It was a dream, the woman, the alien artifact, blue sky on Mars, secret agent, he saves the world, kills the bad guy! All were talked about and seen at Recall before he went unconscious!
Yup, and it's so well crafted, that decades later, I still can't find any definitive proof for any which option. It's truly a their is no right/wrong answer, yet they are both right (and wrong).
@@sophiamarchildon3998 -- There is a musical cue which COULD be taken as proof or an answer.. As the camera is panning up and going to white-out on the final scene, the "dream" theme is playing.
Jen! Remember when you asked why Arnold signed his name on the sheet of paper? He was testing if the writing was the same, in other words that he left himself the message on that paper.
@@44excalibur Yeah. Even worse, Verhoeven did that on purpose. He thought Heinlein was a fascist (100% wrong) and deliberately shat on his work. Much like Amazon will do with Tolkien, I think.
It happened for real, because I don't want to live in a world where Douglas really didn't say "Come on Cohaagen, you've got what you want, give these people air".
What’s fantastic is that Verhoeven has such an over-the-top style, it’s entirely conceivable that the Recall representative in the end of the third act was telling the truth, before the walls literally fall apart and the final act begins.
"You are evil, Sharon Stone." Stone played femme fatales after Basic Instinct(1992). She was a guest star on T.J. Hooker in the early 1980's. In the 1994 Flinstones movie, a crooked white collar business guy had a mistress named "Sharon Stone".
I feel this is one of the best science fiction movies in history. Not only does it have action and special effects, but it has an incredible story. You could sit down and talk with your friends for hours about whether or not he is a hero or a sitting in the chair back in the lab in labotomized. There are clues and hints throughout the entire movie that go both ways and don't detract from the other way. It's almost like it has a different ending
I saw it in 1992 at age 20. I explained my theory about action movies to my friend: first you develop a hatred for the bad guys by seeing them hurt or kill innocent people. Then it’s very satisfying when the bad guys who you hate so much get killed. My friend kept saying “I hope nothing happens to Benny!” Then after Benny betrays them he kept saying “I hope Benny gets killed! Then he drank too much and was lying on the sofa with his eyes closed and when the next action scene started he just said “I hear violence!” Good times.
Hey Jen I think you listed it in your in screen text. Total Recall, the initial setup is a really cool way to have the audience guessing what is really happening. The idea that from the MOMENT Quaid sits in the chair, everything plays out exactly like the secret agent memory he paid for. The plotline is a signature of the author Philip K. Dick. He enjoys posing the questions "what is real, what only exists in my mind, and how important is the difference, really?" I think it's part dream and part real, which is the beauty of the movie.
Verhoeven confirmed that both conclusions are integrally true. He said the movie was made like a Möbius strip: both realities exist on the same pane of existence, both versions are true without contradicting the other.
There are some movies which fail at expressing completely which is the actual truth, like American Psycho or Fight Club, movies who do have a truth. However, this movie was always meant to be recursive with both ideas being equally valid. Really cool concept honestly.
But it can't be "part and part". It's either a dream, or it's real. Mars either gets an atmosphere, or Quaid is severely brain-damaged in that chair. There may be equal evidence for either conclusion, but that's very different from both conclusions being able to co-exist.
@@fatkart7641 Do you have a source for that quote? I found one of Verhoeven saying that both versions are true, but I don't know if he's making the point you're attributing to him, or if it's valid even if he is. Saying both versions are *equally* true in terms of supporting evidence is one thing, but saying they can co-exist is quite another. It's kinda Schrodinger's Cat, though he actually created that as thought experiment to *mock* the concept of "superpositions"; if we don't know which version is true, there's a sense in which they can both be true, or at least equally true, but only to the best of our knowledge. But, since we're not quantum-scale creatures, the cat in that box is definitely either alive *or* dead, whether we know it or not. In the same way, Quaid's either in the chair or on Mars; he can't be in both places at once. That we don't know which it is leaves both possibilities open to us, the audience, but it certainly doesn't mean both contradictory possibilities can exist at the same time. I think we may be conflating discussions in a narrative sense with discussions in a realistic sense.
Total Recall was based on a Philip K. Dick story called "We can remember it for you wholesale" and mist of his stories deal with bending reality in some way. You should check out A Scanner Darkly which is another one of Dick's books that has Keanu Reeve, RDJ, Woody Harelson and Winona Ryder are in it with a lot of rotoscoping special effects
5:15 It's called the uncanny valley. Robots that look nearly real make you feel like something isn't right. The more realistic they look the worse the feeling, until they mimic humans perfectly.
One of the best Arnie flicks of the 90's. The book had a much more clear reason for why Quaid (Quail in the book) was kept alive after learning about the aliens. But this was a good adaptation. And some of the best Arnie one liners and struggle faces/noises of all time. LET ME GO! AHHHHHLL LLLLLLALLLALLAH!
