Total Recall (1990) MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!
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- We are half way through our Sci-Fi movie playlist, and again we tackle another brilliant Paul Verhoeven film... Total Recall (1990)
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Classic Arnold and 10x better than the remake
the only way to appreciate the remake is by having no idea this movie exists.
and then getting blind drunk before watching it.
Literally everything that made the original brilliant the removed form the remake.
Sorry have to edit that to 10 million times better, the remake made me shout abuse at the screen which something I have never done before, it was beyond terrible
screw you all lol i like the remake
@@user-zh4vo1kw1z or high lol
I’ve seen this movie a thousand times and it never gets old
Love the James vs Cinema shout out!
100%! I love the way the reaction community is very interwoven. I saw one of the girls from The Normies wearing a Homies shirt.
@@Sammael6662 I installed the internet in the Normies studio. I remember thinking at the time that I would never watch reaction videos. Now here I am watching multiple reaction channels.
His insights are great.
I know who that is. I clapped; I clapped when I saw it.
He’s calm and I like that. But his claim to be a filmmaker adds nothing, everything he mentions is basic knowledge. He might as well put “black man reacting” if he wants the extra attention.
Fun Fact: The movie was based on a Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" and was originally to star Richard Dreyfuss. David Cronenberg was attached as director and came up with the idea of mutants. After disagreements with the producers, Cronenberg quit the movie and it went into development hell. Schwarzenegger was a big fan of the original story and approached the producers to star but they turned him down. After Cronenberg left and the movie became in limbo, Schwarzenegger bought the rights of the original story from the producers, and help fund the movie with his own money. He then hired Paul Verhoeven to direct after being impressed by RoboCop. The direction of the movie changed from a space noir to a space action movie.
well, considering the story was written by a disorganized schizophrenic who lived on meth because the giant head kept telling him to write at least one novel a day, or else he would have the CIA kill him.... it figures they had to change a few things when adapting it.
still neat to think that Arnie used to be as much, if not more, of a genre star than an action hero when he started...
That’s more than one fact, but good info. 😉
I remember reading that the lead was supposed to be a Woody Allenesque guy who found he could do such deadly things. The remake made the mistake of remaking the movie, not interpreting Dick's story differently or more faithfully. the following is the plot of the story via wikipedia and it is very different from the way the movie ended: Douglas Quail works a menial office job in the "not too distant future." His biggest dream has always been to visit Mars but is constantly dissuaded by his wife. Quail eventually discovers Rekal Incorporated, where he goes to receive memory implants of having traveled to Mars. To the shock of the Rekal technicians, under sedation, Quail somehow regains erased memories of who he really is. Quail's memories reveal that he really is a secret agent who has been to Mars.
The Rekal representative, McClane, refunds half of Quail's money and sends him home. Quail thinks that the operation was a failure because his memories are blurry, and he remembers his trip to the office to get the procedure done. He returns home still believing the memories are fake but discovers a box of fauna smuggled from Mars in his desk. He confronts his wife about whether or not he has actually been to Mars, and she angrily leaves him. Two armed men suddenly enter and reveal that Quail has a telepathic transmitter in his head that allows them to read his thoughts. Through this interaction, Quail suddenly remembers why he had his memories erased: Quail wasn't just a secret agent, he was an assassin who killed a political opponent for Earth's government.
With his memories returned, the armed men appeal to Quail to surrender, but Quail, with his abilities awakened as well, fights them off and escapes. Wondering what to do, Quail's former commanders suddenly speak to him through the telepathic transmitter. Quail suggests going through another mind-wipe, but this time replacing his current awareness of being an assassin with the pleasant memory of an exciting life. His commanders agree, feeling that it is their obligation to help their former agent.
Quail turns himself in and is placed with a psychiatrist to figure out what his own personal desires are. When he was young, Quail used to fantasize that as a child he came across minuscule [rodent-like] aliens that were going to launch a full invasion of Earth with their superior technology. However, young Quail was so kind and accepting of the aliens that they decided to hold off on their invasion as long as he was alive. While finding the fantasy narcissistic, his commanders agree to plant the memories at Rekal. To everyone's shock, those memories turn out to be real as well.
Patrick Swayze was set to star when Cronenberg was set to direct. Sets were being built and then there was a death in David's family
Awesome! Didn't know all that.
When this movie came out theatrically 30 years ago it blew everybody’s mind with the effects and people still argue today whether or not it was a dream or not. Don’t bother watching the shitty remake it’s horrible.
I think you guys would love The Running Man, provided you haven’t seen it before. Great 80’s Arnold at the height of his powers
Plus Starship Troopers.
