A Scanner Darkly - Bike Scene

[@kakroom3407]

this is the most intense conversation i've ever seen about absolutely nothing

[@lilminer69er]

Never been in a room full of tweakers

[@sunsetman22]

they be tweakin' son

[@dildonius]

Welcome to the wondrous world of junkiedom!

[@tomasinacovell4293]

Non, it's really the only thing the movie is about, they're dumber than Smurffs!

[@SuperSaturn55]

Whoever had the most amazing idea of putting this cast together deserves all our thanks.

[@tylercafe1260]

I love how serious he delivered the line "What do you think happened to the missing gears?"

[@samster1004]

Let's just go rescue the orphan gears dude !!

[@sunsetman22]

all we ever wanted was those orphan gears

[@Rutherford_Inchworm_III]

The point was their brains can see, but they can't process. They see 9 gears - they can still count them. But they can't comprehend how 6 + 3 might have more meaning than just 9. It boggles them, makes them angry, somebody has stolen our gears! In the book they take time to explain how this is sad and pathetic, not funny. Phil Dick said that everything he wrote in Scanner Darkly was something he personally saw while he was doing drugs.

[@dildonius]

​​@@sunsetman22JUST THE ORPHAN GEARS! BUT THOSE GYPSIE GRIFTERS WOULDN'T GIVE THEM TO US! I'M NOT TWEAKIN'! (INSTITUTIONALIZED!) YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S TWEAKIN'! (INSTITUTIONALIZED!)

[@lukafranceschi2479]

​​@@Rutherford_Inchworm_III Well, I mean, here, it's still sad and pathetic, but the subtlety makes it even more immersive, like, the longer you listen to them, you get dumber and you agree with them, you get second-degree high off your mind and it's brilliant

[@ZyxthePest]

The moment where Bob just inquisitively asks "What do you think happened to the missing gears?" is where this scene truly takes off. Just throwing gasoline onto a completely nonsense fire.

[@Rutherford_Inchworm_III]

In the novel, PKD explains how Substance D destroys your brain's ability to share information between your hemispheres. You might be able to do math, or deduce basic logic, but you can't combine the two concepts. In this case, the junkies cannot for the life of them combine math and logic to understand how 6 sprockets + 3 sprockets might MULTIPLY to 18 speeds. They can only count, and "six plus three equals 9". This seems so obvious and inescapable to them that they go paranoid wild with accusations. In the book, they actually go and find a random black kid and ask him to explain it. He does, with no effort, to their dismay.

[@douglasbabb1725]

@@Rutherford_Inchworm_III I get the feeling that there are some scenes from the book which didn't make it into the movie which would provide some context. I felt lukewarm about the film, largely because of how it seemed to jump around after the halfway point.

[@hithere4719]

@@douglasbabb1725the book doesn’t “make more sense”. Like they said, the novel is just even weirder than this insane movie 😂

[@sunkintree]

@@douglasbabb1725 There's nothing critical actually missing from the film. If you want to dive in deep you can read the book, but that's true of basically anything first written as a book. The film gives you everything but it's easy to overlook details staring at you in the face. It's a fun movie but it asks you to pay attention. The bike question doesn't need an actual resolution anyway because it's there to make you wonder how much of what they worry about is based on reality vs paranoid delusions. The book also doesn't spell everything out for you

[@4Core100]

@@Rutherford_Inchworm_III You just sold the book to me lol. Thanks.

[@Squiggy2010]

10 hour clip of RDJ saying "Total" over and over

[@m3rl1on]

discombobulate

[@micksmith5123]

Please...

[@sunsetman22]

TOTUHL TOTUHL TOTUHL

[@Squiggy2010]

@@sunsetman22 TOTUHL PROVIDENCE

[@ninjawhippetproductions7411]

"Well that's weird, I didn't know you could get a 18-speed bike nearly new for... 50 dollars, it's amazing what you can ᵍᵉᵗ for 50 dollars,"

[@qhotdog9343]

when you and the gang stay up on stimulants for a day too many *"LET'S JUST GO RESCUE THE ORPHAN GEARS DUDE!"*

[@Meekmillan]

Quantitative Hotdog I was about to make the stimulant comment hahaha remember staying up almost 3 days for work and it got just a tad bit manic and I acted like a complete tweaker. Never did that shit again

[@harveywallbanger3123]

The story is autobiographical. PKD was into dextro-amp pills, back when they still gave them out like candy. His house was a flophouse for a rotating cast of weirdo drug users, some of whom he listed in the dedication of the book. The "nine speed bike" situation is the kind of speed freak logic that you know he saw first hand.