3:51 --- He got EVERYTHING in the package.. Killed the bad guys, got the girl, saved the planet.... AND as the tech said, "Blue sky on Mars."... The fade to white at the end leaves you guessing.... Was that him waking up and it was all a dream.... Or was it all real?
You are systematically watching every favorite movie I've ever had. And I'm old enough to have seen all of of them in the theaters as a kid/teenager. No suggestions needed, you're getting it right every time! Keep going, love it!
This was one of the last major Hollywood blockbusters to make large-scale use of miniature effects as opposed to CGI. It was also one of the first major Hollywood blockbusters to use CGI (mainly for the scenes involving the X-ray scanner) and have it look photo-realistic.
@@tremorsfan Those relied mostly on CGI. Large -scale use of miniature effects refers to both the sheer number and the actual size of those used in Total Recall. The film was made at the onset of computer-generated imagery (CGI), which was not a suitable option for photorealistic or textured imagery in Total Recall. The movies you mention relied mostly on CGI. Total Recall featured thirty-five sets across eight of Estudios Churubusco's soundstages. The sets were expansive and connected by tunnels so long that they continued outside of the stage, making it possible to drive between them on film. Expansive locations, including Martian exteriors, were created using miniature sets produced by Stetson Visual Services in Los Angeles, and supervised by Mark Stetson and Robert Spurlock. The sets were large, with the alien reactor being among the largest and most complex sets ever constructed in cinema, and the largest set built for the film.
@@brianwoodbridge88 Many films after Total Recall still use models and miniatures but they rely mainly on CGI. Star Wars and others did not use models and miniatures on a grand scale like Total Recall did. The film was made at the onset of computer-generated imagery (CGI), which was not a suitable option for photorealistic or textured imagery in Total Recall. Total Recall featured thirty-five sets across eight of Estudios Churubusco's soundstages. The sets were expansive and connected by tunnels so long that they continued outside of the stage, making it possible to drive between them on film. Expansive locations, including Martian exteriors, were created using miniature sets produced by Stetson Visual Services in Los Angeles, and supervised by Mark Stetson and Robert Spurlock. The sets were large, with the alien reactor being among the largest and most complex sets ever constructed in cinema, and the largest set built for the film.
Right on!! As usual Jen!! Very fun, great movie, and great, wonderful reaction!!! Glad you enjoyed it, it keeps your mind busy, and your guessing all the time, one of those movies if you dont pause it when you get up to get a drink or a snack, u will definitely be confused....can't wait to see your other reactions this week, thanks again Jen, take care!!..😄😄👍
Everything they told him would happen, did happen. I think it was all a memory implant. “Isn’t that his jackhammering buddy? …that sounds wrong” I lol’d 😂
@@gumbomudderx7503 we are? So he saw in his head Lori make phone call while he went to bathroom? Than why was he surprised when she started shooting at him? Think about it it makes no sense to be dream unless movie was his and only his perspective.
Remember seeing this on VHS when it first came out, i was probably too young to watch but hey my parents knew i loved Arnie films so they let me watch it. Great film.
I have always felt that the actions in the movie are real since we as an audience see a lot of scenes where Arnie wasn't involved (eg Richter and Cohagen talking). If the movie only showed us everything from Doug's point of view and nothing he wasn't at then I'd have real questions as to if it were all just the dream playing out or if it were real.
@@MoMoMyPup10 in the world of the movie it seems that when you go to Recall you want to have imagined that you were actually there actually doing it, so I would think that implanted memories of other people talking when you weren't there would break the immersion.
Before Schwarzenegger was cast as Douglas Quaid, Patrick Swayze, Matthew Broderick, Richard Dreyfuss, Michael Douglas, Christopher Reeve, James Caan, and Dennis Quaid were considered. Paul Verhoeven was going to make a sequel to the movie, but it was turned into a standalone movie instead called Minority Report from director Steven Spielberg.
@@putinscat1208 I was thinking the same thing, lol! I actually feel that, aside from Broderick, all of those actors could’ve done a great job with the script, but Arnold brings that certain something extra though.
The film was a box office and critical success making $279 million dollars against a $90 million dollar budget, making it the most expensive independent films ever made. It would win the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😊
@@jenmurrayxo Sydney Jay Mead was an American industrial designer and neo-futurist concept artist, widely known for his designs for science-fiction films such as Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron.
