Though praised in some quarters, many others denounced the change as censorship.

Though the recording was deemed too controversial and ultimately omitted from the show, Mayhew praised the experience, calling it " the most interesting thing I ever did ".

Though the government received criticism in 2008 for its handling of social unrest in the town of Gafsa, it has been broadly praised for its efforts to respond constructively to the events.

Though Mackendrick's direction of the actors and his staging of the scenes are at times extraordinary, in recent years critics have praised only the film's dialogue, " courtesy of Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets, a high-toned street vernacular that no real New Yorker has ever spoken but that every real New Yorker wishes he could ", A. O. Scott wrote

Though it was not the best musical piece, the jury praised Ravel's work for its " melodic charm " and " sincerity of dramatic sentiment ".

Though some felt the plot was lacking in development, they also praised the series for the strength of its character relationships.

Though the new musical direction alienated some fans and critics, Kid A received acclaim from notable music publications, and was praised for introducing rock listeners to diverse forms of underground music.

Though some critics found that Keaton was underused in the film, the actress was generally praised for performance, with James Berardinelli of ReelViews noting that " Diane Keaton is so good at her part that one can see her sliding effortlessly into an anchor's chair on a real morning show.

Though Play Time was a critical success ( François Truffaut praised it as " a film that comes from another planet, where they make films differently "), it was a massive and expensive commercial failure, eventually resulting in Tati's bankruptcy.

)" Though Crosby praised Quiet, Please !, he thought the dramas sometimes employed confused, deus ex machina endings and characters were occasionally underdeveloped.

Though praised in some quarters, many others denounced the change as censorship.

Though this move was criticized by some anti-spam activists, some legal commentators praised it, citing a heavily punitive California law seen as overbroad and a wave of dubious suits filed in Utah.

Though some critics praised the album and felt that Libertad gave the band an identity of their own, outside of the Guns N ' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots comparisons, others described the album as " bland " and noted that the band have still to gel with them " play to their strengths instead of finding a collective sound.

Though praised by Liszt, it failed to win lasting success.

Though reviewer Neil Genzlinger praised the work of Stewart and Steve Zahn, he concluded that, overall, the cast was populated with " dismaying caricature, so much so that it costs the movie some credibility ," and that the film " comes nowhere near capturing the wise, subtle tone of the book.

Though not a commercial success, Eternal Darkness was widely praised, even winning the Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development award at the 6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, presented by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.

Though the film under-performed, his role as a shy, lovable nerd was praised.

Though he praised Sir Hugh in his public despatch he attacked him in private, and the Whig press, with the unquestionable aid of Keppel's friends, began a campaign of calumny to which the ministerial papers answered in the same style, each side accusing the other of deliberate treason: The result was a scandalous series of scenes in parliament and of courts martial.

Though his work with bass and guitar has been praised by some critics, Rutherford has described his playing as average and said that he considers himself a songwriter first and foremost.

Though Forbes Field was praised upon its opening, it began to show its age after 60 years of use.

Though the film received mixed reviews, it was highly praised by the audience with many commenting on its genius screenplay.

Though perceived in retrospect as a sectarian article, Article 44 was praised in 1937 by leaders of Irish Protestant churches ( notably the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin ) and by Jewish groups.

Though Amy Tan's book has been widely praised by critics, it has also been alleged by Chinese-American author Frank Chin that it perpetuates racist stereotypes and contains fabricated " traditional " stories.

" Pitchfork Media's Matt LeMay also praised the album, writing " Though there are many notable high points to Fabulous Muscles, its overwhelming consistency is what cements its place as Xiu Xiu's finest.

Though they fell 107 runs short, their performances were praised but in the second match of the home series in January, Bangladesh fell to an innings defeat.

Though the technical details of rendering methods vary, the general challenges to overcome in producing a 2D image from a 3D representation stored in a scene file are outlined as the graphics pipeline along a rendering device, such as a GPU.

Though the SVG Specification primarily focuses on vector graphics markup language, its design includes the basic capabilities of a page description language ( PDL ), like Adobe's PDF.

Though originally designed for the Apple II, the Koala eventually broadened its applicability to practically all home computers with graphics support, examples of which include the TRS-80 Color Computer, Commodore 64, and Atari 8-bit family.

Though controversial during development for its use of cel shading graphics and the younger Link character, The Wind Waker was met with positive reception.

Though sprites have been a major component of many early video games, the modern, " mainstream " activity called " Spriting " arose with the advent of widely-available computer graphics programs capable of editing and saving raster images.

Though I²C is fully bidirectional and supports multiple bus-masters, DDC2B is unidirectional and allows only one bus master-the graphics adapter.

Though it was not unusual to find demos that displayed a single picture, only music tracks or a programming skill, groups were formed that consisted of members who were skilled in composing music, drawing graphics and programming.

Though this method is poor for detecting omissions in the ‘ rear ’ file, it can also be used with printouts of graphics, a claim few diff programs can make.

Though Petersen praised the graphics for being " well-rendered " at times and for its " rather entertaining plot ", he chastised the gameplay for being slow and for subjecting the player to " dull maintenance activities ", such as armor polishing, as well as quests that he found frustratingly hard to understand how to complete.

Though many of these looked like computer graphics, they were created using techniques Trumbull had used for 2001.

Though its use of 3D polygonal graphics was predated by arcade rivals Namco ( Winning Run in 1988 ) and Atari ( Hard Drivin ' in 1989 ), Virtua Racing had vastly improved visuals in terms of polygon count, frame rate, and overall scene complexity, which all contributed to a greater sense of immersion.

Though the Shuttlepods were represented in Space via computer graphics, a full-scale mockup was built for scenes with actors.

Though the game is often considered the first to use graphics, role-playing video games had already been using graphics for several years at the time of release.

Though TX-1 used raster graphics similar to the 1982 release Pole Position, developed by Namco and published by Atari, TX-1 used a unique surround-style, sit-down three-screen display.

Though its graphics were simplistic, he said that they were " knockouts just the same ".

Though not very noticeable at times, NHL 2004 included all new graphics.

Though he found no problems with the game itself, he considered the localization of a 3-year-old game to be a wasted effort due to the aging of the graphics, concluding that " Magic Knight Rayearth is too little, too late.

Though Mace had stunning graphics, the gameplay itself was not without its critics.

Though the graphics have been improved, they rely on the same FMV streaming technology as the original, and the gameplay remains largely the same as the original game.

Though still produced by WTWO, the broadcast once again featured a separate news set, graphics package ( the same used by many Fox owned-and-operated stations and affiliates ), and the news music package Extreme by Stephen Arnold Music.

* Though based on the anime series of the same name, the " Jetters " game is more along the lines of a sequel to 2002's Bomberman Generation as a result of the similar gameplay, graphics, and characters ( Bomberman and Max versus Mujoe and the Hige Hige Bandits ).

Though most of the reviewers criticized the game in one way or another, they all complimented it for its excellent graphics and music.