It's like Inception - it doesn't matter if it's real or not, either way they're going to have doubts for the rest of their lives and could go crazy in any number of ways trying to sort it out.
Great way to look at it. After watching through again in the edit, it’s super interesting to see how both ways to interpret the movie are perfectly valid and backed up by evidence.
All a dream/he is lobotomized, the techs at total recall talk about “ooh blue skies on Mars”. Still a fun movie that works either way as dream or real.
"I'm glad they gave him a job that Arnold's suited for" You have no idea how right you are! Before he made it big in films, him and a bunch of other European bodybuilders in the US were running a brick laying business. According to Arnold, they weren't that successful at first, but then they doubled the price and called it "European style" and suddenly everyone wanted it.
I could be wrong but i remember hearing that he was the only European everyone who worked for him was American he just told them to not say anything to the costumers. But Arnold was a business man and made it rich before ever working in a movie. Movies where just a side hobby for no other reason then he wanted to act and could afford to
The idea of taking a pill or some other substance to awaken from a false reality long predates movies entirely. The only thing the matrix introduced was a specific color association for the illusion and the true reality.
yeah the writers of the matrix pulled things from everywhere hell alice in wonderland was a huge influence and that was from the 1860's, even the wizard of oz had clicking her sparkly ruby slippers heels together to get home in 1900, a simple act to undo a fantasy is a major trope of fantasy
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Supposedly, there was a scene in the original script that never made it to film, that explained that the Martians could see the future. However, unlike the mutated humans born on Mars, their power was so great that the could see centuries ahead, and thus they learned of their race's unavoidable demise, as well as the oxygen-breathing creatures that would colonize their planet. So their entire race devoted the last century of its existence to building the oxygen-producing machine.
This movie is the only time I will allow the "was it all a dream ?" trope. It's built toward the entire movie, every element, every plot point is designed to make it impossible to actually answer the question "is this really happening or is what we're seeing a visual representation of the ego trip Doug bought from Recall ?" It's not just some random swerve tacked on at the end, it's the basis of the whole film.
I will always prefer a 'happy ending' but for this movie I am happy to have it forever be a 'maybe it was all a dream' without an actual final 'yes or no' to that question.
Good news. The "it's a dream", "it's real", and "it's the rekall simulation (both normal and lobotomy version)" are all true. The director stated that all are true as alternate realities.
People saying "I've never seen this movie before" feels so surreal. How can they NOT have seen this movie right? Than you realize it was 32 years ago that this movie was released, and from that standpoint you suddenly realize that 32 years ago for this generation means that for my generation it would have been the 1960/70's (possibly even late 50's) for movies for my generation and I sure as hell haven't seen many of that time period myself. That just makes me wonder how many good movies I've missed because of the generational gap.
yeah it feels so crazy, like the movies of the 80s and 90 defined us as a generation, they're so iconic and a part of us, it feels so weird to find people that have never seen them. But then I'm like why did you parents not show you these movies, my kids have seen them all.
To be fair there was a golden age of playing movies on TV through the 90s and 2000s, where older movies were cheaper to license, as well as the video rental Era. So if you grew up in the 90s or 00s you are very likely to have seen these movies. But then my mother was big into movies and recorded stuff like Back to the Future on TV, so she kinda got me more into movies than most.
Not sure if anyone's pointed this out yet, but when Quaid is at the Recall place for the first time and the technician picks up his program to prepare it (while the female doctor is getting him set up in the chair), the guy technician looks at it and says, "Ohh. Blue Sky on Mars. That's a new one!" It's said very faintly, but you can hear it.
@@1wwtom Watched this many times and is Coahgan trying to have him killed all through OR just want him arrested and brought to him as if hes really his friend, why kill him?? Also how can the real girl be the same as the one he picks in the program at Recall?? Does that prove this is all a dream? or did they plant her pic in the program and the techs dont realise. She cant be fake and real too?? Thats where it breaks down for me in logic..
@@kinagrill No not because of the oceans , but we have a Oxygen atmosphere and it burns blue as other gas's burn diff colours and this idea is how we can work out atmospheres on planets many light years away by looking at the spectrum when observing. Mars has a pinkish colour as it is 95% CO2 and a very very thin atmosphere; sadly the film shows as dark oppressive red which is a little strange as they get a lot of the science right sort of... and had advisers? You need a almost full spacesuit on mars as its only slightly higher pressure than standing on the moon which like open space is zero pressure. Fun fact- The mars atmosphere is so thin, that theres a temp diff between your feet and head!!!! Here on Earth the temp changes 1.98c per thousand feet but Mars, just a few feet!! VERY thin and gentle pink when standing there..
@@xx3868 it's actually more of a bluish purple but human eyes are dumb and see it as paleblue. And yes you're right, it's got nothing to do with our oceans, that's an old urban myth or whatnot.
I feel like the Recall Representative scene is pretty damn meta- you have to WANT to return to reality and that’s basically targeted at the audience. When the protagonist crosses the point of no return, the walls literally crash down and the movie continues in rollicking, fantastical fashion, concluding without any more mention of the possibility it’s all fake (which is precisely what WOULD happen).
The interesting thing is: When the supposed "guy from the company" tells Quaid what will happen if he kills him, the audience does not believe that character. But everything he says actually comes true.
Fun fact: The voice of the automated cab is Robert Picardo aka the Doctor from ST Voyager. This movie was so good that I bought the novelization AND the NES game.
@@freddogrosso9835 Shit man, I couldn't even beat 'Battletoads' when I used the Game Genie to cheat! If you can't win a game if you cheat, the game is legendarily hard.
This is one of the last great practical effects action films. Arnold combined with Verhoeven is sublime. Also, there are two actors in this film from Star Trek: one from Voyager and one from DS9.
Ah, I just made a comment about that. I counted four. Gul Dukat (DS9), Captain Jellico (TNG), Kolrami (TNG) and the Doctor (Voyager). edit: found number five! Michael Champion, the 'nerdy guy' at 18:29 played Boratus, an alien in the TNG episode _Captain's Holiday._
@@Bonez0r Then you completely missed Ensign Sonya Gomez (TNG, two episodes). Lycia Naff was the three-breasted whore (might have been a reference to Douglas Adams?)
My favorite part is we're never directly told where reality ends and the dream begins and vice versa. Was Quaid saving Mars all part of Recall? Or was it real? Well that's up to you. And I love that.
