Corrected entry: At the beginning of the movie, John Connor is dumbfounded at the sight of the new terminator prototype. Why? After all, he had seen that and subsequent models as a child in the 3 previous movies.
Tailkinker
2nd Feb 2010
Terminator Salvation (2009)
7th Jan 2010
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Corrected entry: In John Connor's first confrontation with Marcus Wright, he claims that Wright killed his father, Kyle Reese. But at this point, Connor has not yet even met Reese, much less sent him back in time to impregnate Sarah Connor and ascertain his birth. If Reese was in fact dead as John Connor believed he was, then Connor wouldn't even exist.
Correction: He's referring to the fact that the future version of Reese died prior to his birth, in the fight against the Terminator back in 1984, not that he believes that Wright has personally slain Reese in their present.
8th Nov 2009
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Corrected entry: When Marcus is using the Terminator's eye (the motorcycle one) he somehow is able to get through the base with another Terminator's eye that is meant to be on the highway. Surely he couldn't get in with that eye.
Correction: Terminators move from place to place as part of their duties - they're not going to be rigidly assigned to one location with no ability to report back to base if required.
22nd Aug 2009
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Corrected entry: In the first movie, Kyle Reese explains to Sarah Connor about the Terminators as infiltration units, with human tissue, metallic endoskeleton, sweet, bad breath, etc; so they are very hard to spot. Reese then says to her, "I had to wait 'till he moved on you before I could zero him". Reese didn't know the look of the T-800 in 1984. But in "Salvation" Reese saw his face. Besides, John Connor knew this Terminator since he was a child. John and Kyle where together, so Reese should know the appearance of the Terminator before the time travel to save Sarah.
Correction: Kyle's seen a face, briefly before it gets burned off, in the middle of a highly stressful situation. He didn't exactly have a chance to sit there and thoughtfully study it, committing every last detail to memory for future reference. It's another ten years until Kyle has his date with a time machine, so the vague details that he does remember will have plenty of time to fade even further. John's knowledge of what the Terminator looks like is irrelevant. Even if John does describe the Terminator to Kyle, Kyle can't exactly travel around blowing away anybody who happens to fit the description; without a photograph, which Kyle couldn't take with him anyway, John's description could not possibly be specific enough for Kyle to be absolutely certain that he wasn't about to fire a shotgun into the face of some regular human who just happens to resemble the cyborg to some degree. He has no choice but to wait until the Terminator makes its move to be 100% sure of his target.
25th Jun 2009
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Corrected entry: A little time paradox: It is stated that Kyle Reese is on top of the list of people marked for death. This would mean that his importance for the future is already known by SkyNet. However, it's highly unlikely that John Connor notified SkyNet of what role Kyle Reese is going to play in the future.
Correction: It doesn't mean anything of the sort. It's entirely plausible that Skynet could discover that Connor is interested in Reese, by, say, interrogating a captured resistance fighter. Connor's interest alone would be enough to put Reese on Skynet's priority target list, without it having to have any foreknowledge of his destiny. No paradox there.
20th Jun 2009
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Corrected entry: A little problem concerning a time paradox: We learn that Kyle Reese is on the top of the list of people marked for death. This would mean that his importance is already known by the terminators at this time. However, only Sarah and John Connor could possibly know that Kyle Reese will eventually become John's father.
Correction: Incorrect. It's never stated in the film that Skynet knows that Reese is Connor's father, just that they've established that Connor is interested in him, something that they could have easily learned by interrogating a captured resistance fighter. Given their desire to eliminate Connor, it's entirely reasonable that they would put Reese on their target list, on the assumption that, if they grab Reese, they can use him to lure Connor, their main target, in.
9th Jun 2009
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Corrected entry: During the first Jeep scene at the observatory, before the actual ride Kyle addresses Marcus by his name. However, he has not introduced his name yet.
Correction: At that point, it's been hours since they met up. Marcus simply mentioned his name off-screen during that time.
2nd Jun 2009
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Corrected entry: When Kyle Reese is captured and taken to Skynet Headquarters, once inside, the camera pans around as if we're seeing things through his eyes. While he's looking "upwards," near the top middle of the screen you can see the shadow outlines of four people behind the white glass. Almost as if "humans" where in charge and overseeing Skynet's business.
Correction: So what are you proposing as the mistake? Terminators are established as being humanoid, therefore a sighting of humanoid figures within the Skynet facility cannot be considered a mistake. Your suggestion that these are humans is purely an assumption, with nothing to back it up, and thus cannot be considered as valid grounds for an error. Without something more concrete, this cannot possibly be acceptable as an error.
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Correction: Because he knows that it's too early. In the first film in the series, Reese, who came back in time from 2029, eleven years on from the events of Terminator Salvation, specifically states that the T-800 is a new model. The T-800s shouldn't be coming online for several more years, hence Connor's surprise.
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