Super Mario Maker was a stroke of genius from Nintendo.
|
|
The last stroke of genius is the movie's unsatisfying ending.
|
|
He then had one more stroke of genius up his sleeve.
|
|
And Tiger Woods's stroke of genius—for the business of golf.
|
|
Such supreme ease of use was Uber's founding stroke of genius.
|
|
Originally, I thought the mozzarella sticks were a stroke of genius.
|
|
It was a shock, a thrill, and a stroke of genius, actually.
|
|
Of course his idea turned out to be a stroke of genius.
|
|
Because it's topped, in a stroke of genius, with fresh orange zest.
|
|
For many gallery goers, these impromptu performances were a stroke of genius.
|
|
But there's a fine line between a stroke of genius and stubborn delusion.
|
|
And what's even more impressive is this is his second stroke of genius.
|
|
The resulting track was christened "A Stroke of Genius", and weirdly—it was.
|
|
And if something is done right, it's because of their stroke of genius.
|
|
One of those problems can be solved for you with a stroke of genius.
|
|
Christopher Nolan's stroke of genius is to have his storylines running at different speeds.
|
|
The videotapes are the stroke of genius that turn that puzzle box into a tesseract.
|
|
But it's also a stroke of genius by a person with a proven track record.
|
|
Advertising exercise classes in a restaurant like that was a stroke of genius, she said.
|
|
Frankly, I think putting together works by these four artists was a stroke of genius.
|
|
"They have that stroke of genius that changes all your schemes," Venezuela Coach Rafael Dudamel said.
|
|
Manager Clint Hurdle's experiment seemed to work, but he said it wasn't a stroke of genius.
|
|
And also for premium distribution: "Getting into the Apple stores was a stroke of genius," he said.
|
|
Its single stroke of genius is the casting of Mr. Stuhlbarg as the actor Edward G. Robinson.
|
|
But the move proved a stroke of genius as the German scored a personal best of 84.7.
|
|
Originally, Palm had planned on being the pink power ranger, but then he had a stroke of genius.
|
|
An extra stroke of genius is the seaweed-based furikake, which brings out the umami in the mixture.
|
|
To some, Neri's addition of color has seemed a stroke of genius, while striking others as an annoyance.
|
|
But if you think about it for a minute, this no-internet smartphone is actually a stroke of genius.
|
|
You're one of the most inventive signs in the zodiac, and a stroke of genius is likely to arrive.
|
|
On that basis, Häagen-Dazs is a stroke of genius—a double back vowel emphasized by a nonsensical umlaut.
|
|
I mean, "Lemon" would've been an arresting song even without the stroke of genius that is a Rihanna verse.
|
|
"Not only was it a marketing stroke of genius, but it was a huge deal artistically," Mr. Viertel said.
|
|
Kaufman, who first raised the idea of EB-5 financing, wanted a generous finders fee for his stroke of genius.
|
|
And the homage to the spinning "O" from the "Rings" films in the title sequence is a stroke of genius.
|
|
But the takeaway, in the end, is that Future is still working hard, crafting, figuring out the next stroke of genius.
|
|
Murray's inspiration behind the story is basically some kind of divine stroke of genius that came to him in his slumber.
|
|
You have big dreams for your future, Scorpio, and a stroke of genius that'll make everything click will arrive this evening.
|
|
There's a stroke of genius in this: The reader appreciates the satisfaction of the solution, which is simple, shocking and perfect.
|
|
In a stroke of genius casting, Hemsworth's love interest in the film will be played by the mother of his three children.
|
|
But, as a stroke of genius from one woman's boyfriend shows us, that's not the only way nipple clamps can be used.
|
|
Fox' slogan, "Fair and Balanced" was a rhetorical stroke of genius that essentially accused mainstream media of being in the establishment tank.
|
|
Putting him on that platform was a stroke of genius that transformed a very nice ceremony into a celebration, a block party.
|
|
In a true stroke of genius, comedian Jason Horton has captured all of those obnoxious Facebook tropes in Facebook in Real Life.
|
|
With that established, Megamix's next trick is a mischievous stroke of genius: it does everything within its power to put you off.
|
|
The entire dynamic of the fight came from Garbrandt taking on the evasive, drawing role and it was a stroke of genius.
|
|
For now, I'll simply note that casting Clarkson as Adora — a character straight out of Tennessee Williams — was a stroke of genius.
|
|
This stroke of genius—and the unparalleled, revolutionary levels of drama it will empower—has turned every other blemish into an ignorable footnote.
|
|
To me, Rob Reinerman's invention was a stroke of genius, a gift to the human race and all our diverse and tender holes.
