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But today's G.O.P. is a pale imitation of that party.

It's fine, but it's a pale imitation of the original.

I felt like Halo 4 was pale imitation of previous Halos.

This beakless penguin screeching in a pale imitation of my beloved Chewbacca?

A 2005 remake, starring Paris Hilton, was a pale imitation of the original.

Everything I was being offered at that point was a pale imitation of Emma.

But these reviews discuss the similarities like Practical Magic's version is just a pale imitation.

To watch other players sliding on hardcourts is a pale imitation of the art Djokovic has perfected.

When I finished Dark Souls 2, I wanted more; it felt like a pale imitation of the original.

Scarif's placid waters and white sands seemed a pale imitation of Lah'mu's grandeur, but they would have to do.

He finished the job by sprinkling salt flakes from on high, in a pale imitation of the master's style.

It's a pale imitation of the more dynamic musically-driven battle sequences in Guardians of the Galaxy or Thor: Ragnarok.

"It's bound to be a pale imitation of the original, with all due respects to [producer] Mark Wolper," he says.

If you've seen literally any of the other shows that are similar to it, it will feel like a pale imitation.

Now think about your maps app in 2011 — a godsend, to be sure, but a pale imitation of its 2016 counterpart.

South Africa were desperate, the West Indies disappointing, Sri Lanka a pale imitation of themselves and Pakistan as wildly inconsistent as ever.

Or they were told that there was Canadian literature, but it was just a pale imitation of English literature or American literature.

He walked out a pale imitation of the mainstream, a man with a deeply racist past trying desperately to cover it up.

The president's top advisers are constantly at war with one another, struggling over influence in a pale imitation of Game of Thrones.

When Instagram first arrived on Windows Phones in 2013, it was a somewhat pale imitation of the experience you get on Android and iOS.

The movie is a pale imitation of its predecessor, but it will nonetheless offer a pleasant distraction for lots of moviegoers during the holidays.

It was intriguing, then, that the final Clásico of the decade this week seemed to be such a pale imitation of what has gone before.

Turns out, Hanks took the whole controversy in stride: "Well, I've been doing a pale imitation of Bill Murray for most of my career," he joked.

Today, virtually every new smartphone on the market is either a pale imitation of the iPhone or owes its success to the iPhone's influence on smartphone design.

Disneyfied and assembly-lined, twenty-first-century New York is becoming a pale imitation of its former self, a Potemkin village of what a city used to be.

A special working group consisting of Kremlin-appointed "representatives" from various social and professional groups—a pale imitation of an independent civil society—is preparing additional proposed amendments.

It's a shame that, in our collective desperation to treat Christmas as a Coca-Cola commercial, we've ended up with a pale imitation of a beautiful and emotionally nuanced song.

But what they will get will be a pale imitation, a simulacrum, designed by executives in boardrooms, decided by power brokers in private, staged for the benefit of the television cameras.

As coiffed (by the wigmaker Charles G. LaPointe) and attired (by William Ivey Long) with a newly punkish edge, this Beetlejuice is no pale imitation of Mr. Keaton or anyone else.

" But, she added, she is wary of "a kind of pale imitation of Glenn—people who may be partly inspired by him, but don't have the nuance or intelligence that he has.

The purpose of the showcase was to get people pumped for the match, and so the YouTubers all got on stage to rile each other up, in a pale imitation of WWE Kabuki.

Instagram Stories do more or less the same thing, including the ephemerality, and lest you think this is just a pale imitation of the Snapchat platform, get a load of Instagram's new, full-screen interface.

That's what building a show dependent on something else can do: permanently relegating you to also-ran status, because you're never more than a pale imitation of the thing that people really want to be watching.

They say the tool Facebook has rolled out is a pale imitation of what was promised and the watered-down version available in Ireland doesn't allow users to see who is paying to influence the vote.

Bulgarian Dimitrov was dubbed 'Baby Fed' for his similarity in style to the Swiss master but after briefly troubling the four-times Australian Open champion to win the second set, he looked more pale imitation than doppelganger.

Yet Mr Woods has demonstrated emphatically that even if he is a pale imitation of the player he was at his peak, his late-career incarnation is still good enough to beat most of today's elite players.

As a result, no Google Play Store—while you can find some big name apps in the Amazon App Store, it's largely a pale imitation of Google's equivalent, as developers shun the extra work a port requires.

He's perpetually mistaken for a talking cat as he shuffles around manipulating Bean and anyone else foolish enough to listen to him, but he feels like a pale imitation of Big Mouth's Maurice the Hormone Monster and Connie the Hormone Monstress.

With the French Open starting on Sunday, three-times grand slam winner Murray looks a pale imitation of the player who won his last 24 matches of 2016 to knock Novak Djokovic off his pedestal and seize power in men's tennis.

The usually sweet-shooting Warriors were a pale imitation of the record-setting squad from the regular season in a 115-101 loss on Thursday to a Cleveland Cavaliers team that looks determined to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

Her decision to quit is hardly a major surprise as she has been a pale imitation of her former self since returning in 2017 from the 15-month ban for taking prohibited heart drug meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open.

Soft guitar and even softer vocals accompany lyrics about longing — for someone, a feeling, a moment in the past — making Walls feel like a pale imitation of One Direction's booming rock-inspired pop rather than an entity of its own.

Shop Soylent at AmazonYC Batch: Summer 2012Soylent is the divisive protein- and mineral-packed drink that draws ire for being a pale imitation of a real meal, but also attracts an equally large base of loyal fans for being so convenient to drink.

In a pale imitation of the "Coming to America" interludes that were some of the best moments of season 1, Mr. Ibis (Demore Barnes) tells a version of the myth of Zeus and Io that ends with Hera giving Argus new life in America.

