Yes of course! I meant to say 1966, theres no way they could have drawn inspiration in 1989 from a short story that was yet to be published lol Thanks Finn :)
The idea that "Doug Hauser" might actually be the guy Recall Corp lobotomized and the movie is his last coherent thoughts before entering a vegetative state is actually pretty intriguing.
@@maximummatt73 I myself believe it was all real. The fact everything Bob Mcclane predicted would happen in Quaid's adventure came to pass (blue skies on Mars, Quaid ending up getting the girl, killing the villains and saving Mars) was coincidence. Later Dr. Edgmar, alongside Lori, tries to convince Quaid he's trapped in his fantasy of the Rekall false memory implants. But literally predicted the entire outcome of the plot accurately. I think the fact that literally everything Dr. Edgmar predicted would happen came to pass ( one moment Quaid is the savior of the rebel cause and Cohaggen's bosom buddy, Hauser, the next moment, and Quaid discovering the history of alien civilizations on Mars but in the end back on Earth Quaid was predicted to end up lobotomized) was fatal coincidence. In truth, Cohaggen hired Dr. Edgmar with a large sum of money to track Quaid down on Mars with Lori's assistance and deceive Quaid with a convincing enough lie to trick Quaid into swallowing the red pill, a said symbol of his desire to return to reality but in truth the pill was a knockout drug designed to knock Quaid out so Cohaggen's army could deliver Quaid to Cohaggen with no fight to turn Quaid back into Hauser and the bead of sweat on the doc's face was real. Think about it closely and watch minor details like the behaviors of Lori and Harry before Quaid even went to Rekall. As Quaid leaves his own and Lori's apartment she gives Quaid an ice cold, sinister stare that shows she knows something secret and is tired of the ruse and deception. When Quaid mentions Rekall to Harry, Harry gives Quaid an ominous, suspicious glare as Quaid returns his attention to his Job as if Harry was worried Quaid was going to remember everything from his past as Carl Hauser, Cohaggen's former close friend and lieutenant before he was taken to the Rekall center on Mars and turned into Douglas Quaid to inadvertently lead the Martian militia lead by Cohaggen and Richter to the rebel base to wipe out the entire Martian resistance and Kuato. The fade to white ending pre credits was done for a cliffhanger and ambiguous ending. Quaid was dreaming of Mars and Melina before going to Rekall. As many notice the Blue skies on Mars and alien reactor appear on the screen at Rekall before Quaid is supposed to be put under and implanted with the fake memories. I think the Rekall center recreate his memories pre procedure and more specifically recreated Quaid's memories using repressed memories. Hence the accurate imagery of Melina.
It's amazing that Verhoeven, someone who didn't even like Sci-Fi, created 3 of the best Action Sci-Fi movies ever. Sometimes it takes an outsider to shake things up a bit.
Hell I remember my first encounter with kuato I was eating chef boyardee raviolis and I saw that scene and threw up all over my grandmas just knit white doilies
@Dorian Grey Gonna point out, the Johnny Depp version of Charlie and the Chocolate factory was closer to the source material. That doesn't make it better. Sure, they could have made a fantastic movie that was more like the short story(didn't know that existed. Cheers for that) but it is undeniably better than the newer one.
The original story only went as far as the protagonist going to recall and them finding that he already _had_ implanted memories - something about some alien mice and a killing device that he used to assassinate someone.
@@androth1502 Dude, omg, I read your comment like a month ago, and from time to time I think about that. You saying those lines to your friend, makes me LOL everytime I think about it lol.
I think it's intended to be open-ended, but I don't know how we're supposed to not think it's all in his head when they show the same freaking woman on the screen while he's at the machine that he meets on Mars. Though this scene makes even less sense when you consider that he's already had dreams about the woman before he ever goes to Recall.
It was all a dream, the director and Arnold himself confirmed it on the DVD commentary. The dream started when he had his angry outburst at rekall, it was all part of the dream to make it seem like reality
I actually interpreted the Recall founder being part of Doug's package. The Recall salesman even points out "trust no-one" right before he falls asleep. Which I saw as foreshadowing it. It always felt weird to me why the guy from the advertisement Doug saw would also be "the founder". Considering most of the characters in the film were seen earlier in the movie (such as Harry, Laurie, Cohagan being on the news broadcast, Mileena from his dream etc) I interpret the implant having just taken from what he saw immediately before signing up. Which was the advertisement. Also the film does progress identically to what the salesman advertised, blue sky on Mars and all. So in essence he got exactly what he paid for.
Except, his wife is dead and other world-altering events couldn't be a relevant "vacation" memory (as advertised) wouldn't translate to a vacation story to tell.
@@jimthompson8947 idk his wife being part of a secret agent conspiracy feels pretty apt for a cliche secret agent film plot. Additionally what the Recall founder claims will happen after consuming the pill doesn't end up happening. "The walls of reality will come crashing down around you. One minute, you're the savior of the rebel cause; next thing you know, you'll be Cohaagen's bosom buddy." The only thing that does occur is the alien civilizations bit but that was part of his package
why they are still making cornflakes so far in the future took me out of the movie for a minute. just rewatched tonight. it came out the year I was born, and still holds up.
This movie as well as The Matrix is mankind's statement of awareness there is something off about our reality. Sometimes an answer lies within the question itself.
I think it was real. Mainly because Quade dreamt of the events before he went to recall. The bead of sweat is also convincing, as you'd have to be an idiot to program something like that in during an actual medical crisis. I think recall was working for the Mars company, and that their job was to kickstart Quade's adventure, as it would eventually lead to him finding the resistance.
Every video, EVERY video on this movie astonishes me. This was Inception before Inception or even Blade Runner!! I STILL can't make up my mind the truth. Was the it all the Recall implant playing out? Was Howser labotamized? Or DID Quade really save Mars??? The level of ambiguity is astounding!!!
Darth Obscurity Yes while being true, there are key elements that blur the straight facts for either scenario. First point, Yes Doug is unconscious. And the entire movie played out his entire selected package. Second, He could have been brainwashed as either Quade OR Howser as a sleeper agent. Third upon the climax where Doug was given the option to wake up or stay submerged in Recall, the doctor had a nervous sweat fearing for his life! Now could that be apart of the package fantasy, or was Doug really awake? And finally After liberating Mars, Doug still was not sure if he had done all that took place or if the white flash before the credits was Howser waking up? So for me, that's why it's a not so clear ending.
