Terminator’s Time Travel Rules Finally Make Sense (It Only Took 40 Years)
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Terminator Zero. Terminator Zerooffers a simple yet effective explanation for how theTerminatorfranchise’s time travel works. Set in 1997 hours before Judgment Day,Terminator Zero’s timelineties into the first two movies but takes the story in a very different direction. While mostTerminatormovies and TV showstake place in their own continuity, one recurring aspect of the franchise is the confusing time travel rules. Time travel is arguably paradoxical by definition, butTerminatorhasn’t always made an effort to avoid plot holeswhen it comes to its alternate futures and pasts....