Had an MRI a couple of years ago, when I got pulled out of the machine I stared at the tech and said angrily “My name is not Quaid!” He didn’t get it lol
I have blood labs drawn regularly and one of the lab booths is room 1138. Whenever I'm in that one I walk in and say, "Prisoner transfer from cell block 1138." The techs never get the reference - even after I explain. Kids these days, I tells ya!
😂😁😂😁 would be even funnier if the tech guy was an Indian with a thick Indian accent wondering like Apu what you were talking about! Thank you, come again.
@@Quantum-1157 "Mr. Simpson. If I have told you once, I have told you a million times; please do not be eating food off the floor." - Apu to Homer after he found a hot dog under a cabinet. 😂
I asked for a copy of True Lies for Christmas one year. Mom thought Jamie Lee’s striptease was too risqué, so I was instead gifted Total Recall! We all sat down to watch as a family when all of a sudden, BOOM! Three tits. Best Christmas ever!
I wasn't allowed to watch Total Recall until I was 18 years old. I remember my first R Rated movie experience I was 12 years old and my Dad went out and bought Air Force One. Which really PISSED my Mom off because even though she said it was a good movie it had to much violence after that I graduated to Predator, The Terminator movies and The Alien movies. but My Mom still wouldn't let me watch Total Recall until I was 18
So I Went to see this movie when it first opened and my experience was mind blowing. So much that when I exited the Theatre I stopped turned around and looked at the poster for a good five seconds and said to myself, “I have to see it again.” I bought another ticket and I walked right back into the theater.
I did that kinda with the first transformers. I worked at a movie theater at the time so I didn’t have to pay but I watched it a total of 4 times after shifts.
About once a summer we would make a Saturday day trip at the movies, where we payed for the first movie, but stayed and jumped into another theater once one movie ended.
I like that his movies NEVER address this. Unlike The Rock whose back story is ALWAYS former military based to explain his physique (not that i'm complaining 😎).
I don’t know if you joking 🙃 or not. I learn in school all the way back to 3rd grade that Mars did at one point have breathable air because scientists from NASA have discovered on Mars outflow channels carved by huge outburst floods, ancient river valley networks, deltas & lakebeds. The mystery scientists are trying to figure out is what happened to all that water? How did it vanish?
@Great White Jerry was friends with Basil. I had Cigs and Beer with Basil at his studio in Venice the day after he had flown back from meeting with Peter Jackson for Lord of the Rings.
1990 was quite an eventful year for Arnold Schwarzenegger considering that he was in Total Recall, Kindergarten Cop, and was filming for Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
One of those movies you'll never get tired of watching. Great cast, great story, badass soundtrack. Easily one of the best Sci-fi thrillers of all time.
Couldn't agree more" But then again, someone who chooses his username from James Bond's alter ego in the masterpiece "A view to a kill" would have pretty good taste :-P
This is Arnold's best movie. I've have had many deep conversations about whether he was dreaming or not. The actor who played Benny, and actor who played the blonde guy with glasses deserve credit for perfect supporting roles.
He's dreaming. I know Verhoven claims he wanted to leave it open but the construction of the package in the Recall lab had exact features, not just the exact image of the love interest (who could have sold her image or have been recorded while Recall did resource gathering on site) but specifically, images of the terraforming machine - a closely guarded secret. There is no way for those images to be present at Recall if the events are real. They are in the system and the tech states... 'air on Mars?' During the process. Quaid is a lobotomised vegetable, and his wife, Sharon Stone, not only gets to mourn him but know he CHOSE the reality where he dumps her for some sleazy Martian sex worker. That's gotta sting.
That's your opinion, and not a fact. Our choices are subjective. In my, also subjective, opinion, TR is beaten by CTB, T1, and T2. I rate TR as equal to Predator.
Here's some bonus trivia; Nintendo Power Magazine held a Total Recall Contest where the winner would meet Arnold. Apperantly this turned into a complete nightmare where the winner wouldn't meet Arnie until a full year after the movies release and then only for a quick handshake, no movie set, no cool movie set memorabilia, nothing else promised in the contest.
@@konstantinkoverchenko9587 oh its actually much worse sadly. I can't link it directly but look up Nintendo Power contest online and look at all the stuff the promised. Not a single thing was given to the 'winner'.
@@TjMetalHead94 I was a kid back then and didn't know any better. None of us did. As an adult, definitely could be a scam. None of that stuff even exists now a days. It's all electronic.
tru but don't throw out the new version , watch it again but forget the other movie , , if the 2 version was a new movie it would have been awesome , i hold the same biased until i watched it again , the old one is better , the new one is awesome , if the movie went line for line then yeah i would think it was shit ,
@@Seele2015au well apart from two digital effects, the nails of the secretary changing colour and the full CG skeleton X-Ray machine. Also apart from the CG used in the Rekall adverts on the train, which you can barely see anyway.
@Derv FinnYes, she was such a nice woman. I was sorry to hear of her passing back in 2008. :( She was very active in the acting community in San Diego.
I love this movie. One of my all time favorites. I love that the ending is left up to you to decide what ending you want it to be as its left totally open to interpretation. You can go either way. And thats cool.
@@thecheese4960 But that's what it means, being down to interpretation. You see that as evidence the story was a plot injected into Quaid, others may see that particular part as Kehogan and Hauser knowing what the alien machine would do to the atmosphere that's why Quaid subconsciously incorporated into his spy storyline. Open to interpretation.
One of the special effects that blew me away as a kid and was worthy of overall Academy win was the Rekall receptionist doing her digital nails ...still holds up well as an effect..plus all the other effects
That was actually one of only two digital effects in the movie (the other being the CGI X-Ray machine), since most of the effects were either prosthetics, animatronics, optical effects or miniature models.