Blade Runner June 25, 1982 Total Recall May 31, 1990 so, what was that you were saying about it being blade runner before blade runner... both movies are good but this movie has nothing on blade runner dude.
chase green You got me. Lol While I DID see Total Recall as a kid on theatrical release, Blade Runner is older than I, and I have committed the sin of STILL not yet seeing the movie. What makes it even worse is that NOW, Blade Runner has many different cuts including a sequel. So, my bad Blade Runner fans😆
i would highly recommend finding the directors cut, it is the definitive version of the movie, its so great man, as i said both of these movies are VERY good (honestly hated the new total recall movie), blade runner has a different tone and feel, while both are sify, Runner has more of a cyberpunk feel with lots of good mystery and really makes you question what was really going on, while total recall has more of an action suspense type feel, with still some hints of a mystery, as in was it real or a dream. No harm no foul lol.
chase green Noted. I hope I get the chance to pick up Blade Runner this time. As fracas the new Total Recall....I have mixed feelings because I know it's not a "carbon copy remake"..... but certain elements are missing. I'll just leave it at that. 👍👍
I always found extremely clever the detail about the drop of sweat as a clue for it being real and not a dream, I wonder who thought of that specific idea... it is such a simple detail but so clever.
If objective is for Howser to reveal Quoto, why the intervention to give him the pill? Any why not instruct the security chief not to try and kill Howser?
In all honesty I am a fan of the entire experience being real. The fact everything Bob Mcclane predicted would happen at Rekall happening was coincidence. Later in the scene with Dr. Edgmar, Dr. Edgmar accurately predicted the entire outcome of the plot and I think everything Dr. Edgmar predicted would happen coming to pass was coincidence. Cohaggen hired Dr Edgmar to deceive Quaid with a convincing enough lie to make Quaid swallow the red pill, a knockout drug, for Cohaggen's men to deliver Quaid to Cohaggen. The blue skies on Mars and alien reactor on the screen at the Rekall center were also in the later scenes on Mars and I think when Quaid was supposed to be put under for the memory implants Rekall not only re create Quaid's memory but using repressed memories from Quaid's psyche. Lori and Harry show suspicious demeanors and deceptive intentions before Quaid goes to Rekall.
@@castortroy7704 on the DVD commentary, the director and Arnold himself, confirmed that it was all a dream. The dream started when he had his angry outbreak at rekall...his outburst was part of the dream to make it seem like reality but it wasn't
The ambiguity of reality was my favorite aspect of this film. There were some elements of ambiguity in the reboot with Collin Ferral but ultimately there were hints inserted to indicate who he really was so the discussion on the film was short lived. I do think it's interesting that Hank Schrader was in the original and Walter white was in the reboot.
Also one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies of all time. Who would have thought that behind an action, muscle packed interstellar adventure movie, you would find such deep themes. This movie blew my mind back in the day, plus it had Arnie and his legendary one liners. * Blows Lorie's head off * "Consider that a divorce" - Legen...dary!
I remember watching this when i was 4/5, and especially the scene where there is no oxygen and their faces become sucked in. Thank you for reminding me about this film, great channel!
I haven’t seen the movie, but as you describe the themes, I was constantly reminded of Schwarzenegger other film, the sixth day (likely because of the implanted memories the clones would receive).
Upon a recent re-watch I noticed that one of the techs in the recall lab says something like "blue skies on Mars... Yeah right" when he was going over the program....Before they uploaded the memory.
And the fact that when he chooses the woman in the simulation it looks exactly like the woman he ends up with on Mars. No question given these two facts alone.
@@eukaryote-prime the way I interpreted that was that he "build" the woman he'd been dreaming about so he would be able to see her properly, and so we as an audience could recognize her later in the movie. I mean, if you kept dreaming about a woman from a repressed memory that you couldn't for the life of you remember, wouldn't you grab the one opportunity you had to get a clear picture of her? Though that other clue is kinda hard to explain away
"Don't fall for phony memories, expirence space travel the old fashioned way" (as close as i can remember the line) great vid bud keep up the good works
"blue skies on mars?" -the technician says this about Quaid's vacation before he is subdued...the whole thing is the vacation...his violent outburst is the start of his trip. That's how I see it...the end of the film? Blue skies on mars.
@smeechdog I agree. If you really want to know whether it’s a dream or not I think that comment and the Recall director’s comment that he might even end up as Cohagen’s best buddy point to it all being part of his dream. But I prefer to think of it as being real life anyway.
@@poopjeans1135 Yes they did. This is the key scene that gives the game away. Blue skies on Mars could be a coincidence, but as they cycle through the locations on screen - there is an image of the Martian atmospheric reactor. If it isnt a dream, this is a deeply hidden secret known only to a handful of company men. It would be impossible for that image to be in Recall's files. The only plausible explanation is that Quaid is in a dream and that everything after he loses consciousness is a spontaneous fantasy weaving in his dreams of a more exotic life with the secret agent vacation data. It is HIS psyche that places the drop of sweat on the doctor's face. He doesn't want this reality to be a dream, so it gives him reason to doubt the doctor. The fade to white at the end is Quaid essentially becoming a vegetable. It's really dark, to be honest. Especially what it says about Quaid's relationship with his wife.
Yeah, blue skies, that's the shit that bothers me most but the technician as somebody else noticed didn't do the implant.. so what the hell's goin on?!
@@AnonEyeMouse You are right. If you understand that everything that takes place after the credits end is his lobotomized dream, then the ambiguity ends. If everyone rewatches the movie with this in mind, you will see that this is true. One more thing. Just who is the guy that is experiencing this? Some fat, bald never was who for once wanted to be daring?
A few things I didn't hear mentioned was that you can see a picture of the Alien Machine in the office before they start the recall procedure. Right before they put him under they mention the name of the new program they were going to put in him called Blue Skies, a reference to the movies ending of Blue Skies on mars.
When I was a little kid watching this I was thinking if this was all just a dream Quaid was supposed to be experiencing then why is the movie showing conversations between Cohagen and Richter when he's not even there.
Hank Moody I was in the 4th grade when this came out and every body in my school was going around asking “wanna have some fun?” and the teachers had no idea why. Good times!
As a kid I thought it was all real, as an adult I’m convinced it’s all in his head. It’s as if Total Recall is the answer to what happens if you do what Cypher tried to do in the Matrix and got plugged in willingly with false memories.
Paul Verhoeven was a visionary and his films are full of visual clues to an underlying theme. For one he nailed the media saturation we have today with it's implications about how something in the back of our minds is telling us our 'reality' isn't what it seems. The genius of this movie is that it can have different endings based on the individual viewer's own interpretation-much like Hauser/Quade.
I remember watching this with my father in the later 90's. Thanks for the trip down nostalgia lane. I liked the remake but would have liked to seen someone other than Bryan Cranston as Cohaagen. Would of love to seen Bill Nighy as Cohaagen, he plays bad guys go well.
It was real because there were scenes that Quaid wasn't in like Cohagen's office scenes and the like. If it was an implanted memory he wouldn't be remembering occurrences that happened when he wasn't present.