As much as any policy tensions or messaging debate within the party, this question of tone — of how to combat Mr. Trump effectively without slipping into a pale imitation — is perhaps the central divide of this Democratic moment (and the next one, with the 2020 campaign looming).

Perhaps that is thanks to the recent release of the second season of Netflix's "Master of None", compared with which "The Big Sick" feels at times like a pale imitation (when the film premiered at Sundance festival to critical acclaim, the new season had not yet been launched).

In those days it was standard for white singers to cover R&B hits, and Pat Boone's pale imitation outsold the original -- an injustice regularly revisited in rock 'n' roll documentaries -- but when Domino followed up a year later with "Blueberry Hill," he left the white covers far behind.

Those in a forgiving mood might argue that this comparison is based on little more than the vague physical resemblance which saw The Telegraph, The Daily Mail and the like herald May as the new 'Iron Lady', despite all the evidence suggesting that she is a pale imitation of her predecessor.

But the strategy ultimately did the trick: The original Keyboard Component was cancelled with maybe 4,000 units created (making it a rarity), and the Basic Discovery System, which was a pale imitation of the original idea, actually saw release—with the FTC getting off of Mattel's back in early 33.

I assumed when I started the first episode of Harlots that I was in for a largely forgettable hour, as the show's been largely packaged and sold as a soapy exploration of catfights set to a cheekily modern soundtrack (a once-novel approach that's become staler with every pale imitation since Sofia Coppola's 2006 film Marie Antoinette).

Reviews of the game criticized its quality, saying A Game of Dwarves was a pale imitation of Dungeon Keeper and "astonishingly ugly".

OPM UK criticized the game as a "pale imitation of Final Fantasy VII with its heart ripped out" and gave it a score of 4 out of 10.

The film was negatively received. Judge Patrick Naugle of DVD Verdict called it "a pale imitation of the two previous films" and said that the television movie lacked the creative wit and humor of the two feature films.

Rolling Stone, 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2017 Music critic Tony Fletcher responded to the chant of "We Are the Clash" with the words "No you're not... you're a pale imitation of Sham 69 at the disco".

Chesterton married Frances Blogg in 1901; the marriage lasted the rest of his life. Chesterton credited Frances with leading him back to Anglicanism, though he later considered Anglicanism to be a "pale imitation". He entered full communion with the Catholic Church in 1922.. The couple were unable to have children.

March 11, 1987. 27. Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film one-and-a-half stars out of four and called it "a pale imitation of 'The Karate Kid' with Burt as the master instructor."Siskel, Gene (March 13, 1987). "Flick of Week: Burt Reynolds' 'Heat' is only on slow simmer".

While it had no direct effect on comics at the time, it has come to be seen as a precursor to the Canadian graphic novel. Early editorial cartooning lacked a local flavour, tending to be a pale imitation of American examples. It tended to be cheery, non-confrontational, and supported good causes.

In November 2007, Sony Entertainment Television began airing Ugly Betty in South America with Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. However, in Colombia, criticisms over the American version were made, calling it a pale imitation and counterfeit copy of the original version.Garcia, Maria Antonia (January 24, 2007). "'Ugly Betty's' TV Triumph is Colombia's Shame ", El Tiempo.

In NME, Nick Logan regarded it as a pale imitation of the guitarist José Feliciano's 1968 Feliciano! album, which was one of the year's best-selling records. With the exception of Astral Weeks title track, Logan felt the compositions were indistinguishable and "suffer from being stuck in the same groove throughout".Rogan (2006), pp. 246–47.

The oak tree withered after Wright paved over its roots. The house cost almost twice what Wright had estimated. Yet the NRHP nomination concludes: The Smith House is no pale imitation of earlier Usonian or Prairie School houses. It is the result of a natural and vital design evolution still underway in the mind of one of the world's greatest architects.

The SCAP saw shingeki as a replacement for kabuki theatre. They also saw Western drama being produced in Japan as a way to promote Western thoughts and ideals. They attempted to use shingeki as a medium for propaganda and reform Japanese theatre, making it more Western. However, they failed to see that shingeki was more than just a pale imitation of Western theatre.

College was heavily panned by critics. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes holds the film at a 5% rating, based on 43 reviews, with an average rating of 2.47/10. The site's consensus reads: "A pale imitation of the raunchy frat comedies of old, College aims low and misses." On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 15 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".

A reviewer of Billboard enjoyed the single, comparing it to Gwen Stefani and Blondie's work, but considered it "hardly a proper intro" on The Orange Album, however, the reviewer praised it for being a "delectably bubble gum" song. A critic from CMJ New Music Monthly was displeased with "Chelsea", stating that it's a "pale imitation of [a] classic decade-of-decadence act", referencing the song's sampling of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)".

The film received mixed reviews upon its release; some critics dubbed the film a pale imitation of Chinatown, while others applauded it as a modern film noir masterpiece which remained true to Ellroy's original novel. The film garnered writer/director Jason Freeland the Prize of the City of Grândola at the Festróia-Tróia International Film Festival, and also received the Jury Award for Best Premiere at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival.

Ed Gonzalez gave the film two and a half stars in Slant Magazine, describing it as "ambitious for a small-screen enterprise, preferable to the embarrassment of 1998's The Phantom of the Opera but still a pale imitation of the director's early giallos." He identified the gruesome murders and the motor scooter chase sequence as the highlights. The film was nominated for Best TV-Movie at the 2006 Barcelona Film Awards.

A direct-to-video followup, The Fox and the Hound 2, was released to DVD on December 12, 2006. The film takes place during the youth of Tod and Copper, before the events of the later half of the first film. The story-line involves Copper being tempted to join a band of singing stray dogs, thus threatening his friendship with Tod. The film was critically panned, with critics calling it a pale imitation of its predecessor.

