Re: Is "Terminator" stuck in a "Gilligan's Island"-style dilemma?

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:36:21 -0600, Doc O'Leary
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>In article 
><bob-6C4F94.22152108022008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Warchild <bob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> My theory is that the events along Sarah/John's timeline as they move 
>> forward is subtly changing the future, and that the Skynet interaction 
>> with Sarah/John is not a parallel forward time track, but actually a 
>> reverse time track as Skynet moves towards complete dissolution as the 
>> human resistance grows stronger.  
>> 
>> Evil Arnie from 'The Terminator' is actually the last gasp attempt by 
>> Skynet to prevent the future.  T2 and T3 evil terminators were actually

>> sent earlier on John's future timeline, when Skynet had more resources.
>> 
>> That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
>
>That's a pretty good story, and very true to the spirit of time travel 
>as a plot device. 

It doesn't work, though.  By the time of T2, Skynet knew who John and
Sarah Connor were and weren't just going through the phone book.