But she also appeared in his dream. He helped the woman to create Melina in the lab. So you could say that she was not a creation of his memory, but the woman from his dream before he even went to Recall. I'm leaning towards the idea that it was real. There are scenes in the movie that we see where Quaid isn't present at all. If all of this is just a created memory, how did he "remember" events he wasn't present for?
"One way to tell it was a dream is that Melina literally appeared on the computer monitor before he went under." Yes, but I have had the same experience in dreams!
@Brian Hartman Another possible explanation is that, when we saw her on the lab monitor, the camera was drifting in and out of focus (almost as if we were seeing what Quaid was seeing as he began to lose consciousness). Seeing Melina on the lab monitor could have been the very start of his dream. When I was a kid, I just accepted that the whole film took place in the “real” world. When I got a little bit older, I realised that most of it probably took place in the “dream” world (with Quaid waking up after the fade-to-white, and returning to his normal life on Earth with Lori). Of course, the idea that the fade-to-white represents Quaid receiving a lobotomy is quite uncomfortable (and it’s the only ending I *don’t* want to be true). I think the music during the fade-to-white sounds quite positive, so my overall feeling is that we probably watched the memory implant that Quaid paid for at Rekall. ;)
I also thought it must be a dream if Melina was shown on the screen in Rekall. But before he went under he was told he would be a secret agent and not himself, however he was still Doug Quad when he woke up, well he was Howser at first, before knocking him out. But if this was all a dream why did it show us, the audience, things that happened while he was unconcious? Like the Rekall operator telling his staff to erase anything about him arriving there and to put him in a taxi. Also how would a mars implant include his real wife and friend as enemies? I choose to believe it was all real 😌
I came to the conclusion long ago, that Howser's experience was all in his mind, simply for the fact that the Recall salesman told him ahead of time, everything that happens in the rest of the film. The whiteout at the end is left to ambiguity, since it could have been the end of his implanted experience or that he is trapped in it forever. At any rate, he was told what would happen in the implanted memory.
Assad Salloum - Good question. Perhaps she was his ideal fantasy woman, that he inserted into the role of Malena in the implant. But that's total speculation. Otherwise, he was still told about the entire adventure before he had it. Unless that was Cohaagen's plan to begin with... 😉
John Sampson - But, if you watch what the Recall salesman was showing Arnold on a screen, while he was being put under and choosing a female, he is shown a quick picture of Malina.
@@captainfreedom3649 90s chicks arguably hit a sweet-spot: ladylike clothes that would give you just more than a hint, on the outside, with undies that drove you wild yet had a little touch of softness, worn underneath; and none of it looked cheap. And with zero of the crazy fake colorant around, which many gals today think’s a substitute for having a hairstyle, I’m not surprised the decade’s come to be seen as iconic.
@@michaeljames4904 The worst thing about todays hairstyles: Its just crew cuts for the guys and straight hair or bland ponytails for the girls. Its like I'm surrounded by clones. You know its bad when even the girls are to lazy for styling their hair... And then they dare to make fun about 80s hair, those wild hairstyles like Sharons can make every girl special.
The short story this is based on is one of the best I ever read, the film despite not really being an accurate representation of the book is one of my favourites
It’s a bit unorthodox, but Pink Floyd The Wall: The Movie is a pretty good film to explore. A rocker whose father is killed in WW2, an overprotective mother, abusive schoolteachers and his cheating wife cause him to withdraw into his own head and break down psychologically, eventually being drugged into believing he’s a fascist dictator. Could be interesting.
If we consider second version as true, Doug being offered a red pill by his enemies makes logical sense. There's no reason to believe Doug really was having some strange episode since that schizo attack was a part of the secret agent plot. Without that episode Doug would simply wake up with memories instead of living them which wouldn't be very attractive commercially. I believe it's all part of that scenario. Also, how can you kill someone in your head and irl at the same time? There's no reason to think that guy from Recall wouldn't be able to go once again into Doug's mind if they really needed to get Doug out of there - these are fake and editable memories after all.
It was a dream. This dawned on me when I watched the second film with Colin Ferrell. At the end of the second movie the Rekall ad was showing on a billboard. In the first movie from the 90's there was a BIG clue in the beginning it was a dream. The lab tech guy said "that's a new one blue sky on mars" before Quad was out under. Then at the end of the movie. The fact that the alien ship can produce an atmosphere wasn't common knowledge yet.
I always felt this was just a dream that he is experiencing from the moment the Rekall device is turned on. Everything they said he would get he got from those moments on. Two headed aliens, creatures, the woman of his dreams exactly as he remembered and designed, a trip to Mars for 2 weeks staying at the exact hotel they mentioned, becoming a secret agent and blue sky on Mars. Everything they told him that he would experience, happened. There are moments that you can't explain and make you wonder though... Like Dr. Edgemar showing up to tell him to take the pill. Is this part of the dream? Or is this true what he is saying? Why is he sweating nervously if it's a dream? So that moment is thrown in there to confuse us even more. And also why we are able to see everything Cohagen and Richter are up to if this is from Doug's perspective? Again I don't know. Thrown in there for the movie audience to know what's going on but makes no sense that a dream would show those moments. Was he about to be lobotomized and having a bad experience and about to lose his mind after this ended? I don't know. That's open to interpretation. I like to think the white light at the end of the movie means the program was coming to an end after his two week dream they promised ended but it could just mean he died or a message of saying reality is what you make of it and we will leave you with that. But it's a great movie because it really is any interpretation you have of it works. That's how good the movie was. It is just as believable to have been a dream where he got everything he paid for and is fine afterwards after he wakes up. Just as it is to have been reality the whole time and he really was Hauser originally now in this new ego due to what they did. Just as it also could be said he was the one who was lobotomized and this is the remains of his memories somehow. Anything works. Great movie either way for that reason and more.
I have to say ❤ I'm 38 my dad is 77 we still watch this film together as it was one of the first films we watched on video together ❤ this film changed life, thank you xx
The Director was explaining " Life is but a dream" our whole life we live and sleep but think of significant dreams the whole day. For some of us they rarely happen, yet others like myself dream daily. This movie is just an elaborate way of pushing the fact we live between dreams & reality because sleep commands 1/3 of our lives.
I always thought the coincidence of the woman’s image they use for default just so happening to be the “real” secret agent he knows irl, showed he’s been recalling for longer than we might think. No way he’s actually a secret agent and allowed to go in and Recall memories of his secret agent girlfriend. But the ending really makes you think maybe not and this was all an elaborate ruse to infiltrate. Or maybe he’s been dreaming much longer than we think from the beginning.
Just watched this movie again tonight and The effects were amazing for 1990. I read that this movie almost got an nc17 rating, and that they cut out much more gory scenes to get it down to an R rating. I wish they would have released a dorectors cut.
