When Reese and Sarah are peeling all over Los Angeles away from Tech Noir, Reese says that the Terminator is a "Cyberdyne Systems Model 101."
"Model 101" means that its skin covering is the one that looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger. If Reese was familiar enough with the model 101s to recognize the Terminator as one, why does he later tell Sarah that he had to wait before the Terminator moved in on her to be sure it was him?
Consider the time Reese comes from. Most of the human species has been killed in a nuclear war. They probably have a warrior code to not commit murder under any circumstances so as not to risk human extinction. Reese, being a model soldier wasn't going to take a chance of murdering someone who just happens to resemble one of the terminator models.
But, in T2, Arnold is a T-800 series, Model 101 *Version 2.4* as displayed on its HUD when Sarah and John reboot it in a deleted scene from T2.
So....with that said, the T-800 Model 101 in T1 has to be a different *version*. Say, for example, Model 101 version 2 or something.
Get it? There are different *versions* of the Model 101. The T-800 in T2 had sort of a slightly older look with the shorter hair that it had in comparison to the T-800 in T1 with its younger look and longer hair.
The point I'm trying to make is that the Model 101' have different *versions* out there that all look slightly different from other versions of Model 101.
I could see a version out there that is *bald* with the look of a 90 year old man or something. That could be a T-800 series Model 101 version 3.5 or something.
I think Reese knew what the Model 101's looked like, but didn't know which *version was out there.
See where I'm getting at? Sorry for the confusion of this very long post, but this is my two cents. I wish there was someone out there that knows as much. There has to be.đ
But, in T2, Arnold is a T-800 series, Model 101 *Version 2.4* as displayed on its HUD when Sarah and John reboot it in a deleted scene from T2.
I think that's more of a software update. Because the resistance reprogrammed him. I think there are other T-800s out there that don't look like Arnie and they would probably be model 102, 103 etc.
The fact that the terminator in T2 has different hair is most likely because Arnold got older and looked different. Doubt it was on purpose.
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Why didn't Reese recognize the Terminator? image for user dawsonbot by dawsonbot » Sun Jun 21 2015 15:53:13 IMDb member since March 2001 When Reese and Sarah are peeling all over Los Angeles away from Tech Noir, Reese says that the Terminator is a "Cyberdyne Systems Model 101."
"Model 101" means that its skin covering is the one that looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger. If Reese was familiar enough with the model 101s to recognize the Terminator as one, why does he later tell Sarah that he had to wait before the Terminator moved in on her to be sure it was him?
Did you see that dingy place she was sitting in? It was hard to see anyone clearly.
He may have not known which terminator was sent back anyway until he saw it then and there so wasn't sure who to look for.
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It was a dingy club she was sitting, and hard to see anyone clearly. Also, remember the scene set in the future. When the Terminator attacks the rebels' camp? After you hear warning shouts of "Terminator! Terminator!" It looked nothing like Arnold. He just had to watch for which individual started moving toward Sarah, with his weapon drawn. They're designed that way to make them difficult to tell from humans. That's the point of infiltration.
Its likely that Kyle was briefed by John or someone else in the Resistance before being sent back that it was a 'Model 101' that was sent back...even if he didn't know what it looked it.
You're right, however it never made sense to me that "101" was somehow a newer upgrade of "the 600 series with rubber skin" that Reese mentions. Why would they count backwards?
Youâre absolutely right. 600 obviously comes before 800. However, I meant within the context of this movie before the retcon and the mention of the â800â, which never happened in this film. But then again this film never said âT-101â either, just that as the model number, so I guess that explains it.
All of the above is bullshit. To paraphrase Joe Pesci.
Even with the retconning , and T800 model name, etc etc
No one has said anything that proves all 101 models look the same.
It could just mean they have the same power plant or something
Like a mustang 5.0 - that can come in a VARIETY OF COLOURs
Very true. However, every 101 model we have seen, aside from maybe the one in Reeseâs flashback in the first film, have looked like Arnold. Weâve seen like 5 or 6 that have the same appearance. That doesnât mean they all look like that but apparently quite a bit of them do.