I think you mean highest grossing independent film based on your comparison of cost to ticket sales, and no it was not. “Night of the Living Dead” was made for $114,000 and grossed more than $200 million. “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” was made for $140,000 and grossed almost $130 million. “The Blair Witch Project” had a budget of $600,000 (tiny when adjusted for inflation) and made a whopping $450 million. Occasionally, there are also films with big budgets and big stars that qualify as independent. "Empire Strikes Back" was not a Fox studio film it was Lucasfilm and distributed by FOX, so was “Pulp Fiction,” “Kill Bill” films and “Inglorious Basterds." But the highest-grossing independent film of all time is “The Passion of the Christ,” with a gross of almost $1 billion. EDIT: But if you did mean most expensive then TR is probably tops, but it's budget was only 65M.
The author who wrote the original short story for Total Recall also wrote the book that Blade Runner is based on, so part of me likes to think that they take place in the same universe.
I just love Jen's reactions and there were some classics here. In particular when Arnie pushed the main bad guy off the wire and out onto the planets surface Jen shouts 'Yes I want to see this guy die. Oh wait gross no I don't'. Keep these reactions coming Jen 😁
This is one of Verhoven's satire trilogy if you will. The other two are Robocop and Starship Troopers. Check them out sometime. Brilliant sci-fi spy thriller this one. Also fun fact this was Sharon Stone's big leap onto stardom. Also, Michael Ironside is always a win. He's in Starship Troopers too. Edit: The was it a dream or not is for the audience to interpret, very cool and ahead of its time. However I do think the ending is real.
I'm quite sure that the whole core of Mars is *not* ice (as in water ice). A discovery like that in real life would be an utter shock and a mystery, as generally denser materials will make their way to the core, while lighter ones will be on top, and what's on top is mostly rock that is much denser than water or ice.
Had the guy chatting Quaide on face time told me "Just hurry up, you look beautiful now get here" my response would be " No question about it but does it make look fat?".😂
This is based on the story, We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Phillip K. Dick, one of the greatest sci fi writers ever. Other movies based on his books include BladeRunner (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep) and Minority Report. I think this was Sharon Stone's film debut. She is awesome.
😎👍 This was one of four major films with major leading men and major directors, based on novels by Phillip K. Dick. The other three were "Blade Runner" (starring Harrison Ford, directed by Ridley Scott, 1982), "Minority Report" (starring Tom Cruise, directed by Stephen Spielberg, 2002) and "A Scanner Darkly" (starring Keanu Reeves, directed by Richard Linklater, 2006). I think you'll probably enjoy all three of them.
Are you kidding? We get to hear one of the finest examples of Arnold's patented sounds of suffering! I was so glad when he got blown out onto the Martian surface, because his sounds of suffering are just so entertaining. No one suffers like Arnold.
This movie came out when I was six, and I was so jealous that my babysitter's teenage kids got to see it in the theatre but I didn't (I had already seen both Terminator and RoboCop on video by then). Did see it eventually on VHS, and it's one that gets better with age and every viewing.
This and its 2012 remake are based on the short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale". This is also director Paul Verhoeven's follow-up to RoboCop. Arnold Schwarzenegger also starred in Kindergarten Cop that same year
Phillip K. Dick wrote a ton of short stories for magazine publication. He also wrote quite a few novels as well. Using a short story to make a movie is so much better than trying to squeeze a full novel into 90 minutes of film. It's more true to the story and more respectful to the author. His stories inspired a lot of films like this one and Blade Runner, Minority Report and a bunch of others. the BBC did a series of 10 one hour films based on his stories...Electric Dreams.
Philip K. Dick was one of the most imaginative writers who ever lived, but in my opinion his actual writing wasn’t very good. I like to imagine a world where he wrote nothing but outlines, passing them to writers like Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov and John Wyndham to flesh out into stories and books. By the way, somewhat off topic, but anytime I see any mention of Dick I think of a story that he told Dean R. Koontz and which Koontz incorporated into his Frankenstein series. It’s pretty gross, so read at your own risk. I’ll include it below⬇️ Supposedly Dick once went to a Chinese restaurant and asked for “something too exotic for the menu.” And they brought him a plate of live baby rats on a plate of lettuce. Dick said that he jumped up and ran out of the restaurant. Don’t say I didn’t warn you that it’s a gross story.
Paul Verhoven also directed Starship Troopers and Robocop which both have some similarities to Total Recall. Blade Runner is also related, in that they are both based on stories by Phillip K Dick.
13:27 "Why did he just write that down... again?" He thought the handwriting looked familiar, so he checked it. He wrote out the name "Melina," on that piece of paper, and noted the fact that the handwriting was the same. Now he knows that he's the one who wrote that note.
23:08 This scene was inspired by a close call Paul Verhoeven had with an elevator as a child, almost lost his legs! 😬 I also love the way you say "squished!" 😊❤
23:14 "See you at the _party,_ Richter!" Seems like a bit of a missed opportunity that he didn't say something like, "Let me give you a _hand!"_ before tossing down both severed arms.