Second this. Running Man is peak Schwarzenegger.
It's never talked about as much as it should be, it's awesome. I listen to the soundtrack all the time lol
When I was younger, I was watching The Running Man, and I accidentally sharted! I was the running man!
Yes! The Running Man is one of my favorites!
They are both such friggin CUTIES!!! I could listen to them all day
Predator: "Stick around."
Terminator: "I'll be back."
Total Recall: "Consider that a divorce."
Commando : "Let off some steam Bennett."
True lies : "Your Fire"
Batman and Robin: "Let's kick some ice!"
Kindergarten Cop: “Who is your daddy and what does he do?”
Jingle All the Way: "Put that cookie down! Now!"
The Running Man: "Here is Sub Zero! Now... Plain Zero!"
Commando : Let off some steam Bennett
True lies : Your Fire
@@Cydonius1 Where's the "Drop that cookie now!"? lol
Edit: "Put that cookie down... now!" Jingle All the Way nvm lol
Batman and Robin: "Let's kick some ice!"
@@Campbellot93 omg that movie needs to be forgotten 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Arnie's moans and groans in this will live on in history.
No one could have done this role as well as Arnie!
He has the best grimace in show biz.
I can't wait till you watch "Starship Troopers." I hated it at first but then I realized what it was up to I started to love it.
Oh man, if they got all grossed out at times with Total Recall, I can't wait for them to see Starship Troopers lol
I, for one, would like to know more.
@@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures well played
@@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures Know more about what?
:D
MEDIC!
A small revealing detail: the "doctor" who tried to convince Arnold that he's actually in Rekord, is the same guy in the TV Rekord advertising that Arnold saw in the subway.
thank you Prof. Obvious
Also, pretty cool you have James Vs Cinema playing too
such an underrated channel
These are the two movie channels I watch, so I got happy to see that 😅
@@acidrain92 He's good, just a tad pretentious. Better than most.
@@Gnossiene369 I disagree. I think he's just interested in filmmaking techniques and tries his hardest to analyze movies from that perspective. I never get an egotistical or holier than thou vibe from him.
First 18 movie I snuck into underage in 1990 at only 15. The brutality and carnage was amazing. Sentimental value attached. Verhoeven’s best for my money and an Arnie classic!
Paul Verhoeven movies are notorious for great gun shot effects (Robocop, this, Starship Troopers) and I think all the effects in both Robocop and this are from Rob Bottin, who also did effects in The Howling and The Thing. Love this movie. "and I'll be back home in time for Corn Flakes!" Brilliant!
It has my favourite line, "WHAT THE F**K DID I DO WRONG?!!!"
That or when he gets out of the taxi
‘Sue me, dickhead....’
I like when Cohagen says “You’ll like being Hauser!” and Arnie replies “Guy’s a fuckin’ asshole!!”
See you at the party, Rictor!!! ( throws his severed arms at him ) hahahaha
ARE YOU KRAZY!? I DUN’T EVAN NO ANYTHANG ABOUT MAHHHZZ!!!
Rob Bottin also did "The Thing" effects. Good catch.
And Howling
the dwarf chick rocking that machinegun is too legit
I would recommend tremors with Kevin bacon it’s awesome.
Such a fun movie! Watched it way too many times.
This movie is so good I refuse to watch the remake
The practical effects in this one are great
Rob Bottin was the effects wizard behind this.
He also did Robocop, The thing, Legend and "the red wedding" from Game of Thrones.
@@misterprickly dont forget the Howling
Saw this ages 11. Had to sneak into my parents room in the dead of night to get the tape, tiptoe downstairs and watch at 3am and replace the tape before they woke up.
Totally worth it.
Thats 70s kid ninja stuff. Kudos to you.
Watched this on vhs with my parents when i was like 4.
love you guys, wish you reacted to 'Highlander'!
Super cool seeing you guys supporting James Vs Cinema in the beginning of your video!
The ending to this movie will always be a topic of debate, was it all part of his virtual reality experience or did it really happen? 😎
...especially with the request of a blue sky on Mars & the girl he chose was the girl he was with at the end. :-D
I used to as well but I don't think it was vr anymore. The fact that we get so many scenes where Quaid isn't present and the "illusion" is still happening shows that it's not a vr implant. This is purely from the movie standpoint, not book. If the vr implant is supposed to be what really happened, then the movie does a very sloppy job of making it ambiguous and it could have been made better.
