Bill Dungsroman wrote:

E. L. Koba wrote:

Possible (slightly gay) explanation. The time machine can only send people back a set distance in time. Like 30 years or whatever. So skynet sends back the original Arnold just before the machine is captured and the humans send back Reese. Then, 10 years later when they have the T1000 they manage to build another time machine... just before that time machine is captured by the humans and they send back Arnold #2. And then 10 years later....

Or they could just say "Time travel is complicated. That's just the way it works."

Khassar/Vajna Productions owes you a creative consulting fee. That's the least-stupidest rationale I've heard yet.