[@ldobehardcore]

@@harveywallbanger3123 As I understand it, in the book their perception was so fucked they actually tried COUNTING the gears several times and kept getting different numbers. The rotoscoping in the film doesn't convey that. In the film they just seem like idiot tweakers who don't understand how math works, while in the book they literally just can't count the gears.

[@harveywallbanger3123]

@@ldobehardcore Fair enough. I also don't think the movie included the critical context of Arctor and the police shrinks. Bob has no idea this kind of thinking is abnormal, because he's as damaged as the rest of them from Substance D.

[@ldobehardcore]

I think, while the movie is hilarious and a stylistic tour de force, it suffers a lot in adaptation. All of the writing subtleties get lost

[@pg9193]

I feel like I'm in the corner of this room trying to buy an 8th while witnessing this scene, wayyy too realistic

[@admech590]

If youve ever been high...or in a psyche ward. These conversations are scarily accurate

[@joshdasmiter3]

this is a movie that works best in a theater full of people who have never seen it before....we were crying so hard from laughter just listening to the borderline gibberish/paranoia that was coming out of these amazing actors

[@mgBabylonRocker]

I watched it with a couple of friends who all knew the book backwards, same reaction :D

[@OneFlockOneShepherd]

LET'S JUST GO RESCUE THE ORPHAN GEARS, DUDE!!

[@PhantomSavage]

In truth both RDJ and Woody were probably actually high in this scene.

[@aimtriggerthebest2678]

Doubt it. Well Woody probably but RDJ was a heavy drug addict who got Sober in the early 2000s and this film was made in Mid 2000s so I don't think he would really sabotage his career like this again after many years of heavy drug use (He nearly destroyed his entire career) . RDJ is just very good at acting high because he knows what being high is as he was once a heavy addict, so these kinda roles come very easy for him.

[@ken_caminiti]

@@aimtriggerthebest2678 You're a square.

[@aimtriggerthebest2678]

@@ken_caminiti Good to know.

[@neilwiththereeldeel]

actually, i think they were exaggerating the acting because they knew they were going to be rotoscoped over 😁😁✌🏼✌🏼

[@NorthEasternMotionProductions]

@@ken_caminiti you’re a circle

[@eugenesis8188]

It's really remarkable how well this movie captured what it's like to be a tweaker.

[@andrewl4740]

This sticks in my mind as one of the all time great scenes in any movie ever . . . that I've seen . . . obviously.

[@IVEGOTPEEINMYEYE]

I just find this movie to be one of the best book to film adaptations, like up there with fight club ya know? great cast, faithful to the source material and just well done.

[@dontstop2517]

@@IVEGOTPEEINMYEYE you are so right.

[@WhenAllMenDoubtYou]

Woody and Downey Jr's performances are so hyped and fun to watch because of how well they bounce off each other.

[@FimmyV]

I feel like Robert Downey Junior was doing a Goldblum impression this entire movie.

[@michaelc3693]

I felt like he was doing a RDJ impression the entire time!

[@BakaryD]

RDJ always playing himself in every movie

[@babadoudidadouda]

@@BakaryD Not true.

[@daltondodson8659]

@@BakaryD What about Tropic Thunder

[@neomcdoom]

Yeah

[@220SouthlandAve]

This is one of the most underrated movies in all of Hollywood.

[@Plexuz0]

It's weird that this scene is both weirdly captivating and genuinely funny. It's funny, but i'm also really interesting to see what they decide to do or what they decided was going on around them.. This film had a lot of tones, it was a confusing watch. But a fun one.

[@tattooeduglyguy3376]

In the book they find a homeless kid in his teens that has to struggle to explain to them how gears work.

[@JellyfishJboogieDosh]

The way RDJ dives to the ground to apply the break on the handle gets me everytime. "We're all WAAAYYYYY to close to this..."

