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  • Keeping Peter Parker in high school is fine, but take notes from The Incredible Hulk and just give audiences a fun movie without re-treading in familiar waters.

    Spider-Man 4 Cancelled! Reboot in 2012 « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2010

  • These are flawed characters, he seems to say, so why should they finish any less flawed? ... without re-treading the old formulae and by populating his complex world with dynamic, immensely imperfect characters Abercrombie has produced a reinvigoration of the genre.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Lou Anders 2008

  • These are flawed characters, he seems to say, so why should they finish any less flawed? ... without re-treading the old formulae and by populating his complex world with dynamic, immensely imperfect characters Abercrombie has produced a reinvigoration of the genre.

    A Trio of Reviews: Last Argument of Kings, MultiReal, Stalking the Unicorn Lou Anders 2008

  • Can't you find a fairer way to describe his opposition to neo-con interventionism --- rather than re-treading the MSM and Giuliani slant against him?

    Election Central Morning Roundup 2009

  • Can't you find a fairer way to describe his opposition to neo-con interventionism --- rather than re-treading the MSM and Giuliani slant against him?

    Election Central Morning Roundup 2009

  • But in education, we seem to be re-treading outworn paths from the past.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Jim Horn 2009

  • But in education, we seem to be re-treading outworn paths from the past.

    Mr. Obama's Commitment to Think Tank Propaganda Jim Horn 2009

  • But it was offensive to see a star such as Ferrell, insulated from the world around him, seem to sincerely believe that people would want to see him re-treading a character and idea he had 10 years ago.

    Jack Donaldson: Will Ferrell is the Laziest Person in Hollywood 2008

  • Having two - or three, or even seventeen thousand, nine hundred and thirty-two - different opinions treading and re-treading their well-worn stamping grounds does not make a debate.

    From The Archive: Balancing Act David Hadley 2008

  • Having two - or three, or even seventeen thousand, nine hundred and thirty-two - different opinions treading and re-treading their well-worn stamping grounds does not make a debate.

    Archive 2008-08-01 David Hadley 2008

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