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* When Kyle is viewing both his own and his {{Alternate Self}}'s memories of their childhoods in the Time Displacement Field, the direct contrast of the alternate Kyle's happy birthday celebration with his parents and friends against the thirteen-year-old main Kyle tending his parents' graves at their home's ruins makes the latter harsher than it already is.

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* When Kyle is viewing both his own and his {{Alternate Self}}'s memories of their childhoods in the Time Displacement Field, the direct contrast of the alternate Kyle's happy birthday celebration with his parents and friends against the thirteen-year-old main Kyle tending his parents' graves alone at their home's ruins makes the latter harsher than it already is.
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* When Kyle is viewing both his own and his alternate self's memories of their childhood in the Time Displacement Field, the direct contrast of the alternate Kyle's happy birthday celebration with his parents and friends with the thirteen-year-old main Kyle tending his parents' graves at their home's ruins becomes harsher than it would be already.

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* When Kyle is viewing both his own and his alternate self's {{Alternate Self}}'s memories of their childhood childhoods in the Time Displacement Field, the direct contrast of the alternate Kyle's happy birthday celebration with his parents and friends with against the thirteen-year-old main Kyle tending his parents' graves at their home's ruins becomes makes the latter harsher than it would be already.already is.
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* When Kyle is viewing both his own and his alternate self's memories of their childhood in the Time Displacement Field, the direct contrast of the alternate Kyle's happy birthday celebration with his parents and friends with the thirteen-year-old main Kyle tending his parents' graves at their home's ruins becomes harsher than it would be already.

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* It's somewhat grim and harrowing to watch Pops struggle through and suffer various malfunctions with his servos over the film due to his old age -- his hand inappropriately spazzing and forcing him to knock it back into shape on concrete, his kneecap likewise failing and needing to be jammed back in. It's very much like watching a beloved old person begin struggling to their distress with ailing joints that one knows will not get better with age but will only worsen.



** [[spoiler:It can be harrowing in the armory scene when Kyle is screaming at John to fight it -- as John makes the CallBack speech, from his vocal tone and the way he's blinking his eyes, it's almost as if whatever's left of the human John's personality is desperately pleading with Kyle to kill him]].
* [[spoiler:Pops' DisneyDeath / HeroicSacrifice. From his acceptance of his fate, telling Kyle to protect Sarah, Sarah's crying and screaming, and the goddamn ''tragic'' music, it's easily the most powerful scene in the film - which makes his [[NotQuiteDead next appearance]] so much more [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome badass.]]]]
** Additionally, Pops [[spoiler:is visible seemingly crying, as his human face flakes in SlowMotion.]] [[CallBack It looks like a Terminator]] [[TearJerker/Terminator2JudgmentDay learnt how to do it after all.]]
* Speaking further, it's somewhat grim and harrowing to watch Pops struggle through and suffer various malfunctions with his servos over the film due to his old age -- his hand inappropriately spazzing and forcing him to knock it back into shape on concrete, his kneecap likewise failing and needing to be jammed back in. It's very much like watching a beloved old person begin struggling to their distress with ailing joints that one knows will not get better with age but will only worsen.

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** [[spoiler:It It can be harrowing in the armory scene when Kyle is screaming at John to fight it -- as John makes the CallBack speech, from his vocal tone and the way he's blinking his eyes, it's almost as if whatever's left of the human John's personality is desperately pleading with Kyle to kill him]].
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* [[spoiler:Pops' Pops' DisneyDeath / HeroicSacrifice. From his acceptance of his fate, telling Kyle to protect Sarah, Sarah's crying and screaming, and the goddamn ''tragic'' music, it's easily the most powerful scene in the film - which makes his [[NotQuiteDead next appearance]] so much more [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome badass.]]]]
** Additionally, Pops [[spoiler:is visible seemingly crying, as his human face flakes in SlowMotion.]] [[CallBack It looks like a Terminator]] [[TearJerker/Terminator2JudgmentDay learnt how to do it after all.
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* Speaking further, it's somewhat grim and harrowing to watch ** Additionally, Pops struggle through is visible seemingly crying, as his human face flakes in SlowMotion. [[CallBack It looks like a Terminator]] [[TearJerker/Terminator2JudgmentDay learnt how to do it after all.]]
* And then there's Sarah's words after Pops' HeroicSacrifice. In light of the details of her parents' deaths, the sacrifice of the only family she had for years who promised he would never let anyone hurt her
and suffer various malfunctions was always there for her, and additionally the FaceMonsterTurn and death of her alternate future son, combined with his servos over how Emilia Clarke delivers the film due to his old age -- his hand inappropriately spazzing and forcing him to knock line; it back into shape on concrete, his kneecap likewise failing and needing to be jammed back in. It's very much like watching a beloved old person begin struggling to their distress with ailing joints that one knows will not get better with age but will only worsen.comes off as quite meaningful. (Plus it becomes HarsherInHindsight after ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate''.)
-->"Everyone who loves me. Everyone. They die."
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* John's fate in this movie can be seen as one.
** [[spoiler:It can be harrowing in the armory scene when Kyle is screaming at John to fight it -- as John makes the CallBack speech, from his vocal tone and the way he's blinking his eyes, it's almost as if whatever's left of the human John's personality is desperately pleading with Kyle to kill him]].
* [[spoiler:Pops' DisneyDeath / HeroicSacrifice. From his acceptance of his fate, telling Kyle to protect Sarah, Sarah's crying and screaming, and the goddamn ''tragic'' music, it's easily the most powerful scene in the film - which makes his [[NotQuiteDead next appearance]] so much more [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome badass.]]]]
** Additionally, Pops [[spoiler:is visible seemingly crying, as his human face flakes in SlowMotion.]] [[CallBack It looks like a Terminator]] [[TearJerker/Terminator2JudgmentDay learnt how to do it after all.]]
* Speaking further, it's somewhat grim and harrowing to watch Pops struggle through and suffer various malfunctions with his servos over the film due to his old age -- his hand inappropriately spazzing and forcing him to knock it back into shape on concrete, his kneecap likewise failing and needing to be jammed back in. It's very much like watching a beloved old person begin struggling to their distress with ailing joints that one knows will not get better with age but will only worsen.

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