In the first film, Kyle explains to Sarah that the Terminator couldn't have been sent to kill John himself so he went for his mother instead. This is because he had to be erased from existence altogether in order to prevent the resistance. But the Terminator ultimately failed and John's existence wasn't erased. So isn't all of this pointless?
sharetechnically yes, which is why I do not see this one in the lore.
sharei am also not convinced the human resistance is beating the machines.. if T-1000s are running around willy-nilly.
pretty sure we are RIP without the need for time travel.
I'll have to go back and look, but I don't think that's exactly what was said in context.
The explanation given was that the humans had already won. Killing John at that point would be pointless. Therefore they had to wipe out his existence, meaning at some point in the past. Not that he had to never be born, but that he could never lead the humans.
T2 is pointless and non-canon (to me, anyway), but it's great fun.
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