On Star Wars, Sentience, And Slavery

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I rewatched Star Wars:  The Force Awakens over the weekend, and as these things tend to do with me, I had some thoughts.

I was watching as Rey saved BB-8 from the scavenger, and something struck me:  why does Rey do that?

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5 Unanswered Questions From Terminator: Genisys That We’ll Never Know Now

"I've come back in time to murder the answers to your questions.  It won't stop anything but will be highly annoying.  I'm basically the Steve Urkel of time travel warfare."
“I’ve come back in time to murder the answers to your questions. It won’t stop anything but will be highly annoying. I’m basically the Steve Urkel of time travel warfare.”

Terminator: Genisys faces an uphill battle to get a sequel after a horrible opening weekend left it with a long slog to hit $100 million domestically.  Which is a shame for all the interesting things the story did for the franchise.  Judging by the sub-30% score on Rotten Tomatoes, Jimmy Impossible and I may be the only people who enjoyed this movie so we’ll never know how these X questions will be resolved.  Jump after the break to see what we’re left wondering.

SPOILER WARNING: THE REST OF THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR TERMINATOR: GENISYS.

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