We Can Remember It For You Wholesale. That's the original book title. Phillip K. Dick liked long descriptive titles. A lot of his shorter works have been successfully converted to movies, which is rare for SF.
I highly recommend reading "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Phillip K. Dick. It is short, it covers the movie core, and it adds a nice twist at the end.
Found you guys on YT today and have been binge-watching these vids. It’s great watching you two enjoy the most awesome decades (80s:90s) of movie making. My generation got to enjoy these on the big screen. I also like how you guys appreciate the story telling and Practical Effects. These were the Golden Years. Before the dark times. Before the Disney….before the endless sequels, prequels, and re-boots. Welcome to the Past!
YES!!! It won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, it made $269 million dollars against a $65-70 million dollar budget. David Cronenberg was going to direct the project, but had a falling out with Dino De Laurentiis in 1985. Richard Dreyfuss, Michael Douglas, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Reeve, Dennis Quaid Jeff Bridges, and Patrick Swayze were almost cast as the lead, till Schwarzenegger signed in for the role The movie, Minority Report by Steven Spielberg, was originally a sequel to Total Recall, but became it's own film instead.
one of the greatest things about Cohaagen s actor Ronny Cox is that before this and Robocop he was generally used as a Fatherly figure in Movies and TV shows Ver Hoven thought it added to the satire of the movies using a well known fatherly figure in the role of ass hole villian, of course that was lost on kids of my generation whose first real interactions with the Actor Cox was Robocop and Total Recall, but he made such a great Villain.
Agreed! I also loved Ronny's roles in both of those films, and to see him play actually _reasonable_ human beings is almost a huge limitation to his acting ability - despite him being very good, regardless. It's like the man was _made_ to play slimy scumbags, and he's so good at it.
29:14 But amazingly, Verhoeven goes on to make Starship Troopers and Arnold goes on to do T2. Not saying they're better than Total Recall, only that in a debate on which one is better there is no wrong answer. The first thing I ever saw Michael Ironside in is V the sequel miniseries to the original miniseries. I think you guys would really enjoy both the V miniseries Ironside is so cool in it. Best Regards!
I had the privilege of seeing this movie with my Dad. Some movies you go them and your OK it's over it was a good movie. This movie I came out of the theater thinking this movie was truly an experience an epic experience.
I agree with the other commenter saying-- 'you guys win me over'. You have such good dialogue and interaction with each other. Together you are very complimentary. Your expanded use of words to describe things or situations is greater than most reactors I watch and It keeps your reaction more entertaining.
Is what is happening to Quaid just a fantasy taking place in his head while he is strapped in a chair at Rekall? I was long resistant to the idea myself. But over the years, I've become persuaded that this is almost certainly the case. Even so, the film is sufficiently ambiguous that people can argue back-and-forth about it and never resolve the question absolutely.
There are theories that he is still at Recall, and has a lobotomy. (Hence the fade to white, instead of black at the end. His his mind is wiped into a clean slate.) The evidence is, that everything the Doctor says to him, comes true in the movie.
The only thing that goes against that theory is there are too many scenes that happen outside of Quaid's frame of reference (i.e. the one in Cohagen's office where he kicks over the fishtank. If this is all Quaid's dream, then nothing should really happen outside his point of view. YMMV.
@@MCCMCKnyte also the storyline the guy at recall tells him about what the adventure will be is everything that happens after he goes under. It's all great no matter which one is true.
In one version of the film the end scene is a white dot that gets smaller before blinking out. That's Quad strapped in the chair having the programme end his life early.
I am pausing at 6:42 to tell you this... I just discovered your channel yesterday, (I love your enthusiastic reactions btw) and am watching what I want to watch from the bottom up. That being said, I wanted to give you props for the use of the word "nards" for the man bits! Me and my grandma LOVE IT! Great reactions y'all!
It's a short story by Philip K Dick. And the only points of similarity are that the protagonist is a Martian secret agent who's been memory wiped and retired in a boring job on Earth and goes to a memory implant company to get his 'dream' vacation on Mars, which undoes the wipe.
This is such an insane movie and it was one of my favorites growing up. I've seen basically every action movie with Arnold and love them all. I'm so glad you guys had such a great, genuine reaction and love for this movie. The goofiness mixed with genuinely epic moments is something you just don't see these days. You're absolutely right when you say we need another action star like Arnold.
You guys are so much fun to watch! I feel like I'm watching this with some buddies. I'd recommend Commando if you want just pure Arnold goodness, its definitely my fav of his and chock full of one liners
Guys, after watching this in the original movie theatre, I didn't figure out Arnold Character may have been acting out his memory implant until some guy behind me brought it up. Since you like Arnold movies, I also recommend The Running Man. No one was hotter in the movie game in the 80's than Arnold and Eddie Murphy. Great time to see movies on the weekend, must have been another hit movie EVERY weekend.
Did you know that The Running Man is based on a Stephen King story? In the opening credits, it shows "Richard Bachman", but that was a pen name used by King.
Fun fact. The idea for this comes from Philip K Dick short story, "we can remember it for you wholesale." If you don't know Dick (joke intended) think Blade Runner, Minority Report, and Scanner Darkly. And in the story, Doug is an office worker, just like Altaf thought he would be.
I've seen more than a few of your first time watches and they are awesome! I was 26 when this film was released and saw it with my sister and it was freaking amazing. So glad you guys are giving these old films a chance. Subscribed.
People call this film “the thinking man’s action film” because of all the different ways everything can go. Was it real, was it a memory from recall, did he have an embalism or was that part of the experience too. I love that.
This is based on a story by Philip K Dick. I don't know how closely it follows the story, but the author is known for this type of questioning what reality is. Of course, this movie is a classic imo, but I also enjoyed The Adjustment Bureau (based on another Philip K Dick story). It stars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt.
One of my all time favorite movies and you guys slayed the reaction. Always nice to see movie lovers seeing this masterpiece for the first time. Keep it up guys on to the next reaction
This, Back to the Future and Big Trouble in Little China are my favorite movies of all time. What an epic, interesting story. I must have seen this flick more than 200 times throughout my 43 years of living in this planet. Likewise, your reactions are the best ones I've seen in youtube for the past 10 years. Good job, guys!
I watched this and your Starship Troopers back to back, and I never realized how many actors were in both movies. Michael Ironside, Dean Norris, and Marshall Bell. Both great movies, and loved your reactions.
