10 Sci-Fi Fan Theories That Make The Films Better
4. Skynet Needs Humans - The Terminator
The Terminator series is rife with potential for fan
theories since each film in the inconsistent franchise attempts to deepen the
lore of the universe shared by the series. But whilst the flicks themselves may
vary in quality, one fan theory explains the underlying conflict of the series
with a surprisingly believable and consistent internal logic which beats the
actual explanations offered in the films.
It’s an age-old question—if Skynet killed off half of humanity the moment it became self-aware via nuclear Armageddon, why didn’t they just wipe out the entire human world at once? Why send Arnie back in time to off John Connor?
Well, because it needs humans in order to have a purpose—that purpose being, destroy them. Therefore the not-that-bright computer brain behind the antagonists of the series is essentially treating John Connor and by extension humanity the way a cat does a mouse—letting them escape long enough to chase them again, and repeating this loop ad nauseaum.
Boy, when you put it like that it makes the end of Terminator 3 sound positively uplifting.