The old bootstrap paradox. The Terminator movies deliberately leaves who sent Pops ambiguous and unexplained. It's never stated on-screen whether it's John Connor, an alternate version of the resistance, a future Sarah, or even some other party.
Which came first, the son (John) or Pops? Neither, and both. It's a closed causal loop with no true "first" event. It's Pops and the son simultaneously, in a timeless circle.
So, you're not missing anything other than how James Cameron mind works.
Which came first, the son (John) or Pops? Neither, and both. It's a closed causal loop with no true "first" event. It's Pops and the son simultaneously, in a timeless circle.
So, you're not missing anything other than how James Cameron mind works.
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." – Thomas Sowell