I frickin love this movie to the point where I made a gif of the airport scene of him lifting off the mask as my "ALWAYS on display" on my Galaxy Note 🤘🏾💯🖤♥️😆 I lie NOT 😁🥰
Recently read that Arnold helped out Michael Ironside. during filming Michael was often alone between scenes. Arnold went up to him to see why. Turns out his sister, I believe, was battling cancer. In between takes and such Arnold would join him to call his sister to check on her and recommend dietary suggestions to help her in the fight
Total Recall to this day is still not completely uncut. The original work print was going to be given an X-Rating, so they edited it down to an R-rating in America. In Australia we got two versions an M rated theatrical cut with almost no gore whatsoever and the R version which is the same as the R version in America. So what was trimmed in the X-rated worprint? More Shooting victims and Two death scenes in particular were cut, Benny’s death is optically cropped apparently we got to see the drill exiting his stomach and his innards were spinning on the blade. Also the guy who gets stabbed at the bar by the little hooker is also bloodier. So who knows if we’ll ever see that version.
I worked on a pinball machine at Rob Bottin’s house and I got to see the foam prop for the mutant Kuato. Rob also told me he was very unhappy with Johnny Cab. He told me he was up for an Academy Award, which he did win.
The movie actually still has the connection to the Alien xenomorph, the shape of the hand that activates the oxygen generator is the same as the xenomorph's hand from the first Alien movie.
I love this movie, and the ending was purposely left open to interpretation, just to make us guess for eternity if Quid was dreaming all this or not. I chose to believe he really experienced it 😉
I’m glad that you stated in the beginning that you had already done this movie. I’m just glad that it’s a movie that will always be one of my favorites.
This is my second favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger film! Total Recall is a MASSIVE CLASSIC! You CAN'T forget it after watching it! It's mind blowing! One of my favorite films of all time! GREAT MOVIE!
The woman with the 3 boobs was also Dixie in the 1st Leathal Weapon movie and she was in a couple of Star Trek TNG shows. Most notably the one where Starfleet first meets the Borg.
I saw this when I was a kid and the only thing I remember is the woman with 3 boobs. 😹 It’s awesome that it’s based off of a Phillip K. Dick story and that Jerry Goldsmith did the music!
@@corssecurity You mean Basic Instinct? That’s a classic! I think I wasn’t aloud to see that until a couple years later but I rewatched it tons of times on VHS! 😹
Sadly the director came forward recently and said this movie was all a dream ☹🤯😱 Personally that kinda bums me out cause I love to think it's really happening lol still LOVE this movie
I think it all happened. Verhoeven is a great director but he didn't write the movie plus there's a scene in the film that basically confirms he's awake.
So the memory of his wife was an implant? I wonder how did recall know exactly how to replicate her in his memory when they didn't know about her in real movie life.
@@DialloMoore503 The scene where the recall scientists are saying that they didn't put in the spy programming when Quaid remembers he's a spy. This scene confirms he is awake and is an undercover spy because Quaid isn't even concious or aware of the conversation the scientists have so the information we get in that scene can't be a product of his creation.
As a composer myself, Jerry Goldsmith is a truly superb composer. After his best works, a new composer appeared on the scene; the equally brilliant Danny Elfman!
I love them both and also John Williams and James Horner! Movie soundtracks are my favorite. My dad teaches a course on film music so I grew up listening to so many scores and making up my own movies in my mind. Fun times. 🎶
*i'm equally fond of his score for The Shadow...and who could ever doubt the absolute brilliance of any score composed by Vanjelis...also think the soundtrack for Brazil that was composed by Michael Kamen was also pretty amazing*
It doesent exist..there is a mind bending version but its not the original one with the violence intact..that version waa shown on a few tv stations but it cannot be purchased..believe me i have tried for many years to get the original version but have had no luck.
Bonus fact: The novelization was written by sci-fi legend Piers Anthony. It wasn't originally marketed as a novelization, but as an original novel, and published in hardcover with completely different artwork. It was published at least a year prior to the movie's release. When I saw the original trailer for "Total Recall", I was excited to think a Piers Anthony novel was being made into a movie. When the paperback version was published, it was marketed as a movie tie-in, with artwork from the movie's poster on the cover, and with some of the details in the novel changed updated to match the movie (like changing Quail's name to Quaid).
@Derv Finn Oh Man that is a great story! Even better gives you something to laugh about. That is one of Arnold's most overlooked movie. Whenever we have to meet each other somewhere my wife and I always say to each other "Get your ass to Mars!" Great story got my day started with a laugh
In the remake, they cast two almost identical generic brunettes, and confusion abounded. At least the OG had a blonde white woman and a brunette latino woman as the two ladies in major support roles. I was and still are confounded by the casting decisions of the remake.
@@Geezer-yf8hv Hollywood hasn't had an original idea in decades, that's why. Reboots are all they have left. You have to look hard to find exceptions like Date Night, Game Night, and Boss Level. Even those relatively "original" story ideas recycled a lot of typical Hollywood themes and tropes. They refuse to stray from the formula. The reboot is a good movie in its own right but strayed far enough away that it would have been served better with a different name. Instead of capitalizing on the original's brand recognition, it crushed itself by not living up to its namesake, which was an impossible task to begin with.
When I watched this film it literally helped mold my critical thinking. I was 17/18, and the discussions and concepts introduced changed my black and white thinking. VHS in the 90s in the nurses home.
The "short" story, as usual, is only the opening scene in this movie. It is no more "based" on Dick's story than Time Chasers is based on H.G. Wells. Great job as always.