Veidt embarked on a vision quest, following the route of his childhood idol Alexander the Great. During an excursion into the Middle East, Veidt consumed a ball of hashish and saw visions of the past. As he finished his travels in Egypt, he realized that Alexander was a pale imitation of Ramesses II, who became Veidt's new hero. On returning to the US, he began training himself to achieve peak physical condition, becoming a world-class gymnast in the process.

Several other Sardanapale operas based on Byron's play were completed by the composers Victorin de Joncières, Alphonse Duvernoy, Giulio Alary, and the Baronne de Maistre, and one was projected by the young Ildebrando Pizzetti. In 1901 the Prix de Rome committee selected Fernand Beissier's Myrrha, a pale imitation of Sardanapalus, as the text to be set. The prize was won by André Caplet on this occasion, but Maurice Ravel's entry is the only one of the 1901 entries to remain in the repertoire.

Doomsday was not screened for critics in advance of its commercial opening in cinemas. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 51% based on reviews from 72 critics, with an average rating of 5.23/10. The website's consensus reads, "Doomsday is a pale imitation of previous futuristic thrillers, minus the cohesive narrative and charismatic leads." On Metacritic it has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on reviews from 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

It was written before Abū Shākir's ordination as a deacon in or about 1260. The Chronicon has often been dismissed as a pale imitation of the Kitāb, but it does have some independent value. Its chronological ordering is generally trustworthy, but its absolute dates are not. The chronology of the Chronicon is provided by the Old Testament down to the time of Jesus, then by the Roman emperors down to Muḥammad and finally by the rulers of Islamic Egypt and Syria down to his own day.

However, critics claim that the essence of Eastern liturgical practice is to pray in a language which is understood by the people, and that Church Slavonic has ceased to be such a language, becoming a pale imitation of the Western practice of using Latin to promote unity. The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church has a large presence in many non- Slavic countries, with numerous eparchies and parishes in the diaspora, exacerbating the problem of parishioners not understanding what is being celebrated as well as raising issues of assimilation.

Alexis Petrids of The Guardian noted although some may see the single as "generic", and "currently pop's factory-default setting", he ascertained the song was "a superior example of the type, furnished with an effortlessly unshakeable chorus". Although Harry Guerin of RTÉ noted the production and formula of the music was a flaw of the album, he noted that that technique worked in "Bad Boys". Simon Price of The Independent was more critical of the song, calling it a "pale imitation" of Britney Spears' "Womanizer".

Tyler Lewis of PopMatters called Raymond v. Raymond a "cynically commercial and desperate album" and viewed it as a "pale imitation" of Usher's Confessions. The Village Voices Rich Juzwiak called its confessional nature "wan" and compared its songs negatively to "pick-up lines: Their immediate success varies, but none are particularly memorable". In a positive review, Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times felt that the album emphasizes "the wily lothario of yore" in response to "Usher fans disappointed by the change in direction his wedding inspired".

It was clear that, far from just being a demonstration of academic knowledge, degrees were seen as a test of one's ability to exercise public office, and therefore it was only fitting that they should be brought under tight state control. For the government, academic examinations were a matter of national sovereignty, which could not be entrusted to foreign universities. Automatically recognising foreign diplomas was out of the question. The authorities decided, as a minimum, to re-establish the cours supérieurs at the Athénée, which were, however, just a pale imitation of higher education.

The Random Years received a mixed response from critics. David Kronke of the Los Angeles Daily News praised its focus on post-graduate life, and felt it would benefit from better scripts. Sandell wrote the storylines were entertaining yet formulaic, and Caryn James for The New York Times summed up the show as "not painfully bad, just by-the-numbers and predictable". Some critics dismissed it as a failed attempt to recreate a sitcom similar to Friends, while Scott Sandell described it as a pale imitation of Seinfeld.

They felt that Computer Space, a single-player game without the central gravity well of the original game, was a pale imitation of Spacewar, while their own Galaxy Game was a superior adaptation of the game. In November 1971, the Galaxy Game prototype debuted. The veneered walnut console, complete with seats for players, was located on the second floor of the building and connected to the PDP-11 in the attic by a 100-foot cable. It was very successful; Pitts later said that the machine attracted crowds of people "ten- deep" watching the players.

Kevin Carr of 7M Pictures gave the film two stars out of five, saying "The Fox and the Hound 2 is never going to live down as a classic, but it isn't terrible. It falls somewhere in the middle of the Disney DVD sequel spectrum." John J. Puccio of Movie Metropolis gave the film 4/10, writing "Like most sequels, it's a pale imitation of the original." The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that the film received a 20% approval rating with an average rating of 4/10 based on 10 reviews.

Myatt now hosts his own series – Virgin Virtuosos on Sky Arts, where he takes celebrities and recreates a famous painting. Myatt has said of his forgeries, > When I paint in the style of one of the greats… Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh… I > am not simply creating a copy or pale imitation of the original. Just as an > actor immerses himself into a character, I climb into the minds and lives of > each artist. I adopt their techniques and search for the inspiration behind > each great artist’s view of the world. Then, and only then, do I start to > paint a ‘Legitimate Fake’.

Sima said that the group disseminates material that is blatantly "anti-China" in nature and that the Chinese public has long grown irritated with "Falun Gong rhetoric." In another interview with The Daily Telegraph, Sima says that China is not ready for personal freedom, nor suited to one man, one vote. Liberals, he claims, want to do away with "Chineseness" and turn the country into a pale imitation of the West. After Charter 08 came out, Sima wrote on his blog that the charter was a dangerous attempt to promote a Chinese "color revolution", referring to pro-democracy movements in Ukraine and Georgia.

" A reviewer for Next Generation, after enumerating the improvements the Tournament Edition offers over the original game, concluded, "What does all this equal? Same game (albeit a good one), new package! Only Jam fanatics and the two guys who don't own the original need slam down the cash for this rehash." A GamePro critic covered the Tournament Edition release and was less forgiving of the Game Boy version's technical flaws, complaining of sprites with too little detail to discern which player is which during play, and summarizing the conversion as "a pale imitation of an otherwise great game.

