Terminator Salvation (Has No Plot Holes)

Hello Everyone and Anyone,

Plot holes and poor logic really ruins a movie. But with T.S., I was able to account for everything in the plot using explanations that aren't explicitly given but aren't discounted so far.

The format of this post is a plot hole is given then a potential explanation and then the explanation of the explanation.

Please leave comments and I have ideas for the next installment let me know if you all want that posted.

# 1

Kyle Reese is Jon Connor's Father yet born in the Future.

Kyle Reese (KR) was Originally sent back by a man named Jon Connor (JC) but was not his son.


Original JC sends his best man, KR, into the past to protect his mother without the knowledge that he will get his mother pregnant. This in addition to telling her how her only son will be named Jon and save humanity and the physical evidence of the Terminator causes her to raise her son with this in mind for his future.


# 2

Marcus Wright is more advanced than the T - 800, but was made by cyberdine pre-Skynet

Skynet is not completely in control of all the pre-WAR resources of Cyberdine, as you might imagine after Nuclear Warfare. Much of the Research and Development for Skynet's Arsenal was already done, but access was limited and incomplete ie Time Travel.

Marcus was complete but not online during the war and more sophisticated than Skynet could make. But with this one model it imparts a mission.


# 3

The HK does not destroy Marcus in the Tow Truck only prevents his escape.

At some point he is identified by the HK and obviously Skynets has given the order not to terminate him.


# 4

Kyle Reese is not immediately killed by Skynet once he is identified in a plan to lure Jon Connor in, even though killing Kyle would have the same outcome.

Skynet does not know Time Travel is a possibility see # 2 and only knows Jon is its main adversary in the present and the guy on the radio who has likely mentioned he is searching for Kyle Reese. Even when Skynet learns Jon Connor's father's name when Marcus plugs in this is illogical and assumes this is another Kyle Reese there were 6 billion humans. Why would it send a Terminator in the past to kill Sara Connor knowing the man sent to protect her would be his father?


# 5

Marcus Wright does not kill Jon Connor the moment he identifies him.


Skynet does not control Marcus Wright, nor does he broadcast only record. Broadcasting would give him away and any interference by the CPU would ruin his belief he is human.

# 6

The T - 800 in TS is not as ruthless as the one The Terminator but instead throws Jon Connor around instead of crushing his windpipe.

Skynet is Fucking Bat Shit Crazy.

Unlike the Terminators in the past Skynet does not have a connection to them. Skynet, having an artifiial intelligence, acts vicariously through the Terminator and relishes the Kill of its greatest adversary.