[@freedom_rock18]

This film on acid is absolutely bonkers but so brilliant and very thought provoking. People need to see them more

[@derkeheath5172]

Downey is so great in this role. I've known some druggie freaks in my day, and he captures it all perfectly. "Total...total...total...totally...total..." Just perfect.

[@KittSpiken]

Product of experience

[@diogofernandes6574]

he used to be one ..

[@justinuthe439]

I feel like I'm on LSD while watching this.

[@davmpls]

Isn't that wonderful? Writers took drugs so you don't have to!

[@kingkerwick]

I actually watched this the first and only time I took LSD, I highly recommend the two.

[@NaveThims]

i am on LSD watching this.

[@MegatronRacing237]

I’m on 4g shrooms right now

[@yusrizal9212]

Iyamonenhfksnbjanla

[@brodysdaddy]

The funniest part is how after Woody slips off the wheel onto the couch, RDJ dives to squeeze the brakes on the bike….as if it might hurt someone if action isn’t taken quickly.

[@acpwnd2020]

btw there is 18 speeds on it if theres nine gears, 3 front and 6 back. For every front gear you have 6 back gear configurations. So 6 x 3 = 18. These guys are just hella high lol

[@buzzfledderjohn7782]

Don't you see that's part of the plan?! Albino shape-shifting lizards did this, man!

[@williamepperson3443]

+buzz fledderjohn we're all WAY too close to this...

[@orangejoe204]

If you read the book the "7-speed bike incident" is cited by Bob/Fred's superiors in the police department as proof that he's experiencing split brain psychosis from destroying his corpus callosum with Substance D. They're seeing 7 gears but utterly unable to draw the connection between the two on the front and the 5 on the back; in the book they actually go find the nearest black kid and ask him (and he promptly explains it perfectly, to their dismay).

[@obsidiansnow3790]

We all know this. It's why it's a joke

[@commanex]

Wow way to go buddy

[@SilverSpectre90]

When Neo and Tony Stark are on drugs

[@Johnny-rx4hs]

@Lemon Tron and Lydia from Beetlejuice

[@1ivinq.dead.qir1]

Phil Lewis and Haymitch Abernathy

[@editingman95]

SAY TO IRON MAN IN THIS VIDEO I LOVE YOU 3001 THIS VERSION WAS THE WORST IRON MAN

[@Astro201281]

Neo, Tony stark and cletus/carnage trying to make things more complicated

[@sacredsapphire]

Neo/John Wick

[@A-Dubs398]

Winona Ryder looks so hot here, even though she's animated.

[@RetroExhibitCollective]

MrKockNoker hentai

[@ganymede4030]

@@RetroExhibitCollective I wouldn't go that far. The actors were filmed first, then animation laid over the top (or traced, I guess?) and everything else in the scenes of course. It's called Rotoscope Animation, if I recall? Gave the movie a really cool effect. At the time I think it was pretty expensive to do too (might still be, idk), but I think they made the right choice. Really adds to the tone of the movie. Just like my rug really ties the room together, man.

[@Parafaragaramus1]

I think it was mostly expensive due to the time it took. If I remember right the scenes were filmed in like 6 months but the animation took 18 months. A show on Amazon prime called Undone uses rotoscoping and it's such a good show. I believe it's renewed for a second season and I can't wait

[@seaque.]

i would watch the non-animated version of th

[@jailcatjones3250]

I've always found her hot, I love her big beautiful eyes

[@artvandelay48]

His entrance is so funny to me, only RDJ can pull off something like this so perfectly “total, total, totally”

[@YourTrustyHonkey9716]

This acting has no right being this good

[@libRteedude]

The orphan gears line is good, but it's Barris's response ("DON'T YOU SEE THAT THAT'S PART OF THE PLAN?!") is what gets me.

[@ldobehardcore]

There's only one thing we can do to thwart the plot of these Albino Shapeshifting Lizard Bitches!

[@Retrostar619]

Also the line as he's leaving: "Are you certain that's the right math on that" is a gem of a delivery

[@ZeroComplaints]

This is one my favorite scene from a movie ever; I just love the genuine performances!