@@bigkmoviesandgames Absolutely. My revelation was not meant to demand the film, it is the fun "based on" label we see so often. Most of the time it is only the title that is similar to the original story.
To add to this. When Arnold is getting the first implant, they show pre-production art of the alien center. And after describing his girl, they show a photo of Rachel Ticotin, who played Melinda. To add to the question if it was reality, or all an implant. And there was a novelization by Piers Anthony, based on the movie. A rare case where a book was turned into a movie, which had yet another book based on it.
@@jbone6993 Not really! I've talked to a Japanese engineer, he said, "Our cars are no better than American ones. We're just happy that you think they are!"
Something you left out, and I would like to know how it came about, is Piers Anthony novel of this movie. (Especially because Anthony isn't known for rewriting stuff.) For the most part, Anthony's novel is almost a word for word book following the movie. But with one "huge" chapter missing. That chapter goes on to explain that the aliens created the device on Mars so that if someone who was inherently evil placed their hand in the device to start it up, it would blow up the planet. Meanwhile, if the person was inherently good, it would create a breathable atmosphere for Mars. Assuming this is true, which it appears to be, it explains a lot that was missing from the movie and why they were so against Quaid from putting his hand in the device.
Richter: Quaid. That's Quaid! Captain Everett: What? Richter: The woman. Get him... her! Everett: Arrest that woman! [The security troops surround the woman as she stops stuttering and touches her ear. Her head suddenly splits open revealing that it's a mask with Quaid underneath] Douglas Quaid: Catch! Fat Lady: Get ready for a surprise!
George: "Kuato wants to see you.....now!!" Kuato: "What do you want Mr Quaid?" Me: "WTF?!!".... (Punches dumb baby for forgetting he's the one that sent for me!!) 😆😂🤣
Great memory of me and my mum watching this in the cinema, the night before the new school year started.... Even got to play on the big motor version of arcade Hang-on....thanks ma, you were the best, will always look back at our 'Schwarzie' moments...
*Fun Fact:* Arnie actually didn't get food poisoning during filming because he had his run of food poisoning while filming Predator(1987) in Mexico. That's probably why he had made arrangements ahead to avoid the struggle he went through while filming Predator
I first saw this movie in my teens, and it still remains my favorite of all of Arnold's movies, because it went beyond the standard action material and I loved the layers-of-reality ambiguity. The film also eventually got me interested in the works of Philip K. Dick. Subsequently, I've seen other movies explore this theme in a more sophisticated way (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Inception), but this was my entry into the genre, and it was also entertaining as hell.
I remember getting this on Laser Disc two days before its Australian release the LD was uncut, the Australian release had two scenes trimmed (and funnily one is in this video)
I remember when me and my brother went to the movies to go see this and at the beginning of the movie when Arnold Schwarzenegger is walking on Mars and he falls down that embankment and cracks his helmet open. I remember my brother saying oh boy he always falls like that. And everybody in the movie theater started laughing.
Fun fact: The old woman disguise that Arnie wears is played by a woman who was the drama teacher at my high school and she was paid 17 cents for her time in the movie. She had the check framed and was hanging in her office. She was a pretty nice person
If I ever ran into that woman in public, I don't think I'd be able to avoid staring. "Is she.. going to _explode?"_ I'd likely jump for cover if she even used the word "surprise".
Yeah, the first time I saw this, I was "faked out" by the bead of sweat thing but upon subsequent viewings I've become CONVINCED that it's all just the memory implant. Really, what WOULD the point of the film be otherwise? Guy has numerous, weirdly coincidental things happen to him then ends up saving a whole planet. If that REALLY IS the point of the story, that's pretty fuckin' lame when compared to the otherwise awesomeness of this flick
@@steveb0503 Right on. The sales man at recall literally lays out every story beat of the movie prior to its happening. He even pauses during the sales pitch, and stops himself from giving away all the finer details. He says aloud “look I don’t want to spoil it” . But it’s all in the pitch at recall. 🧠
(Quaid shoots the knife 🔪 in Lori’s hand 🤚; she exclaims and 👀 looks at him in frustration) Lori: (talks to Quaid) Doug? Honey 🍯? You wouldn’t hurt 😞 me, would you, sweetheart ❤? (Quaid stands up ⬆️ at his feet 👣; Lori smiles at him) Lori: Sweetheart ❤, be reasonable. After all, we’re married. ❤ 💋 (Lori pulls out her 🔫 gun; Quaid shoots Lori dead 💀 in the head and collapses down to floor) Quaid: (talking to dead 💀 Lori) Consider that a divorce. 💔 (Melina turns around and looks at Quaid) Melina: (talking to Quaid) That was your wife? 💍 (Quaid shakes his head “Yes”; Melina moves her legs 🦵🏼 out of the way and stands up ⬆️ on her feet 👣) Melina: Whatta b***h. (Quaid 🙂↕️ nods)
Had an MRI a couple of years ago, when I got pulled out of the machine I stared at the tech and said angrily “My name is not Quaid!” He didn’t get it lol
I have blood labs drawn regularly and one of the lab booths is room 1138.
Whenever I'm in that one I walk in and say, "Prisoner transfer from cell block 1138."
The techs never get the reference - even after I explain.
Kids these days, I tells ya!
@@NarwahlGaming lol I got it for TWO separate reasons…👍🤙👍
lol
😂😁😂😁 would be even funnier if the tech guy was an Indian with a thick Indian accent wondering like Apu what you were talking about! Thank you, come again.
@@Quantum-1157
"Mr. Simpson. If I have told you once, I have told you a million times; please do not be eating food off the floor." - Apu to Homer after he found a hot dog under a cabinet.
