War Machine And Endings

By Cynthia Sax on June 26, 2026

Spoiler Alert – This post will talk about War Machine, starring Reacher’s Alan Ritchson, and it WILL contain spoilers. If you haven’t yet watched this military movie with a dash of alien invasion, you might wish to skip this post.

The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I watched War Machine, a military movie with a little bit of alien invasion. We wouldn’t watch it again but it WAS entertaining.

One of the things I really liked about the movie is

it didn’t wrap up everything at the end.

The aliens Alan Ritchson’s character was facing were defeated (as is expected in one of these movies). ALL of the aliens weren’t defeated. The war is definitely not over.

Which makes sense.

No species would send all of their warriors into a first battle with an unknown enemy. And a species that has traveled through space has likely encountered a LOT of surprises, things they haven’t expected. They wouldn’t assume an easy victory.

I was happy with the temporary ending.

We, storytellers, don’t have to solve all of the world’s problems in one story. We can end stories on a small satisfying victory.

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Prey And Details

By Cynthia Sax on August 13, 2022

I’m talking about Prey, the latest Predator movie installment, today. There won’t be many spoilers in this post so you should be okay with reading it before watching the movie.

I LOVE the Predator movies. Some of them are better than others.

Prey, the latest installment, is one of the best. If you’ve never watched any of the movies, it is a great place to start.

One of the many things I love about this movie is…

It is EXTREMELY detailed.

Almost every scene does multiple jobs.

The title is an example of this. It serves multiple purposes.

The first movie is titled Predator. Of course, there would a movie in the series called Prey. I’ve been waiting for it. (And it did NOT disappoint me.)

Prey is perfectly suited for a story featuring a heroine who goes from being prey to being a predator. (That story arc was extremely well-done.)

And I found the Predator’s relationship to beings and creatures he classifies as prey extremely interesting. This, of course, impacts his changing relationship to Naru, the heroine.

I try to put the same level of detail into my stories.

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Provoking Odium

A Beautiful Cyborg

While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.

A Human Female Others Call Beast

Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.

Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.

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