008Zulu posted...
Then why does Skynet have such a murder boner for John Connor's past self, when killing him back then clearly wouldn't change anything?
spite, anger, etc., mostly (flipping the chessboard over)
it's also possible that JC is intended to be some kind of nexus: something like "70% of worlds where we kill JC, Skynet is totally badass"
it's not totally clear
it's possible it doesn't care if it has to burn some timelines, and the logical "i wont know about it" doesnt matter to the AI--it's fine knowing it's winning in other timelines
it's also possible that it thinks it can somehow become a God if it has enough time, and then it wont matter, or it could rescue it's alternate selves.
as far as the movies go, it seems like there aren't infinite timelines, just like 4-10 or w/e, and in every single one skynet is defeated eventually, before becoming a god.