😂
I asked for a copy of True Lies for Christmas one year. Mom thought Jamie Lee’s striptease was too risqué, so I was instead gifted Total Recall! We all sat down to watch as a family when all of a sudden, BOOM! Three tits. Best Christmas ever!
I wasn't allowed to watch Total Recall until I was 18 years old. I remember my first R Rated movie experience I was 12 years old and my Dad went out and bought Air Force One. Which really PISSED my Mom off because even though she said it was a good movie it had to much violence after that I graduated to Predator, The Terminator movies and The Alien movies. but My Mom still wouldn't let me watch Total Recall until I was 18
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Hilarious story!! Thanks, you made my day :D
"Makes me wish I had three hands" 😂
So I Went to see this movie when it first opened and my experience was mind blowing. So much that when I exited the Theatre I stopped turned around and looked at the poster for a good five seconds and said to myself, “I have to see it again.” I bought another ticket and I walked right back into the theater.
Nice!
Badass lol
I did that kinda with the first transformers. I worked at a movie theater at the time so I didn’t have to pay but I watched it a total of 4 times after shifts.
I did that with Highlander . I love that movie
About once a summer we would make a Saturday day trip at the movies, where we payed for the first movie, but stayed and jumped into another theater once one movie ended.
"Doug, you wouldn't kill me, I'm your wife"
(Shoots her in the head)
"Consider it a divorce" 😁😁
He wasted a fine piece of (*).
Fastest divorce ever.
@Nuby It was Sharon Stone!
He actually says, "Consididididididididididivorce!"
@@chindleymuffin you're actually spot on.😁
Any time I give someone a ride in my car and they get out, I always say: "Thank you for taking Johnny Cab"
Arnold has a knack for playing every day guy, but with really big muscles.
And a really thick accent. It's wild. Maybe because his first huge movie was a documentary? 😂
@@liloreoinya terminator was a documentary? 😉😉😉
I like that his movies NEVER address this. Unlike The Rock whose back story is ALWAYS former military based to explain his physique (not that i'm complaining 😎).
@@Boots_Alexander true, but maybe one day he play a insurance sells man, that spends a lot of time on a boflex
@@christopherluman5555 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I would pay good money to see that!!!
I dunno, a life with Sharon Stone seems pretty exciting enough already imo! 😅
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This movie still has one of the best twists in any film. I mean seriously... who thought Mars really didn't have breathable air??? lol
Philip K. Dick. Cause drugs.
I had no idea, until my eyeballs popped out like one of those funny stressball toys!!
@Moon Puppy
Who are you ranting about?
@Moon Puppy Especially since no one knows where the hell the country of Amreica is!!
I don’t know if you joking 🙃 or not. I learn in school all the way back to 3rd grade that Mars did at one point have breathable air because scientists from NASA have discovered on Mars outflow channels carved by huge outburst floods, ancient river valley networks, deltas & lakebeds. The mystery scientists are trying to figure out is what happened to all that water? How did it vanish?
A hard R-rating, Paul Verhoeven at the top of his game, Arnold at his peak and Sharon Stone in her Basic Instinct era. This thing is a CLASSIC.
Theme song is under appreciated. It's like a sci-fi version of the Conan theme
Same composer (Jerry Goldsmith).
@Great White
Its because Minty didn't use the music from the movie.
Basil Poledouris ripped off another Goldsmith score from the movie Capricorn One
One of my favs. It’s absolutely timeless. It never leaves your psyche.
@Great White Jerry was friends with Basil. I had Cigs and Beer with Basil at his studio in Venice the day after he had flown back from meeting with Peter Jackson for Lord of the Rings.
1990 was quite an eventful year for Arnold Schwarzenegger considering that he was in Total Recall, Kindergarten Cop, and was filming for Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
1990 was also a sad year because that was when we lost Jim Henson 😭
@@nsasupporter7557 Yup during the production of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II Secret Of The Ooze.
Yeah id love to know how many millions he earned that year,,lol..
I really wanted to see Kindergarten Terminator.
@@946towguy2 You missed the big one,
*Total Terminator Cop 2!*
Small correction. It's electric sheep not electronic. Love the show. Keep them coming
One of those movies you'll never get tired of watching. Great cast, great story, badass soundtrack. Easily one of the best Sci-fi thrillers of all time.
So true. I put it on once in a while if I can't choose anything else.
Couldn't agree more" But then again, someone who chooses his username from James Bond's alter ego in the masterpiece "A view to a kill" would have pretty good taste :-P
Easily in my top ten favourite film's, along with predator and the running man.
Total recall was a work of art. A true masterpiece of sci-fi cinema.
With a REALLLY stupid ending.
@@ethelredhardrede1838 and editing
it totally was. pun intended, and i LOVED the ending. the reboot was utter trash. thanks colin, you suck.
@@Heydaja
What was bad about how it was edited?
@@VinceAndRosGetCancelled yup i hate the remake but then i basically hate all remakes,,lol..just a pointless money grapping exercise if you as me..
This is Arnold's best movie. I've have had many deep conversations about whether he was dreaming or not. The actor who played Benny, and actor who played the blonde guy with glasses deserve credit for perfect supporting roles.
I love this movie and have gone back and forth if he was just dreaming or if it was all real. Never did come to a solid conclusion.
He's dreaming. I know Verhoven claims he wanted to leave it open but the construction of the package in the Recall lab had exact features, not just the exact image of the love interest (who could have sold her image or have been recorded while Recall did resource gathering on site) but specifically, images of the terraforming machine - a closely guarded secret. There is no way for those images to be present at Recall if the events are real. They are in the system and the tech states... 'air on Mars?' During the process.
