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existence of Kyle Reese in the altered timeline

posted 2 years ago by whitelighter (28)
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One thing puzzles me - Cameron states that in the new timeline, Kyle Reese is still sent back in time to protect Sarah Connor. But the Kyle Reese who was originally sent back in time was from a different timeline, in which Judgement Day occurred at an earlier date. But Sarah and John stopped that Judgement Day. Sending the Kyle Reese from the new timeline back nwould've changed everything, wouldn't it? In fact, would there have even been a Kyle Reese in the new timeline? He was born after the first Judgement Day. But if that Judgement Day was stopped, this would've altered the course events. Even if the Reese's did have still have a son who they named Kyle, it wouldn't be the same Kyle, would it?

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 2 years ago

I'm not sure I follow.

In TSCC, John Connor, played by Thomas Dekker, was born from Michael Biehn's Kyle Reese that we saw in T1. The little boy Kyle that Derek shows to John Connor does not grow up to be Michael Beihn. He grows up into the Kyle Reese we see in the TSCC finale. We don't know if he's sent back into the past, because, well, as of the finale, he hasn't been.

Whether or not those two are the same Kyle is up for debate. If you recall, Derek was kinda processing that sort of thing just before he "kills" Jesse, when he was all like, "I don't even know you".

[–] whitelighter (28) 2 years ago

I may have to go back and re-watch, but I seem to remember Cameron stating at one point that the Kyle Reese from this new timeline would still be sent back in time to father John (can't remember which episode). But sending him back now would change everything and create yet another timeline, wouldn't it? The only reason for doing so would be if the machines sent another terminator back to 1984 to kill Sarah.

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 2 years ago

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