Despite the movie's poor box office and critical reception at the time of its original release, it is gradually becoming a favorite among fans due to its dark nature, brief but entertaining kaiju battles, and the return of series veterans Ishiro Honda and Akira Ifukube.

Despite the facade of a mutant paradise, Nightcrawler, who intends on becoming a Genoshan resident, soon learns that Magneto is an oppressive ruler who unfairly incarcerates Genosha mutants who do not abide by his rules.

Despite these problems, the growing inflow of American silver from mid-16th century, the justified military reputation of the Spanish infantry and even the navy quickly recovering from its Armada disaster, made Spain the leading European power, a novel situation of which its citizens were only just becoming aware.

Despite becoming one of the largest polities in Europe at one time, strangely the origins of the Khazars are unclear.

Despite early problems with recruitment and training, it is becoming effective in fighting against the Taliban insurgency.

Despite the oath ( s ) of reconciliation, David felt insecure, and so made an alliance with the Philistines, becoming their vassal.

Despite not becoming a full-time starter until the tenth game of the regular season, Dorsett led the team in rushing with 1, 007 yards, scored 13 total touchdowns, and was the team's third leading receiver with 29 receptions for another 273 yards.

Despite not selling as many copies as Eliminator, 1985's Afterburner was still as successful commercially, becoming their highest-charting album, and racking up sales of 5 million units.

Despite scholars ' concern that the tapestry was becoming damaged the council refused to return it to the Cathedral.

Despite its odd plot and mixed critical reception, the film was a major box-office success, grossing nearly $ 100, 000, 000 in the U. S. alone, almost becoming the first non-Disney animated film to achieve that feat.

Despite barriers, some nuns succeed in becoming religious teachers and authorities.

Despite a technical edge, the Archimedes only ever met a moderate success beyond the education sector, becoming a ' minority ' platform outside of certain niche markets.

Despite low reliability and prestige of those cars, they have shown an unbeaten accessibility and popularity among Soviets, becoming the " car for pensioners and intellectuals ".

Despite the Cavaliers ' long layoff between the series they swept the Hawks 4 – 0, again winning each game by at least ten points, becoming the first team in NBA history to win eight straight playoff games by a double-digit margin.

Despite his absence, England employed what were already becoming known as the Bodyline tactics against the Australian batsmen and won an ill-tempered match.

Despite never becoming Prime Minister, he is regarded as one of the most important British politicians of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as a renowned orator and an interesting character who split both main parties.

Despite the listing and the pool becoming closed to the public, the buildings were subjected to heavy vandalism.

Despite its remote location, the school has been involved in state and national activities, hosting the military's " Operation Arctic Care " outreach health program in 2002, and briefly becoming involved with reporting for CNN Student Bureau that same year.

Despite finding RADA " straight-laced ", and being told by his tutor that he could never aspire to do more than playing villains in Z-Cars, when he graduated he joined the Everyman Theatre Liverpool Company, eventually becoming the theatre's Artistic Director.

Despite the electoral setback suffered by her party, Pelosi sought to continue leading the House Democratic Caucus in the position of Minority Leader, the office she held prior to becoming Speaker.

Despite generally bad reviews from critics ( who claimed that the band had " dumbed themselves down " not only lyrically, but musically as well ) it was considered by fans of the band as their " comeback album ", with the title track, " Cyco Vision " and " We Are A Family " becoming fan favorites ( although no singles from the album were released ).

Despite being severely outnumbered, the allied troops held their ground, becoming a marvel of each regiment's tradition and tenacity.

Despite becoming infested with lice during his short stay on the island, he provided glowing reports of his visit.

Despite the triumph at Kiev, by the end of September Rundstedt was becoming concerned about the state of his command.

Despite receiving mixed reviews from music critics, the album finally broke Bad Religion into mainstream audiences and got their highest U. S. chart position to date, debuting at No. 14 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart, with " American Jesus " and " Struck a Nerve " in particular becoming major rock radio hits at their time.

Despite the differences between the ULP Remnant and the SDP, the two worked together in Parliament after the 1914 election.

Despite Montenegro being spared from the heaviest bombing, SDP and even fringe parts of DPS captalized on the bombing to aggressively push the idea of an independent Montenegrin state.

Despite the up-or-out system, under President José Sarney the army became top-heavy as generals began to occupy many positions that previously had been reserved for colonels.

Despite this, as late as the day before President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Hitler Chancellor, Gustav warned him not to do so.

Despite this, he sent a three-page letter to US President Barack Obama imploring him to " annul a wrong and mistaken action " and stop striking Libyan targets, repeatedly referring to him as " our son " and blaming the uprising on the terrorist group al Qaeda.

Despite the popularity of Gayoom, those connected to the former President hired ex-SAS mercenaries in 1980 to carry out a coup to oust him.

Despite Gandhi's opposition, Bose won a second term as Congress President, against Gandhi's nominee, Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya ; but left the Congress when the All-India leaders resigned en masse in protest of his abandonment of the principles introduced by Gandhi.

Despite this most recent power-stripping, the President remains the ex officio chair of the National Security Council, as per the National Security Act 2004.

Despite fears that the military would not allow the change of government, Senate President Luis González Macchi, a Cubas opponent, was sworn in as president that day.

Despite President Clinton's optimism, the events of 1998 did not entirely resolve the controversy of the Charter.

Despite being head of the country, Ćosić was forced out of office in 1993 due to his opposition to Serbian President Slobodan Milošević.

Despite international validation of the elections by multiple political and independent observers ( virtually all from among U. S. allies ) the United States refused to recognize the elections, with President Ronald Reagan denouncing the elections as a sham.

Despite the relative ease of executive agreements, the President still often chooses to pursue the formal treaty process over an executive agreement in order to gain congressional support on matters that require the Congress to pass implementing legislation or appropriate funds, and those agreements that impose long-term, complex legal obligations on the U. S.

Despite his typical focus on military issues, Ryan advises President Durling to deal with the economic crisis first.

Despite the wishes of Jefferson and the President, Hallet went ahead anyway and modified Thornton's design for the East front and created a square central court that projected from the center, with flanking wings which would house the legislative bodies.

" Despite some strong calls against it, Tyler took the oath of office as the tenth President.

On October 25, 2009 U. S. President Barack Obama officially declared H1N1 a national emergency Despite President Obama's concern, a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll found in October 2009 that an overwhelming majority of New Jerseyans ( 74 %) were not very worried or not at all worried about contracting the H1N1 flu virus.

Despite winning four terms as President, Blatter has often been dogged by controversy and allegations of corruption.

Despite remaining a minor party in Italian Parliament for fifty years, its leader Giuseppe Saragat became President of Italy in 1964.

Despite the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia, that states were not permitted to redraw the Indian boundaries, President Andrew Jackson and the state of Georgia ignored the ruling.

Despite the dysfunctional command climate under Bragg, and the lack of support from the War Department and President Davis concerning Bragg's removal, Longstreet did the best he could to continue to seek options in the Chattanooga Campaign.

Despite these revelations, Nixon's campaign was never seriously jeopardized, and on November 7, the President was re-elected in one of the biggest landslides in American political history.

Despite efforts by Borough President Hulan Jack and others to save it, the Savoy and the nearby Cotton Club were demolished for the construction of a housing complex, Bethune Towers / Delano Village.

Despite some strong calls against it, Tyler took the oath of office as the tenth President.

Despite this, during the visit of President Nixon in 1972, Mao Zedong told him " We haven't even begun to establish socialism.

Despite his poor health, he accepted his party's second nomination to run for Vice President in the election of 1884 as Grover Cleveland's running mate, and served in that office until his death only eight months later.