Quaid is a lobotomised vegetable, and his wife, Sharon Stone, not only gets to mourn him but know he CHOSE the reality where he dumps her for some sleazy Martian sex worker. That's gotta sting.
That's your opinion, and not a fact. Our choices are subjective. In my, also subjective, opinion, TR is beaten by CTB, T1, and T2. I rate TR as equal to Predator.
Here's some bonus trivia; Nintendo Power Magazine held a Total Recall Contest where the winner would meet Arnold. Apperantly this turned into a complete nightmare where the winner wouldn't meet Arnie until a full year after the movies release and then only for a quick handshake, no movie set, no cool movie set memorabilia, nothing else promised in the contest.
Wow, that’s just as horrible as the official nes game. >_
@@konstantinkoverchenko9587 oh its actually much worse sadly. I can't link it directly but look up Nintendo Power contest online and look at all the stuff the promised. Not a single thing was given to the 'winner'.
I looked the game when I got a little older, was kind of tough
@@InkWarrior I had always figured those things were scams.
@@TjMetalHead94 I was a kid back then and didn't know any better. None of us did. As an adult, definitely could be a scam. None of that stuff even exists now a days. It's all electronic.
The original is still brilliant. 😀👍
Amen. I like the remake, but the original was amazing on every level. They don't make good movies anymore.
@@lordallenbookworm4811 I agree with you on that. 😀👍
tru but don't throw out the new version , watch it again but forget the other movie , , if the 2 version was a new movie it would have been awesome , i hold the same biased until i watched it again , the old one is better , the new one is awesome , if the movie went line for line then yeah i would think it was shit ,
@@lordallenbookworm4811
The aesthetic of films today just doesn’t give you the same feeling.
@@DialloMoore503 Not to mention all the heavy handed messages and politics that override a good story.
Get yuh ass tuh mahs! 😆 This is one of my favorite movies along with The Running Man
To this day I still cannot hear or say “two weeks” without mouthing “Twooo Weeeks….”
"open your mind Quaid, open your mind"......still gives me chills. best flashback scene!
Hmm, Sharon Stone in that workout outfit. Yummy!
Such a cool film
Remember when films could be cool without being ironic, self aware or tongue in cheek?
Happy times 😔
There is an old joke where Arnie said: Apparently, i've been to Mars, but i can't recall. Still love that one
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I won't stop asking for "10 things you didn't know about o brother where art thou"
Michael Ironside and Ronnie Cox were great villains in this movie. Even though some of the FX were dim, it still stands up today ❤
At work I used to copy Ronnies’s comment at the end when he says…I’ll be home in time for cornflakes!
You saying she enjoyed it? No, I'm sure she hated every minute of it 😆
“And you’re fucking making it happen!”
LOL!!
"Total Recall" was the last film relying on practical effects before computer graphics became mainstream.
@@Seele2015au well apart from two digital effects, the nails of the secretary changing colour and the full CG skeleton X-Ray machine. Also apart from the CG used in the Rekall adverts on the train, which you can barely see anyway.
The Red Headed lady in the Spaceport scene was my High School Drama Teacher when I went to Point Loma High School in the Nineties.
So.. how long was your winter vacation?
@Derv FinnYes, she was such a nice woman. I was sorry to hear of her passing back in 2008. :( She was very active in the acting community in San Diego.
@@TheRealNormanBates never long enough. lol
@@Nightscream452 well I was thinking of _TWOOO WEEEEKSSS!_
How long will you be staying?
TWO WEEKS!
I love all of Rob Botin's prosthetics in this movie. The mutant in the chest and the lady head were my favorites.
Open your miiiiiiiiiiiinnnndd
3 boobs was mine lol
@@teammidge9716 haha..lol
I had kept rewinding the VHS to the scene where the robotic woman's had fails then opens up
I didn’t know Cronenberg was once involved, but it makes sense now!
Total recall is one of the best sci-fi action movies ever made total recall absolutely !
Makes me wish i had 3 hands
I wish there was more of Sharon Stone in this, she was the real deal back then.
Stone in her prime.
I love this movie. One of my all time favorites. I love that the ending is left up to you to decide what ending you want it to be as its left totally open to interpretation. You can go either way. And thats cool.
@@thecheese4960 But that's what it means, being down to interpretation. You see that as evidence the story was a plot injected into Quaid, others may see that particular part as Kehogan and Hauser knowing what the alien machine would do to the atmosphere that's why Quaid subconsciously incorporated into his spy storyline.
Open to interpretation.
How is it possible the girl was on the computer screen before he went under? Good proof it's all a dream.
"See you at the party, Minty!"
One of the special effects that blew me away as a kid and was worthy of overall Academy win was the Rekall receptionist doing her digital nails ...still holds up well as an effect..plus all the other effects
Omg yes, I watched this movie as a preteen and wanted that nail colour changer!
That was actually one of only two digital effects in the movie (the other being the CGI X-Ray machine), since most of the effects were either prosthetics, animatronics, optical effects or miniature models.
I like the johnny cab scene
"the fare is 18 credits, please"
"Sue me, dickhead"
"aaaaAAAAAAHHHHH" murder-suicide mode
"Ha ha ha ha. You think this is the real Quaid"?
(Awkward silence)
"It is".
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I frickin love this movie to the point where I made a gif of the airport scene of him lifting off the mask as my "ALWAYS on display" on my Galaxy Note 🤘🏾💯🖤♥️😆 I lie NOT 😁🥰
Recently read that Arnold helped out Michael Ironside. during filming Michael was often alone between scenes. Arnold went up to him to see why. Turns out his sister, I believe, was battling cancer. In between takes and such Arnold would join him to call his sister to check on her and recommend dietary suggestions to help her in the fight
Total Recall is such a classic movie. Arnold has some of the best action /sci fi movies of all time!