Well done sir! This movie is complete excellence. I first saw it in 1990 in the University of Akron theater as an electrical engineering student with my great friend Vince who has since departed from this life. I chose long ago to believe Douglas Quaid's experience was not a dream, tho I fully respect the idea you verbalize so well of the story's eternal uncertainty of what it truly was (dream or real). I have thought about this every now and then for almost three decades, and as you say, it is up each and every one of us to decide what we want it to be. And then, that is what it was. PEACE!
Loved this movie as a kid enjoying the ridiculous violence and Arnold being Arnold. Rewatched it as an adult and saw it in a whole different light. Truly an amazing sci-fi.
@@bigDmtb622 it was explained in the novel. The Monoliths where actually aiding in the evolution of mankind, speeding it up. So it would appear a giant all powerful space baby is the next stage
The end credits scene; Douglas Quaid wakes up in ReKaLL, goes home to explain the $1199 he spent there to his wife. Next day: Explains to Harry that He killed him by dislocating his head.
Dangit, I came here because I wanted a solid answer. Ended up with an entertaining, well thought out explanation and analysis, also existential dread. Great video!
Hands down, the most thought-provoking Schwarzenegger movie ever made. An underrated gem.
I think it was all just a tumor😂
Definitely beyond a gem, won a few Oscar’s
@@LefontLeeFilms yeah Elon... take that red pill..😅
Terminator was way more thought provoking imo!!
@@Dirty_mike_and_dem_boys 😁... I love you my beautiful wife.. hmmm..
Correction: The original story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" was published in 1966 not 1996.
Yes of course! I meant to say 1966, theres no way they could have drawn inspiration in 1989 from a short story that was yet to be published lol Thanks Finn :)
'The original story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" was published in 1966 not 1996.'
That's strange, because I remember reading it in 1926!
@@nossasenhoradoo871 wait what?
@@nossasenhoradoo871 😂🤣😅👌
@@nossasenhoradoo871 go to sleep grandpa.
The idea that "Doug Hauser" might actually be the guy Recall Corp lobotomized and the movie is his last coherent thoughts before entering a vegetative state is actually pretty intriguing.
I always thought that’s how it was when I was younger
Nah, I prefer to believe that he actually saved Mars and killed Richter and shit
@@maximummatt73 I myself believe it was all real. The fact everything Bob Mcclane predicted would happen in Quaid's adventure came to pass (blue skies on Mars, Quaid ending up getting the girl, killing the villains and saving Mars) was coincidence. Later Dr. Edgmar, alongside Lori, tries to convince Quaid he's trapped in his fantasy of the Rekall false memory implants. But literally predicted the entire outcome of the plot accurately. I think the fact that literally everything Dr. Edgmar predicted would happen came to pass ( one moment Quaid is the savior of the rebel cause and Cohaggen's bosom buddy, Hauser, the next moment, and Quaid discovering the history of alien civilizations on Mars but in the end back on Earth Quaid was predicted to end up lobotomized) was fatal coincidence. In truth, Cohaggen hired Dr. Edgmar with a large sum of money to track Quaid down on Mars with Lori's assistance and deceive Quaid with a convincing enough lie to trick Quaid into swallowing the red pill, a said symbol of his desire to return to reality but in truth the pill was a knockout drug designed to knock Quaid out so Cohaggen's army could deliver Quaid to Cohaggen with no fight to turn Quaid back into Hauser and the bead of sweat on the doc's face was real. Think about it closely and watch minor details like the behaviors of Lori and Harry before Quaid even went to Rekall. As Quaid leaves his own and Lori's apartment she gives Quaid an ice cold, sinister stare that shows she knows something secret and is tired of the ruse and deception. When Quaid mentions Rekall to Harry, Harry gives Quaid an ominous, suspicious glare as Quaid returns his attention to his Job as if Harry was worried Quaid was going to remember everything from his past as Carl Hauser, Cohaggen's former close friend and lieutenant before he was taken to the Rekall center on Mars and turned into Douglas Quaid to inadvertently lead the Martian militia lead by Cohaggen and Richter to the rebel base to wipe out the entire Martian resistance and Kuato. The fade to white ending pre credits was done for a cliffhanger and ambiguous ending. Quaid was dreaming of Mars and Melina before going to Rekall. As many notice the Blue skies on Mars and alien reactor appear on the screen at Rekall before Quaid is supposed to be put under and implanted with the fake memories. I think the Rekall center recreate his memories pre procedure and more specifically recreated Quaid's memories using repressed memories. Hence the accurate imagery of Melina.
@castor Troy thanks alot for your summary it was great 10/10 would read again
Next to 1990 Sharon Stone isn’t a bad way to go. God she’s so hot in this movie.
It's amazing that Verhoeven, someone who didn't even like Sci-Fi, created 3 of the best Action Sci-Fi movies ever. Sometimes it takes an outsider to shake things up a bit.
This, Robocop and starship troopers??
@@Dirty_mike_and_dem_boys robocop and show girls ;)
You ever see the street fighter movie?
@@chocolateface8664 Yeah. What about it?
@@digitalintent that’s good tv there.
Time cop is good and universal soldier are good also
I was a kid when this came out. Kuato messed me up for weeks.
Millian Macalintal don't forget the cabdriver's mutant hand..eww
Millian Macalintal I would cringe so hard 😂
"Open your mind"
Hell I remember my first encounter with kuato I was eating chef boyardee raviolis and I saw that scene and threw up all over my grandmas just knit white doilies
that's what you get for opening your mind to strangers
Up to this day I still cringe badly everytime I see that scene where he pullout that tracking device out of his nose.
When you hear the crunch you're there!
Don't worry, it was self guiding...
Or when their eyes pop out of their heads?
One of many scenes from this movie that I’ll never forget
I had crazy dreams of myself pulling out one of not fun an ether dreams an wayking up with a bloody nose
Oh, Sharon Stone...what a fine looking woman!
Cenotaur1 the 2nd love interest was as pretty as a horse.
LMAO, yeah...30+ years ago she looked good.
@@poopjeans1135 Still does
Cenotaur1 two words. Basic Instinct 👌🏼
poop jeans we will see what YOU look like 30 years from now.
Now THIS is the Total Recall that was a masterpiece that deserves a spot in history, and not that remake we were given.
@Dorian Grey Gonna point out, the Johnny Depp version of Charlie and the Chocolate factory was closer to the source material. That doesn't make it better. Sure, they could have made a fantastic movie that was more like the short story(didn't know that existed. Cheers for that) but it is undeniably better than the newer one.
@Dorian Grey Thats fair. Nostalgia is a tricky thing. Ill have to go back and re watch it.
The new movie was not bad, but the old one will always be a classic.
The original story only went as far as the protagonist going to recall and them finding that he already _had_ implanted memories - something about some alien mice and a killing device that he used to assassinate someone.
