No one told me how GOOD Total Recall is?! Have I found Paul Verhoeven's BEST film!!?

[@MaryCherryOfficial]

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[@jbwade5676]

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[@LovelyBeachCoast-us1ec]

6:15 Mary the device you are talking about is called neuralink and I would not get that 😳😬

[@LovelyBeachCoast-us1ec]

19:44 lol 😂🤣

[@haroldhadradi8763]

Lori (blonde woman) is Emma Stone's mother.

[@haroldhadradi8763]

Also. All of the mars landscape shots, were miniature models.

[@x_trio_3_po333]

Melina: Where are you going? Quaid: To the Reactor! Mary Cherry: "To ME?" LOL!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@commonstragedy]

Get to the chopper!

[@UberDurable]

"Look who's talking, consider that a divorce, see you at the party Richter" this movie is loaded with iconic Arnold quotes!

[@danielg6566]

Hahahaha you think this is the real Quaid?! IT IS!

[@terrylandess6072]

"You make me wish I had three hands". Not Arnold but Iconic.

[@johnkelly90]

Actually “Screw you” was great, as well… because it’s delivered with actual emotion rather than a smirk.

[@stinkbug4321]

The most important thing to remember about this for me is there is a girl with three knockers.

[@Youngie761]

"See you at the party Rictor" Never gets old.

[@kendric2000-q3d]

'Sorry Rictor...you've be disarmed!' LOL!

[@SathReacts]

Gotta do with his accent, though. "SEE YOU AT ZA POTTY, RICHTA!"

[@jasonrd316]

😂 it's probably my favorite line from the movie for sure!

[@TylerD288]

Richter's thoughts during freefall _"REALLY?!?"_

[@SathReacts]

@@jasonrd316 It's been a small life goal of mine to meet someone named Rictor. JUST SO I CAN SAY THE LINE

[@GameChronicles]

Keep the Schwartz series going with RUNNING MAN - another classic.

[@dustinherk8124]

thats like American Gladiator meets Squid Games. good times.

[@matthewodle]

or Twins! :)

[@mantism.d.8363]

I didn't know The Running Man was based off a Stephen King short story until a couple years ago. Kinda mind blowing. He wrote it under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Although, it was quite a bit different in parts, pretty dark.

[@mvfc7637]

best Arnie one-liner’s in that film….”Need a light?”…..lol

[@redrick8900]

That movie is awful and a desecration of the source material.

[@redrick8900]

"Girlfriend from the Truman show." Good instincts.

[@StillTheVoid]

Good...or Basic? 😏

[@SurrealNirvana]

The entire plot is laid out by the recall salesman and happened exactly as he described.

[@MrKINSM]

And when it fades to white at the end as if in a dream you as the viewer are left with the question, was it real?

[@incogneato790]

@@MrKINSM Verhoeven confirmed a few years after it came out that it was a dream.

[@redrick8900]

@@incogneato790 That is a lie.

[@wmason1961]

If he were still at recall, there would be no scenes without him. There were many scenes he was not in. Why would they give him those memories when they do not include him?

[@redrick8900]

@@wmason1961 Exactly.

[@jenniferjones2863]

The "Giggity" literally had me laughing out loud it was so unexpected. 🙂

[@kreuz7sieben]

"For what reason did they need to show us THAT?!" Total Recall in a nutshell 😂

[@WHADATBOYNAMEIS]

Mary that episode of Rick & Morty was literally called “Total Rickall”😂😂😂😂🤣

[@MaryCherryOfficial]

haha thanks

[@WHADATBOYNAMEIS]

@@MaryCherryOfficial 😉

[@nvcn86]

and the lil mutants were literally called quatos ;)

[@PaulLoh]

You should have known that Quaid didn't have a twin because Danny DeVito's name wasn't in the credits.

[@Kuonji]

I highly recommend "Running Man" next.

[@sterlinggecko3269]

that was my first R rated movie, at like 11

[@watchreadplayretro]

Yep, it's my #1 Stephen King book to movie! ;)

[@vinnynj78]

Yeah, that movie really hits the spot

[@pigidly]

Sub zero!