I love how you get to the movie right away. Other reactors have this drawn out intro and then get to the movie. It's like, I don't wanna hear you give a long intro saying, "Hey Guys!" And whatever. Thank you for getting to the point right away.
Total Recall and Robocop are works of genius. Total Recall is so 'real' yet fun, and rich with detail that every time I watch it feels like the first time. The action is beautiful. And it still feels so 1980s, which itself still feels like some version of the future, being released in 1990.
Fun reaction... When we saw this originally in 1990, I was in a beach house and after this, our favorite quote all summer was "see you at the party Richtor!! " Was so much fun...
As a fan of old school Star Trek I have to mention that at least five actors in this movie were also in Star Trek. Ronny Cox (Cohaagen) played captain Edward Jellico in the Star Trek TNG episode _Chain of Command_ Robert Picardo (the voice of the robot taxi driver) played the doctor in Star Trek Voyager Roy Brocksmith (Dr. Edgemar, who gives Quaid the pill) played Sirna Kolrami in the Star Trek TNG episode _Peak Performance_ Marc Alaimo (Everett, the military commander on Mars) played Gul Dukat in Star Trek DS9 Michael Champion (Helm, Richter's right hand) played Boratus, an alien in the TNG episode _Captain's Holiday_ Some of these five played other minor characters in Star Trek as well.
The commercials offer a way of giving exposition to the audience while not drawing the characters into contrived conversations other films can fall prey to
All Paul Verhoven movies are secretly about the Nazi's invading his homeland. I love how much you loved this movie. 75 kills, each 25 a big one! And you ended the video perfectly!
I saw this on opening weekend at the Odeon Marble Arch, London. 70mm and Dolby Sound. Was incredible, one of my best cinema experiences ever. The film was perfect in every department back in a time when people really knew how to make movies.
I still remember coming out of the theater with the amazing feeling like I had actually been to Mars! It took me awhile to come back to reality. Good times!
You guys are so chill, I quite like your commentary and the dynamic between you two. Man, I watched so many video of yours already, I'm glad that you are so open mided about any genre.
Best comment ever hahaha “man… old movies, you know!”. And part of the sets were all filmed in Mexico’ city subway, the whole earth scenes and some of mars also.
I just love watching you guys react to these old movies. I'm 60 years old so I remember actually going to these movies for their first run in theatres.
This movie is based on a story called "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by one of my childhood favorite authors, Philip K. Dick. It was first published in a magazine in 1966 (OK, I had to look that up), but I read it in an anthology in the early 70s as a young teenager. I was thrilled when they turned it into this movie. Honestly, I don't remember the story any more, so I can't tell you how the original and this movie adaptation differ from each other. But I like the movie a lot and I don't remember being disappointed that anything was too badly altered. As to whether the action in the movie was real or did it all happen in Doug Quaid's mind, I have the feeling that it was the latter. Certainly, the ending was tailor made for a second installment. There were talks of making a sequel for years to clear it up. I don't remember why it never happened, but back then, sequels weren't as popular at the box office as they are now. The lack of a guaranteed profit may be the reason it was never made. The one scene that tells me that it was all imaginary was Melina's face on the monitor at Rekall before they put Quaid under. That's too much of a coincidence to NOT be intentional.
The old nerdy guy with the aviators running around with Micheal Ironside, his name was Micheal Champion. I used to do boxing a few years ago with my friend that worked at a gym, I was watching Total Recall before I went to class that night and when I got to class I realized my boxing coach was him, in real life he wore those same Aviator Glasses. When I came into class that night my first words to him were "OMG YOU WERE IN TOTAL RECALL." All he said back was "OMG I KNOW!" I was just like uhhhhhhhhhhh. He was the coolest guy, he passed away from cancer in 2021 unfortunately but yeah that night at class he kinda told us all his life story cuz I lowkey kind of outed him. Early in his career he was just a boxing coach, he ended up doing a bunch with Golden Gloves tournaments and was on Muhammed Ali's training team. He ended getting into acting and always played small side characters but along big movie stars. He was on TJ Hooker, he was on Nightrider, he was a Star Trek villain (Captains Holiday, hes one of the time aliens) I think he was the main villain in Toy Soldiers with Sean Astin. He had some amazing stories from working in hollywood and he was the nicest guy, also loved to crack jokes all the time. To be honest, his character in Total Recall is really really close to just him playing himself. I miss him a lot though, I would always get so hyped when I'd run into him.
I saw this movie in cinema when it came out. Man I was blown away. The action, the practical effects, the soundtrack, simply great. The remake is weak. Regarding your comment on Robocop, its from the same director Paul Verhoeven. You should see his other movies, especially Starship Troopers.
I love this movie! The practical effects, the unique setting, and the mindfuck of a story where you’re not sure if he’s legit a sleeper agent or if it’s Recall messing with his brain. Plus Arnold is so much fun and Sharon Stone is a bombshell as always.
The first chase scene was filmed in a train station at Mexico City, called Chabacano. It still's got that futuristic look with the tunnels and stairs and the lightning
My first year philosophy lecturer mentioned Total Recall, because of how he used to be Hauser but became Quaid. Identity is impermanent. In the same vane, he casually referred to a doco he watched the previous night about dementia. A disease that makes you lose your personhood. He also just chilled, playing guitar in the quad...
I can’t even begin to explain what it felt like back then waiting on new Schwarzenegger and Stallone movies to come out. I saw Total Recall back in the day when I was 15. You’re so right how back then it was a big deal.
One of my favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger movies. I was lucky enough to have seen it in the theater when it was released. You guys are totally right about action movies from the 80's and 90's were really raw. 👌
Arnie facing off against Benny in that giant drill keeps reminding me of a video game called Red Faction. Although this movie was made in 1990 and the game came out in 2001, so there is a significant gap in time between the two.
Full of the best quotable action movie one liners, on top of one of the most cerebral sci-fi plots. Hits the dompanine on many levels. In my top 10 of all time
I had to IMDb Dean Norris and yes that was him as Tony - good eye guys. The man has been in just about every tv show ever. I have a whole shelf of Arnold in my collection. Predator, True Lies, and Twins are my faves but I have so much love for him (ooh I forgot Conan the Barbarian). Glad you nice guys like him too.
