First, where does the "timeline" start in The Terminator?
1. In 1984, Sarah Connor meets Kyle Reese, resulting in the birth of John Connor.
2. In 2029, John Connor sends Kyle Reese back in time 45 years to protect Sarah Connor from the terminator.
#1 could not have happened without #2, and #2 could not have happened without #1.
Terminator 2:
1. Skynet is built based on the technology that was obtained from the destruction of the first terminator (the chip, forearm and hand).
2. Skynet becomes self-aware in August of 1997
3. Skynet views humans as a threat, and tries to eliminate them.
4. Skynet sends a terminator back in time to kill John and Sarah, in 2029, once humans breached its defense grid.
5. John sends back a protector.
6. The T800, John, and Sarah destroy Cyberdyne systems, the chip, forearm, and hand, as well as the T1000. Sarah then melts the T800.
So destroying the tech from the previous terminator would preclude and prevent (or at least heavily delay) the development of Skynet, and thus there would be no need for a terminator, and no need for anyone to be sent back through time. And thus, John Connor wouldn't exist.
1. In 1984, Sarah Connor meets Kyle Reese, resulting in the birth of John Connor.
2. In 2029, John Connor sends Kyle Reese back in time 45 years to protect Sarah Connor from the terminator.
#1 could not have happened without #2, and #2 could not have happened without #1.
Terminator 2:
1. Skynet is built based on the technology that was obtained from the destruction of the first terminator (the chip, forearm and hand).
2. Skynet becomes self-aware in August of 1997
3. Skynet views humans as a threat, and tries to eliminate them.
4. Skynet sends a terminator back in time to kill John and Sarah, in 2029, once humans breached its defense grid.
5. John sends back a protector.
6. The T800, John, and Sarah destroy Cyberdyne systems, the chip, forearm, and hand, as well as the T1000. Sarah then melts the T800.
So destroying the tech from the previous terminator would preclude and prevent (or at least heavily delay) the development of Skynet, and thus there would be no need for a terminator, and no need for anyone to be sent back through time. And thus, John Connor wouldn't exist.
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