# Sarah Connor Chronicles: Wow, that was bad. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-connor-chronicles-wow-that-was-bad/433436 "2008-01-14T02:14:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-connor-chronicles-wow-that-was-bad/433436/121 "2008-01-18T16:28:23Z")
> [@Elendil's Heir](#): > > I agree it’s gonna get a bit silly if other terminators are showing up all the time… I almost imagine a SkyNet conveyor belt carrying them directly from the assembly room to the time machine in a never-ending procession. Sooner or later, the computer will figure out that all its accomplishing by sending more terminators is that John Connor soaks up more XP. Skynet must do what computers always do to keep humans humble – cheat. What they should do is send a borg back that can set up skynet way back in the past before John Connor is born. Also, if it can, it should corrupt John Connor’s saved games. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-connor-chronicles-wow-that-was-bad/433436/122 "2008-01-18T16:45:50Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny Angel] Sooner or later, the computer will figure out that all its accomplishing by sending more terminators is that John Connor soaks up more XP. [/QUOTE] Actually, that’s a really interesting point. It could be argued that the only reason John Connor is the savior of mankind is _because_ he fought off a million terminators growing up. IOW, Skynet created and trained its own nemesis. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-connor-chronicles-wow-that-was-bad/433436/123 "2008-01-18T16:58:12Z")
[QUOTE=JSexton] It could be argued that the only reason John Connor is the savior of mankind is _because_ he fought off a million terminators growing up. IOW, Skynet created and trained its own nemesis. [/QUOTE] Per the first and third movies, that’s definitely the case. Sarah raised and trained John to be the resistance leader (and in fact he was only born in the first place) because of her experience with Reese and the first Terminator. It’s only _T2_ and _Chronicles_ that imply that the causal loop can be broken and John doesn’t have to have that future. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-connor-chronicles-wow-that-was-bad/433436.md?page=6)