This movie is based on the Philip K Dick novel "We Can Remember it For You, Wholesale." Philip K Dick also wrote the pivotal sci-fi novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" which would later become Blade Runner.
I'm so jealous you guys get to see these movies for the first time! Total Recall especially is such a mind trip and a love letter to 80s scifi. What a fantastic flick. You guys should check out the Verhoeven/Arnold commentary on the special edition of Total Recall, it's hilarious!
I watched this movie as a kid (you know, 80's born kids we have some particular education), and weirdly enough for a lot of years I thought there really was a scene at the end when Quaid stood up in Rekall office and shared hands with the guy saying "that was a really cool trip, thank you very much", and that was the end of the movie in my head for years.
It's called "false memory" and everybody has those. That's why late testimonies are not that reliable. We often add up something "special" to our memories.
They show thin, flat screen wall TVs before they ever existed. When this movie was made it cost $60 million dollars, which was the most ever spent making a movie at the time. The massive amount of special effects is where most of it went.
Charlie Chaplin already showed large flat screen TVs on the wall in his amazing masterpiece Modern Times back in 1936, which is even 13 years before George Orwell introduced his ominous "telescreens" in his famous book "1984".
@@j.vonhogen9650 Good point, but not sure if those are flat screen or just flat-front CRTS embedded in walls. I know someone who did that with their 27" Sony Trinitron. Might even be rear-projection screens. But nice call.
Another line of Arnold's that is great is from Commando when he says please do not disturb my friend he's dead tired, after he has broken the guys neck on the plane
Dudes! Almost everyone movie from the 80's is awesome. I am finally getting closer to watching all of your content. There are a few I haven't seen yet because I haven't seen the movies yet. But I will. 🤘
Man I forgot about the brutality in this movie, man those were good times using practical effects and it's obvious the actors are enjoying playing their characters. Reminds me of his other action movies Eraser (1996) & The 6th Day (2000), both are also some fun run and gun films.
Man i had the same reactions with you guys, the smart lines delivery, and the tight cool story and plot and twists, the special effects, and the pacing and there's a lot going on, part 1, part 2, part 3, it is so well made. it really is a masterpiece.
Cool thing about this movie is you can easily say Arnold is just experiencing false memories and died at the end of the film. Everything that happens is pretty much what he paid for, and it gets more insane as the movie goes on kind of like a dream. There is just enough in here that makes that theory hold water.
Once upon a timeless time Philip K, Dick wrote "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" which first appeared in the April 1966 edition of the pulp "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction." I was 15 when it came out (it was a month before my 16th birthday and since I have a better memory than Hauser I remember it well. I also remember that the Hugo and Nebula Award winning writer was high LSD when he wrote EVERYTHING. So don't credit Verhoeven too much for the weirdness here,
Do you think everything in this movie was real, or do you think Doug dreamed it all? Let us know your thoughts 😎
It's like Inception - it doesn't matter if it's real or not, either way they're going to have doubts for the rest of their lives and could go crazy in any number of ways trying to sort it out.
Great way to look at it. After watching through again in the edit, it’s super interesting to see how both ways to interpret the movie are perfectly valid and backed up by evidence.
All real. We as the audience see stuff Quaid doesn’t.
Are dreams not real? 🤔
All a dream/he is lobotomized, the techs at total recall talk about “ooh blue skies on Mars”. Still a fun movie that works either way as dream or real.
"I'm glad they gave him a job that Arnold's suited for"
You have no idea how right you are! Before he made it big in films, him and a bunch of other European bodybuilders in the US were running a brick laying business. According to Arnold, they weren't that successful at first, but then they doubled the price and called it "European style" and suddenly everyone wanted it.
Arnold always knew how to do business.
I think they originally had him in an office job and once Arnold was cast it was like... lol no.
I could be wrong but i remember hearing that he was the only European everyone who worked for him was American he just told them to not say anything to the costumers. But Arnold was a business man and made it rich before ever working in a movie. Movies where just a side hobby for no other reason then he wanted to act and could afford to
Bill Burr: "That guy should be unloading trucks in Transylvania, that should have been the height of his success."
Franko did the work and Arnie did the talking
Did you notice, that a decade before the Matrix, the way to get out of the sim was to take....The Red Pill?
The idea of taking a pill or some other substance to awaken from a false reality long predates movies entirely.
The only thing the matrix introduced was a specific color association for the illusion and the true reality.
yeah the writers of the matrix pulled things from everywhere hell alice in wonderland was a huge influence and that was from the 1860's, even the wizard of oz had clicking her sparkly ruby slippers heels together to get home in 1900, a simple act to undo a fantasy is a major trope of fantasy
@@stevenr6397 The ruby slippers were just for colour film, they were silver slippers before that.
@@coast2coast00 Ah a geeky anal correction with a nugget of detailed infomation,
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Now you've done it...
Supposedly, there was a scene in the original script that never made it to film, that explained that the Martians could see the future. However, unlike the mutated humans born on Mars, their power was so great that the could see centuries ahead, and thus they learned of their race's unavoidable demise, as well as the oxygen-breathing creatures that would colonize their planet. So their entire race devoted the last century of its existence to building the oxygen-producing machine.
That's actually really interesting! Thanks for sharing
@@NiceDudeMovieNight You're welcome! This is one of my favorites...don't bother watching the remake.
Unfortunately, I saw it...once. Never again.
@@snarkus63 Holy shit dude, original martians were true bros.
There is actually a comic series that follows up this movie where the aliens who built the machine do show up.
This movie is the only time I will allow the "was it all a dream ?" trope. It's built toward the entire movie, every element, every plot point is designed to make it impossible to actually answer the question "is this really happening or is what we're seeing a visual representation of the ego trip Doug bought from Recall ?" It's not just some random swerve tacked on at the end, it's the basis of the whole film.
The girl says “blue sky on mars that’s different” When hes getting strapped in. It’s obviously not a dream.
I will always prefer a 'happy ending' but for this movie I am happy to have it forever be a 'maybe it was all a dream' without an actual final 'yes or no' to that question.
this and the original nightmare on elm street. same can be said about that one as well. it's what it's built around.
Well this and Inception mind you. Both phenomenal pieces of art and entertainment. They don't make them like they used too.
Good news. The "it's a dream", "it's real", and "it's the rekall simulation (both normal and lobotomy version)" are all true. The director stated that all are true as alternate realities.
