Terminator Megathread: Time Traveling to Prevent/Confirm Your Own Birth

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Bonzo: Mar 11, 2004; Just like Mama used to make it!

Terminator OST is the best thing about the movie.

And that T2 playset looks rad. I miss when toy companies use to just make poo poo up but still seems like it could be a plot to a Terminator movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FErhk4kSMkI

# ¿ Mar 24, 2024 01:11

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 14:25

Bonzo: Mar 11, 2004; Just like Mama used to make it!

Did they ever explain why Skynet just didn't go back to the 1885 Wild West and assassinate the Sarah Conner's great (x4) grand mother?

# ¿ Mar 24, 2024 15:18

Bonzo: Mar 11, 2004; Just like Mama used to make it!

If only there was a way to go back and access those records before they were destroyed. Hmmmmmm

# ¿ Mar 24, 2024 15:26

Bonzo: Mar 11, 2004; Just like Mama used to make it!

JediTalentAgent posted:

My headcanon for time travel in Terminator is that there are extremely limited windows where it can send something through time.

Each new timeline WANTS to send soldiers back to the 80s, but that window is occupied by the T1 arrival. So then they pick the next closest (early 90s) for T2 future. When T3 future rolls around they figure out that both the 80s and 90s windows they calculated are somehow inaccessible, so they have to pick an early 00s one.

Eventually, the windows get so close to the Future War era and worthless for effecting a major change* that Skynet has to resort to going back to uncertain pre-80s slots that have a greater shot of also causing greater damage to the timeline.

The T1 T-800 that shows up in Genisys would have been a complete waste for Skynet. All the data it had on finding and killing Sarah Connor was worthless the moment it popped out of the time bubble since Pops and Sarah had been on the run and off the grid for years. Had Pops not shown up, it probably would have wandered America for years just killing every Sarah Connor it found.

I seem to recall in SCC that There was a Terminator that showed up in the past and walled themselves into a building to wait it out. It's been a while so I could be wrong.

I think this would be an acceptable ending to T2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlAbQx8xbec

# ¿ Mar 24, 2024 19:16

Bonzo: Mar 11, 2004; Just like Mama used to make it!

want

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROqAMLxSnQw

# ¿ Mar 25, 2024 04:40

Bonzo: Mar 11, 2004; Just like Mama used to make it!

Jimbone Tallshanks posted:

Speaking of X-Files it took me a while to see Robert Patrick as anyone but the T-1000.

The Wayne's World cameo was great.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2024 15:01

Bonzo: Mar 11, 2004; Just like Mama used to make it!

Robert Patrick was awesome on the Sopranos

# ¿ Mar 27, 2024 22:53

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 14:25

Bonzo: Mar 11, 2004; Just like Mama used to make it!

I wonder how many traffic tickets he's gotten out of since he plays all these roles.

When he's not looking for porn GIFS anyway

# ¿ Mar 29, 2024 20:01

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