A very interesting adaptation when compared to the original short story, which has a very short length and a very different kind of twist at the end. Gotta give it to Paul Verhoeven, who with this and RoboCop made some of the most emblematic action sci-fi movies of the late 80s and early 90s. Always nice to see people reacting to this one especially since some of the filming locations were in my hometown of Mexico City, such as Metro Chabacano for the subway chase scene and the outside of the Metro Insurgentes roundabout for the end of that scene, two places which look pretty similar even today.
Similar story (implanted memories you can buy) is "Strange Days" which a bit darker than this. I have back and forth moments of whether real or embolism, but not for the most obvious reason of him dreaming of Melina before he went to recall. They knew each other before the Quade implant, so that could be like a bleed thru of memories of Houser to Quade when they sleep. (tho they did use her image in the set up phase b4 the implant) What most convinces me is the reactor is supposed to replace the Core which is ice, into air, which is gas. The sudden relocation of mass from the center to upper would spaz out the orbit and the rotation. (think figure skater doing one of those really fast spins...arms in close, then what happens when they spread their arms? they quickly slow down. That's what Mars would do. :)
He wrote it down again to see if the handwriting matched, so that he could tell if he’s the one who left himself the note.
"See you at the party, Richter!"
It was a dream, the woman, the alien artifact, blue sky on Mars, secret agent, he saves the world, kills the bad guy! All were talked about and seen at Recall before he went unconscious!
It doesn't matter if it was or was not a dream. The fact that it leaves you thinking about it is the best part.
Yup, and it's so well crafted, that decades later, I still can't find any definitive proof for any which option. It's truly a their is no right/wrong answer, yet they are both right (and wrong).
@@sophiamarchildon3998 -- There is a musical cue which COULD be taken as proof or an answer.. As the camera is panning up and going to white-out on the final scene, the "dream" theme is playing.
22:04 "yes yes it's very beautiful, go go go" lol
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"Shouldn't have pimped out your wife if you didn't want her to get hurt." That seriously cracked me up.
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I came to the comments to write that exact same thing. 👍🏽
One of Jen's greatest lines ever.
I think that's pretty good advice.
CONAN the BARBARIAN !!!!! This is an Arnold MUST SEE
It's on Jen's channel now. 👍
PMSL That comment to Michael Ironside about what not to do with your wife if you don't want her to get hurt still has me laughing my butt off.
Jen! Remember when you asked why Arnold signed his name on the sheet of paper? He was testing if the writing was the same, in other words that he left himself the message on that paper.
@@shallowgal462 You're right. He was checking for writing style, but it was her name.
Two other Paul Verhoeven films you have to watch: "ROBOCOP" (1987) and "STARSHIP TROOPERS" (1997)! Great movies!
You also kinda have to watch Basic Instinct and Showgirls... but for different reasons...
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Robocop was great, but Starship Troopers was a travesty. A complete desecration of Robert Heinlein's novel.
Starship Troopers ONLY if you've not read the book.
Having read the book, for me the movie was a tremendous disappointment.
@@44excalibur Yeah. Even worse, Verhoeven did that on purpose. He thought Heinlein was a fascist (100% wrong) and deliberately shat on his work. Much like Amazon will do with Tolkien, I think.
It happened for real, because I don't want to live in a world where Douglas really didn't say "Come on Cohaagen, you've got what you want, give these people air".
Benny is one of the most heartbreaking double crosses in cinema history.
He had nine kids to feed.
take um to the dentist
What happened to number 5 ?
@@hasinurrahman4952 Ahh, you got me.
What’s fantastic is that Verhoeven has such an over-the-top style, it’s entirely conceivable that the Recall representative in the end of the third act was telling the truth, before the walls literally fall apart and the final act begins.
You're right! The special make-up effects were created by Rob Bottin, who also did The Thing, The Howling, and RoboCop to name a few!
"You are evil, Sharon Stone." Stone played femme fatales after Basic Instinct(1992). She was a guest star on T.J. Hooker in the early 1980's. In the 1994 Flinstones movie, a crooked white collar business guy had a mistress named "Sharon Stone".
I feel this is one of the best science fiction movies in history. Not only does it have action and special effects, but it has an incredible story. You could sit down and talk with your friends for hours about whether or not he is a hero or a sitting in the chair back in the lab in labotomized. There are clues and hints throughout the entire movie that go both ways and don't detract from the other way. It's almost like it has a different ending
"See you at the party Richter!"
That's a new one, blue skies on Mars.
That see you at the party line is one of the best lines ever
WHAT. You're doing Total Recall? This is one of my fav movies. Auto-like and I'm strapping in.
Enjoyed it. _The Last Starfighter_ is a good one that you'd enjoy as well.