People saying "I've never seen this movie before" feels so surreal. How can they NOT have seen this movie right? Than you realize it was 32 years ago that this movie was released, and from that standpoint you suddenly realize that 32 years ago for this generation means that for my generation it would have been the 1960/70's (possibly even late 50's) for movies for my generation and I sure as hell haven't seen many of that time period myself.
That just makes me wonder how many good movies I've missed because of the generational gap.
yeah it feels so crazy, like the movies of the 80s and 90 defined us as a generation, they're so iconic and a part of us, it feels so weird to find people that have never seen them. But then I'm like why did you parents not show you these movies, my kids have seen them all.
To be fair there was a golden age of playing movies on TV through the 90s and 2000s, where older movies were cheaper to license, as well as the video rental Era. So if you grew up in the 90s or 00s you are very likely to have seen these movies.
But then my mother was big into movies and recorded stuff like Back to the Future on TV, so she kinda got me more into movies than most.
The reason why the Makeup-effects in this movie were so good is because Rob Bottin made them. He also did "The Thing". ;)
Not sure if anyone's pointed this out yet, but when Quaid is at the Recall place for the first time and the technician picks up his program to prepare it (while the female doctor is getting him set up in the chair), the guy technician looks at it and says, "Ohh. Blue Sky on Mars. That's a new one!" It's said very faintly, but you can hear it.
Yep! So maybe it was a whole dream! The viewer cam take their pick.
@@1wwtom Watched this many times and is Coahgan trying to have him killed all through OR just want him arrested and brought to him as if hes really his friend, why kill him?? Also how can the real girl be the same as the one he picks in the program at Recall?? Does that prove this is all a dream?
or did they plant her pic in the program and the techs dont realise. She cant be fake and real too?? Thats where it breaks down for me in logic..
I mean the sky here on earth is only blue cuz reflection of our oceans.
@@kinagrill No not because of the oceans , but we have a Oxygen atmosphere and it burns blue as other gas's burn diff colours and this idea is how we can work out atmospheres on planets many light years away by looking at the spectrum when observing.
Mars has a pinkish colour as it is 95% CO2 and a very very thin atmosphere; sadly the film shows as dark oppressive red which is a little strange as they get a lot of the science right sort of... and had advisers? You need a almost full spacesuit on mars as its only slightly higher pressure than standing on the moon which like open space is zero pressure. Fun fact- The mars atmosphere is so thin, that theres a temp diff between your feet and head!!!!
Here on Earth the temp changes 1.98c per thousand feet but Mars, just a few feet!! VERY thin and gentle pink when standing there..
@@xx3868 it's actually more of a bluish purple but human eyes are dumb and see it as paleblue. And yes you're right, it's got nothing to do with our oceans, that's an old urban myth or whatnot.
"See you at the party, Richter!" Nothing rivals that one-liner.
I feel like the Recall Representative scene is pretty damn meta- you have to WANT to return to reality and that’s basically targeted at the audience. When the protagonist crosses the point of no return, the walls literally crash down and the movie continues in rollicking, fantastical fashion, concluding without any more mention of the possibility it’s all fake (which is precisely what WOULD happen).
Well, except for the final line, that is.
So assuming this was indeed a dream at rekall, that was the final panic button if the costumer wanted out maybe.
@@NotReallyHere198 Or maybe that was just part of the experience and he would wake up normally after the memory implant is finished..
The suggestion is that the fade to white at the end is Quaid experiencing a lobotomisation
This movie is an extremely philosophical concept in shiny wrapping paper. Brilliant execution.
The interesting thing is: When the supposed "guy from the company" tells Quaid what will happen if he kills him, the audience does not believe that character. But everything he says actually comes true.
"It's like he's suddenly in a Spielberg movie". Hahaha, that was a perfect analogy.
Fun fact: The voice of the automated cab is Robert Picardo aka the Doctor from ST Voyager.
This movie was so good that I bought the novelization AND the NES game.
The NES game was so hard, it made Battletoads look like Barbie Horse Adventures.
Hardcore fan!
@@freddogrosso9835 Shit man, I couldn't even beat 'Battletoads' when I used the Game Genie to cheat! If you can't win a game if you cheat, the game is legendarily hard.
This is one of the last great practical effects action films. Arnold combined with Verhoeven is sublime.
Also, there are two actors in this film from Star Trek: one from Voyager and one from DS9.
Two from TNG as well. Three if you count Gul Dukats actor. He played a few tng side characters
Ah, I just made a comment about that. I counted four. Gul Dukat (DS9), Captain Jellico (TNG), Kolrami (TNG) and the Doctor (Voyager).
edit: found number five! Michael Champion, the 'nerdy guy' at 18:29 played Boratus, an alien in the TNG episode _Captain's Holiday._
@@Bonez0r Then you completely missed Ensign Sonya Gomez (TNG, two episodes).
Lycia Naff was the three-breasted whore (might have been a reference to Douglas Adams?)
This film actually won an Academy Award for best Visual effects. Back when the award still meant something. Practical effects will always Trump CGI.
My favorite part is we're never directly told where reality ends and the dream begins and vice versa. Was Quaid saving Mars all part of Recall? Or was it real? Well that's up to you. And I love that.
Not true. The girl in recall said “blue sky on mars, that’s different” when he’s strapped in.
Philip K. Dick stories are all total mindfucks. Read the novel "Ubik" if you want to put your brain in a blender.
That's Phillip K Dick right there for you.
We Can Remember It For You Wholesale. That's the original book title. Phillip K. Dick liked long descriptive titles. A lot of his shorter works have been successfully converted to movies, which is rare for SF.
I highly recommend reading "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Phillip K. Dick. It is short, it covers the movie core, and it adds a nice twist at the end.
For years - I was convinced "Harry" was Danny Devito.. They've been in lots of movies together, and Harry sounds (and kinda looks) just like him..
Found you guys on YT today and have been binge-watching these vids.
It’s great watching you two enjoy the most awesome decades (80s:90s) of movie making.
My generation got to enjoy these on the big screen.
I also like how you guys appreciate the story telling and Practical Effects.
These were the Golden Years. Before the dark times. Before the Disney….before the endless sequels, prequels, and re-boots.
Welcome to the Past!
