I like my TSCC scrambled, with a side of crazy
Theory, glorious theory!John Henry's "brother" tried to kill him and also wants Savannah dead. Those are two good reasons for John Henry to want to stop him. So why jump to the future to destroy the AI that's after him and Savannah in the present? Well, I don't think he did. I think John Henry is still in 2009 and after finding out Kaliba's
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Since John Connor and Weaver bubbled into a post-Judgement Day future, whoever stayed behind in 2009 clearly failed to prevent Judgement Day.
I'm with you on the continuation of the conflict, pushing Judgement Day farther and farther into the future, rather than the complete and definitive destruction of all possible avenues to the singularity.
I should really make my own post on this topic, rather than taking so much of your thread.
Cameron was in the business of hoarding parts, not destroying them. John Connor knew the chip was dangerous, but I was expecting Cameron to use Vic's chip as a platform for teaching John what he needed to know about hacking and reprogramming Terminator chips.
I don't care how good a programmer is; a new processor architecture, a new OS, a new software architecture must be explored and learned and practiced with.
To mis-quote from the Karate Kid: "Reprogram Terminator so-so, get you SQUISH like grape".
So if John wasn't hacking that chip, it's because it was gone.
The chips being incompatible is someone's speculation.
Didn't John use the same socket for reading Vic's chip AND plugging Cameron into the traffic control network?
What's ridiculous was John finding a socket for them at Radio Shack. Trust me, I'm an electrical engineer...
Cameron and John Henry have very different histories, world views, and morality. I would like to see them
work through some challenging situations together, maybe something that shows them in conflict, shows their accelerated consciousness, while the action takes place in slow motion, like Bullet Time from The Matrix.
The gender identity gag is old hat, I have no desire to see Thomas Dekker kiss Garrett Dillahunt. Squick.
BTR gave John Connor his wish: to live a life where he is not the Savior of Mankind. He needed to see the world wrought by his selfish refusal to man-up, to stiffen his resolve, to clarify what he's fighting for, and take that resolve back to 2009 to reengage the enemy. Perhaps with reinforcements.
Our lifestyle as we know it could not exist, for as many people as currently enjoy it, without reliance on machines. When we create or control a life, we must educate it properly, treat it fairly, or it may turn on us and kill us.
I too, want to return to the present day, to delay Judgement Day.
What are we fighting? Is it the self-awareness of Skynet? Is is Skynet's access to nukes? Is it the self awareness of individual Terminators? Once Skynet manufactures a bunch of them and turns them loose on us, do we have ethical obligations to them as individuals? Can we reason with them? (Not according to Kyle). Can we shape their evolution into ethical beings?
All of these things can be explored, without it raining Nukes or everyone singing Kum-ba-yah, or stoning people to death for using technology.
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