Neil Young of The Hollywood Reporter reviewed the film negatively, commenting that "the impression is that De Palma is indulging himself with homages to his own Hitchcockian greatest hits, with results that veer close to self-parody on occasion and emphasize just how far this once-outstanding director's creative star has plummeted." Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times called the film a "sleekly trashy misfire". Ed Gonzalez of Slant Magazine gave the film 3 out of 4 stars. Bruce DeMara of Toronto Star gave the film 1.5 out of 4 stars, describing the film as "a pale imitation of the auteur's best work".

It's more dizzying than dazzling. Further mucking up the attempts at magical fantasy is a distracting, bombastic musical score and feeble attempts at humor. Seventh Son is thoroughly ill- conceived, a pale imitation of its more adventurous and breathtaking brethren." The Guardians Jordan Hoffman gave the movie two out of five stars and explained, "While Seventh Son has trace of Saturday afternoon fun, its unoriginal nature gets the better of it... There are flashes where you think Seventh Son is going to be wise enough to put a spin on the standard script, but by the end it just devolves into another loud, messy CGI brawl.

L.A. Park's target from the first night has been the new La Parka, claiming that he was just a pale imitation. During an AAA show on March 19, 2010 L.A. Park attacked La Parka and threw him through a table. In order to maintain the illusion that L.A. Park did not actually work for AAA, thus enhancing the tension between the two characters, L.A. Park later claimed that he came to AAA to beat up La Parka, and since he had done that on March 19 he wasn't sure if he even felt like returning to AAA. L.A. Park did however return to an AAA ring as he had another brawl with La Parka on AAA's April 18 television taping.

I'm encouraged by some of the continuing story threads that have been introduced [...] If the writers continue to develop characters as they've started with Irisa, "Defiance" could reach its potential and become more than an pale imitation of better sci-fi." Rowan Kaiser from The A.V. Club gave a B+ to the episode saying that it's not only a show with potential but it's good from the start. ""[...] and there are no major warning signs preventing it from maintaining or improving that quality. The future of the future on television may depend on it." Lisa Macklem from Spoiler TV said she had been anticipating the show’s first episode and she will definitely be tuning in to see how these stories play out.

After his return home in February 1919 he stated, "I have come from France more firmly convinced than ever that Negros should write Negro music. We have our own racial feeling and if we try to copy whites we will make bad copies ... We won France by playing music which was ours and not a pale imitation of others, and if we are to develop in America we must develop along our own lines." In 1919 Europe made more recordings for Pathé Records. These include both instrumentals and accompaniments with vocalist Noble Sissle who, with Eubie Blake, would later have great success with their 1921 production of Shuffle Along, which gives us the classic song "I'm Just Wild About Harry".

Bushnell felt that Galaxy Game was not a real competitor to Computer Space, due to its high price. Pitts and Tuck believed, however, that despite the economic argument their game was superior, as they felt that Galaxy Game was a true expansion of Spacewar, while Computer Space just a pale imitation. Some players at the time, however, believed Galaxy Game to actually be just a version of Spacewar!.High Score, p. 13 Galaxy Games prototype installation was very popular, though at a low price-per-game, and the pair developed a second version to display at the same location; they were never able to enter production, though, as they eventually had to abandon the idea after spending US$65,000 developing it due to the high cost and lack of business plan.

" In a negative review, Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter described the series as "a pale imitation" of the 1988 film, and went on to say that, "Having the high school tyranny associated with a gang of students who, in a different era, might have been marginalized produces a dark and almost reactionary undercurrent in which the disenfranchised aren't being bullied, but rather are wielding identity politics and political correctness as weapons". Leigh Monson of Birth.Movies.Death was similarly negative saying that she saw in the show's dynamics "a longing for the good old days when non- whites and queers knew their place." Monson concluded, "Heathers is a hateful, bigoted exercise in regression hiding behind the guise of dark comedy, and I can only hope it doesn't gain the Trumpian audience it so clearly craves.

Some accounts state that Jean Doumanian preferred instead Robert Townsend, but Eddie Murphy was added (as a featured player) starting with the fourth episode, after much convincing from her colleagues and staff. With its team of entirely new writers and cast members, the show was plagued by problems from the start and deemed a commercial disappointment by critics, and by viewers as reflected in the Nielsen ratings. For much of the season, the show was in turmoil and many critics wrote the show off as a pale imitation of its former glory due to budget cuts, lack of support that was promised to Jean Doumanian by either the network or her staff, and stiff competition from ABC's Fridays, which, at the time, enjoyed critical acclaim and was gaining popularity as a similarly-"edgy", late-night sketch show that aired on a weekend. On February 21, 1981, the show featured a parody of the "Who Shot J.R. Ewing?" episode from the hit TV show Dallas.

While some legislative changes were passed in December 2012, the Opposition and health sector lobbyists said the evidence-based advice from the Commission was disregarded by Collins and her predecessor Simon Power with the result that the final legislation "was a pale imitation of the landmark Law Commission report it was based on." Examples include Collins originally announcing a ban in May 2012 of ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages with 6 per cent alcohol or more from off- licenses. However, in the face of criticism from the liquor industry, she back-tracked on this ban, and three months later announced that the industry would develop its own voluntary code "to limit the harm to young people caused by RTDs". The Commission also recommended a 50 per cent tax increase on alcohol (which was dismissed immediately by the Government) and an increase in the purchase age, which was also dismissed after a conscience vote in September 2012.