YES!!! It won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, it made $269 million dollars against a $65-70 million dollar budget. David Cronenberg was going to direct the project, but had a falling out with Dino De Laurentiis in 1985. Richard Dreyfuss, Michael Douglas, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Reeve, Dennis Quaid Jeff Bridges, and Patrick Swayze were almost cast as the lead, till Schwarzenegger signed in for the role
The movie, Minority Report by Steven Spielberg, was originally a sequel to Total Recall, but became it's own film instead.
one of the greatest things about Cohaagen s actor Ronny Cox is that before this and Robocop he was generally used as a Fatherly figure in Movies and TV shows Ver Hoven thought it added to the satire of the movies using a well known fatherly figure in the role of ass hole villian, of course that was lost on kids of my generation whose first real interactions with the Actor Cox was Robocop and Total Recall, but he made such a great Villain.
Agreed! I also loved Ronny's roles in both of those films, and to see him play actually _reasonable_ human beings is almost a huge limitation to his acting ability - despite him being very good, regardless. It's like the man was _made_ to play slimy scumbags, and he's so good at it.
@@_Jay_Maker_ I also loved the work Ronny put into Senator Kinsey in the Stargate SG-1 show.
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But amazingly, Verhoeven goes on to make Starship Troopers and Arnold goes on to do T2.
Not saying they're better than Total Recall, only that in a debate on which one is better there is no wrong answer.
The first thing I ever saw Michael Ironside in is V the sequel miniseries to the original miniseries. I think you guys would really enjoy both the V miniseries Ironside is so cool in it.
Best Regards!
Yep, I first saw Michael Ironside in V. He is always good value.
I taped every episode of 'V' when I was an '80s kid in the '80s.
I IMDb Dean Norris after the dudes saw him here as Tony. He also went on to Starship Troopers and T2. Cool.
Humanity is better for having the two existing at the same time in our life times. 80's action films are pretty damn unique in cinema history.
“Screw you” is my favourite one liner in this one… and yes.. no-one else could play this role as well as Arnold. “Arghh yargh yargh yargh”.
I had the privilege of seeing this movie with my Dad. Some movies you go them and your OK it's over it was a good movie. This movie I came out of the theater thinking this movie was truly an experience an epic experience.
Same and I saw it on TV one Saturday night in 1995 and remember feeling like I’d seen some epic experience too.
I agree with the other commenter saying-- 'you guys win me over'. You have such good dialogue and interaction with each other. Together you are very complimentary. Your expanded use of words to describe things or situations is greater than most reactors I watch and It keeps your reaction more entertaining.
Around the 4:30 mark, you mentioned the set design... that's an actual building in Mexico City! The odd structures were big reasons they filmed there.
"Blue Skies on Mars" He got exactly what he paid for.
And then Quaid wakes from the "vacation" & has to go back to his wife & work mates, whom he killed in the dream.
Is what is happening to Quaid just a fantasy taking place in his head while he is strapped in a chair at Rekall? I was long resistant to the idea myself. But over the years, I've become persuaded that this is almost certainly the case. Even so, the film is sufficiently ambiguous that people can argue back-and-forth about it and never resolve the question absolutely.
I know the biggest idea is that he was lobotomized just like his friend at the beginning warned him about.
There are theories that he is still at Recall, and has a lobotomy. (Hence the fade to white, instead of black at the end. His his mind is wiped into a clean slate.) The evidence is, that everything the Doctor says to him, comes true in the movie.
The only thing that goes against that theory is there are too many scenes that happen outside of Quaid's frame of reference (i.e. the one in Cohagen's office where he kicks over the fishtank. If this is all Quaid's dream, then nothing should really happen outside his point of view. YMMV.
@@MCCMCKnyte also the storyline the guy at recall tells him about what the adventure will be is everything that happens after he goes under. It's all great no matter which one is true.
In one version of the film the end scene is a white dot that gets smaller before blinking out. That's Quad strapped in the chair having the programme end his life early.
I am pausing at 6:42 to tell you this... I just discovered your channel yesterday, (I love your enthusiastic reactions btw) and am watching what I want to watch from the bottom up. That being said, I wanted to give you props for the use of the word "nards" for the man bits! Me and my grandma LOVE IT! Great reactions y'all!
Thank you so much! We’re glad you and your grandma enjoy watching us be silly
What's even more amazing is that the book is entitled 'We can remember it for you, wholesale.' And is nothing like the movie
It's a short story by Philip K Dick. And the only points of similarity are that the protagonist is a Martian secret agent who's been memory wiped and retired in a boring job on Earth and goes to a memory implant company to get his 'dream' vacation on Mars, which undoes the wipe.
This is such an insane movie and it was one of my favorites growing up. I've seen basically every action movie with Arnold and love them all. I'm so glad you guys had such a great, genuine reaction and love for this movie. The goofiness mixed with genuinely epic moments is something you just don't see these days. You're absolutely right when you say we need another action star like Arnold.
You guys are so much fun to watch! I feel like I'm watching this with some buddies. I'd recommend Commando if you want just pure Arnold goodness, its definitely my fav of his and chock full of one liners
Chris here, thanks so much and glad you enjoyed! Altaf's seen Commando, but I haven't. We'll definitely keep that one in mind 😂
Guys, after watching this in the original movie theatre, I didn't figure out Arnold Character may have been acting out his memory implant until some guy behind me brought it up. Since you like Arnold movies, I also recommend The Running Man. No one was hotter in the movie game in the 80's than Arnold and Eddie Murphy. Great time to see movies on the weekend, must have been another hit movie EVERY weekend.
Did you know that The Running Man is based on a Stephen King story? In the opening credits, it shows "Richard Bachman", but that was a pen name used by King.
Fun fact. The idea for this comes from Philip K Dick short story, "we can remember it for you wholesale." If you don't know Dick (joke intended) think Blade Runner, Minority Report, and Scanner Darkly. And in the story, Doug is an office worker, just like Altaf thought he would be.
I've seen more than a few of your first time watches and they are awesome! I was 26 when this film was released and saw it with my sister and it was freaking amazing. So glad you guys are giving these old films a chance. Subscribed.
People call this film “the thinking man’s action film” because of all the different ways everything can go. Was it real, was it a memory from recall, did he have an embalism or was that part of the experience too. I love that.
The title in Portuguese was "O vingador do futuro", back to English The avenger from the future / The future avenger.
I love how you guys react together. And how you get right to it AND get the heck out when it's over. Two thumbs up.
Thank you!
