Do they explain why the T-800 looks older?
Or is it just an unavoidable plot hole you have to accept?
shareIt looks older because it is older
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Yes, they do.
SPOILER
The movie opens with a really stupid plot beat, in which Sarah and John are chilling on a beach somewhere in 1998. A T-800 (Arnie at approx 40 years old, digitally de-aged) is sent back there, gets the absolute drop on Sarah and John, and with absolutely no problems, Arnie guns down John. Sarah doesn't even have a handgun on her.
After this ridiculous, contrived and absolutely disrespectful event, this Terminator, after succeeding in his mission to kill John Connor, moves to... a cabin in the woods... gets a wife... raising a kid (not his own, even the creators of this mess are not that stupid, only slighly less so)... running a draper business... petting dogs on his lap (dogs should go mental in the presence of Terminators, but nevermind that)...
Ugh, my brain still hurts, but hey... this is what happens. So in the next 30 years, this is what the T-800 does. While doing all this, he also ages. End of story.
Never considered the dog before. But possibly the dog would have become accustomed to Arnie. But good spot, that never even crossed my mind.
shareYep, it's just another beat of disrespect towards T1 and T2...
There are many more disrespectful aspects of this movie, I listed them all in my post here:
https://moviechat.org/tt6450804/Terminator-Dark-Fate/5f44f182cd32005dd3198f3f/Pointless-plot-and-absolute-disrespect-towards-the-source-material
yep, you have to accept that Arnie used what was left of his waning starpower to be in another worthless terminator sequel.
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