Might be more faithful but I freakin hated the new one
must have been hard finding enough scenes without bloodshed for a 12min video in this movie...
lol yeh there is so much blood in this film, and such a high body count :)
Another amazing 90s movies. I'm glad I was born in 91 so I could have a chance to appreciate this amazing film.
The original red pill...
So being born after 90s means can’t appreciate the movie?
Being born in '91 means you're a child of the '00's more than anything. I spent much of my teens in the '90s, drastically different thing.
I was born in 98 and still appreciate this movie lol
Kuato even says "open your mind" like Morpheus says later.
“See you at the party, Richter.”
i actually have a friend called richter and he hates it every time i use that line.
How could you not use that line.
Amazing
Zhe doctah iz here
@@androth1502 Dude, omg, I read your comment like a month ago, and from time to time I think about that. You saying those lines to your friend, makes me LOL everytime I think about it lol.
Oh hell yesssss. Speaking of Arnie, you can research "The 6th Day"
This movie is one of my faves from Arnold, the ending got me thinking if he really was an agent or not. Gr8 work man
I think it's intended to be open-ended, but I don't know how we're supposed to not think it's all in his head when they show the same freaking woman on the screen while he's at the machine that he meets on Mars. Though this scene makes even less sense when you consider that he's already had dreams about the woman before he ever goes to Recall.
It was all a dream, the director and Arnold himself confirmed it on the DVD commentary. The dream started when he had his angry outburst at rekall, it was all part of the dream to make it seem like reality
I think the opposite maybe, what if he was Howser and Quaid was the implant instead.
I actually interpreted the Recall founder being part of Doug's package. The Recall salesman even points out "trust no-one" right before he falls asleep. Which I saw as foreshadowing it. It always felt weird to me why the guy from the advertisement Doug saw would also be "the founder". Considering most of the characters in the film were seen earlier in the movie (such as Harry, Laurie, Cohagan being on the news broadcast, Mileena from his dream etc) I interpret the implant having just taken from what he saw immediately before signing up. Which was the advertisement.
Also the film does progress identically to what the salesman advertised, blue sky on Mars and all. So in essence he got exactly what he paid for.
Except, his wife is dead and other world-altering events couldn't be a relevant "vacation" memory (as advertised) wouldn't translate to a vacation story to tell.
Exactly. Everything else, you could say the bad guys implanted, but no way they would have hinted at blue sky on Mars.
@@jimthompson8947 idk his wife being part of a secret agent conspiracy feels pretty apt for a cliche secret agent film plot.
Additionally what the Recall founder claims will happen after consuming the pill doesn't end up happening. "The walls of reality will come crashing down around you. One minute, you're the savior of the rebel cause; next thing you know, you'll be Cohaagen's bosom buddy." The only thing that does occur is the alien civilizations bit but that was part of his package
Michael Ironside is the Hugo Weaving of the 80s
Absolutey :o
...We'll (ahem) quietly skirt around the remake though... :D
I dont even Recall it :)
I didn't expect you to be here Larry.
Was it a remake or a sequel?
the remake was a fake memory implant. it never actually happened
There was a remake?
"...I'll blow this place up and be home in time for corn flakes!"
why they are still making cornflakes so far in the future took me out of the movie for a minute. just rewatched tonight. it came out the year I was born, and still holds up.
This movie as well as The Matrix is mankind's statement of awareness there is something off about our reality.
Sometimes an answer lies within the question itself.
The One ok?
Both movies had red pills.. oh man!
That is circular reasoning
Something off about our reality? What?
Something is off with our reality
I think it was real. Mainly because Quade dreamt of the events before he went to recall. The bead of sweat is also convincing, as you'd have to be an idiot to program something like that in during an actual medical crisis. I think recall was working for the Mars company, and that their job was to kickstart Quade's adventure, as it would eventually lead to him finding the resistance.
No he popped his cap early remember?
Every video, EVERY video on this movie astonishes me. This was Inception before Inception or even Blade Runner!! I STILL can't make up my mind the truth. Was the it all the Recall implant playing out? Was Howser labotamized? Or DID Quade really save Mars??? The level of ambiguity is astounding!!!
Darth Obscurity Yes while being true, there are key elements that blur the straight facts for either scenario. First point, Yes Doug is unconscious. And the entire movie played out his entire selected package. Second, He could have been brainwashed as either Quade OR Howser as a sleeper agent. Third upon the climax where Doug was given the option to wake up or stay submerged in Recall, the doctor had a nervous sweat fearing for his life! Now could that be apart of the package fantasy, or was Doug really awake? And finally After liberating Mars, Doug still was not sure if he had done all that took place or if the white flash before the credits was Howser waking up? So for me, that's why it's a not so clear ending.
Blade Runner June 25, 1982
Total Recall May 31, 1990
so, what was that you were saying about it being blade runner before blade runner... both movies are good but this movie has nothing on blade runner dude.
chase green You got me. Lol While I DID see Total Recall as a kid on theatrical release, Blade Runner is older than I, and I have committed the sin of STILL not yet seeing the movie. What makes it even worse is that NOW, Blade Runner has many different cuts including a sequel. So, my bad Blade Runner fans😆
i would highly recommend finding the directors cut, it is the definitive version of the movie, its so great man, as i said both of these movies are VERY good (honestly hated the new total recall movie), blade runner has a different tone and feel, while both are sify, Runner has more of a cyberpunk feel with lots of good mystery and really makes you question what was really going on, while total recall has more of an action suspense type feel, with still some hints of a mystery, as in was it real or a dream. No harm no foul lol.
chase green Noted. I hope I get the chance to pick up Blade Runner this time. As fracas the new Total Recall....I have mixed feelings because I know it's not a "carbon copy remake"..... but certain elements are missing. I'll just leave it at that. 👍👍
I always found extremely clever the detail about the drop of sweat as a clue for it being real and not a dream, I wonder who thought of that specific idea... it is such a simple detail but so clever.
Couldn't he just be dreaming that he noticed the guys nervous sweating? Dreams tend to make themselves make sense.
If objective is for Howser to reveal Quoto, why the intervention to give him the pill? Any why not instruct the security chief not to try and kill Howser?
In all honesty I am a fan of the entire experience being real. The fact everything Bob Mcclane predicted would happen at Rekall happening was coincidence. Later in the scene with Dr. Edgmar, Dr. Edgmar accurately predicted the entire outcome of the plot and I think everything Dr. Edgmar predicted would happen coming to pass was coincidence. Cohaggen hired Dr Edgmar to deceive Quaid with a convincing enough lie to make Quaid swallow the red pill, a knockout drug, for Cohaggen's men to deliver Quaid to Cohaggen. The blue skies on Mars and alien reactor on the screen at the Rekall center were also in the later scenes on Mars and I think when Quaid was supposed to be put under for the memory implants Rekall not only re create Quaid's memory but using repressed memories from Quaid's psyche. Lori and Harry show suspicious demeanors and deceptive intentions before Quaid goes to Rekall.