This is based on a story by Philip K Dick. I don't know how closely it follows the story, but the author is known for this type of questioning what reality is. Of course, this movie is a classic imo, but I also enjoyed The Adjustment Bureau (based on another Philip K Dick story). It stars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt.
One of my all time favorite movies and you guys slayed the reaction. Always nice to see movie lovers seeing this masterpiece for the first time. Keep it up guys on to the next reaction
This, Back to the Future and Big Trouble in Little China are my favorite movies of all time. What an epic, interesting story. I must have seen this flick more than 200 times throughout my 43 years of living in this planet. Likewise, your reactions are the best ones I've seen in youtube for the past 10 years. Good job, guys!
I watched this and your Starship Troopers back to back, and I never realized how many actors were in both movies. Michael Ironside, Dean Norris, and Marshall Bell. Both great movies, and loved your reactions.
I watched it first when i was 12. One thing i wonder is why no one reviews the Superman movies with Christopher Reeve.
Right up there with The Running Man!
I love how you get to the movie right away. Other reactors have this drawn out intro and then get to the movie. It's like, I don't wanna hear you give a long intro saying, "Hey Guys!" And whatever. Thank you for getting to the point right away.
Enjoying watching you guys crack up...it's fun. Keep watching full films!
Total Recall and Robocop are works of genius. Total Recall is so 'real' yet fun, and rich with detail that every time I watch it feels like the first time. The action is beautiful. And it still feels so 1980s, which itself still feels like some version of the future, being released in 1990.
Fun reaction... When we saw this originally in 1990, I was in a beach house and after this, our favorite quote all summer was "see you at the party Richtor!! " Was so much fun...
As a fan of old school Star Trek I have to mention that at least five actors in this movie were also in Star Trek.
Ronny Cox (Cohaagen) played captain Edward Jellico in the Star Trek TNG episode _Chain of Command_
Robert Picardo (the voice of the robot taxi driver) played the doctor in Star Trek Voyager
Roy Brocksmith (Dr. Edgemar, who gives Quaid the pill) played Sirna Kolrami in the Star Trek TNG episode _Peak Performance_
Marc Alaimo (Everett, the military commander on Mars) played Gul Dukat in Star Trek DS9
Michael Champion (Helm, Richter's right hand) played Boratus, an alien in the TNG episode _Captain's Holiday_
Some of these five played other minor characters in Star Trek as well.
The commercials offer a way of giving exposition to the audience while not drawing the characters into contrived conversations other films can fall prey to
Nice reaction, you guys have got to watch Arnold's "Last Action Hero" movie, it's fantastic, and very different.
I remember this movie coming out. It was so awesome.
Fun fact: Back in the day this was the worlds most expensive movie ever made.
I think it beat Rambo III (another Carolco production) in terms of being the most expensive film, although the actual costs were never fully known.
All Paul Verhoven movies are secretly about the Nazi's invading his homeland.
I love how much you loved this movie. 75 kills, each 25 a big one! And you ended the video perfectly!
I saw this on opening weekend at the Odeon Marble Arch, London. 70mm and Dolby Sound. Was incredible, one of my best cinema experiences ever. The film was perfect in every department back in a time when people really knew how to make movies.
I still remember coming out of the theater with the amazing feeling like I had actually been to Mars! It took me awhile to come back to reality. Good times!
@@haitolawrence5986 That's exactly how I felt! Amazing times.
You guys are so chill, I quite like your commentary and the dynamic between you two. Man, I watched so many video of yours already, I'm glad that you are so open mided about any genre.
Best comment ever hahaha “man… old movies, you know!”. And part of the sets were all filmed in Mexico’ city subway, the whole earth scenes and some of mars also.
The best Arnie one liners are either "rubber baby buggy bumpers" "put the cookie down NOW!" or "it's not a tumor it's not tumor at all"
One of my favourite movies and one of my favourite soundtracks, Jerry Goldsmith really hit the ball out the park with this one
Agreed, the soundtrack is often overlooked, but it's a gem! Mutant Dancing is incredible with its retro yet futuristic vibes!
I just love watching you guys react to these old movies. I'm 60 years old so I remember actually going to these movies for their first run in theatres.
You are my new favourite channel. You guys have good chemistry. Keep it up.
Thank you!! That means a lot
You should probably do the Running Man.
this movie was the one with the highest onscreen killcount for the longest time
This movie is based on a story called "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by one of my childhood favorite authors, Philip K. Dick. It was first published in a magazine in 1966 (OK, I had to look that up), but I read it in an anthology in the early 70s as a young teenager. I was thrilled when they turned it into this movie. Honestly, I don't remember the story any more, so I can't tell you how the original and this movie adaptation differ from each other. But I like the movie a lot and I don't remember being disappointed that anything was too badly altered.
As to whether the action in the movie was real or did it all happen in Doug Quaid's mind, I have the feeling that it was the latter. Certainly, the ending was tailor made for a second installment. There were talks of making a sequel for years to clear it up. I don't remember why it never happened, but back then, sequels weren't as popular at the box office as they are now. The lack of a guaranteed profit may be the reason it was never made. The one scene that tells me that it was all imaginary was Melina's face on the monitor at Rekall before they put Quaid under. That's too much of a coincidence to NOT be intentional.
The old nerdy guy with the aviators running around with Micheal Ironside, his name was Micheal Champion. I used to do boxing a few years ago with my friend that worked at a gym, I was watching Total Recall before I went to class that night and when I got to class I realized my boxing coach was him, in real life he wore those same Aviator Glasses.
When I came into class that night my first words to him were "OMG YOU WERE IN TOTAL RECALL." All he said back was "OMG I KNOW!" I was just like uhhhhhhhhhhh.
He was the coolest guy, he passed away from cancer in 2021 unfortunately but yeah that night at class he kinda told us all his life story cuz I lowkey kind of outed him. Early in his career he was just a boxing coach, he ended up doing a bunch with Golden Gloves tournaments and was on Muhammed Ali's training team. He ended getting into acting and always played small side characters but along big movie stars. He was on TJ Hooker, he was on Nightrider, he was a Star Trek villain (Captains Holiday, hes one of the time aliens) I think he was the main villain in Toy Soldiers with Sean Astin.
He had some amazing stories from working in hollywood and he was the nicest guy, also loved to crack jokes all the time. To be honest, his character in Total Recall is really really close to just him playing himself. I miss him a lot though, I would always get so hyped when I'd run into him.
