The ones in the sequels are too complicated, too sentient, too on-the-nose.
The tension between Captain America and Tony Stark, the two unofficial leaders of The Avengers, began during the events of Ultron when the latter accidentally created an artificially intelligent tech demon hell-bent on destroying all sentient life on Earth.
After the travelers arrive on Malacandra, Ransom escapes and spends several months living with the hrossa large animal-like creatures who are the planet's farmers, fishermen, and poets and are one of three sentient species on the planet: the others are the séroni (scientists and philosophers) and the pfifltriggi (craftsmen and artists).
Consider, in Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off," the dumb chuckle Swift emits about twenty seconds in, after she sings "I go on too many dates" — no sentient creature on Earth is buying the spontaneity of that sound.
Consider, in Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off," the dumb chuckle Swift emits about twenty seconds in, after she sings "I go on too many dates"—no sentient creature on Earth is buying the spontaneity of that sound.
On the branch line from Cardiff through the Rhondda, I dozed, only waking for a cloning-drowning operation by Pattern Jugglers in which every atom in the body was swapped for ones from the ocean beneath the sentient starbridge on the Pleiades Cluster in AD 4161.
And on this break I'll encourage you all to follow the brilliant Ms. Elissa Altman on Twitter at @PoorMansFeast and all her sentient observations on this conference and all things food.
Is there a sentient human on this planet who is unaware that bringing hazmat on a jet is verboten?
So when millions of scared, marginalized Americans are exhorted by media arms for the Republican party to attend tea bag rallies or question the birth of our duly elected president or spread misinformation about death panels and government intrusion and generally react like suddenly sentient turkeys on Thanksgiving, it's apparent that something other than what's on the surface is being delivered.
