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John, fully aware due to the nature of The Terminator's existing stable time loop that Kyle will one day become his father, deduces that Skynet must too now be aware of this fact. Number one on this list though is a young Kyle Reese, played by Anton Yelchin. Part of the reason this is about to take place is that the human resistance has obtained a list of high profile targets Skynet plans to take out soon, John among them. John Connor ( Christian Bale) is about to lead an assault on Skynet's headquarters in San Francisco. The bulk of Terminator Salvation takes place in the far off year of 2018. Terminator Salvation Plot Hole: Why Not Just Kill Kyle Reese? If that sounds like an easy recipe for a plot hole, well, it most definitely is. Salvation is set in the far future from both Terminator and Terminator 3, but also takes place prior to John Connor sending Kyle Reese back through time to protect Sarah Connor in the original. In almost the exact middle of the Terminator franchise is 2009's Terminator Salvation, which is kind of a prequel to the original Terminator movie, and kind of a sequel to 2003's Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Related: Terminator: Arnold Schwarzenegger Rewrite Almost Ruined The Most Iconic Line There have been six Terminator films made to date, and the amount of continuity snarls just increases with each entry.
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That gets compounded many times over when an entire series of films revolves around time travel, such as the Back to the Future or Terminator franchises. It certainly does happen, but even the best usually come complete with a bothersome little unresolved plot point or two. That's not to say that some writers aren't capable of crafting time travel stories that makes sense. The more one messes with the past and future, the more the present must be changed to keep up. Part of that is due to the difficulty of making sure a film's various trips through time don't result in unresolved paradoxes, or other noticeable logic flaws and continuity errors. Time travel stories can be endlessly fascinating, but they can also be incredibly easy to get horribly wrong. In Terminator Salvation, Skynet makes an absolutely boneheaded decision involving a young Kyle Reese, creating a plot hole that's a mile wide.