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I'm not sure T2 actually showed that anything had changed. What if Skynet sent the t-800 to '84 and the t-1000 to 90-whenever-t2-took-place at the same time, from the same timeline, as a back-up measure?
The resistance would've then sent Reese and the reprogrammed t-800 also at the same time.
From the future Sarah's and John's point of view in that timeline, the events of the first and second movie would've already happened (assuming Sarah was still alive).
The real change, then, would come after the destruction of Cyberdyne Systems, when the military began work on Skynet.
However, I believe you're right that the creators of T1 were going for the idea of a predestination paradox and never meant for the remains of the t-800 to factor into anything. At the end of the movie, we're presented with the idea that things will happen just as Reese told Sarah they did and that nothing had changed. T2 changes that.
quote: However, I believe you're right that the creators of T1 were going for the idea of a predestination paradox and never meant for the remains of the t-800 to factor into anything. At the end of the movie, we're presented with the idea that things will happen just as Reese told Sarah they did and that nothing had changed. T2 changes that.
...And then T3 changes it again by saying that there the timeline can be changed buy there are some things (in this case Judgment Day) that are inevitable.
Incidentally, some scenes that were cut from the original movie set up the second, with Sarah Conner finding out Cyberdynes's address and trying to persuade Reese to let her attack it.
...and an alternate ending for T2 showed an elderly Sarah Conner sitting in Washington in 2029 talking about the war that never happened. (Thank god for DVD extras )
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