Sure, but this...
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Originally Posted by unclejack  I really hate it when Hollywood craps all over original movies just so they can make a sequel that will bring them some profit. |
...answers why they made both Terminator 2 and 3.
I'll grant you that they did give a good camera shot to the terminator and that extended arm at the end of the first movie.
It's my feeling that it was likely a directorial decision, and not part of the originally written script. It makes no sense when you put it next to the written prologue and the interrogation scene. Most people wouldn't analyze the movie enough to recognize this plot hole.
That's why I believe it was directorial decision. They made millions off of the sequels...of course their not going to completely destroy that terminator like the prologue said they would.
Hence, the war was not decided in Los Angeles 1984...