The series was originally conceived as a straightforward action-adventure vehicle for Ian Hendry, whose character, David Keel, was assisted by the mysterious John Steed, played by Patrick Macnee.
John Gray argues, in the course of his defence of Millian Liberty, that one should not interpret this famous sentence without also considering Mill's other writings: in particular, and contrary to appearances, it should not be taken as a straightforward action-guiding principle (Gray 1996 p. 2 et seq).
And all of this is presented with a tone as if director McG was handed a fairly straightforward action movie script and decided that it needed to be more like his Chris Pine-Tom HardudReese WiThisspoon dud, "This Means War".
I just didn't picture you doing a more straightforward action film.
There's one straightforward action, in which a man falls down, and then other stories branch out".
"Who should pay?" It is a straightforward question - it deserves straightforward action.
For all of its faults, I enjoyed the simple, straightforward action of Night Watch for a while.
And it's interesting to see him play a role like this because this really is his first straightforward action role.
Rather than simply showing characters in situations, the artists mingle symbols, maps and diagrams with more straightforward action sequences.
Reducing excessive external nutrient loading is the most straightforward action in mitigating eutrophication, but lakes, ponds and reservoirs often show little, if any, signs of recovery in the years following external load reduction.