The Howling, American Werewolf in London.
American Werewolf is on my Patreon 👍
This 90s Arnold sci fi movie is childhood nostalgia for me. So happy to see you reacting to this classic 90s action movie.
I remember the first time I saw this film. It was 1991 and I was 12 years old! What an experience!
@@John_Locke_108 15 and it was great!
@@jamminjohn I was 23 & I loved it!
I saw it in 1992 at age 20.
I explained my theory about action movies to my friend: first you develop a hatred for the bad guys by seeing them hurt or kill innocent people. Then it’s very satisfying when the bad guys who you hate so much get killed. My friend kept saying “I hope nothing happens to Benny!” Then after Benny betrays them he kept saying “I hope Benny gets killed!
Then he drank too much and was lying on the sofa with his eyes closed and when the next action scene started he just said “I hear violence!”
Good times.
@Martin Braun Same, watched it with some friend's on my 12th birthday.
Thank u for adding subtitles
10:40 What a covid test must feel like LOL
My senior year of high school. The golden age of Arnold. My friends and I saw all his 80s movies growing up. Love this flick.
You truly were a total cheerleader for Total Recall. Very well done.
13:27 - He wrote the name to compare his handwriting with the one on the note, to make sure he wrote it.
22:33 Sun Tzu: "All of warfare is based on deception."
Hey Jen I think you listed it in your in screen text. Total Recall, the initial setup is a really cool way to have the audience guessing what is really happening. The idea that from the MOMENT Quaid sits in the chair, everything plays out exactly like the secret agent memory he paid for. The plotline is a signature of the author Philip K. Dick. He enjoys posing the questions "what is real, what only exists in my mind, and how important is the difference, really?" I think it's part dream and part real, which is the beauty of the movie.
Verhoeven confirmed that both conclusions are integrally true. He said the movie was made like a Möbius strip: both realities exist on the same pane of existence, both versions are true without contradicting the other.
There are some movies which fail at expressing completely which is the actual truth, like American Psycho or Fight Club, movies who do have a truth. However, this movie was always meant to be recursive with both ideas being equally valid. Really cool concept honestly.
But it can't be "part and part". It's either a dream, or it's real. Mars either gets an atmosphere, or Quaid is severely brain-damaged in that chair. There may be equal evidence for either conclusion, but that's very different from both conclusions being able to co-exist.
@@fatkart7641 Do you have a source for that quote? I found one of Verhoeven saying that both versions are true, but I don't know if he's making the point you're attributing to him, or if it's valid even if he is. Saying both versions are *equally* true in terms of supporting evidence is one thing, but saying they can co-exist is quite another.
It's kinda Schrodinger's Cat, though he actually created that as thought experiment to *mock* the concept of "superpositions"; if we don't know which version is true, there's a sense in which they can both be true, or at least equally true, but only to the best of our knowledge. But, since we're not quantum-scale creatures, the cat in that box is definitely either alive *or* dead, whether we know it or not. In the same way, Quaid's either in the chair or on Mars; he can't be in both places at once. That we don't know which it is leaves both possibilities open to us, the audience, but it certainly doesn't mean both contradictory possibilities can exist at the same time.
I think we may be conflating discussions in a narrative sense with discussions in a realistic sense.
@@michaelccozens Get over it, both interpretations contradict each other and both are 'confirmed' as well.
Total Recall was based on a Philip K. Dick story called "We can remember it for you wholesale" and mist of his stories deal with bending reality in some way. You should check out A Scanner Darkly which is another one of Dick's books that has Keanu Reeve, RDJ, Woody Harelson and Winona Ryder are in it with a lot of rotoscoping special effects
5:15 It's called the uncanny valley. Robots that look nearly real make you feel like something isn't right. The more realistic they look the worse the feeling, until they mimic humans perfectly.
See ya at the party!
"I thought that was just his 'Jack Hammering' friend!" "PHRASING!" LOL!
One of the best Arnie flicks of the 90's. The book had a much more clear reason for why Quaid (Quail in the book) was kept alive after learning about the aliens. But this was a good adaptation. And some of the best Arnie one liners and struggle faces/noises of all time. LET ME GO! AHHHHHLL LLLLLLALLLALLAH!
Random trivia: "Minority Report" was originally conceived as a sequel to this movie, the "Precogs" were originally Mars mutants.
5:16 --- The cab driver was played by Robert Picardo who was the doctor on the show "Star Trek Voyager."
3:51 --- He got EVERYTHING in the package.. Killed the bad guys, got the girl, saved the planet.... AND as the tech said, "Blue sky on Mars."... The fade to white at the end leaves you guessing.... Was that him waking up and it was all a dream.... Or was it all real?