I don't know. At Recall the guy chooses the mars adventure and you see on screen the picture of the underground alien atmosphere machine which nobody knew about. So maybe it was vr?🤔
@@ReasonableRam I agree with you : there should be no scene without Quaid if the whole thing was a simulation, though only the audience will learn Stone's character actually is Ironside's character's wife, Quaid will never know that. But Verhoeven is too clever to do a "sloppy job", and I think he is messing with us when he keeps telling he doesn't know too : the guy loves jokes.
@@m.e.3862 then again, Pyramids on mars have been a staple of sci fi. but a pyramid is also a structure that will survive for ages, so if they leave a terraforming machine for the future it kinda makes sense to put it in one.
but then again, WHY?
How about "Basic Instinct"?😏 Sharon Stone was way too HOT in that movie.
She owns that movie. A fascinating character. I'd put her up there with Dr. Lecter.
Judging by their reaction in this I think magic Mike is more up their street
but Stone's personality balances things out in general.
@@roasty80 🤣🤣🤣
Now complete the 80's Schwarzenegger Sci-Fi Triad with "The Running Man".
PLEASE REACT TO TRUE LIES (1994) Arnold Schwarzeneger and Jamie Lee Curtis directed by James Cameron.
Another one of Arnies best films.
Perfect film , still waiting to grab that in 4K
True Lies is One of my ALL time top 3 favorite movies.
Neeeeeed lol
"I got five kids to feed."
"Take them to the dentist."
lmao....I love this movie!
"shoot her!"..... that's gotta be the Jurassic Park one. I do it all the time.
You understand 😉👌🏼
"Clever girl"...
Total Recall was HUGE when it came out. This was peak Schwarzenegger when he was probably the biggest box office action star in America. I can remember seeing it in the theater and the special effect that stood out to me at the time was when the lady's head splits open and Arnold is inside. I had never seen a practical effect look that good. Anyway, this is a classic!
Starship Troopers is also an awesome flick and I look forward to your reaction! The Running Man is another sci-fi Schwarzenegger movie that I think you guys would enjoy!
Verhoeven is a genius. You gotta see Starship Troopers; Showgirls and Basic Instinct.
if you see the community post of all 10 Sci-Fi films that they're gonna react to, Starship Troopers is one of them
Recently saw the "edited for TV" cut of Showgirls (it's an hour long). It becomes a schizophrenic, slap-stick comedy basically.
His later movie Black book is also very good, though more serious, and subtitled. Its set in ww2
Starship Troopers is awful
FYI, most of the film was shot in Mexico City, all of the subway scenes were made in an new line that was officially inaugurated a few days later. All of the Mars scenes were made at the Churubusco Film Studios.
Yeah, and all the actors got horrible food poisoning from drinking the local water and eating the local food, whereas Arnold had his own personal chef that prepared his meals fresh daily.
One of my favorite sci-fi Action and arnold Films ever, love it.
When I was a kid, the guy on the escalator that gets used as a human shield fucked me up SO MUCH.
It always made me laugh hard even as a kid...just the over the top gesturing with the dead body too lol.
None of it happened. Arnold only thought he said all of those classic one-liners.
The one eyed guy is Dean Norris, who played Hank on Breaking Bad. Also was in Starship Troopers as the hardass commander.
Had a small part in Lethal weapon 2 as well
Cool! Never realized that!
"one eyed guy"
You mean Fanny Face?
Also the SWAT leader in Terminator 2 during the CyberDyne scene.
The music was so perfect. Jerry Goldsmith one of his best score ever done.
Hell yes!!
I don't know which I like better, your scared faces or your surprised wtf faces 😂 this one was fun! Maybe consider watching "Flash Gordon!" It's kind of this feel but has an amazing soundtrack from Queen!
Soooo cheesy! But fun! 😁
“I like this more than Predator”
Correct answer >:)
Now all we need is for them to check out Running Man and realise it is the best of the bunch!
@@VeggieGamer Well that hits the spot!
@@mnomadvfx No more lonely nights!!
"What have you been feeding this thing?"
"Blondes."
Best line in a movie .... EVER.
You need to watch Tucker and Dale vs Evil , please search it out as it so so gory and bloody funny as hell . It really is a must watch in my opinion.
Tucker and Dale is quality.
I don't know if you guys realized, but 5he hot blonde who played his wife is Sharon Stone, she became a big star after this movie
She was in a few movies before Total Recall like Allen Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold, but Total Recall really boosted her career.
6:43, FUCK ME ,this is brutal! That poor bastard! Lol! Just used him a bullet shield!
Personally, I think this is Arnold Schwarzenegger's best movie!
Terminator 2 is his greatest.
I’d put T2 just above, but you’re right, this was damn solid as well during the peak of Arnie’s film career.
