Spoiler Alert: The entire Internet

Not to give away the conclusion of this research study from the University of California at San Diego, but it appears that spoilers might not ruin stories or films. The researchers found that giving away the ending actually enhanced the first viewing experience of some subjects, in fact.

This is why The Guys took a vote  (sorry, Chugs) and decided to spoil the plot to the original Terminator movie for those of you that started with T2 and never looked back: John Connor is not the same John Connor that Kyle Reese made.

Well, he is now. (And by “now,” we mean T3 and Terminator Salvation now.)

It turns out at the very end of The Terminator that the original John Connor sent the original Terminator back to stop Kyle Reese from having sex with his mom. Reese wanted to command the human resistance and figured the only way to beat Connor at his own time travel game was to become his own grandpa.

And that is why each sequel to T2 feels a little more and more like date rape.

You’re welcome.