[@rickymoranjr9609]

this version of the movie was way better than the reboot with Colin Farrell

[@LovelyBeachCoast-us1ec]

I agree

[@MrReded69]

BUT THAT VERSION AT LEAST HAD THE UBER HOT JESSICA BIEL VS KATE BECKINSALE GIRL FIGHT!!😛😘😍

[@rickymoranjr9609]

@@MrReded69 true, but the classic movies are always better than the reboots

[@foljs5858]

@@MrReded69 Jesicca Biel is like Olive Garden vs Michelin-star restaurant Sharon Stone

[@PierceArner]

​@@rickymoranjr9609So, how do you feel about the new Dune films?

[@superflea72]

“She’s getting paid to root him…” lol, that was such an Aussie thing to say - this is why you’re adorable Mary! 😂

[@tofersiefken]

Shout out to Robert Picardo, the actor who voiced Johnny Cab, and who also portrayed the EMH doctor on Star Trek: Voyager.

[@watchreadplayretro]

Really wow all these years I thought myself a fan and never knew this! Wow! Thanks for this! To me Picardo will forever be The Cowboy (from Inner Space) :)

[@timboxall8936]

"Please state the nature of your destination"..

[@Renegade2786]

This film is filled with Star Trek characters. There's Captain Jellico, Gul Dukat, Ensign Sonya Gomez, etc.

[@wiredtardis]

Gul Dukat plays the "They're all connected!" Mars security guy.

[@buddah1221]

and Richard Woolsey on Stargate Sg-1

[@evanreid6917]

One of if not the only movie to tell you the entire plot in 5 minutes, and you completely buy into it. Without questioning anything.

[@TheBestPill-no2xp]

_The Thing_ does. But it's not told in English.

[@evanreid6917]

@@TheBestPill-no2xp fair enough, it's been a while since I've seen that movie.

[@arturovandeley]

"The Worlds end" by Wright

[@evanreid6917]

@@arturovandeley true👍🙂 I forgot that one

[@NoelMcGinnis]

The mutant’s name was ‘Mary Triple Cherry’. 😂

[@phillymike3181]

FYI: Movie intros were longer back then and usually louder to let people who were in the lobby or socializing in the theater know that the movie was starting with 2 or 3 minutes giving them time to settle in and not miss anything. Home viewing and streaming made that an unnecessary and annoying feature. Drive in theaters had ads as well as long intros to give people time to get their kids back from the playground to the cars, adults back from the snack bar or rest rooms and everyone time to settle into the cars, on lawn chairs near the cars or on the hood of the car.

[@TheWebcrafter]

Good explanation.

[@trayolphia5756]

Was also a union rule for movies back then for the credits to be before the movie. It’s why George Lucas had to privately fund Star Wars. You’d never think that something we take for granted was actually so “anti rules of Hollywood” back rhen

[@rromano158]

The premise of the movie is that you, as the audience, are supposed to question whether Quaid's ordeal is real or if he is still in the chair at the Rekall.

[@ninjahandz1168]

He’s at the chair. There are enough clues to prove that

[@Duffman69able]

@@ninjahandz1168he’s not because there are scenes that he’s not even in and he wouldn’t have memories of events he’s not a part of

[@fredwin]

@@ninjahandz1168 I'm sure this is what Verhoeven intended, but that does not work at all for a visual medium. We are shown too many scenes that Quaid is not present for.

[@Kineticboy2K1]

​@@fredwin Especially given multiple lines from before Rekall, like his wife wanting to know Melina's name, people being too reluctant about Mars, and the opening dream in general. It's too obvious that it's all real and the "it's all a dream" is more of a red herring than anything.

[@deckzone3000]

​@@ninjahandz1168 They aren't going to give you a memory where you kill your own wife.

[@mikealvarez2322]

Mary, I didn't think it was possible, but watching this movie with your reaction made it twice as entertaining, and I've seen it several times. 😊😊❤

[@hbron112]

Totally agree. She was great!

[@johnbuchanon7717]

The happiest I seen you in a reaction in months. I hope you continue in Eurotrip. You may laugh so hard you'll have to take another vacation.