But today's G.O.P. is a pale imitation of that party. from The New York Times
It's fine, but it's a pale imitation of the original. from Vice
I felt like Halo 4 was pale imitation of previous Halos. from Vice
This beakless penguin screeching in a pale imitation of my beloved Chewbacca? from Vice
A 2005 remake, starring Paris Hilton, was a pale imitation of the original. from CNBC
Everything I was being offered at that point was a pale imitation of Emma. from People
But these reviews discuss the similarities like Practical Magic's version is just a pale imitation. from Vox
To watch other players sliding on hardcourts is a pale imitation of the art Djokovic has perfected. from The New York Times
When I finished Dark Souls 2, I wanted more; it felt like a pale imitation of the original. from Vice
Scarif's placid waters and white sands seemed a pale imitation of Lah'mu's grandeur, but they would have to do. from Mashable
He finished the job by sprinkling salt flakes from on high, in a pale imitation of the master's style. from The New York Times
It's a pale imitation of the more dynamic musically-driven battle sequences in Guardians of the Galaxy or Thor: Ragnarok. from Mashable
"It's bound to be a pale imitation of the original, with all due respects to [producer] Mark Wolper," he says. from Mashable
If you've seen literally any of the other shows that are similar to it, it will feel like a pale imitation. from Vox
Now think about your maps app in 2011 — a godsend, to be sure, but a pale imitation of its 2016 counterpart. from The Verge
South Africa were desperate, the West Indies disappointing, Sri Lanka a pale imitation of themselves and Pakistan as wildly inconsistent as ever. from Economist
Or they were told that there was Canadian literature, but it was just a pale imitation of English literature or American literature. from Vox
He walked out a pale imitation of the mainstream, a man with a deeply racist past trying desperately to cover it up. from Vox
The president's top advisers are constantly at war with one another, struggling over influence in a pale imitation of Game of Thrones. from Vox
When Instagram first arrived on Windows Phones in 2013, it was a somewhat pale imitation of the experience you get on Android and iOS. from Mashable
The movie is a pale imitation of its predecessor, but it will nonetheless offer a pleasant distraction for lots of moviegoers during the holidays. from Vox
It was intriguing, then, that the final Clásico of the decade this week seemed to be such a pale imitation of what has gone before. from The New York Times
Turns out, Hanks took the whole controversy in stride: "Well, I've been doing a pale imitation of Bill Murray for most of my career," he joked. from People
Today, virtually every new smartphone on the market is either a pale imitation of the iPhone or owes its success to the iPhone's influence on smartphone design. from Mashable
Disneyfied and assembly-lined, twenty-first-century New York is becoming a pale imitation of its former self, a Potemkin village of what a city used to be. from Vice
A special working group consisting of Kremlin-appointed "representatives" from various social and professional groups—a pale imitation of an independent civil society—is preparing additional proposed amendments. from Business Insider
It's a shame that, in our collective desperation to treat Christmas as a Coca-Cola commercial, we've ended up with a pale imitation of a beautiful and emotionally nuanced song. from Vice
But what they will get will be a pale imitation, a simulacrum, designed by executives in boardrooms, decided by power brokers in private, staged for the benefit of the television cameras. from The New York Times
As coiffed (by the wigmaker Charles G. LaPointe) and attired (by William Ivey Long) with a newly punkish edge, this Beetlejuice is no pale imitation of Mr. Keaton or anyone else. from The New York Times
" But, she added, she is wary of "a kind of pale imitation of Glenn—people who may be partly inspired by him, but don't have the nuance or intelligence that he has. from New Yorker
The purpose of the showcase was to get people pumped for the match, and so the YouTubers all got on stage to rile each other up, in a pale imitation of WWE Kabuki. from The Verge
Instagram Stories do more or less the same thing, including the ephemerality, and lest you think this is just a pale imitation of the Snapchat platform, get a load of Instagram's new, full-screen interface. from Mashable
That's what building a show dependent on something else can do: permanently relegating you to also-ran status, because you're never more than a pale imitation of the thing that people really want to be watching. from The Verge
They say the tool Facebook has rolled out is a pale imitation of what was promised and the watered-down version available in Ireland doesn't allow users to see who is paying to influence the vote. from Vice News
Bulgarian Dimitrov was dubbed 'Baby Fed' for his similarity in style to the Swiss master but after briefly troubling the four-times Australian Open champion to win the second set, he looked more pale imitation than doppelganger. from Reuters
Yet Mr Woods has demonstrated emphatically that even if he is a pale imitation of the player he was at his peak, his late-career incarnation is still good enough to beat most of today's elite players. from Economist
As a result, no Google Play Store—while you can find some big name apps in the Amazon App Store, it's largely a pale imitation of Google's equivalent, as developers shun the extra work a port requires. from Gizmodo
He's perpetually mistaken for a talking cat as he shuffles around manipulating Bean and anyone else foolish enough to listen to him, but he feels like a pale imitation of Big Mouth's Maurice the Hormone Monster and Connie the Hormone Monstress. from The Verge
With the French Open starting on Sunday, three-times grand slam winner Murray looks a pale imitation of the player who won his last 24 matches of 2016 to knock Novak Djokovic off his pedestal and seize power in men's tennis. from Reuters
The usually sweet-shooting Warriors were a pale imitation of the record-setting squad from the regular season in a 115-101 loss on Thursday to a Cleveland Cavaliers team that looks determined to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. from Reuters
Her decision to quit is hardly a major surprise as she has been a pale imitation of her former self since returning in 2017 from the 15-month ban for taking prohibited heart drug meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open. from Reuters
Soft guitar and even softer vocals accompany lyrics about longing — for someone, a feeling, a moment in the past — making Walls feel like a pale imitation of One Direction's booming rock-inspired pop rather than an entity of its own. from Vox
Shop Soylent at AmazonYC Batch: Summer 2012Soylent is the divisive protein- and mineral-packed drink that draws ire for being a pale imitation of a real meal, but also attracts an equally large base of loyal fans for being so convenient to drink. from Business Insider