You are systematically watching every favorite movie I've ever had. And I'm old enough to have seen all of of them in the theaters as a kid/teenager. No suggestions needed, you're getting it right every time! Keep going, love it!
This was one of the last major Hollywood blockbusters to make large-scale use of miniature effects as opposed to CGI. It was also one of the first major Hollywood blockbusters to use CGI (mainly for the scenes involving the X-ray scanner) and have it look photo-realistic.
There was still Independence Day in 1996 and Titanic in 1997. And the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Star Wars I’m the 2000’s used a big model for the Genosis scene and others I can’t remember
@@tremorsfan Those relied mostly on CGI. Large -scale use of miniature effects refers to both the sheer number and the actual size of those used in Total Recall. The film was made at the onset of computer-generated imagery (CGI), which was not a suitable option for photorealistic or textured imagery in Total Recall. The movies you mention relied mostly on CGI. Total Recall featured thirty-five sets across eight of Estudios Churubusco's soundstages. The sets were expansive and connected by tunnels so long that they continued outside of the stage, making it possible to drive between them on film. Expansive locations, including Martian exteriors, were created using miniature sets produced by Stetson Visual Services in Los Angeles, and supervised by Mark Stetson and Robert Spurlock. The sets were large, with the alien reactor being among the largest and most complex sets ever constructed in cinema, and the largest set built for the film.
@@brianwoodbridge88 Many films after Total Recall still use models and miniatures but they rely mainly on CGI. Star Wars and others did not use models and miniatures on a grand scale like Total Recall did. The film was made at the onset of computer-generated imagery (CGI), which was not a suitable option for photorealistic or textured imagery in Total Recall. Total Recall featured thirty-five sets across eight of Estudios Churubusco's soundstages. The sets were expansive and connected by tunnels so long that they continued outside of the stage, making it possible to drive between them on film. Expansive locations, including Martian exteriors, were created using miniature sets produced by Stetson Visual Services in Los Angeles, and supervised by Mark Stetson and Robert Spurlock. The sets were large, with the alien reactor being among the largest and most complex sets ever constructed in cinema, and the largest set built for the film.
I could be wrong, but I thought I heard/read somewhere that the X-ray scanner scenes were animated.
edit - as in by hand, not by computer
18:57 "A man is defined by his action, not memory."
_Remember_ that, now.
The reason he wrote Melina’s name again on the piece of paper was to check the handwriting to verify he was the person who wrote her name originally.
Right on!! As usual Jen!! Very fun, great movie, and great, wonderful reaction!!! Glad you enjoyed it, it keeps your mind busy, and your guessing all the time, one of those movies if you dont pause it when you get up to get a drink or a snack, u will definitely be confused....can't wait to see your other reactions this week, thanks again Jen, take care!!..😄😄👍
"His jack hammering friend... that sounded weird". LOL what a dirty mind! 🤣
Man, I love Arnold Swarz.. Arnold Zwartze... Arnold Shwar... The guy from The Terminator.
Everything they told him would happen, did happen. I think it was all a memory implant. “Isn’t that his jackhammering buddy? …that sounds wrong” I lol’d 😂
But how to explain the dreams of Melina on Mars before we see him going to Total Recall?
Than why do you have scenes that don't have Quaid in it?
@@berlinkozyreva we’re seeing what his imagination is showing him
@@gumbomudderx7503 we are? So he saw in his head Lori make phone call while he went to bathroom? Than why was he surprised when she started shooting at him?
Think about it it makes no sense to be dream unless movie was his and only his perspective.
Remember seeing this on VHS when it first came out, i was probably too young to watch but hey my parents knew i loved Arnie films so they let me watch it. Great film.
I have always felt that the actions in the movie are real since we as an audience see a lot of scenes where Arnie wasn't involved (eg Richter and Cohagen talking). If the movie only showed us everything from Doug's point of view and nothing he wasn't at then I'd have real questions as to if it were all just the dream playing out or if it were real.
He could just as easily be dreaming those conversations too. We have no idea how extensive Recall's implant really is.
@@MoMoMyPup10 in the world of the movie it seems that when you go to Recall you want to have imagined that you were actually there actually doing it, so I would think that implanted memories of other people talking when you weren't there would break the immersion.
I've just given this a rewatch for you, Jen. I really enjoyed your reaction to it, I'll do another before I go to bed.
See you at the Party Richter. My favourite line. 😀
"Oooh, I thought that was just his *jackhammering* friend"
... LOL!! Thanks, I'm gonna use this phrase!
Before Schwarzenegger was cast as Douglas Quaid, Patrick Swayze, Matthew Broderick, Richard Dreyfuss, Michael Douglas, Christopher Reeve, James Caan, and Dennis Quaid were considered.
Paul Verhoeven was going to make a sequel to the movie, but it was turned into a standalone movie instead called Minority Report from director Steven Spielberg.