|
|
Just when you thought all the great culinary crossovers had been discovered, Dunkin' Donuts enters the ring with an innovative stroke of genius.
|
|
With a stroke of genius, she takes out the small mirror she took from Father Fogden and uses it to reflect the sun.
|
|
Justice Kennedy responded that such evidence could not place a value on a "stroke of genius" like the design of the Volkswagen Beetle.
|
|
An eagle on the last hole sealed the deal, and was set up by a stroke of genius to the par-5 18th.
|
|
"That little stroke of genius earned me a first-hand look at the inner workings of a single-payer health care system," he said.
|
|
Levitating objects by magnetic means is nothing new, but marrying such a dynamic with such an organic component is truly a stroke of genius.
|
|
Cyrus has said that she pulled from her own life to create the character, and her casting is the episode's real stroke of genius.
|
|
He remains one of my favorite video game writers—asking nuclear weapons experts what they thought of Fallout 76 was a stroke of genius.
|
|
Lest we forget that time Dos Santos eviscerated the hearts of American fans in the 2011 Gold Cup with this phenomenal stroke of genius.
|
|
"We believe Nike's new 'Just Do It' ad campaign with Colin Kaepernick was a stroke of genius," Canaccord Genuity's Camilo Lyon wrote to clients.
|
|
The way Big Little Lies has unfurled Celeste's sessions with Dr. Reisman (Robin Weigert) over its past four episodes has been a stroke of genius.
|
|
But in a stroke of genius, her son gave her something that nobody else has likely given her before — because, well, it's a bit inappropriate.
|
|
Pairing this one with director Taika Waititi (Hunt for the Wilderpeople, What We Do in the Shadows) was a stroke of genius on Marvel's part.
|
|
Paul told us he was a fan of the Pines album and suggested doing something together which was a stroke of genius on his part!
|
|
Why it matters: The idea for the online information campaign that rolled out against the U.S. in 2016 wasn't a stroke of genius out of nowhere.
|
|
Some hail her hesitance to raise rates as a stroke of genius, given that inflation has remained below the Fed's 2-percent target throughout this expansion.
|
|
It's a stroke of genius for a business in a sector that is coming under intense pressure to compete with trendy e-commerce and Instagram-popular brands.
|
|
It seemed like a stroke of genius — proof that female candidates could eliminate the endless clothing commentary by simply doing what guys do and wearing interchangeable outfits.
|
|
For the two days leading up to the event, the main story — seemingly the only story — was his decision to skip it: Political suicide or stroke of genius?
|
|
It's not clear whether Trump's move here is a stroke of genius or a devastating blunder that will sink his campaign — I explored some of the possibilities here.
|
|
Suddenly, they have some kind of brilliant idea — for example, dressing someone in a fluffy heart costume to promote coffee — and this stroke of genius produces a winner.
|
|
Once, in a stroke of genius, he taped a maxi pad to my leg when I cut myself shaving and, I think, almost bled out on the Persian rug.
|
|
But in a stroke of genius, Gone Girl repaints the tragedy as ongoing horror, with your own death plausible at any moment and your captor sleeping in your bed.
|
|
In a stroke of genius that — to be honest — we kind of saw coming, high-street retailer Topshop is debuting their first foray into bridal in April of this year.
|
|
In a stroke of genius, he used a chemistry set to create a similar (and more marketable) concoction he called the Lash Brow Line that would eventually be dubbed Maybelline.
|
|
Many people believe the invention of the blockchain was a stroke of genius, a public but anonymous way to track secure transactions online that has applications in finance and beyond.
|
|
The piece spent the next several decades quietly falling apart in storage, until 2015, when MoMA conservators had a stroke of genius and mapped out a plan for its resurrection.
|
|
But barring a last-minute bid by Mitt Romney, a stroke of genius by Bill Kristol, or a lightning strike, Donald Trump will be the Republican Party's 2016 nominee for president.
|
|
So blending the concept of Christina and The Strokes harmoniously seemed culturally unthinkable, and by doing so, "A Stroke of Genius" showed how much two seemingly conflicted artists had in common.
|
|
Humans of New York has done much to capture that ethos, and the use of HONY impresario Brandon Stanton at the Met Gala is a bit of a stroke of genius.
|
|
That omission turned out be an inadvertent stroke of genius, however, because it engendered a significant feature of Minecraft culture, which is that new players have to learn how to play.
|
|
But in a stroke of genius, which the company's owners initially hated, AOL developers chose to make their first chat client, AIM, free to download for non-AOL users as well.
