Sentences with phrase «where character deaths»

In a world where character deaths are so in vogue, they're a dime a dozen, it's good to recognize how to properly depart from certain characters.

Losing one's best sniper in XCOM (where character death is permanent but squads are six characters large) doesn't mean the game is over.

Not exact matches

Thomas's answer to this question (in ST1.75.6) sounds occasionally like the position Plato sets out in the Phaedo, where the character Socrates argues that the concept of the soul — and, presumably, also its being — is so tied up with life as not to admit of its opposite, death [105C8 - E10].

I'll remember the grace and mercy and loving - kindness in His character, and I'll pray to a Father who can give the blind eyes to see and who is working even now to create a world free of pain, suffering, crying or death, where many tribes worship as one, holy people.

The biggest reason why someone of his caliber and judicial character can get confirmed now, though, is that the balance of the Court will not be altered by his confirmation but simply reset to where it was before Justice Scalia's death.

Why in fact, here on outer Mongolia, insist that the county executive actually pay any attention to the daily operations of this overwhelmingly dysfunctional county and their separate and coequally dysfunctional departments that fails to serve the elderly in great need and I have my own story on how this perennial smiley - face character's office easily accomplished such which resulted in the death of someone by clear and consistent neglect, and then you tell me then why should we not just continue to speculate as to why this man is either fit or not for running for Congress and I will tell you to take your «relative trivia» and shove it where neither smart phones or their apps «SHINE»!!

There are more than few moments where death comes to Hogwarts and it is shattering to see beloved characters lying on the floor of the ruined school's main hall.

Fun is to be had, but again... it's the type of fun where you have to enjoy it in the moment because your beloved character is always literally one door or corner or misplaced trap from death.

A sequel to «Shanghai Noon,» where the action is set in the Wild West, here 18th century London is the backdrop and paying homage to certain characters such as Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chaplin, and yes Jack The Ripper, is Chan who gets here to avenge the death of his father, who is murdered.

In 1970, during the run of Bracken's World, Harrison reprised her role as Nova in Beneath the Planet of the Apes, where her character was, if anything, featured even more prominently — indeed, it is the death of Nova that leads the Charlton Heston character to the grim notion that the whole world - turned - upside - down should be destroyed.

Martin stars as the title character, an illustrator struggling with the death of his mother, so he takes off to Los Angeles where he meets Gillian Jacobs «Nicky.

It doesn't do anything terrible per say (except bore me to death with it's writing and characters) but there was not a single moment playing through where i felt blown away by any one feature.

These are convoluted characters in dire situations that would weaken the best of us but for these people it only propels them harder and faster into their destinies whether it's prison, death, or some area of gray where answers are scarce and happiness fleeting.

Death tends to make us look back at our lives, and Lonergan's script is presented like that where the film relies on plenty of flashbacks to fill in the pieces of what happened with his characters.

Developed by NetherRealms Studios, the game is a return to 2D fighting form where classic Mortal Kombat characters like Sub-Zero, Johnny Cage, and Scorpion duel to the death with gore aplenty.

So, one of the broad challenges of this film was creating a really quiet environment where the logic has to work and every sound that you hear can't be too much because it's life or death for the characters.»

Sidesplitting, high attrition - rate, S&M slapstick where you get to savor the sight of characters getting tortured to death about five times each, if that's your bag of grass.

Several characters die gruesomely inventive deaths typical of slasher films (where inventive «kills» are everything).

Deadpool 2 is the sort of movie where the heroes kill a guy — after spending the last act of the film saving that guy so one of the characters will learn a moral lesson — all in the hopes of scoring a quick laugh derived from the joys of knocking off religious zealots, while also using time travel during the mid-credits scene to erase a death that took place earlier in the film so as to avoid outraged howls from Internet folks about the wickedness of «fridging» tertiary female characters.

After all, this is the kind of show where a character mourns the death of his girlfriend in one episode, and then in the very next episode has sex with another colleague.

The first segment in Death Proof was made in Austin where I live, and while I was working at an Iron - On t - shirt shop there, the costume department had come in and bought quite a few shirts to use on screen - most notably the bootleg Tura Satana shirt worn by the «Shanna» character.

The film follows Weisz» expatriate character as she returns from New York after the death of her estranged rabbi father to the Orthodox Jewish community in North London where she grew up.

It's in this hand - off from one tone to another where Macdonald fumbles the ball, as he hasn't given us enough of an emotional connection between the characters in order to feel for their plight, or even care about Daisy's newfound romance, before they're all thrust into danger and having to propel themselves forward out of a sense of love that we feel is shallow and, in a real world sense, would likely have been forgotten in the face of the death and destruction that surrounds them.

It's certainly a darker turn for the character on film, but still set within a fun fantasy environment, where bullets fly and hit their targets, sans blood or damage, and the victims ham up their death throes.