@@putinscat1208 I was thinking the same thing, lol! I actually feel that, aside from Broderick, all of those actors could’ve done a great job with the script, but Arnold brings that certain something extra though.
The film was a box office and critical success making $279 million dollars against a $90 million dollar budget, making it the most expensive independent films ever made.
It would win the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😊
Thanks Shaine!
@@jenmurrayxo Sydney Jay Mead was an American industrial designer and neo-futurist concept artist, widely known for his designs for science-fiction films such as Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron.
I think you mean highest grossing independent film based on your comparison of cost to ticket sales, and no it was not. “Night of the Living Dead” was made for $114,000 and grossed more than $200 million. “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” was made for $140,000 and grossed almost $130 million. “The Blair Witch Project” had a budget of $600,000 (tiny when adjusted for inflation) and made a whopping $450 million. Occasionally, there are also films with big budgets and big stars that qualify as independent. "Empire Strikes Back" was not a Fox studio film it was Lucasfilm and distributed by FOX, so was “Pulp Fiction,” “Kill Bill” films and “Inglorious Basterds." But the highest-grossing independent film of all time is “The Passion of the Christ,” with a gross of almost $1 billion.
EDIT: But if you did mean most expensive then TR is probably tops, but it's budget was only 65M.
Budget was $65 million
The author who wrote the original short story for Total Recall also wrote the book that Blade Runner is based on, so part of me likes to think that they take place in the same universe.
I just love Jen's reactions and there were some classics here. In particular when Arnie pushed the main bad guy off the wire and out onto the planets surface Jen shouts 'Yes I want to see this guy die. Oh wait gross no I don't'. Keep these reactions coming Jen 😁
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This is one of Verhoven's satire trilogy if you will. The other two are Robocop and Starship Troopers. Check them out sometime.
Brilliant sci-fi spy thriller this one. Also fun fact this was Sharon Stone's big leap onto stardom. Also, Michael Ironside is always a win. He's in Starship Troopers too.
Edit: The was it a dream or not is for the audience to interpret, very cool and ahead of its time. However I do think the ending is real.
4:30 A little bit of that Canadian comin out 🥰
i like your vibe... and i like your awards ceremony. i mean, i never get invited to the Oscars, so...
I'm quite sure that the whole core of Mars is *not* ice (as in water ice). A discovery like that in real life would be an utter shock and a mystery, as generally denser materials will make their way to the core, while lighter ones will be on top, and what's on top is mostly rock that is much denser than water or ice.
The way people get shot unexpectedly from off screen in this movie makes me chuckle every time. Especially when Kuato gets shot. 😆😆😆
What have you been feeding this thing?
- Blondes
13:30 I'm sure someone has already commented but he wrote Melina down again to confirm it was his handwriting.
Had the guy chatting Quaide on face time told me "Just hurry up, you look beautiful now get here" my response would be " No question about it but does it make look fat?".😂
5:31 _Jackhammerin' Friends_ is a Jackie Treehorn production. 😆🤣😉
Sci-Fi masterpiece
"Strange-looking robots that move weirdly and look human make me uncomfortable." = the uncanny valley
I don't know why, but the line "Yeah, everyone look up from your dinner. The mountain is exploding" had me rolling XD
Meh, I live in Hawaii. Mountains explode all the time.
Yassss‼️seen this one so many times😂👌🏽will always watch it when it pops up on TV ‘I got 5 kids to feed’ 😂😂👏🏽well done lovely Jen❤️
I'm surprised that you didn't mention the movie's hard-driving, unique Goldsmith music. He certainly had some wild musical fun in this movie.
The Johnny Cab losing his fucking shit and blowing up has always been my favorite part.
The late Philip K. Dick wrote science fiction stories with mind bending plots. The surname "Brubaker" is an homage to Capricorn One(1978).
When he wrote the message, he could see that was his own handwriting.
Did you happen to know that Recall's Dr. Edgemar is a third level grandmaster at Stratagema? Star Trek: TNG S2 E21, "Peak Performance."
This is based on the story, We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Phillip K. Dick, one of the greatest sci fi writers ever. Other movies based on his books include BladeRunner (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep) and Minority Report. I think this was Sharon Stone's film debut. She is awesome.
Bladerunner was a great film in it's own right, but way different to the novel.
Sharon was in a few movies before this, just didn't hit it big. I remember seeing King Solomon's Mines and she was in it.
Benny fooled Jenny!
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The Running Man is definitely worth a look.
😎👍 This was one of four major films with major leading men and major directors, based on novels by Phillip K. Dick. The other three were "Blade Runner" (starring Harrison Ford, directed by Ridley Scott, 1982), "Minority Report" (starring Tom Cruise, directed by Stephen Spielberg, 2002) and "A Scanner Darkly" (starring Keanu Reeves, directed by Richard Linklater, 2006). I think you'll probably enjoy all three of them.