In a pale imitation of the "Coming to America" interludes that were some of the best moments of season 1, Mr. Ibis (Demore Barnes) tells a version of the myth of Zeus and Io that ends with Hera giving Argus new life in America. from The Verge
As much as any policy tensions or messaging debate within the party, this question of tone — of how to combat Mr. Trump effectively without slipping into a pale imitation — is perhaps the central divide of this Democratic moment (and the next one, with the 2020 campaign looming). from The New York Times
Perhaps that is thanks to the recent release of the second season of Netflix's "Master of None", compared with which "The Big Sick" feels at times like a pale imitation (when the film premiered at Sundance festival to critical acclaim, the new season had not yet been launched). from Economist
In those days it was standard for white singers to cover R&B hits, and Pat Boone's pale imitation outsold the original -- an injustice regularly revisited in rock 'n' roll documentaries -- but when Domino followed up a year later with "Blueberry Hill," he left the white covers far behind. from CNN
Those in a forgiving mood might argue that this comparison is based on little more than the vague physical resemblance which saw The Telegraph, The Daily Mail and the like herald May as the new 'Iron Lady', despite all the evidence suggesting that she is a pale imitation of her predecessor. from Vice
But the strategy ultimately did the trick: The original Keyboard Component was cancelled with maybe 4,000 units created (making it a rarity), and the Basic Discovery System, which was a pale imitation of the original idea, actually saw release—with the FTC getting off of Mattel's back in early 33. from Vice
I assumed when I started the first episode of Harlots that I was in for a largely forgettable hour, as the show's been largely packaged and sold as a soapy exploration of catfights set to a cheekily modern soundtrack (a once-novel approach that's become staler with every pale imitation since Sofia Coppola's 2006 film Marie Antoinette). from Vox
Reviews of the game criticized its quality, saying A Game of Dwarves was a pale imitation of Dungeon Keeper and "astonishingly ugly".
OPM UK criticized the game as a "pale imitation of Final Fantasy VII with its heart ripped out" and gave it a score of 4 out of 10.
The film was negatively received. Judge Patrick Naugle of DVD Verdict called it "a pale imitation of the two previous films" and said that the television movie lacked the creative wit and humor of the two feature films.
Rolling Stone, 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2017 Music critic Tony Fletcher responded to the chant of "We Are the Clash" with the words "No you're not... you're a pale imitation of Sham 69 at the disco".
Chesterton married Frances Blogg in 1901; the marriage lasted the rest of his life. Chesterton credited Frances with leading him back to Anglicanism, though he later considered Anglicanism to be a "pale imitation". He entered full communion with the Catholic Church in 1922.. The couple were unable to have children.
March 11, 1987. 27. Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film one-and-a-half stars out of four and called it "a pale imitation of 'The Karate Kid' with Burt as the master instructor."Siskel, Gene (March 13, 1987). "Flick of Week: Burt Reynolds' 'Heat' is only on slow simmer".
While it had no direct effect on comics at the time, it has come to be seen as a precursor to the Canadian graphic novel. Early editorial cartooning lacked a local flavour, tending to be a pale imitation of American examples. It tended to be cheery, non-confrontational, and supported good causes.
In November 2007, Sony Entertainment Television began airing Ugly Betty in South America with Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. However, in Colombia, criticisms over the American version were made, calling it a pale imitation and counterfeit copy of the original version.Garcia, Maria Antonia (January 24, 2007). "'Ugly Betty's' TV Triumph is Colombia's Shame ", El Tiempo.
In NME, Nick Logan regarded it as a pale imitation of the guitarist José Feliciano's 1968 Feliciano! album, which was one of the year's best-selling records. With the exception of Astral Weeks title track, Logan felt the compositions were indistinguishable and "suffer from being stuck in the same groove throughout".Rogan (2006), pp. 246–47.
The oak tree withered after Wright paved over its roots. The house cost almost twice what Wright had estimated. Yet the NRHP nomination concludes: The Smith House is no pale imitation of earlier Usonian or Prairie School houses. It is the result of a natural and vital design evolution still underway in the mind of one of the world's greatest architects.
The SCAP saw shingeki as a replacement for kabuki theatre. They also saw Western drama being produced in Japan as a way to promote Western thoughts and ideals. They attempted to use shingeki as a medium for propaganda and reform Japanese theatre, making it more Western. However, they failed to see that shingeki was more than just a pale imitation of Western theatre.
College was heavily panned by critics. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes holds the film at a 5% rating, based on 43 reviews, with an average rating of 2.47/10. The site's consensus reads: "A pale imitation of the raunchy frat comedies of old, College aims low and misses." On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 15 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".
A reviewer of Billboard enjoyed the single, comparing it to Gwen Stefani and Blondie's work, but considered it "hardly a proper intro" on The Orange Album, however, the reviewer praised it for being a "delectably bubble gum" song. A critic from CMJ New Music Monthly was displeased with "Chelsea", stating that it's a "pale imitation of [a] classic decade-of-decadence act", referencing the song's sampling of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)".
The film received mixed reviews upon its release; some critics dubbed the film a pale imitation of Chinatown, while others applauded it as a modern film noir masterpiece which remained true to Ellroy's original novel. The film garnered writer/director Jason Freeland the Prize of the City of Grândola at the Festróia-Tróia International Film Festival, and also received the Jury Award for Best Premiere at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival.
Ed Gonzalez gave the film two and a half stars in Slant Magazine, describing it as "ambitious for a small-screen enterprise, preferable to the embarrassment of 1998's The Phantom of the Opera but still a pale imitation of the director's early giallos." He identified the gruesome murders and the motor scooter chase sequence as the highlights. The film was nominated for Best TV-Movie at the 2006 Barcelona Film Awards.
A direct-to-video followup, The Fox and the Hound 2, was released to DVD on December 12, 2006. The film takes place during the youth of Tod and Copper, before the events of the later half of the first film. The story-line involves Copper being tempted to join a band of singing stray dogs, thus threatening his friendship with Tod. The film was critically panned, with critics calling it a pale imitation of its predecessor.