I had fun watching this video reaction to Total Recall. This movie is a wild ride from start to finish and it never lets up for one one. It's a bunch of twists and turns that you don't see coming a mile away. I'm gonna rate this film 8.9/10.
"Twins" is one of Arnold's best and sweetest movies!
Also really funny!
the remake is utter garbage
"See you at the party Richter!" The guy that does the voice of the Robot cab driver is Robert Picardo, who has been in tons of scifi films and was the holographic doctor in Star Trek: Voyager. The white light at the end of the film is Quaid getting lobotomized. Paul Verhoeven has said that Quaid is actually running through the dream sequence and everything after he went to Recall is apart of the dream.
While Arnold said everything happened. It’s really cool cause movie works both ways
Why did he have dreams of Melina before he ever went to Recall?
@@Bonez0r Quaid based Melina off of his real dream. That's why she is present in the Recall dream. It's there to keep you guessing as to if it's real or not.
Great reaction guys, I love this movie too, badass chicks, violence, sci fi, great story. You couldn't really fault this movie as pure adult popcorn entertainment. I agree with twist regarding that Benny character didn't see that coming but cheers when he got screwed lol.
You guys are going on a ride tonight. This movie is really good. Sharon Stone is awesome in it. She is a fighter. Don't forget lady in a cage with James Caan and Olivia de Havilland. It is a good movie.
Going? Pretty sure they already finished watching by the time this got edited and uploaded.
Loved the little woman on top of the bar shooting that machine gun!!!!
James vs Cinema, another great reaction channel! Supposedly there is the same musical que when he is "dreaming" so at the end when it plays it's supposed to signify that it is all a dream and he is lobotomized. At least that's what i think I remember seeing in a behind the scenes. I could also be full of shit. Great review gents!
they leave it intentionally ambiguous.... a lot of people hate that but i'm totally fine with it
@@stefanforrer2573 yeah, I like not always having a tied up story line!
James playing in the background aye!! 😁
This movie had a budget of US$56 million. At the time, it was one of the most expensive films ever made. It took US$261 million at the box office.
Michael Ironside is very attractive to women, just because he isn't traditionally handsome doesn't mean he wouldn't appeal to the likes of Sharon stone. Women are strange creatures x
His character had power too
Might be Schwarzeneggers second best movie next to T2
Crazy that they only were a year apart. Recall the last great practical effects film, t2 first great cgi film.
@@indiatastic wow they feel like they’re in two different eras
Btw, another awesome thriller/horror movie of the 80's is The Hitcher, with Rutger Hauser. It haunted me for quite a while. (But don't watch the awful remake)
Hitcher is one of my fave movies of all time. Beautiful film.
I think this is one of the movies adapted from a novel by Philip K. Dick. His books were also behind Minority Report, The Adjustment Bureau and Blade Runner.
Yes, you’re correct.
Adapted from his 1965 short story, ‘We can remember it for you wholesale’.
The recall tech says something like, 'blue sky on Mars. That's new'. That tells me it IS a dream. On an unrelated topic: I want to see you guys run down stairs and see how graceful YOU can be.
Yes. Run. And film it.
Here's the big question - why did he have a dream of Mileena BEFORE he ever went to Rekall?
Another great reaction, guys! 👍 The remake is alright and worth checking out but it just doesn't have the same feel as this one. Probably due to the lack of Arnie. The effects are outstanding though!
PS So was the whole movie just a dream/implant? 🤔 It was exactly what he asked for at Rekall... 3:29.
Please Check out legend by ridly Scott. You'll love it
The same guy, Rob Bottin, did the visuals for The Thing
6:31 they run like they’re in the ballet
This movie is simply fantastic
if you pause at 06:56 you will see a stundtman who doesnt even look like Arnold
First thing I thought when I saw the video title was "oh, this is totally a Tom film he's gonna love it, Shaun will be lukewarm on it" Pretty close!
If you guys didn't realize they switched places
10:54 that's Hank from Breaking Bad I know that voice from anywhere!
Shout out to James on the tele! He's awesome. Good to see you guys are bringing all the movie reactions community together like one big happy fam.
You haven’t seen anything yet 😉 stay tuned in the coming months 🤫
@@CinemaRules why do I have a feeling it's going to be like a watch party or something? Ok I'll stop guessing and just wait 😆 Looking forward to it though.
Tom has the Best Reactions
The human body can not block bullets, they go right through. LOL
Not all the time, and not if they're hollow points
When Mexico City was avant-garde and technological, I say it because the movie was shot there!
Love your reactions keep it up!