[@Nekotaku_TV]

Loved RDJ's acting in this movie and this scene was one of the best.

[@OwenL2020]

TOTAL. TOTAL! TOTAL! TOTALLY!!... Total providence.

[@petergriffin7908]

total total totally total total providence. LMFAO

[@nox5870]

This will be a Cult classic in the future.

[@EzeICE]

It is the future my friend, and it already is!

[@dialatedmcd]

It's one of those things that became an instant classic. Like music from the 60's/70's was already considered classic in the 80's. Some things are just born classic.

[@aimtriggerthebest2678]

@@EzeICE I think he meant in the future as like in 20-25 years since it got released, so it kinda isn't yet a Cult Classic but you can consider it already.

[@EzeICE]

@@aimtriggerthebest2678 gotcha.

[@spencernoffke8259]

Greetings from 2024. Yep its a cult classic

[@andrewzigmont2673]

My God this shit makes me feel so uncomfortable. I love it don't get me wrong. But reminds me of my drug days. Some trippin. Some Twackin. Idk I feel ALOT of stress between these guys lmao.

[@nickdick3691]

thats what in thought these guys are tweakin hard,,especoially downey

[@Akrna47]

Well it was written by a recovering drug addict and he said these conversations present in this novel were directly inspired by how he lived his life. So yea its pretty authentic

[@andrewzigmont2673]

@@Akrna47 O yeah no doubt. I love philip K dick's work. Wasn't complaining :D between the writing & the directing, i'd say they perfectly nailed that high stress, high anxiety state of mind.

[@Ozhull]

Me too

[@MrSilverbirch1]

Philip k. Dick would be so proud... I'd imagine. Then, get sucked into the realness of the scene, only to find himself in some sort of time bubble. Mr. Dick, you've outdone yourselves, again.

[@Rutherford_Inchworm_III]

Way too much drug glorification. PKD loved drugs on a physical level and hated them on an intellectual level. Look at the average fan of this movie: do you think they have any intellectual level to appeal to?

[@mikehoffman2102]

@@Rutherford_Inchworm_IIII don’t find the drug usage glorifying, I find it sad and disturbing. It’s the surprise twist at the end that is even more disturbing and yet not so surprising after all.

[@dharmallars]

Can confirm these are the exact kind of conversations that happen in drug houses

[@GUAPDADDY5000]

This scene is fantastic

[@TheShortGirl666]

I saw this in high school (and I think I was stoned when I saw it) and I never knew that that was Woody Harrelson and Robert Downey Jr.

[@Vigilantius]

And Keanu Reeves!

[@TheShortGirl666]

Vigilantius Yeah, I guess. I prefer the other two more, though.

[@RobiticDuck]

One of my favorite scenes 😂

[@jasontaylor670]

This movie is so awesome

[@constipatedparker5879]

Why does this reminds me of a cutscene from GTA V

[@slimymclord8165]

It's the animation and the floaty camera

[@markmellon3727]

Barris is basically Trevor, but more level-headed.

[@markmellon3727]

Rather, less unhinged

[@sunsetman22]

@@markmellon3727 Trevor but hella pedantic and without the violence, though Trevor would've actually tried to save his friends if they were drowning in front of him

[@lukafranceschi2479]

​Yeah, it's funny how much I've grown to admire Trevor as the one GTA prptagonistwith strong morals. Like, he's the most bloodthirsty of the lot, but he has a lot of personal morals to back himsečf up more, in contrast to the rest who struggle to rationalise mass murder as 'just business'.

[@dontstop2517]

im going to download and watch one more time this beautiful film. Love the book, love the movie.

[@xalener]

LETS JUST GO RESCUE THE ORPHAN GEARS DUDE

[@OneFlockOneShepherd]

Oh, you beat me to it!

[@OneFlockOneShepherd]

To thwart the plot of these albino shape-shifting lizard bitches!

[@macklemorganfreeman8488]

Ive never seen anything capture drug visuals so well

[@manilovefilms]

This might be my favorite scene from any Linklater film ever.

[@patchrockit]

What's weird, is that your brain adjusts to the movie as you watch it. If you watch a scene, or begin the movie, you notice the strange animations, but you slowly adapt and it feels normal when you get lost in the plot. You become like them as you get adjusted to their world and you want to see more weirdness as a result; it shows addiction in it's later state when your brain adjusts and you can't get high anymore, and you don't even notice.

