On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:11:14 -0700, William George Ferguson
<wmgfrgsn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
:
:There is no need for there to be alternate futures or parallel universes
in
:existence, only the one, which changes. However, changing the future
:doesn't change the past, even the past that includes someone who came
back
:from the (now changed) future.
Except that doesn't work: the first movie
excludes that possibility.
Skynet sent the first 101 back before Connor
sent Reese back, right? So, if there's one timeline which
changes, then as soon as Skynet sends the 101 back,
the timeline would change, the 101 would kill Sarah in
Tech Noir, and there would be no John Connor. Game
over.
The first movie *also* exludes the possibility of
multiple timelines. The 101 is sent back to a time earlier
than Reese is sent back (it appears in 1984 before
Reese does). If there were multiple timelines, then once
the 101 was sent back, it would be in a timeline where it
appears in 1984, kills Sarah Connor in Tech Noir, and
John Connor is never born, but John Connor and Kyle
Reese are in a timeline where that didn't happen. So,
when Reese is sent back, he would be sent back to a
timeline where there is no 101 in 1984 (since that isn't in
his past). Clearly that's not what happened, so there
can't be multiple timelines either.
The only consistent interpretation of the first
movie is of one unaltered timeline.
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