Just something I noticed.

Sam Worthington in Terminator: Salvation (2009):
Worthington plays Marcus Wright, a part-human, part-machine hybrid, unexpectedly thrown into the middle of a war between two irreconcilably different races.  Caught between two civilizations, he must decide which world he will ultimately become a part of  and he eventually chooses to side with the underdogs by leading them to victory in a key battle.

Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009):
Worthington plays Jake Sully, a part-human, part-alien hybrid, unexpectedly thrown into the middle of a war between two irreconcilably different races.  Caught between two …

I hate universes. Not the physical, star-filled, we-live-in-one kind, but the kind that spawns a bunch of books, movies, and other sequels.
When I was a kid I was a Star Wars fan. I loved the movies. I watched them over and over. I played the video games (Dark Forces, an early shooter, and X-Wing, a flight simulation), and read the books. Good god, did I read the books. Recently I returned to my parents’ house. While I was there, I wandered down to my old room and looked at the …