Yesss sir! Watched this so much as a little kid back in the 90s. Such a classic.
Total Recall to this day is still not completely uncut. The original work print was going to be given an X-Rating, so they edited it down to an R-rating in America. In Australia we got two versions an M rated theatrical cut with almost no gore whatsoever and the R version which is the same as the R version in America. So what was trimmed in the X-rated worprint? More
Shooting victims and Two death scenes in particular were cut, Benny’s death is optically cropped apparently we got to see the drill exiting his stomach and his innards were spinning on the blade. Also the guy who gets stabbed at the bar by the little hooker is also bloodier. So who knows if we’ll ever see that version.
If sharon didnt get her biff out I'm not interested lol
TWO WEEKS.
I worked on a pinball machine at Rob Bottin’s house and I got to see the foam prop for the mutant Kuato. Rob also told me he was very unhappy with Johnny Cab. He told me he was up for an Academy Award, which he did win.
To be fair, Phillip K. Dick did not go into Aliens territory. Aliens walked into Phillip's universe.
you got that right! he was either totally out there or TOTALLY OUT THERE.
The movie actually still has the connection to the Alien xenomorph, the shape of the hand that activates the oxygen generator is the same as the xenomorph's hand from the first Alien movie.
Dan O Bannon
I love this movie, and the ending was purposely left open to interpretation, just to make us guess for eternity if Quid was dreaming all this or not. I chose to believe he really experienced it 😉
A masterpiece of sci fi action cinema
I’m glad that you stated in the beginning that you had already done this movie. I’m just glad that it’s a movie that will always be one of my favorites.
This is my second favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger film! Total Recall is a MASSIVE CLASSIC! You CAN'T forget it after watching it! It's mind blowing! One of my favorite films of all time! GREAT MOVIE!
Let me guess Jingle all the way is #1?
@@oriondx72 Nah its kindergarten cop right ? 😁
The woman with the 3 boobs was also Dixie in the 1st Leathal Weapon movie and she was in a couple of Star Trek TNG shows. Most notably the one where Starfleet first meets the Borg.
Ensign Sonya Gomez, and she spilled her hot chocolate all over Captain Picard. 🖖😀
I saw this when I was a kid and the only thing I remember is the woman with 3 boobs. 😹 It’s awesome that it’s based off of a Phillip K. Dick story and that Jerry Goldsmith did the music!
Yeah the woman with the boobs is funny
You folks would love Sharon Stones next movie staring Michael Douglas. Alas you were too young.
@@corssecurity You mean Basic Instinct? That’s a classic! I think I wasn’t aloud to see that until a couple years later but I rewatched it tons of times on VHS! 😹
Minty, I think you should tackle "The 13th Warrior." LOTS of things to know about with that one (can you say controversies?).
I remember this movie. Great suggestion!
I love the scene where the innocent civilian gets blown away after arnold uses him as a human sheild. Poor guy lol.
"Screw your life!" Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Technically arnold uses him after he got shot so .... still a good guy ?
Meh. Unimportant collateral damage.
………and somehow is able to grunt and make faces and stay alive after getting shot multiple times.
@@goodoldbubba6620
Gordan Brewster: "I'll show you collateral damage!"
Sadly the director came forward recently and said this movie was all a dream ☹🤯😱 Personally that kinda bums me out cause I love to think it's really happening lol still LOVE this movie
I think it all happened. Verhoeven is a great director but he didn't write the movie plus there's a scene in the film that basically confirms he's awake.
So the memory of his wife was an implant? I wonder how did recall know exactly how to replicate her in his memory when they didn't know about her in real movie life.
@@bigkmoviesandgames
What scene is that exactly?
@@DialloMoore503
The scene where the recall scientists are saying that they didn't put in the spy programming when Quaid remembers he's a spy. This scene confirms he is awake and is an undercover spy because Quaid isn't even concious or aware of the conversation the scientists have so the information we get in that scene can't be a product of his creation.
As a composer myself, Jerry Goldsmith is a truly superb composer. After his best works, a new composer appeared on the scene; the equally brilliant Danny Elfman!
I love them both and also John Williams and James Horner! Movie soundtracks are my favorite. My dad teaches a course on film music so I grew up listening to so many scores and making up my own movies in my mind. Fun times. 🎶
*i'm equally fond of his score for The Shadow...and who could ever doubt the absolute brilliance of any score composed by Vanjelis...also think the soundtrack for Brazil that was composed by Michael Kamen was also pretty amazing*
@@mspears_bobobuddytheseniorcat don't forget Alan Silvestri and Hans Zimmer
@@jesseswarbrick7895 Absolutely! They are legendary!
Hanz Zimmer became the new Goldsmith.
I didn't know that a directors cut existed for this. OMW to find and watch! Thanks for the pro-tip, Minty!
It doesent exist..there is a mind bending version but its not the original one with the violence intact..that version waa shown on a few tv stations but it cannot be purchased..believe me i have tried for many years to get the original version but have had no luck.
Bonus fact: The novelization was written by sci-fi legend Piers Anthony. It wasn't originally marketed as a novelization, but as an original novel, and published in hardcover with completely different artwork. It was published at least a year prior to the movie's release. When I saw the original trailer for "Total Recall", I was excited to think a Piers Anthony novel was being made into a movie. When the paperback version was published, it was marketed as a movie tie-in, with artwork from the movie's poster on the cover, and with some of the details in the novel changed updated to match the movie (like changing Quail's name to Quaid).