Veidt embarked on a vision quest, following the route of his childhood idol Alexander the Great. During an excursion into the Middle East, Veidt consumed a ball of hashish and saw visions of the past. As he finished his travels in Egypt, he realized that Alexander was a pale imitation of Ramesses II, who became Veidt's new hero. On returning to the US, he began training himself to achieve peak physical condition, becoming a world-class gymnast in the process.
Several other Sardanapale operas based on Byron's play were completed by the composers Victorin de Joncières, Alphonse Duvernoy, Giulio Alary, and the Baronne de Maistre, and one was projected by the young Ildebrando Pizzetti. In 1901 the Prix de Rome committee selected Fernand Beissier's Myrrha, a pale imitation of Sardanapalus, as the text to be set. The prize was won by André Caplet on this occasion, but Maurice Ravel's entry is the only one of the 1901 entries to remain in the repertoire.
Doomsday was not screened for critics in advance of its commercial opening in cinemas. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 51% based on reviews from 72 critics, with an average rating of 5.23/10. The website's consensus reads, "Doomsday is a pale imitation of previous futuristic thrillers, minus the cohesive narrative and charismatic leads." On Metacritic it has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on reviews from 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
It was written before Abū Shākir's ordination as a deacon in or about 1260. The Chronicon has often been dismissed as a pale imitation of the Kitāb, but it does have some independent value. Its chronological ordering is generally trustworthy, but its absolute dates are not. The chronology of the Chronicon is provided by the Old Testament down to the time of Jesus, then by the Roman emperors down to Muḥammad and finally by the rulers of Islamic Egypt and Syria down to his own day.
However, critics claim that the essence of Eastern liturgical practice is to pray in a language which is understood by the people, and that Church Slavonic has ceased to be such a language, becoming a pale imitation of the Western practice of using Latin to promote unity. The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church has a large presence in many non- Slavic countries, with numerous eparchies and parishes in the diaspora, exacerbating the problem of parishioners not understanding what is being celebrated as well as raising issues of assimilation.
Alexis Petrids of The Guardian noted although some may see the single as "generic", and "currently pop's factory-default setting", he ascertained the song was "a superior example of the type, furnished with an effortlessly unshakeable chorus". Although Harry Guerin of RTÉ noted the production and formula of the music was a flaw of the album, he noted that that technique worked in "Bad Boys". Simon Price of The Independent was more critical of the song, calling it a "pale imitation" of Britney Spears' "Womanizer".
Tyler Lewis of PopMatters called Raymond v. Raymond a "cynically commercial and desperate album" and viewed it as a "pale imitation" of Usher's Confessions. The Village Voices Rich Juzwiak called its confessional nature "wan" and compared its songs negatively to "pick-up lines: Their immediate success varies, but none are particularly memorable". In a positive review, Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times felt that the album emphasizes "the wily lothario of yore" in response to "Usher fans disappointed by the change in direction his wedding inspired".
It was clear that, far from just being a demonstration of academic knowledge, degrees were seen as a test of one's ability to exercise public office, and therefore it was only fitting that they should be brought under tight state control. For the government, academic examinations were a matter of national sovereignty, which could not be entrusted to foreign universities. Automatically recognising foreign diplomas was out of the question. The authorities decided, as a minimum, to re-establish the cours supérieurs at the Athénée, which were, however, just a pale imitation of higher education.
The Random Years received a mixed response from critics. David Kronke of the Los Angeles Daily News praised its focus on post-graduate life, and felt it would benefit from better scripts. Sandell wrote the storylines were entertaining yet formulaic, and Caryn James for The New York Times summed up the show as "not painfully bad, just by-the-numbers and predictable". Some critics dismissed it as a failed attempt to recreate a sitcom similar to Friends, while Scott Sandell described it as a pale imitation of Seinfeld.
They felt that Computer Space, a single-player game without the central gravity well of the original game, was a pale imitation of Spacewar, while their own Galaxy Game was a superior adaptation of the game. In November 1971, the Galaxy Game prototype debuted. The veneered walnut console, complete with seats for players, was located on the second floor of the building and connected to the PDP-11 in the attic by a 100-foot cable. It was very successful; Pitts later said that the machine attracted crowds of people "ten- deep" watching the players.
Kevin Carr of 7M Pictures gave the film two stars out of five, saying "The Fox and the Hound 2 is never going to live down as a classic, but it isn't terrible. It falls somewhere in the middle of the Disney DVD sequel spectrum." John J. Puccio of Movie Metropolis gave the film 4/10, writing "Like most sequels, it's a pale imitation of the original." The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that the film received a 20% approval rating with an average rating of 4/10 based on 10 reviews.
Myatt now hosts his own series – Virgin Virtuosos on Sky Arts, where he takes celebrities and recreates a famous painting. Myatt has said of his forgeries, > When I paint in the style of one of the greats… Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh… I > am not simply creating a copy or pale imitation of the original. Just as an > actor immerses himself into a character, I climb into the minds and lives of > each artist. I adopt their techniques and search for the inspiration behind > each great artist’s view of the world. Then, and only then, do I start to > paint a ‘Legitimate Fake’.
Sima said that the group disseminates material that is blatantly "anti-China" in nature and that the Chinese public has long grown irritated with "Falun Gong rhetoric." In another interview with The Daily Telegraph, Sima says that China is not ready for personal freedom, nor suited to one man, one vote. Liberals, he claims, want to do away with "Chineseness" and turn the country into a pale imitation of the West. After Charter 08 came out, Sima wrote on his blog that the charter was a dangerous attempt to promote a Chinese "color revolution", referring to pro-democracy movements in Ukraine and Georgia.