|
|
Trump's decision to skip the final pre-Iowa debate in Des Moines has been interpreted many ways—as a stroke of genius, a sign of weakness, an impulsive dash toward the limelight.
|
|
Nike using Kaepernick in its marketing was a "a stroke of genius, " according to one analyst, although the controversial collaboration nearly didn't happen, according to a report in The New York Times.
|
|
But Johnson has announced with a stroke of genius that William Weld — like Romney, a former Republican governor of Massachusetts — would seek a spot on the Libertarian ticket as Johnson's vice president.
|
|
One Wall Street analyst is calling Nike's controversial advertising campaign featuring former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick "a stroke of genius" and upgraded the company's stock to a buy rating Tuesday.
|
|
In a stroke of genius, a hilarious meme cropped up that completely roasts Eminem by comparing the lyrics on his new album to lyrics from the theme song from Nickelodeon's The Fairly OddParents.
|
|
Ryan's stroke of genius, however, has been flattering Trump's vision of himself as a dealmaker through the process, and amping up Trump's sense of the personal stake he has in the AHCA's success.
|
|
They are getting to pretend McConnell's decision to discipline Senator Elizabeth Warren for quoting Coretta Scott King's criticism of Jeff Sessions—in the middle of black history month—was a stroke of genius.
|
|
In either an enduring stroke of genius or an inspired bit of post-War innovation (or both) she covered a sliced sausage with a ketchup-based sauce and sprinkled it with curry powder.
|
|
" And by deep, I mean deep: We start in ancient Egypt with the painstaking transformation of the papyrus plant into writing material; one chapter is titled "Stroke of Genius: The Arrival of Writing.
|
|
McConnell's stroke of genius, Blunt said, was to seize upon the organizing resolution that the Senate passed 100 to 0 before Clinton's impeachment trial to unify the GOP conference before the trial even started.
|
|
Looking through this lens of blackness, the history of abstract painting takes on some new meanings, and it was a stroke of genius to include historical works in this show alongside more contemporary pieces.
|
|
" Judd — who presented a segment on Time's Up and diversity in Hollywood during the Oscars telecast with fellow Weinstein accusers Salma Hayek and Annabella Sciorra — called McDormand's mention of inclusivity riders "a stroke of genius.
|
|
First of all, it was a stroke of genius to pit Gruber – such an imperious, arrogant (and well, European) character ("Benefits of a classical education," he muses at one point) – against Willis's blue-collar McClane.
|
|
Sometimes, this is funny — like when the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump wanted to buy Greenland and his supporters had to pretend that attempting to buy the autonomous territory from Denmark was some stroke of genius.
|
|
Mr. Pommerat's stroke of genius is to place many of his actors in the audience, clapping, shouting, declaiming and heckling those on stage from their seats, so that the theater public becomes implicated in each argument and process.
|
|
But Snatched's excellent casting also highlights the most baffling thing about the movie: Someone had the good sense to cast Goldie Hawn in this movie as Schumer's mother, which on the surface looks like a stroke of genius.
|
|
Some stroke of genius inspired a perfect coalescence of molly thoughts ("I just wanna dance among the stars") and thotty tweets ("These afterhours got me charged")—the combination of which gives me FOMO for parties that don't even exist.
|
|
The way he defined it was his stroke of genius, which is he took elements that everybody recognized in the mainstream, like good writing, columns that were typed, set, and not groovy, crazy psychedelic drawings and everything on them.
|
|
Perhaps one of the better you-have-to-see-this pieces of celebrity fashion news today, in a stroke of genius, someone gathered a bunch of photos of Rihanna drinking wine on the street, and we can't stop laughing.
|
|
The problem was, "Frankie Sinatra" was an acquired taste, sounding like a stroke of genius to fans, and to critics: like a bunch of Oompah Loompahs chained to a steam-powerered merry-go-round at an electro-swing carnival.
|
|
In The Big Sick, though, Emily's illness give the film an excuse to bring in Hunter and Romano, and that's a stroke of genius: Both are familiar comic actors playing dramatic parts, but their faces and voices feel comforting.
|
|
Yes, only Conor McGregor, of all the hundreds of professional mixed martial artists fighting for the UFC, could have conceived of and tapped into the marketing power of uninterrupted delusion, a stroke of genius in our perpetually delusional era.
|
|
The decision to let Stevie Nicks take it for her own solo album, prompted by their shared producer, Jimmy Iovine, was a stroke of genius: Her sublime sense of camp-tinged drama takes the song to a new level.