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I thought the original story was written by Philip K. Dick.
@@REDPUMPERNICKEL Yes, “We Can Remember it for you Wholesale”
Damn, they did the same thing to Stephen King and The Running Man
I’ve always heard the script changed quaid into a construction worker because nobody would believe Arnold worked in an office
Makes sense!
He says that several times in the video.
He would have looked like Bob Parr in The Incredibles!
My wife and I love to quote this movie especially "Two weeks" Total Recall is a classic
Haha me and buddy do that alot too some great quotes from Total Recall.
@Derv Finn Oh Man that is a great story! Even better gives you something to laugh about. That is one of Arnold's most overlooked movie. Whenever we have to meet each other somewhere my wife and I always say to each other "Get your ass to Mars!" Great story got my day started with a laugh
In the remake, they cast two almost identical generic brunettes, and confusion abounded. At least the OG had a blonde white woman and a brunette latino woman as the two ladies in major support roles. I was and still are confounded by the casting decisions of the remake.
The real question WHY MAKE THE MOVIE.
This movie didn’t need a remake! It was perfect on its own.
@@Geezer-yf8hv Hollywood hasn't had an original idea in decades, that's why. Reboots are all they have left. You have to look hard to find exceptions like Date Night, Game Night, and Boss Level. Even those relatively "original" story ideas recycled a lot of typical Hollywood themes and tropes. They refuse to stray from the formula.
The reboot is a good movie in its own right but strayed far enough away that it would have been served better with a different name. Instead of capitalizing on the original's brand recognition, it crushed itself by not living up to its namesake, which was an impossible task to begin with.
@@BigLifeWithLitlJay Oh I know that already! 98% of reboots don’t match the originals, even with the vastly greater money dumped into them! FAIL!!!
Still one of my all time favourite films. "You make me wish I had three hands!"
When I watched this film it literally helped mold my critical thinking. I was 17/18, and the discussions and concepts introduced changed my black and white thinking. VHS in the 90s in the nurses home.
In my personal opinion, I’ve always thought this was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s best movie of all time.
"Doug you're the *Best* assignment I've ever had!" *Lori*
The "short" story, as usual, is only the opening scene in this movie. It is no more "based" on Dick's story than Time Chasers is based on H.G. Wells.
Great job as always.
Still a great film though.
@@bigkmoviesandgames Absolutely. My revelation was not meant to demand the film, it is the fun "based on" label we see so often. Most of the time it is only the title that is similar to the original story.
@@Laceykat66
I understand what you mean and yeah it's barely even a loose adaptation. Lol.
Same with both Running Man and Minority Report
@@bigkmoviesandgames Not that there is anything wrong with that.
To add to this.
When Arnold is getting the first implant, they show pre-production art of the alien center. And after describing his girl, they show a photo of Rachel Ticotin, who played Melinda. To add to the question if it was reality, or all an implant.
And there was a novelization by Piers Anthony, based on the movie. A rare case where a book was turned into a movie, which had yet another book based on it.
Arnold also becoming notable for being the second well-known Austrian to tell people that they can screw their freedom.
True, I dont like him anymore but I grew up on his movies, which can be really great. :)
One Of the best Sci-fi action Movie's of the 90's 10/10 ☆☆☆☆☆
This is really awesome!!!!!! One of Arnold Schwarzenegger's best films
One of the best films ever made. And as you say Minty, it's thought provoking for those who care to notice.
Fun fact… the “two weeks” lady was the drama teacher at Point Loma high school for a while
Also she was an episode of wings
'See you at the party Richter !'- one of my favourite one-liners in the movie.😆
Yes, I repeat this is the only version of Total recall I recognize lol
I watched a few minutes of the remake and turned it off.
@@brandonsavitski same lol
The reason why it is so good is because the people who wrote alien wrote this as well.
Dan O Bannon. Rarely gets recognition. Cheers
@@northernpunx1978 Todd rocket has something good for you in his pocket.
Another of his movies with a similar vibe was 6th Day. It was somewhat toned down, but similar.
Yea that was a weird flik tho yet mildly entertaining
6th day was enjoyable
I remember liking 6th day. Not as much as his other stuff but it was solid entertainment.
6th Day and Collateral Damage are the last of his greatest films.
One of my favorite movies, I've probably bought 7 different releases of it over the years.
Please do 10 facts on To Kill a Mockingbird
They should make a movie about when they recalled Camrys and Prius’ and call it “Toyota Recall.”
Should be a Ford based movie - the once had 21 million cars recalled (1981) far more than Toyota had in any given year ever
GOOD ONE.
Toyotas are more reliable than american cars 🤔
@@jbone6993 Not really! I've talked to a Japanese engineer, he said, "Our cars are no better than American ones. We're just happy that you think they are!"
Something you left out, and I would like to know how it came about, is Piers Anthony novel of this movie. (Especially because Anthony isn't known for rewriting stuff.) For the most part, Anthony's novel is almost a word for word book following the movie. But with one "huge" chapter missing.
That chapter goes on to explain that the aliens created the device on Mars so that if someone who was inherently evil placed their hand in the device to start it up, it would blow up the planet. Meanwhile, if the person was inherently good, it would create a breathable atmosphere for Mars.
Assuming this is true, which it appears to be, it explains a lot that was missing from the movie and why they were so against Quaid from putting his hand in the device.
This was a top tier action movie. And still is.
See you at the party Richter my favourite line ever
Richter: Quaid. That's Quaid!
Captain Everett: What?
Richter: The woman. Get him... her!