" A reviewer for Next Generation, after enumerating the improvements the Tournament Edition offers over the original game, concluded, "What does all this equal? Same game (albeit a good one), new package! Only Jam fanatics and the two guys who don't own the original need slam down the cash for this rehash." A GamePro critic covered the Tournament Edition release and was less forgiving of the Game Boy version's technical flaws, complaining of sprites with too little detail to discern which player is which during play, and summarizing the conversion as "a pale imitation of an otherwise great game.
Neil Young of The Hollywood Reporter reviewed the film negatively, commenting that "the impression is that De Palma is indulging himself with homages to his own Hitchcockian greatest hits, with results that veer close to self-parody on occasion and emphasize just how far this once-outstanding director's creative star has plummeted." Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times called the film a "sleekly trashy misfire". Ed Gonzalez of Slant Magazine gave the film 3 out of 4 stars. Bruce DeMara of Toronto Star gave the film 1.5 out of 4 stars, describing the film as "a pale imitation of the auteur's best work".
It's more dizzying than dazzling. Further mucking up the attempts at magical fantasy is a distracting, bombastic musical score and feeble attempts at humor. Seventh Son is thoroughly ill- conceived, a pale imitation of its more adventurous and breathtaking brethren." The Guardians Jordan Hoffman gave the movie two out of five stars and explained, "While Seventh Son has trace of Saturday afternoon fun, its unoriginal nature gets the better of it... There are flashes where you think Seventh Son is going to be wise enough to put a spin on the standard script, but by the end it just devolves into another loud, messy CGI brawl.
L.A. Park's target from the first night has been the new La Parka, claiming that he was just a pale imitation. During an AAA show on March 19, 2010 L.A. Park attacked La Parka and threw him through a table. In order to maintain the illusion that L.A. Park did not actually work for AAA, thus enhancing the tension between the two characters, L.A. Park later claimed that he came to AAA to beat up La Parka, and since he had done that on March 19 he wasn't sure if he even felt like returning to AAA. L.A. Park did however return to an AAA ring as he had another brawl with La Parka on AAA's April 18 television taping.
I'm encouraged by some of the continuing story threads that have been introduced [...] If the writers continue to develop characters as they've started with Irisa, "Defiance" could reach its potential and become more than an pale imitation of better sci-fi." Rowan Kaiser from The A.V. Club gave a B+ to the episode saying that it's not only a show with potential but it's good from the start. ""[...] and there are no major warning signs preventing it from maintaining or improving that quality. The future of the future on television may depend on it." Lisa Macklem from Spoiler TV said she had been anticipating the show’s first episode and she will definitely be tuning in to see how these stories play out.
After his return home in February 1919 he stated, "I have come from France more firmly convinced than ever that Negros should write Negro music. We have our own racial feeling and if we try to copy whites we will make bad copies ... We won France by playing music which was ours and not a pale imitation of others, and if we are to develop in America we must develop along our own lines." In 1919 Europe made more recordings for Pathé Records. These include both instrumentals and accompaniments with vocalist Noble Sissle who, with Eubie Blake, would later have great success with their 1921 production of Shuffle Along, which gives us the classic song "I'm Just Wild About Harry".
Bushnell felt that Galaxy Game was not a real competitor to Computer Space, due to its high price. Pitts and Tuck believed, however, that despite the economic argument their game was superior, as they felt that Galaxy Game was a true expansion of Spacewar, while Computer Space just a pale imitation. Some players at the time, however, believed Galaxy Game to actually be just a version of Spacewar!.High Score, p. 13 Galaxy Games prototype installation was very popular, though at a low price-per-game, and the pair developed a second version to display at the same location; they were never able to enter production, though, as they eventually had to abandon the idea after spending US$65,000 developing it due to the high cost and lack of business plan.
" In a negative review, Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter described the series as "a pale imitation" of the 1988 film, and went on to say that, "Having the high school tyranny associated with a gang of students who, in a different era, might have been marginalized produces a dark and almost reactionary undercurrent in which the disenfranchised aren't being bullied, but rather are wielding identity politics and political correctness as weapons". Leigh Monson of Birth.Movies.Death was similarly negative saying that she saw in the show's dynamics "a longing for the good old days when non- whites and queers knew their place." Monson concluded, "Heathers is a hateful, bigoted exercise in regression hiding behind the guise of dark comedy, and I can only hope it doesn't gain the Trumpian audience it so clearly craves.
Some accounts state that Jean Doumanian preferred instead Robert Townsend, but Eddie Murphy was added (as a featured player) starting with the fourth episode, after much convincing from her colleagues and staff. With its team of entirely new writers and cast members, the show was plagued by problems from the start and deemed a commercial disappointment by critics, and by viewers as reflected in the Nielsen ratings. For much of the season, the show was in turmoil and many critics wrote the show off as a pale imitation of its former glory due to budget cuts, lack of support that was promised to Jean Doumanian by either the network or her staff, and stiff competition from ABC's Fridays, which, at the time, enjoyed critical acclaim and was gaining popularity as a similarly-"edgy", late-night sketch show that aired on a weekend. On February 21, 1981, the show featured a parody of the "Who Shot J.R. Ewing?" episode from the hit TV show Dallas.
While some legislative changes were passed in December 2012, the Opposition and health sector lobbyists said the evidence-based advice from the Commission was disregarded by Collins and her predecessor Simon Power with the result that the final legislation "was a pale imitation of the landmark Law Commission report it was based on." Examples include Collins originally announcing a ban in May 2012 of ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages with 6 per cent alcohol or more from off- licenses. However, in the face of criticism from the liquor industry, she back-tracked on this ban, and three months later announced that the industry would develop its own voluntary code "to limit the harm to young people caused by RTDs". The Commission also recommended a 50 per cent tax increase on alcohol (which was dismissed immediately by the Government) and an increase in the purchase age, which was also dismissed after a conscience vote in September 2012.