LogFAQs > #913383227

In a more serious manner, my view on it is this:

The Terminator goes back in time to kill Sarah Connor specifically because she's destined to give birth to John Connor, the man that leads the rebellion against them.

John Connor sends Kyle Reese back in time to protect Sarah Connor.

Kyle Reese eventually goes through a harrowing experience with Sarah, and through that shared experience, they have sex, with Reese impregnating Sarah with John.

These are the events of the plot. I'm not talking about setting of scene or anything like that. These are just the three major events that set the scene in question. Here is why the actual sex HAD to be shown:

1. If you change the plot so Reese is NOT the father of John Connor, then the story loses a ton of emotional weight. Then you have Sarah getting pregnant via some random guy, which is extremely unsatisfying for the audience. Therefore, you have to leave Reese as the father.

2. If you don't show them having sex at ALL, and Sarah just shows up pregnant at the end of the movie, it feels like a cop-out and the audience is disappointed that the movie threw some random shit in like a Shyamalan plot twist.

3. If you show the aftermath, like maybe Sarah buttoning her shirt, then the sex feels cheap...like it was JUST a quick one and done with no emotional impact whatsoever.

Because of these three things, showing Reese (a traumatized war veteran) and Sarah (the mother of the man who'll save humanity) having sex to create John Connor carries a great deal more emotional weight than any other option would.
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