It makes your eyes go cross

Rating: 10/10 (14 February 2002)

Don't get me wrong, I think this is one of the best films ever made, no doubt. However, I was sitting around watching it one day when I had a thought. Say something happened where Sarah and John were actually able to prevent the war and the apocalypse never happened. Ok, well then John would instantaneously have to disappear, because if there was no war, why would Kyle Reese be sent back. And if he wasn't sent back, he and Sarah would never meet, i.e. there would be no existence of John Connor. Sarah would probably lose all memory of him and the war, and would go back to her wimpy existence as a student/waitress. I know this is really overkill and that it is "just a movie," but it is still sort of neat to ponder these things.
Also, how in the world was John born in the first place before the war even began? I am of the opinion that the future hasn't happened yet, so it is difficult to imagine him being born essentially before his father was.
So whenever all looks like it is won for the humans and John, if he is still there, obviously somehow the job hasn't been done. It can make your eyes go cross to think like this about reality and time, but take a deep breath and try to realize, as I did, that time travel has too many liabilities to make a genuinely believable concept. I am not saying at all that it tarnishes the film in any way. I know it is just fiction, and I do have fun watching it. But I'm just saying what came to my mind. Thanks for allowing me to post my thought before this forum!