the way it works in the movie is that originally john reese was born normally in future time and notices everything going bad. so he decides to go back in time to stop it from happening in the first place, for argument's sake this is how he comes to be in the past with sarah conner. for some reason he decides that the best thing to do is to impregnate sarah conner and train up someone (their son) to lead the resistance against the machines.
Here's where it gets tricky, john conner is born and ends up surviving the nuclear holocaust and leading resistance, knowing the whole time that his father came from the future. because of the changes that occur due to what some people call the "butterfly effect" john reese no longer feels the need to send himself back in time (he is a different person to the john reese who impregnated sarah conner) untill he is told by John conner that he is his father, and he needs to go back to impregnate his mum so that he can be born. the problem is that, also due to the so called Butterfly effect, john reese is a subtly different person to the man who fathered the John Conner that is now teling him to return, and thus will never be his father, so when he goes back in time and impregnates Sarah Conner their son will also be a different person to the superhero that managed to survive he nuclear holocaust without the help of Arnie. the new john conner is the soft as butter kid that we see in the movies.
after the future john conner sends john reese back in time to impregnate sarah conner, he changes, due to the shift in the space time continuoum (where he story as we know it unfolds, leading to the john connor in the movies being the same person as the future john connor) contingeant upon his very existence is the survival of himself in the past as a child, this is why he sends that terminators back in time to protect himself.
All of the above in effect happens in an instant, as time corrects itself and finds an equilibrium,
i apologise if the above is difficult to understand, if anyone has any queries please don't hesitate to email me at qwerty27@hotmail.com, with the subject: "Terminator Time Travel Dillemma"
the way it works in the movie is that originally john reese was born normally in future time and notices everything going bad. so he decides to go back in time to stop it from happening in the first place, for argument's sake this is how he comes to be in the past with sarah conner. for some reason he decides that the best thing to do is to impregnate sarah conner and train up someone (their son) to lead the resistance against the machines.
Here's where it gets tricky, john conner is born and ends up surviving the nuclear holocaust and leading resistance, knowing the whole time that his father came from the future. because of the changes that occur due to what some people call the "butterfly effect" john reese no longer feels the need to send himself back in time (he is a different person to the john reese who impregnated sarah conner) untill he is told by John conner that he is his father, and he needs to go back to impregnate his mum so that he can be born. the problem is that, also due to the so called Butterfly effect, john reese is a subtly different person to the man who fathered the John Conner that is now teling him to return, and thus will never be his father, so when he goes back in time and impregnates Sarah Conner their son will also be a different person to the superhero that managed to survive he nuclear holocaust without the help of Arnie. the new john conner is the soft as butter kid that we see in the movies.
after the future john conner sends john reese back in time to impregnate sarah conner, he changes, due to the shift in the space time continuoum (where he story as we know it unfolds, leading to the john connor in the movies being the same person as the future john connor) contingeant upon his very existence is the survival of himself in the past as a child, this is why he sends that terminators back in time to protect himself.
All of the above in effect happens in an instant, as time corrects itself and finds an equilibrium,
i apologise if the above is difficult to understand, if anyone has any queries please don't hesitate to email me at qwerty27@hotmail.com, with the subject: "Terminator Time Travel Dillemma"