Love from México !
I love that the British hate “t”s. To-al Recall. 😆
Class movie. Arnold was unstoppable back then. Terminator, Total Recall, Predator, Running Man and many more. Quaid the mutant belly monster used to make me feel sick when I was a kid 🤢
You forgot Raw Deal, Commando, Red Heat, Twins, et al.
Why does she hate his groin so much?
I don’t know why! She was so nice to it at the start of the film 😂
Don't tell me if you hated your job you wouldn't punch your customers in the face given the chance.
I want to thank you for FINALLY switching your insert face cams to the correct sides so you are looking the right way when you react to crazy shit! I was getting so triggered in previous vids. Keep up the good work lads.
“Get your ass to Mars.” - Elon Musk
This and Blade Runner my favorites of Sci-Fi. The two of Philip K.Dick stories.
All from the drugged up mind of Philip K Dick. He was wasted and high every time he wrote stories.
When films were made to entertain instead of educate
I confess to a bias but I love Verhoeven movies. Always Grand Guignol in flavour and a lot of fun while usually married to a surprisingly sharp sense of satire or commentary. Certainly never dull.
Michael Ironside the bad guy in this movie you might have seen him in Free Willy 1993,Top Gun 1986,Highlinder II 1991,Starship Troopers 1997 and Scanners 1981.
The director stated that the movie ends with a fade to white because it was a dream, and he got lobotomized
NO IT WAS REAL!!! You are lobotomized! 😠
@@ckobo84 NO YOU ARE!
@@user-zh4vo1kw1z You're not you! I'm you!
Why would he get lobotomized if it was a dream he paid Recall for? Did the machine malfunction?
@@Theomite as they said in the film he had a schizoid embolism
Wow i never watched the full movie i just remember scenes cos my dad watched the movie a lot of times. Jesus i never thought it was so bizarre and weird😂😂 Lol Tom loves "the classic 80s/90s dad" movies 😂😂
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😉 Can't wait for The Fifth Element.
Another lockdown again 😞
Your videos cheered me up. Thanks lads. Shout out to James!
Stay away from the remake in my opinion it's just awful and lacks the whole tone of the original. Can't wait to see your Starship Troopers video. :D
Great reaction as always boys!! But don't think we didn't notice that you fixed the cameras on your faces,great job 😉
Total Recall! One of my favorite Schwarzenegger films! Another great one of his is Running Man, so you might want to check that out since it's a fun watch. Anyways, great video as always!
My favorite sci-fi movie actually. What if it didn't happen? What if Schwarzenegger wakes up with all those memories and finds he's still a construction worker and is still married to a Sharon Stone who isn't a murderous spy? How would he deal with that with vivid memories of a fictitious Melina in his head?
What I love is we never know what is real. When does Rekall end and reality start? We don't know. We can only guess.
Fun Fact: The robot cabbie is whisteling the national anthem of Norway.
Norwegian here and i didnt remember this. Has to check it out again.
Which one? Norway has like at-least four.
@@Painocus No, we don't. It's called "Ja, Vi Elsker".
@@Chrisbajs Also "Mellom Bakkar og Berg"/"Nordmannen", "Vi Ere en Nasjon vi Med"/"Barnas Nationalsang", "Sønner av Norge"/"Norsk Nationalsang", etc. "Ja, Vi Elsker" didn't become the "offical" one until a year ago (decades after this film came out) and it is still isn't the only one used.
@@Painocus Ja, Vi Elsker has for generations been the de facto national anthem.
this is my favourite film great video aswell
You have to do Running Man some time!! :) Another Schwarzenegger from this era! I love it and it is my person fav out of these movies (tho it is HELLA dumb tho XD)
EDIT: Great reaction btw! It has been a heck of a long time since I have seen this movie and this was a fun way to relive it! :)
Another 1990 Horror film is Tremors. Practical Effects are AMAZING
I had forgotten how much fun this movie is XD
9:38, that's so cool how they did that effect!!
Haven't even watched yet and your getting a thumbs up lol I know this will be good
Great review as always lads. I know what I'm going to watch tonight. I let my 12 year old nephew watch this about 3 months ago and he loved it lol
Please don't watch the remake, it's just boring. Starship Troopers is great - scifi and satire!
"consider this a divorce."🔫 😎
i haven't seen the remake since it came out in 2011 but from what i recall (no pun intended) it was a much more gritty and grounded version of the story. Neither great or terrible. I Actually think it would be a good idea to review the remakes of the movies you react to as an on-par video kind of thing.
3:05, he wants to go to Mars so badly, he doesn't know what he's in for.