@@castortroy7704 on the DVD commentary, the director and Arnold himself, confirmed that it was all a dream. The dream started when he had his angry outbreak at rekall...his outburst was part of the dream to make it seem like reality but it wasn't
@@chrisbat88 then explain Lori and Harry acting as they did before Quaid goes to Rekall.
The ambiguity of reality was my favorite aspect of this film. There were some elements of ambiguity in the reboot with Collin Ferral but ultimately there were hints inserted to indicate who he really was so the discussion on the film was short lived. I do think it's interesting that Hank Schrader was in the original and Walter white was in the reboot.
If I’m not me then who the hell am I?
Pajamapants Jack me
You're my mom.Don't you remember giving birth to me?
"See you at the party Richter"
You aren’t you, you are you.
WHY TF DO I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE???
Also one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies of all time. Who would have thought that behind an action, muscle packed interstellar adventure movie, you would find such deep themes. This movie blew my mind back in the day, plus it had Arnie and his legendary one liners.
* Blows Lorie's head off * "Consider that a divorce" - Legen...dary!
Consida this a divors. As an Austrian I approve of this accent.
I remember watching this when i was 4/5, and especially the scene where there is no oxygen and their faces become sucked in. Thank you for reminding me about this film, great channel!
The bit I always laugh at "hahahahah ..you think this is the real Quaid .. it's is *automatic gunfire*
😂😂😂😂😂
"it's is automatic gunfire"
The problem is, I have never hear or experienced automatic gunfire in my life."
Agreed. Howling laughing
"I've got 5 kids to feed" was a memorable line.
🤣
4 kids haha and he wasn't married
Consider this as a divorce
"You Make me wish I had three hands"
One of my all time favorites as well
I haven’t seen the movie, but as you describe the themes, I was constantly reminded of Schwarzenegger other film, the sixth day (likely because of the implanted memories the clones would receive).
Upon a recent re-watch I noticed that one of the techs in the recall lab says something like "blue skies on Mars... Yeah right" when he was going over the program....Before they uploaded the memory.
That's the clue that it was all a simulation.
And the fact that when he chooses the woman in the simulation it looks exactly like the woman he ends up with on Mars. No question given these two facts alone.
@@eukaryote-prime the way I interpreted that was that he "build" the woman he'd been dreaming about so he would be able to see her properly, and so we as an audience could recognize her later in the movie. I mean, if you kept dreaming about a woman from a repressed memory that you couldn't for the life of you remember, wouldn't you grab the one opportunity you had to get a clear picture of her?
Though that other clue is kinda hard to explain away
It was all part of the program the we didnt upload it part so it can seem real that you expect you are not part of the simulation.
It was real...all of it
"Don't fall for phony memories, expirence space travel the old fashioned way" (as close as i can remember the line)
great vid bud keep up the good works
thanks Sam!
"blue skies on mars?" -the technician says this about Quaid's vacation before he is subdued...the whole thing is the vacation...his violent outburst is the start of his trip. That's how I see it...the end of the film? Blue skies on mars.
They didn't implant that memory into Quaid though.
@smeechdog I agree. If you really want to know whether it’s a dream or not I think that comment and the Recall director’s comment that he might even end up as Cohagen’s best buddy point to it all being part of his dream. But I prefer to think of it as being real life anyway.
@@poopjeans1135 Yes they did. This is the key scene that gives the game away. Blue skies on Mars could be a coincidence, but as they cycle through the locations on screen - there is an image of the Martian atmospheric reactor. If it isnt a dream, this is a deeply hidden secret known only to a handful of company men. It would be impossible for that image to be in Recall's files. The only plausible explanation is that Quaid is in a dream and that everything after he loses consciousness is a spontaneous fantasy weaving in his dreams of a more exotic life with the secret agent vacation data. It is HIS psyche that places the drop of sweat on the doctor's face. He doesn't want this reality to be a dream, so it gives him reason to doubt the doctor.
The fade to white at the end is Quaid essentially becoming a vegetable. It's really dark, to be honest. Especially what it says about Quaid's relationship with his wife.
Yeah, blue skies, that's the shit that bothers me most but the technician as somebody else noticed didn't do the implant.. so what the hell's goin on?!
@@AnonEyeMouse You are right. If you understand that
everything that takes place after the credits end is his lobotomized
dream, then the ambiguity ends. If everyone rewatches the movie
with this in mind, you will see that this is true.
One more thing. Just who is the guy that is experiencing this?
Some fat, bald never was who for once wanted to be daring?
wow, never knew that the matrix stole the red pill idea
A few things I didn't hear mentioned was that you can see a picture of the Alien Machine in the office before they start the recall procedure. Right before they put him under they mention the name of the new program they were going to put in him called Blue Skies, a reference to the movies ending of Blue Skies on mars.
Glad to hear other recognize this as a masterpiece. It was truly influential and had an amazing mix of action and sci-fi.
When I was a little kid watching this I was thinking if this was all just a dream Quaid was supposed to be experiencing then why is the movie showing conversations between Cohagen and Richter when he's not even there.
That is biggest clue to not being dream, Some say with video games you can have characters reacting beyond your control.
"We can Remember it for you Wholesale" was published in 1966, not in 1996.
The original Bourne Identity :)
The quotes in this movie are legendary
Hank Moody I was in the 4th grade when this came out and every body in my school was going around asking “wanna have some fun?” and the teachers had no idea why. Good times!
Bullshit...
"Hahahahaa! You think this is the real Quaid? *It is."* **automatic gun **
“Who gives a shit what you believe. In 30 second you’ll be dead and I’ll be home just in time for Cornflakes!”
Get you're arse to mars.
I've got five kids t' feed.
nonsequiturm I thought you said it was 6?
[hands over stack of bills]
take em to the dentist...
Benny!!! Die Benny!!!
Daniel R naww, it's BENNY!! .....SCREW YOU!!!!!
@@grantmclean4744 shitt man you got me. I aint even married...
As a kid I thought it was all real, as an adult I’m convinced it’s all in his head. It’s as if Total Recall is the answer to what happens if you do what Cypher tried to do in the Matrix and got plugged in willingly with false memories.
Paul Verhoeven was a visionary and his films are full of visual clues to an underlying theme. For one he nailed the media saturation we have today with it's implications about how something in the back of our minds is telling us our 'reality' isn't what it seems. The genius of this movie is that it can have different endings based on the individual viewer's own interpretation-much like Hauser/Quade.
I don't know, but the only thing I remember about the movie is Arnold talking to himself.
"You are not you. You are me."
"...no shit."