[@ronfehr7899]

I liked her reaction when Hauser was telling Quaid to stick the device up his nose. The wide-eyed look on her face.

[@geraldherrmann787]

A few movies made from Philip K. Dick-books: Blade Runner (1982), Total Recall (1990), Screamers (1995), Minority Report (2002), Impostor (2002), Paycheck (2003), A Scanner Darkly (2006), Next (2007), Radio Free Albemuth (2010), The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Total Recall (2012)

[@SwampusMcGarniglus]

A Scanner Darkly, totally underrated film

[@GairBear49]

Also the Amazon series The Man In The High Castle (2015-2019). That was the first novel I read of Philip Dick and after that I was hooked! What a great writer!

[@guyinreallife6035]

then on Tv we got Man in the High Castle

[@buddah1221]

haven't thought about Screamers in years also Paycheck is underrated

[@w1975b]

that's more than a few! lol

[@Metamorfeus]

I love a movie with an ambiguous ending. Director Paul Verhoeven said on the DVD commentary that either scenario of the whole thing being real or a dream/implant is valid… and it is up to the viewer to decide which.

[@MuadDib042]

I always felt that his experience was real because we often see other characters with entire scenes that don't involve Quaid

[@x_trio_3_po333]

I saw this in the summer of 1990. I remember when Schwarzenegger came on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and announced this as "the biggest movie of the summer". I also remember renting the VHS tape of Total Recall in the spring of '91. At the end of the film, it had a brief teaser Trailer for the then upcoming "Terminator 2" film with a Terminator scene that is not in the movie. Its the famous Terminator Assembly line scene with Arnold's iconic catchphrase ending with a cut to a sign: "Summer 1991".

[@cuckoonut1208]

Peak Hollywood times.

[@trayolphia5756]

If o let they didn’t spoil the twist in the trailer.

[@ShaunRF]

"Where are you going?" "To the reactor." Mary: "To me?" 🤣

[@earlchatterton9133]

Gotta love seeing Breaking Bad's Dean Norris as good guy mutant Tony, who also appeared with Arnold the very year in Terminator 2. And the same year as Recall he appeared in Gremlins 2. And the year before had another good guy role in Lethal Weapon 2.

[@jesseslack2089]

Ronny Cox's "Fuck em" is pure gold!

[@dustinherk8124]

"that was the worst disguise ever" 12 seconds earlier "thats Quaid? How is that Quaid?"

[@t0nito]

I watched this as a kid, we kept quoting in school "Get ready fot a surpriiiiiise!"

[@Narrifani]

"I'll blow this place up and be home in time for corn flakes." I don't know why but still after 30+ years it's a great line and cracks me up.

[@samueld5418]

right lol, like he's supposed to be going to a party afterwards....so corn flakes at a party always got me

[@JamesASharp]

This movie is by far the most bonkers blockbuster film ever made. Great reaction! 👍🏿

[@tofersiefken]

Great observation about Lori's role, from the beginning, being similar (in energy) to Meryl Burbank (Truman's wife) in The Truman Show. I had never thought of that before, but it makes a lot of sense considering how both characters are "plants" serving an ulterior motive.

[@sterlinggecko3269]

in the video game, getting out of the apartment was really hard. you have a time limit to beat her before the group shows up and lays down continuous fire.

[@watchreadplayretro]

is there a new video game then, I'll have to look this up and check it out (to me Total Recall was a 1990 Commodore Amiga [disk] game and was a platformer lol totally different to the NES platformer made by a different coding team the same year)

[@jasonrd316]

This really is a perfect movie...great action, cheesy one liners, existential ideas, thought provoking twists, practical effects that are simply incredible! It's the same team that worked on The Thing, which is the only other movie I've seen with practical effect this great. I believe he's in the chair lobotomized, but for the longest time I believed all of this was real. The best thing about this movies is nearly 35 years later we're all still debating if it's a dream or reality. There's many significant things that support each point, so it's a fun debate. Simply a genius movie, and one of my favorites of all time. Thanks for reacting to it! See you at the party, Richter!!

