisms, like the lack of precipitation when it's raining or snowing (the only affect weather has is to slightly alter the color of the field) and the fact that Franchise and Superstar modes are identical to last year, but the game is otherwise solid with a noticeable absence of bugs and glitches.

The coming years would find particular success for Pace in movies like A Single Man, Marmaduke, and When in Rome, not to mention franchise films like The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

However, like comic book franchises before it, when the original director left, that original charm could not be matched.

When asked if he could resurrect or direct any franchise he wanted, Kojima said that he would like to work on a Silent Hill game, although he may have a problem doing that because he is a «chicken» and «easily scared by many things.»

2016's surprise sort - of - sequel 10 Cloverfield Lane provided our first look at the anthology - like nature of this loose franchise umbrella, and while we wait to see a trailer for God Particle (now possibly titled Cloverfield Station) and learn when and how we're actually going to see that movie, we have confirmation that Cloverfield 4 not only exists, but that it's already completed filming.

Directed by Chris Sanders (the filmmaker behind «How to Train Your Dragon» and the illustrator who created «Lilo & Stitch «-RRB- and Kirk DeMicco (writer of «Space Chimps» and the upcoming «Hong Kong Phooey» adaptation), one can only assume that if the film takes off like they hope, franchise is in the cards (and when isn't it for the lucrative field of animation?).

You saw it in 2004 when it was called «The Bourne Supremacy,» and you saw it in 2007 when it was called «The Bourne Ultimatum»... This fifth «Bourne «film (and fourth Matt Damon entry) plays like a greatest hits album of a popular franchise, with an emphasis on the two sequels that Greengrass himself directed.»

The franchise now features a massive amount of vibrant, memorable characters, so much so that the final roster can't feel like a disappointment when looking at any specific omissions.

Unlike the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series which is more and more a mess of technical, balance and gameplay issues these days, Brave Soldiers delivers what is a nice, franchise - based fighting game, at first, i was expecting a simple fighting game with some button mashing, however, the game proved me wrong and i fell in love, the combo system, while easy, is a lot more deep than the one in the Naruto games, with all of the characters having two special attacks, two «burst attacks», a knock - away and a launcher respectively, a throw and an ultimate attack (called a «Big Bang Attack»), every character also has an universal dodge - action that sends them behind their enemies while spending one cosmo bar, making bar management that much precious and shielding you from a half - a-hour combo, unlike in the NUNS series, the fighting and the characters are nicely balanced, with every character being fun to play and viable at the same time, the game runs smoothly without frame - rate issues and the cell - shaded graphics, character models, arenas and effects alike are nice to the eye, battles are divided into rounds, with all the tiny nice stuff like character introductions and outros being intact (fun fact: the characters will even comment on their score after the battle), the game also features an awakening system, called the «Seventh Sense» awakening, unlike the NUNS awakening system which became severely unbalanced in the later game, every character simply gains a damage / defense boost, with the conditions being the same for all characters, eliminating situations when one character can use awakening at almost any point in the battle, or one awakening being drastically stronger than the other, the game has a story mode with three story arcs used to unlock characters, a collection mode, tournament modes, a survival mode, a series of special versus modes and online battle modes.

After all, why should it when major promotional campaigns are always pushing them more in the direction of new entries in blockbusting franchises like Destiny, Call -LSB-...]

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas made a name for itself when it was released all the way back in November 2013 on iOS devices, for not only being a very impressive looking title at the time, but also for being endorsed by big names of the industry like Kenji Ito, main composer of Squaresoft's SaGa franchise, and Nobuo Uematsu of Final Fantasy fame, both of whom composed a few music tracks for it.

Again, this is an element that can work in a kid's movie if it's done properly, like in the early days of the Shrek franchise; but when your ending gag is a tiger ziplining through Vegas, whilst saying «This is the real life of Pi,» you've pretty much given up.

Pettyfer is pretty and easygoing but lacks the sort of charisma that comes with a more focused sense of interior purpose, and the film basically feels, at its core, like a mash - up of carefully cross-tabbed teen movie trends, which is probably what happens when you set out in pre-production with the chief intent of manufacturing the next big «Twilight» - type cinematic franchise.

When embarking on a franchise like «The Avengers», it must help to get on well with your other cast members.

See, when Disney and Pixar looked like they were going to split a few years ago, Disney put together an entire studio (Circle 7 Animation) dedicated to taking Disney / Pixar properties like Toy Story and sequelizing them into Franchise Hell.

When attempting to write about something like Star Wars I feel as though I should double my efforts, giving a deliciously specific discussion on the nature of the franchise, George Lucas» legacy and the underlining philosophies of it all.

When: July 29th Why: After the misstep of «The Bourne Legacy,» both Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass return to the «Bourne» franchise with what seems like fists of fury and both barrels cocked.

It's nice to know he's out there breathing new life into old action franchises especially when movies like A Good Day to Die Hard show just how tired they can become.

We've seen the Twilight franchise deal with safe, friendly biters, so maybe we should remember a time when they made folk bleed like nobody's business.

With these additions, Dragon Quest Heroes 2 feels like the best of both series, despite one or two moments when the two vastly different franchises clash.

This number increases to well over 100 when you take into account that some characters, like Sloth from Goonies, can transform into multiple characters from the franchise.

The trailer is quite self - aware, much like Deadpool, especially in parts when he takes a dig on the superhero movies by saying lines like «we need them young enough to carry their own franchise for 10 - 12 years».

When Season Two kicks off (with the first episode the last episode of the second disc in a bit of what I like to call «bad planning») with a cameo from everybody's favourite dead franchise hero Daredevil, it's apparent that whatever Korean sweat shop was extruding the templates for the first thirteen episodes had been cashed in for a somewhat superior Korean sweat shop priding themselves on animating something like 12 frames / second instead of an appalling four.

Just at the moment when the public's palate has been scorched to numbness by a string of barely differentiable franchise reboots, along comes La Meryl like a cooling scoop of peach ice cream.

That's what one earns when they write behemoth blockbusters that span multiple genres, such as «I Am Legend» or «A Beautiful Mind,» as well as help usher in franchises with the likes of «The Da Vinci Code.»