Hello, I am a new poster here to these forums. I am not really a big fan of the Terminator series, but I do find it interesting. (sometimes much more interesting than all the garbage on the tv nowadays..but I digress)

Anyway, I would like to point out a plot hole big enough to drive a 18 wheeler through.

It starts like this
Sarah, John, and Derek are constantly fighting to destroy skynet and prevent them from ever existing.
The problem arises when you consider that the main reason why all this commotion is about is all due to poor old John, the future leader of mankind.
Hence the crux of my argument. If they were to destory skynet in present time, and prevent it from being designed, the following issues would take place.

1. They destroy skynet PERMANENTLY.
2. Because John was fathered by a guy from the future sent back in time to save Sarah, without skynet in the way, not only would he not be sent back, likey there would be not time machines to begin with in the future. (I say that because its safe to bet Skynet invented the timemachine.)
3. Because John does not exist, and skynet does not exist, Sarah has no purpose, and never ends up in a mental institute.
4. Because there is nobody to stop it, somebody reinvents Skynet.
5. havoc insues
6: Goto 1
The solution would be, rather than trying to stop Skynet, would be to work against it. Recruit people to an underground resistance early. Capture more t-888's and other terminators and convert them to the "good" side. Stockpile arms and munitions. Attempt to disable (using cameron and other teminators) Nuclear missiles from taking off to minimize fallout, craters, loss of life etc. Dont try to prevent the enevitable. Prepare for it.
I see things like this, but lol other than that and another plot hole which I have forgotten about , I think its a good series

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