[@axr7149]

This won a Special Achievement Oscar for its VFX.

[@TankZane]

I loved this film when it came out. Arnold was in his prime as one of the top movie stars, and I watched the movie probably 30 times on VHS. Still a great film.

[@rh-sd7tf]

As I recall, what we remember as the “ 80s” aesthetic carried on well into the early 90s. At least in the US. It didn’t really die out until grunge came along.

[@mikelundquist4596]

Yet every "reactor" has an idea in their head as to what the 80s were. They have it alll figured out, everything fits in their little box.

[@Osprey850]

Yeah, we got a bonus few years of the 80s and then just about everything changed dramatically, thanks to grunge, Jurassic Park and the internet, among other things.

[@cuckoonut1208]

For me the 90s began with the heavy house techno beat. "Pump up the jam!" opened up the gate to the 90s.

[@rsuriyop]

Since you asked, I saw it not long after it came to VHS. Certainly exceeded my expectations and still the best Arnold film to date.

[@biguy617]

The Dwarf girl played one of the Ewoks in Return of the Jedi

[@jurgenolivieira1878]

For us Dutchies Paul Verhoeven is national pride responsible for many of the 90s blockbuster Hollywood action movies (and many classics in Dutch cinema). He added some typical Dutch "flavor" (lots of graphic violence and sexual content) to his (mainstream) movies compared to the somewhat prude Hollywood movies at the time. :-) And his practical effects were groundbreaking at the time before CGI became a thing.

[@Deined]

It's great to see that you completely get Total Recall, Mary! I hope you noticed that the dude that played Cohaagen also played Dick Jones in RoboCop. So, he kinda has a rep of playing bad guys in Verhoeven's movies. 😄 Also, TBF, I wouldn't be surprised if there's fanfiction out there where Kuato is a distant relative of Chucky from Child's Play.

[@seansteyer8851]

I died when you did the "Giggidy" had to pause the movie for 5 minutes to stop laughing!

[@kellymoses8566]

Sharon Stone was so amazingly hot in this movie.

[@TheNightBadger]

_"Now they're killing fish! Great. They didn't do anything!"_

[@daustin8888]

Fun fact: The attempted sequel to this movie would eventually evolve into the Steven Spielberg movie "Minority Report".

[@yrussq]

BS or in another words stop believing Wikis fake articles. Minority Report is a standalone story by PFD. It has nothing to do with TR. Goldman wanted to shoot a Minority Report himself as a low-budget film and while negotiating with Verhoeven to produce the film he suggested as an option to inject some storylines from TR to make it kinda sequel. It had gone nowhere for many reasons. That's it. Minority Report as a finished Spielberg film has nothing to do neither with Verhoeven nor with TR movie and story. So it didn't "evolved".

[@FloridaMugwump]

No, both movies are based on short stories by the same author.

[@mnomadvfx]

PK Dick also wrote the story which was adapted into the film Minority Report, and another story called "The Golden Man" was adapted into the Nicolas Cage film "Next".

[@nealhoffman7518]

Even after 30+ years, it screws with the mind on if it's real or all in his head

[@ninjahandz1168]

All in his head

[@tarnvedra9952]

Works as both that is the beauty of it.

[@Kiernan5]

It's real. There are too many included scenes that we see as the audience that Quaid is not present for. They wouldn't make any sense if it was all in his head. Especially the scene at Rekall where we, as the audience, have been informed that the ego trip was never implanted.

[@Lensmaster1]

Real

[@petercastaneda5338]

In the 1980’s they used blue screens, for projection imposing.It wasn’t until the early 90’s when they started switching to green screens, for more digital use

[@evandipasquale9255]

It is awesome you are finally watching this movie because it is definitely one of the best sci-fi action movies ever made.

[@davidl7605]

Great reaction, Mary! This is one of my personal favorites. FIst time I saw it was in the cinema with my girlfriend at the time! great film!

[@charlesmaurer6214]

I wouldn't want a vacation memory implant, but think of it for education purposes and getting a degree or job training implanted for nearly any job.