LOVE this movie. The story, action, music, everything.
I remember watching this with my father in the later 90's. Thanks for the trip down nostalgia lane. I liked the remake but would have liked to seen someone other than Bryan Cranston as Cohaagen. Would of love to seen Bill Nighy as Cohaagen, he plays bad guys go well.
Got to watch this as part of my studies at uni. Thoroughly enjoyed it! That ending left me thinking haha.
It was real because there were scenes that Quaid wasn't in like Cohagen's office scenes and the like. If it was an implanted memory he wouldn't be remembering occurrences that happened when he wasn't present.
Awwwwwe man the remake didn't have Mars in it
Jimmy Lee yeah it didn't all it had that was interesting was a big ass train that went through the center of the earth
That's the least of the remake's problems...
They realized that mars was inside them the whole time.
Doomguy/Doomslayer had more luck even in Doom(2016).
Do robots dream of electric sheep?
Another great flick - Bladerunner !!!
all these memories lost like tears in the rain
Philip K Dick greatest titles!
@Bunker Sieben Too many thoughts, constantly racing; leads a lot of brilliant people to drugs
@@rascallyrabbit717 gets me every time.
Great, great movie, thank you.
This is THE best sci fi movie
One way to tell it was a dream is that Melina literally appeared on the computer monitor before he went under.
But she also appeared in his dream. He helped the woman to create Melina in the lab. So you could say that she was not a creation of his memory, but the woman from his dream before he even went to Recall.
I'm leaning towards the idea that it was real. There are scenes in the movie that we see where Quaid isn't present at all. If all of this is just a created memory, how did he "remember" events he wasn't present for?
"One way to tell it was a dream is that Melina literally appeared on the computer monitor before he went under."
Yes, but I have had the same experience in dreams!
@Brian Hartman Another possible explanation is that, when we saw her on the lab monitor, the camera was drifting in and out of focus (almost as if we were seeing what Quaid was seeing as he began to lose consciousness). Seeing Melina on the lab monitor could have been the very start of his dream.
When I was a kid, I just accepted that the whole film took place in the “real” world. When I got a little bit older, I realised that most of it probably took place in the “dream” world (with Quaid waking up after the fade-to-white, and returning to his normal life on Earth with Lori). Of course, the idea that the fade-to-white represents Quaid receiving a lobotomy is quite uncomfortable (and it’s the only ending I *don’t* want to be true). I think the music during the fade-to-white sounds quite positive, so my overall feeling is that we probably watched the memory implant that Quaid paid for at Rekall. ;)
Brett Baratheon humans can not create a human face every face you can think of or dream is someone you’ve seen once no matter if you met them or not
I also thought it must be a dream if Melina was shown on the screen in Rekall. But before he went under he was told he would be a secret agent and not himself, however he was still Doug Quad when he woke up, well he was Howser at first, before knocking him out. But if this was all a dream why did it show us, the audience, things that happened while he was unconcious? Like the Rekall operator telling his staff to erase anything about him arriving there and to put him in a taxi. Also how would a mars implant include his real wife and friend as enemies?
I choose to believe it was all real 😌
When I first saw this, I was 10 at the time, I remember being so mind boggled to the point my parents are frustrated of my constant questioning.
I came to the conclusion long ago, that Howser's experience was all in his mind, simply for the fact that the Recall salesman told him ahead of time, everything that happens in the rest of the film. The whiteout at the end is left to ambiguity, since it could have been the end of his implanted experience or that he is trapped in it forever. At any rate, he was told what would happen in the implanted memory.
fair enough mate :)
True..however how do i explain his dreams of Malena before he went to Recall?
Assad Salloum - Good question. Perhaps she was his ideal fantasy woman, that he inserted into the role of Malena in the implant. But that's total speculation. Otherwise, he was still told about the entire adventure before he had it. Unless that was Cohaagen's plan to begin with... 😉
He either had his memory of being an agent removed, or his experience is the dream.
John Sampson - But, if you watch what the Recall salesman was showing Arnold on a screen, while he was being put under and choosing a female, he is shown a quick picture of Malina.
I don't know if Sharon Stone ever looked better...
Agreed, she was so hot here (:
Assassin’s knife strapped to pastel embroidered 80s-style tights worn under a pant suit... what’s not to like?
@@michaeljames4904 what’s not to like? The pant suit, lol. I mean it looks good on her but something skin tight would've looked better
@@captainfreedom3649 90s chicks arguably hit a sweet-spot: ladylike clothes that would give you just more than a hint, on the outside, with undies that drove you wild yet had a little touch of softness, worn underneath; and none of it looked cheap.
And with zero of the crazy fake colorant around, which many gals today think’s a substitute for having a hairstyle, I’m not surprised the decade’s come to be seen as iconic.
@@michaeljames4904 The worst thing about todays hairstyles: Its just crew cuts for the guys and straight hair or bland ponytails for the girls. Its like I'm surrounded by clones. You know its bad when even the girls are to lazy for styling their hair...
And then they dare to make fun about 80s hair, those wild hairstyles like Sharons can make every girl special.
Great work buddy. You summed up all the angles of the movie interpretation.
Thanks mate!
HA HA HA, you think this is the real Quaid!? It is. *Bang*
Was 15 when this came out. I miss the early 90s. Every summer you knew a blockbuster would come out guaranteed!
Such a good movie
*There is a picture of Melina on the computer monitor at Total Recall on earth, so I think the entire movie was a dream.*
I freaking love this movie... When i first saw it, my little mind exploded.
I love this movie! The ending still haunts me to this day...
Oh this brings me back I love the discussion and theories about the ending.
You are a genius at these explanations.
Thanks Itzamna :)
Yeah, thanks :)
The game Red Faction is heavily inspired by this movie. I remember growing up watching this a lot.
The bead of sweat showed Quade that the guy was nervous which he shouldn’t have been if this was all an illusion, thats why he shot him.
Point of trying to give him pill when wanted him alive to lead to Quoto?
Arnie and Verhoeven.....can it get any better?
Peter Weller and Verhoeven.
probably u´re right...well i like robocop more, but think TR is the better movie overall.
They’re two of my favorite films along with The Matrix and Brazil. (You can tell I like films where you’re not sure what is reality.)
Omg i Love this Movie so Much, great Memories, thank you for doing this Total Recall Explained Video Appreciate it! 👍👍❤💯😉👌
No problems Jacen :)
The short story this is based on is one of the best I ever read, the film despite not really being an accurate representation of the book is one of my favourites
It was the bead of sweat on Dr. Edgemar's face that made me believe that the events that happened were not just inside of Quaid's mind.
Nope he is still in the dream.. you can easily imagine and dream sweat on a face.