Even though the characters face the threat of death for man and monster alike, there is still enough time for an unmarried couple to exchange a few kisses and sneak off together in a scene where sexual activity is implied.

Fast and Furious 7 brings the characters back to Los Angeles where Ian Shaw wants to avenge the death of his brother.

Numerous battle sequences occur where characters are killed by being fired upon or caught in explosions, and numerous deaths are implied.

Accidentally leaping to your death results in your character being neatly placed back to where they were in a matter of seconds, and most of the puzzles can be fumbled through without much resistance.

The film finds Hugh Jackman's titular character isolated in modern day Japan where he faces his ultimate nemesis «in a life - or - death battle that will leave him forever changed.»

Director Fede Alvarez's sophomore effort (Evil Dead re-make) is a well constructed, map of suspense, where the characters senses come into play, and the prospects of death are capable in every step taken.

The really great action movies are all about urgency — that life - and - death situation where the stakes couldn't be any higher and the main character doesn't have any other choice but to forge ahead.

When starting Fire Emblem Warriors, you have a choice between «Classic» mode, which says it features the telltale permanent death mechanic from the mainline games, or the more forgiving «Casual» mode, where characters don't leave the game forever after dying in battle, just like the option from the more recent 3DS Fire Emblem games.

In a time where the slasher genre has been done to death, it's difficult to create a new character that resonates with an audience.

Also, on a personal note, I'm sick to death of bad poster photoshop jobs where characters are lit by random nonsensical light sources — but not here.

Blu - ray Highlight: Anchor Bay may have chosen quantity over quality in the special features department, but there are a few extras worth watching, including a featurette on the «Legend of Spartacus» with the show's historical consultants, and another one aptly titled «Famous Last Words» where the actors talk about their characters» deaths.

You've got your death of a beloved character, a high speed car chase, a «mole on the inside,» and some temporary refuge at a safe house where a new character is conveniently introduced to help our heroes.

Rowling's first foray into adult fiction, set in a picturesque British village where Barry Fairbrother's unexpected death causes a casual vacancy on the village council, is read in various British dialects by Hollander, who does a bang - up job with all of the characters.

With a vast array of characters, overflowing with incident, the novel re-creates an era when the personal and political are separated by a hairbreadth, where success brings unlimited power but a single failure means death.

There were of course times of user - error, where I would cause my character's death by slow response times or completely releasing my grip off a rock cliff, inciting my companion to scream at their loss from my death (NATHAAAAAN!!!

Sadly this lack of any intelligence shows up in the boss battles too; epic fights against Wolverine or Gambit should be a deadly dance of death, but in reality both characters have just a few simple moves at their disposal and have a rather peculiar tendency to attack absolutely nothing, leaving the locked in an attack animation where you can happily batter them black and blue.

Deaths in the game are made even more hurtful when the main character asks you if you have the controller in a place where the sun doesn't shine.

This is the world of comics where strange things happen all the time, where people manage to inexplicably pull off awesome poses, and where death doesn't hold much emotional weight because the character will be back by next week.

Accidentally leaping to your death results in your character being neatly placed back to where they were in a matter of seconds, and most of the puzzles can be fumbled through without much resistance.

It's during these moments where characters like Gunnulf face their untimely deaths and where becoming well versed in the game's mechanics really counts.

When starting Fire Emblem Warriors, you have a choice between «Classic» mode, which says it features the telltale permanent death mechanic from the mainline games, or the more forgiving «Casual» mode, where characters don't leave the game forever after dying in battle, just like the option from the more recent 3DS Fire Emblem games.

Small touches like different death animations depending on where your character is hit (and even the forced removal of headgear if someone just misses you) add a huge bundle of personality, which is without even mentioning the game's best visual feature: The colour of your controller's lightbar matches that of your character, meaning if a spectator walks in to the room there is no need for the annoying «Which one is you?»

And if one of your heroes is weak you'd better believe that the enemy will recognise and target them — any amount of damage that would reduce a character's HP to 0 or below leaves them at «death's door», where one damage will kill but they have an increased dodge chance.

And in a world where death is around every corner, it's no surprise that Stoic's scriptwriters are as quick to kill off key characters as George RR Martin.

Sega's classic arcade beat -»em - up game, Golden Axe puts in the shoes of one of three heroes, each with his own reason for trying to overthrow the evil rule of Death - Adder, who - along with his forces of darkness - kidnapped and imprisoned the King and his daughter and stole the legendary Golden Axe.This is a horizontal fighting game, where you basically take one of the three characters (a warrior, a dwarf or an amazon) and bash everything which stands between you and Death Adder himself.

Exile Election is set in a closed amusement park where 12 characters take part in a death game.