[@Badhabitches]

An absolute hidden gem from society as are also Phillip K Dick books in general

[@chrishouston3566]

Watched this on sugar cubes and just kept saying "total" and laughing for like 20 minutes

[@roye6961]

such great acting omfg

[@RyogaXvX]

we are all WAY too close to this..

[@calliph]

8 year old comment was correct. the opioid crisis exploded and the police state is as strong as ever.

[@russbuss98]

@@calliph and you commented before all the shit really hit the fan.

[@jimjones4494]

more true than ever

[@harveywallbanger3123]

In the book, this scene is important because Det. Arctor only finally realizes he's suffering from brain aphasia caused by his Substance D intake when he later (offhand) describes this scene to the police psychologists. The police shrinks are astonished, and even more so by Arctor's lack of realization of the ridiculousness of the situation: the fact that zero out of three grown men (all Substance D takers) could recognize the multiplicative connection between the three gears in the front and the six in the back on a bicycle - and that their inability to make this basic connection led them into a frenzy of paranoia where they were forced to literally go ask the nearest black kid to explain it to them. This book is amazing because you just know that situation happened to Phil Dick. IRL he and his roommates were all speed freaks.

[@IronicSonics]

I guess a logical thing could have been pick up the phone and call the nearest bike shop and ask how it works?

[@theblackhat5473]

multiplica...what? YOU'RE ONE OF THE ALBINOS.

[@G00dwILLHuNt1n9]

the bike is speed and the "missing gears" is the cut/missing dope in their speed...

[@belialdolager1202]

"We are all way too close to this!" goddamn this movie made me laugh...

[@termit1903]

Это просто кошмар😢. Я видел передолбанных, так жалко, тем более когда понимаешь их как никто иной

[@chuk9036]

They made an entire movie like this jeezus

[@JaniAarnio-e3n]

When I first saw this movie I was at my teens and found this scene hilarious.

[@lmen1990]

awesome scene

[@ArataTV414]

Remember the time when John Wick, Tony Stark, Tallahassee, and Kim Boggs got high together?

[@alifakhrzadeh1544]

Or Neo, Sherlock Holmes, Carnage, and Lydia🤣😂

[@chuckgotnext118]

@@alifakhrzadeh1544 i prefer this version 😅

[@alifakhrzadeh1544]

@@chuckgotnext118 thanks

[@AndyBonesSynthPro]

Way too many people haven't seen this movie

[@freedom_rock18]

No doubt

[@anthonypate8657]

Amazing the best scene on drugies how they think and act love it.

[@LuciusCatilina11]

It's just an horror when you know that you're 0ucked up, you are in the state of 0ucked up, and everything you try to get out of this 0ucked up situation leads to more 0ucked up action and state.

[@potaterjim]

The way he dove for the handle brake kills me All it needs it a "GET DOWN MISTER PRESIDENT"

[@mofstar8683]

So i’ve just realised something… In the book this is presented as evidence for Arctor’s two hemispheres being in disarray, his inability to perceive that the gears work together to offer 18 speeds or something like that, however Donna is in the room too and unable to make that same connect. If we follow the theory that Hank is Donna as so heavily implied then surely Donna too has ben affected by substance D and is not in the proper state to be leading an investigation.

[@Rutherford_Inchworm_III]

Thank you Jesus for your intelligent comment that isn't about how much acid you dropped while watching this movie. Donna is supposedly playing stupid throughout the entire book. She's a hypothetical Mary Sue of the girl Phil had a major crush on during this period. Phil was pretty paranoid himself and suspected she was "too perfect" to be a junkie.

[@SunBunz]

2:53 "these Elbino shape-shifting lizard bitches" LMFAO

[@mattchew1095]

Robert Downey Junior plays an excellent tweaker in this film.

[@gogousa6661]

1:36 When your high ass friends been spouting some bullshit ass nonsense but then you think damn they might be onto something...

[@judibiggerstaff8054]

This is hysterical!

[@efjefe]

Some of the best.

[@peterfrank3365]

Downey Jr. repeating "total" sounds like Rain Man.