Everett: Arrest that woman!
[The security troops surround the woman as she stops stuttering and touches her ear. Her head suddenly splits open revealing that it's a mask with Quaid underneath]
Douglas Quaid: Catch!
Fat Lady: Get ready for a surprise!
George: "Kuato wants to see you.....now!!"
Kuato: "What do you want Mr Quaid?"
Me: "WTF?!!".... (Punches dumb baby for forgetting he's the one that sent for me!!)
😆😂🤣
Still one of Paul Verhoeven's BEST movies!!
I want to peer into the alternate timeline where Swayze played Quaid.
How about were Dennis Quaid plays Douglas Quaid? Just a thought.
@@jeffreyherda9684 Don't forget about Randy Quaid !
@@thebluestig2654 oh I didn't forget him, just left him out on purpose since Dennis is closer to Douglas than Randy is. Still love the guy though.
Great memory of me and my mum watching this in the cinema, the night before the new school year started....
Even got to play on the big motor version of arcade Hang-on....thanks ma, you were the best, will always look back at our 'Schwarzie' moments...
I've watched this 100 times. It never gets old
Actually, it does.
Hey Quiad! You remember me? It’s Benny! Benny”s the name!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
For the memory of a lifetime... Recall... Recall... Recall!
*Fun Fact:* Arnie actually didn't get food poisoning during filming because he had his run of food poisoning while filming Predator(1987) in Mexico. That's probably why he had made arrangements ahead to avoid the struggle he went through while filming Predator
I first saw this movie in my teens, and it still remains my favorite of all of Arnold's movies, because it went beyond the standard action material and I loved the layers-of-reality ambiguity. The film also eventually got me interested in the works of Philip K. Dick. Subsequently, I've seen other movies explore this theme in a more sophisticated way (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Inception), but this was my entry into the genre, and it was also entertaining as hell.
I still crack up at the "See you at the party, Richter" scene every time 😅
Dude, just wanted to say I love your channel. Keep up the great work bud!
I remember getting this on Laser Disc two days before its Australian release
the LD was uncut, the Australian release had two scenes trimmed (and funnily one is in this video)
@Derv Finn sadly no, my player stopped working soon after I bought a DVD player
still a great movie
I remember when me and my brother went to the movies to go see this and at the beginning of the movie when Arnold Schwarzenegger is walking on Mars and he falls down that embankment and cracks his helmet open. I remember my brother saying oh boy he always falls like that. And everybody in the movie theater started laughing.
People laugh at the most mundane comments
@@GraveyardTricks yes people do because what people find funny is in the eye of the beholder.
Cool story bro. And only trash make stupid comments out loud at movies.
@@thefonzkiss not your bro. And a tolls breath smells like trash. So invest in toothpaste. Fonz stop Jumping the Shark.
10 things you didn’t know about showgirls!
Number 10. Beeewwbbbsss
Paul should have just stuck with ultraviolence.
@@Synthtec80 There IS violence in Showgirls~
I remember seeing the previews for this movie and freaking out how cool it looked
Damn Sharon Stone!!!!🔥🔥🔥
this, along with predator and terminator 2, are arnold's best movies.
Terminator 1 is much better. Conan was his best role imo, it fit him perfectly.
Is it just me or does Arnold Schwarzenegger look more like Hank Hill from the TV show, King of the Hill in that video game?
Love your videos. Cheers mate!
I love this movie so I regret having to tell you the his name was Quaid in the movie and not Quail.
@@GarretGrayCamera yep, you are correct and I rescind my comment. Stupid not listening me lol
Fun fact: The old woman disguise that Arnie wears is played by a woman who was the drama teacher at my high school and she was paid 17 cents for her time in the movie. She had the check framed and was hanging in her office. She was a pretty nice person
If I ever ran into that woman in public, I don't think I'd be able to avoid staring. "Is she.. going to _explode?"_ I'd likely jump for cover if she even used the word "surprise".
Why so little money?
Implant fantasy: (during the memory install) a technician clearly says “blue sky on Mars” “that’s a new one.”
Yeah, the first time I saw this, I was "faked out" by the bead of sweat thing but upon subsequent viewings I've become CONVINCED that it's all just the memory implant.
Really, what WOULD the point of the film be otherwise? Guy has numerous, weirdly coincidental things happen to him then ends up saving a whole planet. If that REALLY IS the point of the story, that's pretty fuckin' lame when compared to the otherwise awesomeness of this flick
@@steveb0503
Right on. The sales man at recall literally lays out every story beat of the movie prior to its happening. He even pauses during the sales pitch, and stops himself from giving away all the finer details. He says aloud “look I don’t want to spoil it” .
But it’s all in the pitch at recall. 🧠
(Quaid shoots the knife 🔪 in Lori’s hand 🤚; she exclaims and 👀 looks at him in frustration)
Lori: (talks to Quaid)
Doug? Honey 🍯?
You wouldn’t hurt 😞 me, would you, sweetheart ❤?
(Quaid stands up ⬆️ at his feet 👣;
Lori smiles at him)
Lori: Sweetheart ❤, be reasonable.
After all, we’re married. ❤ 💋
(Lori pulls out her 🔫 gun;
Quaid shoots Lori dead 💀 in the head and collapses down to floor)
Quaid: (talking to dead 💀 Lori)
Consider that a divorce. 💔
(Melina turns around and looks at Quaid)
Melina: (talking to Quaid)
That was your wife? 💍
(Quaid shakes his head “Yes”;
Melina moves her legs 🦵🏼 out of the way and stands up ⬆️ on her feet 👣)
Melina: Whatta b***h.
(Quaid 🙂↕️ nods)