I saw this movie in cinema when it came out. Man I was blown away. The action, the practical effects, the soundtrack, simply great. The remake is weak.
Regarding your comment on Robocop, its from the same director Paul Verhoeven. You should see his other movies, especially Starship Troopers.
I love this movie! The practical effects, the unique setting, and the mindfuck of a story where you’re not sure if he’s legit a sleeper agent or if it’s Recall messing with his brain. Plus Arnold is so much fun and Sharon Stone is a bombshell as always.
The first chase scene was filmed in a train station at Mexico City, called Chabacano. It still's got that futuristic look with the tunnels and stairs and the lightning
My first year philosophy lecturer mentioned Total Recall, because of how he used to be Hauser but became Quaid. Identity is impermanent.
In the same vane, he casually referred to a doco he watched the previous night about dementia. A disease that makes you lose your personhood.
He also just chilled, playing guitar in the quad...
great reaction. this movie is low-key one of the biggest influences on the sci-fi genre. total recall is a classic
I can’t even begin to explain what it felt like back then waiting on new Schwarzenegger and Stallone movies to come out.
I saw Total Recall back in the day when I was 15. You’re so right how back then it was a big deal.
you guys are awesome, bang up job
Thank you very much!
I love how they made the sky blue in the end, completely disregarding what would make a sky blue. 😂👍🏼
And the fact that the temperature outside would still kill you even if there was oxygen to breathe
GREAT reaction guys! You gotta do Starship Troopers at some point for more crazy Verhoeven action!
They did. It was a good watch too.
@@rccc5806 yeah, i saw that too. 👌
One of my favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger movies. I was lucky enough to have seen it in the theater when it was released. You guys are totally right about action movies from the 80's and 90's were really raw. 👌
I’m old enough to have seen it in a theater. Considering how cutting edge this was, it was life-altering. I was in my early teens. 😁
30:45 "Look at the sky" in Arnold voice
I had to play that part back a few times because I kept laughing 🤣
Arnie facing off against Benny in that giant drill keeps reminding me of a video game called Red Faction.
Although this movie was made in 1990 and the game came out in 2001, so there is a significant gap in time between the two.
Full of the best quotable action movie one liners, on top of one of the most cerebral sci-fi plots. Hits the dompanine on many levels. In my top 10 of all time
I had to IMDb Dean Norris and yes that was him as Tony - good eye guys. The man has been in just about every tv show ever.
I have a whole shelf of Arnold in my collection. Predator, True Lies, and Twins are my faves but I have so much love for him (ooh I forgot Conan the Barbarian). Glad you nice guys like him too.
This movie is based on the Philip K Dick novel "We Can Remember it For You, Wholesale." Philip K Dick also wrote the pivotal sci-fi novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" which would later become Blade Runner.
I'm so jealous you guys get to see these movies for the first time! Total Recall especially is such a mind trip and a love letter to 80s scifi. What a fantastic flick. You guys should check out the Verhoeven/Arnold commentary on the special edition of Total Recall, it's hilarious!
I watched this movie as a kid (you know, 80's born kids we have some particular education), and weirdly enough for a lot of years I thought there really was a scene at the end when Quaid stood up in Rekall office and shared hands with the guy saying "that was a really cool trip, thank you very much", and that was the end of the movie in my head for years.
It's called "false memory" and everybody has those. That's why late testimonies are not that reliable. We often add up something "special" to our memories.
They show thin, flat screen wall TVs before they ever existed.
When this movie was made it cost $60 million dollars, which was the most ever spent making a movie at the time. The massive amount of special effects is where most of it went.
Charlie Chaplin already showed large flat screen TVs on the wall in his amazing masterpiece Modern Times back in 1936, which is even 13 years before George Orwell introduced his ominous "telescreens" in his famous book "1984".
@@j.vonhogen9650 Good point, but not sure if those are flat screen or just flat-front CRTS embedded in walls. I know someone who did that with their 27" Sony Trinitron. Might even be rear-projection screens. But nice call.
Another line of Arnold's that is great is from Commando when he says please do not disturb my friend he's dead tired, after he has broken the guys neck on the plane
Dudes! Almost everyone movie from the 80's is awesome. I am finally getting closer to watching all of your content. There are a few I haven't seen yet because I haven't seen the movies yet. But I will. 🤘
Awesome reaction. I like y’all’s giddy laughter - it’s exactly how I felt seeing this in the theater decades ago.
Awesome reaction! This one is at the height of the 80s Action Genre. Just no holds barred and in your face.
Man I forgot about the brutality in this movie, man those were good times using practical effects and it's obvious the actors are enjoying playing their characters.
Reminds me of his other action movies Eraser (1996) & The 6th Day (2000), both are also some fun run and gun films.
Man i had the same reactions with you guys, the smart lines delivery, and the tight cool story and plot and twists, the special effects, and the pacing and there's a lot going on, part 1, part 2, part 3, it is so well made. it really is a masterpiece.
I've never seen this movie. I appreciate you both reacting to different movies, clips and such. I think both of you and your channel are really fun!
Been watching your videos over the past couple of days and realized I was not subscribed love you guys channel keep up the great content
Cool thing about this movie is you can easily say Arnold is just experiencing false memories and died at the end of the film. Everything that happens is pretty much what he paid for, and it gets more insane as the movie goes on kind of like a dream. There is just enough in here that makes that theory hold water.
Did you notice the guy playing the doctor trying to bring Quad out of the dream is also the guy who was in the Recall ad playing on the train.
You guys are always choosing my favourite movies! 👍🏽
Total Recall=All Time Classic
I saw this 3 times in theaters back in the day! Awesome movie!
This movie has many staple Verhoeven actors like that kuato guy and Dean Norris and Ironsides who were all in Troopers. I miss these movies.
It really is a fantastic story full of twists and excellent action. I enjoy a movie that makes you question what is real or not.
Once upon a timeless time Philip K, Dick wrote "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" which first appeared in the April 1966 edition of the pulp "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction." I was 15 when it came out (it was a month before my 16th birthday and since I have a better memory than Hauser I remember it well. I also remember that the Hugo and Nebula Award winning writer was high LSD when he wrote EVERYTHING.
So don't credit Verhoeven too much for the weirdness here,
In 80's fonts used in titles were epic. I loved that.