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Finally! They’re doing a Terminator in the future when all the robot war stuff happens. I’ve wanted this movie ever since I saw the first one (way back when). Christian Bale is playing the adult John Conner.

I gained a new respect for the Terminator movies when I first discovered philosophy of time, read “Paradoxes of Time Travel” and realized that Terminator 1 and 2 were consistent. If I’m not mistaken (and somebody correct me if I’m wrong) Terminator 3 did something toward the end that made it an inconsistent time travel story; however, now I can’t remember what that was.

(Bleg, can someone tell me if I’m right about Terminator 3 being inconsistent. Whatever it was it struck me as being pretty minor – e.g., the time of judgement day ended up being off by just a few seconds or something like that.)

Hopefully, Terminator 4 will be (a.) good and (b.) consistent.

3 Responses to “The Terminator I’ve Been Waiting For All My Life”

  1. Maury The Beetle

    That’s a brutal second sentence typo. Does your wife know about this?

    Also, have you seen “Primer”? It’s an excellent time travel movie that you might really enjoy the philosophy of.

  2. Justin

    You spelled “they’re” incorrectly in the first paragraph, doctor.

  3. Andrew Cullison

    Yeah, I do that one a lot. I like to try and rationalize that one away as quick typing over the “y'” – but there’s really no excuse.

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