It’s a bit unorthodox, but Pink Floyd The Wall: The Movie is a pretty good film to explore. A rocker whose father is killed in WW2, an overprotective mother, abusive schoolteachers and his cheating wife cause him to withdraw into his own head and break down psychologically, eventually being drugged into believing he’s a fascist dictator. Could be interesting.
Adding it to the list now buddy, great suggestion! thanks :)
If we consider second version as true, Doug being offered a red pill by his enemies makes logical sense. There's no reason to believe Doug really was having some strange episode since that schizo attack was a part of the secret agent plot. Without that episode Doug would simply wake up with memories instead of living them which wouldn't be very attractive commercially. I believe it's all part of that scenario. Also, how can you kill someone in your head and irl at the same time? There's no reason to think that guy from Recall wouldn't be able to go once again into Doug's mind if they really needed to get Doug out of there - these are fake and editable memories after all.
It was a dream. This dawned on me when I watched the second film with Colin Ferrell. At the end of the second movie the Rekall ad was showing on a billboard. In the first movie from the 90's there was a BIG clue in the beginning it was a dream. The lab tech guy said "that's a new one blue sky on mars" before Quad was out under. Then at the end of the movie. The fact that the alien ship can produce an atmosphere wasn't common knowledge yet.
How could it be a dream with him remembering the gal on Mars before he even went to Recall?
@@jeffzest8393 he saw most of the people hed met on Mars on the news prior. You can see Lenny and others in there for a split second
im 44, always loved this movie. awesome effects, amazing soundtracks and thought provoking story. perfection! love the zooming in on the reactor
I always felt this was just a dream that he is experiencing from the moment the Rekall device is turned on. Everything they said he would get he got from those moments on. Two headed aliens, creatures, the woman of his dreams exactly as he remembered and designed, a trip to Mars for 2 weeks staying at the exact hotel they mentioned, becoming a secret agent and blue sky on Mars. Everything they told him that he would experience, happened. There are moments that you can't explain and make you wonder though...
Like Dr. Edgemar showing up to tell him to take the pill. Is this part of the dream? Or is this true what he is saying? Why is he sweating nervously if it's a dream? So that moment is thrown in there to confuse us even more. And also why we are able to see everything Cohagen and Richter are up to if this is from Doug's perspective? Again I don't know. Thrown in there for the movie audience to know what's going on but makes no sense that a dream would show those moments. Was he about to be lobotomized and having a bad experience and about to lose his mind after this ended? I don't know. That's open to interpretation.
I like to think the white light at the end of the movie means the program was coming to an end after his two week dream they promised ended but it could just mean he died or a message of saying reality is what you make of it and we will leave you with that. But it's a great movie because it really is any interpretation you have of it works. That's how good the movie was. It is just as believable to have been a dream where he got everything he paid for and is fine afterwards after he wakes up. Just as it is to have been reality the whole time and he really was Hauser originally now in this new ego due to what they did. Just as it also could be said he was the one who was lobotomized and this is the remains of his memories somehow. Anything works. Great movie either way for that reason and more.
Loving the new trend of explaining movies that always made sense if you were willing to pay attention during them
“We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” was in 1966 not 1996
Yeah, I don't think the book was written after the movie came out.
I have to say ❤ I'm 38 my dad is 77 we still watch this film together as it was one of the first films we watched on video together ❤ this film changed life, thank you xx
The Director was explaining " Life is but a dream" our whole life we live and sleep but think of significant dreams the whole day. For some of us they rarely happen, yet others like myself dream daily.
This movie is just an elaborate way of pushing the fact we live between dreams & reality because sleep commands 1/3 of our lives.
I love listening to your videos in the background. Makes me think about the movies again in a different way often.
One of the most memorable movies I ever watched.
I hate how little subs you have. You should have atleast 1 million
thanks buddy!
FilmComicsExplained I'm just telling the truth.
I AM GOD In todays standard, kinda.
I always thought the coincidence of the woman’s image they use for default just so happening to be the “real” secret agent he knows irl, showed he’s been recalling for longer than we might think. No way he’s actually a secret agent and allowed to go in and Recall memories of his secret agent girlfriend. But the ending really makes you think maybe not and this was all an elaborate ruse to infiltrate. Or maybe he’s been dreaming much longer than we think from the beginning.
Someone needs to tell this guy the difference between explaining something and just telling me what happened throughout a movie.
Recall! RECALL!!
Think you missed a ''recall'' there.
Just watched this movie again tonight and The effects were amazing for 1990. I read that this movie almost got an nc17 rating, and that they cut out much more gory scenes to get it down to an R rating. I wish they would have released a dorectors cut.
See you at the party richter!!!
Well done sir! This movie is complete excellence. I first saw it in 1990 in the University of Akron theater as an electrical engineering student with my great friend Vince who has since departed from this life. I chose long ago to believe Douglas Quaid's experience was not a dream, tho I fully respect the idea you verbalize so well of the story's eternal uncertainty of what it truly was (dream or real). I have thought about this every now and then for almost three decades, and as you say, it is up each and every one of us to decide what we want it to be. And then, that is what it was. PEACE!
This was amazing, great job on covering this.
Thanks Chris! glad you enjoyed it :)
Loved this movie as a kid enjoying the ridiculous violence and Arnold being Arnold. Rewatched it as an adult and saw it in a whole different light. Truly an amazing sci-fi.
Could you cover the A.I in Stanley Kubricks 2001: A Space Odessey?
I'm Afraid I cant do that Gipsy.... lol yes of course! will add H.A.L to the list now :)
“Open the pod bay doors”
*_Im afraid I can’t do that._*
The ending mad no sense to me. Was that the point?
@@bigDmtb622 it was explained in the novel. The Monoliths where actually aiding in the evolution of mankind, speeding it up. So it would appear a giant all powerful space baby is the next stage
Saw this with my dad...9 years old...he was always bad at covering my eyes...lol
The end credits scene; Douglas Quaid wakes up in ReKaLL, goes home to explain the $1199 he spent there to his wife. Next day: Explains to Harry that He killed him by dislocating his head.
Dangit, I came here because I wanted a solid answer. Ended up with an entertaining, well thought out explanation and analysis, also existential dread. Great video!
I believe he was originally Quaid. There's a defining moment at the end, when cohagen states he wanted Hauser back, and he responds by "I AM QUAID".
one of my favorite movies of all time, on of the few I will always have a physical copy of... Remake was a hour long crap chase scene...
This my parents favorite movie. Two weeks, Two Weeks, TWO WEEKS! I'd if that's an newer one, my favorite movie scene.
What's funny I was watching total recall where that day girl says 2 weeks almost dead on when I read your post
Open your mind, open your mind, and open your mind
Please do more Arnold movies!!!
DO IT NOW!!!
"What are you wating for!'
First published in the April 1996 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction? It was 1966, but still a great synopsis/analysis.
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