Nice job you included all the good parts! See you at the party Richter!
Are you kidding? We get to hear one of the finest examples of Arnold's patented sounds of suffering! I was so glad when he got blown out onto the Martian surface, because his sounds of suffering are just so entertaining. No one suffers like Arnold.
A great movie
Quaid wrote on the paper to make sure that the writing that was already on it was in his own handwriting.
This movie came out when I was six, and I was so jealous that my babysitter's teenage kids got to see it in the theatre but I didn't (I had already seen both Terminator and RoboCop on video by then).
Did see it eventually on VHS, and it's one that gets better with age and every viewing.
5:32 I burst out laughing. You're so effortlessly funny
As hamfisted this action movie is, its still an inception mindfuck of the 80's, LOVE IT!
I'm so glad you caught up to this. I knew you'd love it. 👍
This and its 2012 remake are based on the short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale". This is also director Paul Verhoeven's follow-up to RoboCop. Arnold Schwarzenegger also starred in Kindergarten Cop that same year
Phillip K. Dick wrote a ton of short stories for magazine publication. He also wrote quite a few novels as well. Using a short story to make a movie is so much better than trying to squeeze a full novel into 90 minutes of film. It's more true to the story and more respectful to the author. His stories inspired a lot of films like this one and Blade Runner, Minority Report and a bunch of others. the BBC did a series of 10 one hour films based on his stories...Electric Dreams.
Philip K. Dick was one of the most imaginative writers who ever lived, but in my opinion his actual writing wasn’t very good. I like to imagine a world where he wrote nothing but outlines, passing them to writers like Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov and John Wyndham to flesh out into stories and books.
By the way, somewhat off topic, but anytime I see any mention of Dick I think of a story that he told Dean R. Koontz and which Koontz incorporated into his Frankenstein series. It’s pretty gross, so read at your own risk. I’ll include it below⬇️
Supposedly Dick once went to a Chinese restaurant and asked for “something too exotic for the menu.” And they brought him a plate of live baby rats on a plate of lettuce. Dick said that he jumped up and ran out of the restaurant. Don’t say I didn’t warn you that it’s a gross story.
This is the first movie i saw in theatre. Best memory...
Paul Verhoven also directed Starship Troopers and Robocop which both have some similarities to Total Recall.
Blade Runner is also related, in that they are both based on stories by Phillip K Dick.
13:27 "Why did he just write that down... again?"
He thought the handwriting looked familiar, so he checked it. He wrote out the name "Melina," on that piece of paper, and noted the fact that the handwriting was the same. Now he knows that he's the one who wrote that note.
Jackhammering Friends .. coming to a theater near you!
He wrote down "Melina" again because he was checking the handwriting of the note against his own.
"Ahead of its time"? It's based on a science fiction story that was almost 25 years old when this movie was made.
23:08 This scene was inspired by a close call Paul Verhoeven had with an elevator as a child, almost lost his legs! 😬 I also love the way you say "squished!" 😊❤
23:14 "See you at the _party,_ Richter!"
Seems like a bit of a missed opportunity that he didn't say something like, "Let me give you a _hand!"_ before tossing down both severed arms.
in the director's cut of this movie Arnold dreams of a unicorn.
Great reaction. It had to be a recall memory, you couldn't teraform a planet that fast.
"Clever girl..." From this AND Jurassic Park...
A very interesting adaptation when compared to the original short story, which has a very short length and a very different kind of twist at the end. Gotta give it to Paul Verhoeven, who with this and RoboCop made some of the most emblematic action sci-fi movies of the late 80s and early 90s.
Always nice to see people reacting to this one especially since some of the filming locations were in my hometown of Mexico City, such as Metro Chabacano for the subway chase scene and the outside of the Metro Insurgentes roundabout for the end of that scene, two places which look pretty similar even today.
"If you're going to go for it, you definitely should tie her up" That's quite a reveal, interesting 🤔
Similar story (implanted memories you can buy) is "Strange Days" which a bit darker than this.
I have back and forth moments of whether real or embolism, but not for the most obvious reason of him dreaming of Melina before he went to recall. They knew each other before the Quade implant, so that could be like a bleed thru of memories of Houser to Quade when they sleep. (tho they did use her image in the set up phase b4 the implant)
What most convinces me is the reactor is supposed to replace the Core which is ice, into air, which is gas. The sudden relocation of mass from the center to upper would spaz out the orbit and the rotation. (think figure skater doing one of those really fast spins...arms in close, then what happens when they spread their arms? they quickly slow down. That's what Mars would do.
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