[@GoreHumanPudding]

Geez I was young when this came out

[@rs72098]

I'd love to see the scene where the sellers explain gear ratios to the stoners.

[@Angeldust3005]

Watching this back making me feel like i entered a parallel universe. The 1st time i saw this i was on so many drugs im ill now.

[@Carnerd101]

6x3=18

[@tooljst8]

thatsthejoke.jpg

[@TommyPatch]

***** good to see some one gets it lol

[@blinginlike3p0]

also 8/18* 60 is 26.67 so he lowballed him at the end.

[@silentreactor97]

Carnerd101 What is 18?

[@uNkLeRaRa4]

But 6x2 is only 12.... He got rooked 🤣

[@LUSCIOUSDUNCAN]

i saw this in high school at the peak of my music nerd-dom and never noticed the June of 44 poster. what da heck

[@HipHopAn0n]

Best movie ever

[@at00ss16]

Neo, Kim Boggs, Tony Stark and Tallahassee all in a room while stoned Asf.

[@walrusArmageddon]

What I like about rdj's character here is that, in any other movie, he's an arrogant know it all whose the smartest in the room, but in this movie, he's actually an idiot with the same amount of ego. You can tell he thinks he's iron man levels of smart, but really he's just high and paranoid

[@thefirstofthelastones8952]

Peter Parker: Mr. Stark what did you do during young adult years? Tony Stark: *Flashbacks to this* i uh...use to cosplay as...Sherlock Holmes!

[@migglejoe1008]

This movie is like being in a dream

[@hannahpayne4091]

This is like watching a gta trailer but with very famous actors

[@jailcatjones3250]

This could have been a series

[@bobpeters61]

I love that pratfall that I'm sure must have been ad-libbed. Only Woody could not only pull that off but actually make it look innocent.

[@Shadoefax760]

robert Downey Jr showcases real talent in this flick.

[@tyriquey4987]

I forgot rdj and woody Harrelson were in natural born killers together

[@the-engneer]

I have a friend who is literally RDJs character in real life! Everything from the way he talks, and acts down to the way he dresses. I even showed him this film and he didn't disagree lol

[@jayv7006]

You're friends with Jeff Goldblum?

[@daftman420]

Probably my favorite scene from the movie /GK

[@krtlkid]

Winona ryder just gets better with age.

[@steretsjaaj2368]

Junior, asalways, great performance

[@panikrev175]

Let’s rescue those orphaned gears!

[@eugenionegro5929]

haven't seen this since I saw it in the theatre and read it in high school --- STILL the best PKD adaptation of all time, still better than the superb Blade Runner 2049. These guys are high as fuck. The beauty of the cartoon is that they didn't have to act!!!

[@mikehoffman2102]

I don’t know if I’d refer to Blade Runner 2049 as superb. It also has nothing to do with Philip K Dick. Blade Runner on the other hand is superb and is based on PKD’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Blade Runner 2049 was a cash grab and it doesn’t even compare to Blade Runner.

[@Hydroxoid]

Everyone in this scene is stoned out of their minds

[@Misselizabeth2001]

So Neo, Tony Stark, Joyce Byers and Haymitch walk into a bar

[@PacTheOne]

*wait.. what do you think happened to the other gears?* haha awesome

[@geores9152]

They went out on a mission to rescue the orphan gears. They tried to thwart the plot of the albino shape shifting lizard bitches.

[@chiefinasmith]

The first time I watched this movie I was on mushrooms. It’s probably the most confused I’ve ever been in my entire life. I remember sitting there thinking “what in the fuck is going on?” for the entire movie

[@tedthecommenter5364]

1:03 where phoon got his profile pic from

[@InfamousMedia]

ted the commenter who the fuck is Phoon?

[@EvanSaltare]

he doing it sideways

[@frankiegee6135]

This is lighthearted in a weird kind of way

[@kris242]

This movie is basically if you split Kramer into personifications of his personalities and made them all live together lolol

[@mnorqvist]

2:23 looks like Ken from Street fighter :-)

[@MercurialAscent]

0:30 How shit looks when I'm done playing my Occulus

[@samcavanagh7993]

love Winona Ryder in this!