|
|
"The stroke of genius was making Margaritaville a feeling, not a place," said Mindy Grossman, the chief executive of the home-shopping behemoths HSN and Frontgate, where 400-plus Margaritaville items include a $799 hammock and $159 penny loafers.
|
|
I eat it while scaling the front lawn of the Mayflower Inn, where Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino had her stroke of genius and started sketching out the details of one of the most adored TV shows of my lifetime.
|
|
Attaching a giant knife to a robot's arm wasn't the smartest thing to do given it's just a matter of time before the bots turn on us, but letting it stab its way between your fingers is no stroke of genius, either.
|
|
In less than ten minutes we lost Summer (how can we possibly be down to only two direwolves?), the Children of the Forest, the Three-Eyed Raven (Casting Max Von Sydow was a stroke of genius), and, last but far from least, Hodor.
|
|
If there is a more satisfying intro-to-opening track transition within the metal pantheon, I haven't goddamn heard it, and following its grandiose surge with the imperial grandeur and chaotic savagery of "Thus Spake the Nightspirit" remains a stroke of genius.
|
|
Post Malone is at his best on "Circles," flexing his tender vocals over an acoustic melody and a groovy beat that recalls "The Less I Know the Better" (in a stroke of genius, Malone enlisted Tame Impala's Kevin Parker to produce the track).
|
|
Yet Djokovic — who beat Nishikori with a mini stroke of genius, a short-hop defensive backhand that he curled around the alley and into the corner of the court — seemed to sense that del Potro would be the fan favorite on Sunday.
|
|
This stroke-of-genius distribution apparatus was dreamed up by the man who made The Enquirer the nation's biggest gossip rag: its previous owner, Generoso Pope Jr. The Enquirer's racks, under the current chief, David J. Pecker, were given over to the Trump campaign.
|
|
Christofi didn't immediately respond to a VICE inquiry about his stroke of genius, but Shayla Love, a fellow senior staff writer at VICE, said the only way she was able to read The Power Broker (1,336 pages!!!) was by cutting her copy in half.
|
|
Just as Connor's about to be arrested for Wes' murder, he has a stroke of genius: "What if I know something that could put her away?" he taunts the detectives, then tells them about the copy of Annalise's phone over at Oliver (Conrad Ricamora)'s house.
|
|
It takes a special stroke of genius to make a Finding Nemo character sexy — and, yes, at least one company has tried — but the thought of someone shuffling home in a bad Prince costume, or staggering from bar to bar looking like a feral Pikachu, isn't exactly uplifting.
|
|
The band managed to draw a vast fan base into their alternate reality over the span of their five album career, their carefully cultivated image standing as stroke of genius, creating a perpetual "are they or aren't they?" intrigue over just how seriously the band took the subject of devil worship.
|
|
The language of creative endeavour is often applied to a football match, whether we describe a goal as 'a masterpiece', a pass as 'picture perfect' or a moment of individual self-expression as a 'stroke of genius', as if the player involved were a master painter putting the final touches to some sublime work.
|
|
In a stroke of genius, Scott and screenwriters Hampton Fancher and David Peoples recognized that the darkness of dystopian science fiction could be mapped onto the similarly dark and inherently morally ambiguous genre of neo-noir, with its interest in ethically compromised detectives and femme fatales, and the result would be bigger than the sum of its parts.
|
|
As for the "brilliant" rollout, let's be clear: It was a solid rollout, but the bar for Trump has been set so low that merely behaving like an adult, deferring to counsel, not stepping on your own message with idiocy and building support makes a blathering half-wit look like he's had a stroke of genius.
|
|
Photo: AP Conservatives are defending President Trump's decision to taunt the leader of North Korea on Twitter as a stroke of genius intended to scare the dictator away from launching nuclear weapons against the US. But if the sales of a radiation drug treatment are any indication, it seems that Trump's tweet also scared the bejesus out of ordinary Americans.
|
|
This episode opens with a packed screening of "Strait-Jacket," in which John Waters plays Castle (a stroke of genius casting) as the consummate master of ceremonies, crowding the stage with sexy nurses who toss toy hatchets into the crowd and forcing Joan Crawford to enter from the back of the theater wearing a red gown and wielding a bloody ax.
|
|
In another stroke of genius, no matter how you peel open the pack, the hydrogel lens is always sitting on the funky-looking white disc inside — and get this: It's always facing the same way (the outer side facing you), so that you 1) minimize risk of contaminating the part of the lens that touches your eye, and 2) it's literally impossible to accidentally put the lens in backward, which is a *major* struggle that every contact lens wearer has experienced.
|
|