[@erictayet]

Like in Matrix, I want that Physics degree in a jiffy! 😁

[@w1975b]

or the learning method shown in Battlefield Earth

[@TigerGreene]

If you're watching an older classic movie like Total Recall and wondering if Rick & Morty or The Matrix or a thousand other things got it from here - yes! Beloved movies and shows which lots of people recommend you are usually very quotable, and incredibly influential on stuff that came later.

[@Nakna_ankaN]

If you want more great practical effects and makeup, you should check out The Fly (1986). It stars Jeff Goldblum in arguably the best performance of his career and as a bonus will allow you to understand more Rick and Morty references.

[@samuelmoulds1016]

yeah, Mary, your reactions to this movie are soooh much better than mine! keep up the good work!

[@eliasshaikh2065]

When you hear the “crunch”, you’re THERE.

[@thejamppa]

That describe's most covid tests I had to go thru...

[@eliasshaikh2065]

@@thejamppahopefully the results always took less time than “two weeks”.

[@johnplaysgames3120]

That's my motto whenever I park my car in the garage.

[@eliasshaikh2065]

@@johnplaysgames3120it’s a terrible warning when teaching a teenager how to back a car out of a parking spot.

[@eliasshaikh2065]

Also it’s not something you want to hear when you’re getting chiropractic therapy on your neck, and it’s a newbie in training.

[@stephenphillps3250]

I was 14 when this movie came out and me and my friend snuck it to watch it and only caught the 2nd half of it. then later went to go see the whole thing I think. the effects were so cutting edge at the time and i still think most of them look great.

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

One of my all time favorite Arnold movies ever. This is where everyone learned their Arnold grunts. Mutation is the side effect of improper shielding when building the domes. The mutants are the results of exposure to radiation

[@theCommentDevil]

Yes all the best Arnold sounds come from this movie 😂

[@chuckleezodiac24]

what? Ahnuld be gruntin' since Conan the Barbarian in 1982.

[@mantism.d.8363]

It's Predator, then this for me.

[@davyc412]

"thought it was a dream"... It was a dream. They outlined the entire plot of the movie when the salesman was describing the fantasy he would receive. Even the aliens and blue sky on mars were talked about by the technicians

[@lonelyboy1977]

The only flaw in that theory is what Quaid pointed out himself: he was dreaming about Melina *before* he ever went to Rekall.

[@fallenkafiel]

Careful what you ask for Mary, cause almost all 90s and 80s sci-fi movies and TV shows are coming to reality

[@MrKINSM]

Just last night, a replicant taught me how to use the 3 sea shells.

[@bobbolondz2701]

Where are the flying cars?

[@fallenkafiel]

​@@bobbolondz2701China is making them right now go look. Up xpeng flying car

[@JoeQuake]

The Oscar for best laugh in a reaction video goes to Mary Cherry. That laugh at 33:03 is awesome! 🤣🤣

[@k.delpino1124]

A masterpiece and the first summer blockbuster of the 1990s. dir. Verhoeven had a good team for this one. The screenwriters of Alien (1979) and based on an short story by the author of Blade Runner & Minority Report. The teaser trailer for T2:Judgment Day was on the early theatre prints of this film and audiences were going nuts for that before the movie started. I can't tell you how much excitement there was in this extravaganza. Arnold at his best with supreme action, suspense and plenty of one-liners. Amazing effects at every turn in every form. The original score and main theme by Jerry Goldsmith is fantastic. Not just bang, boom and pow. But there is a story to be had with identity and all the things that come with it. "Taking the red pill" or a means of returning to reality, this movie pre-dated The Matrix (1999) in using this term. My mom still has the comic book adaptation by DC Comics (DC Movie Special). Autographed by one of the people who worked on it. There was a remake in 2012. More closer to the original material (not set on Mars) and it wasn't liked as much. But other than that, hope you guys enjoyed the ride.

[@anzaeria]

If I recall correctly, I saw this movie at the drive-in with my cousins. And yes, it's awesome on multiple levels.

[@RashaKahn]

Remember in the R & M episode they called everyone with a mutant on their belly as a Quato named after the character in the movie.

[@Tsotmiam]

The long intros were most likely due to movies still being made almost solely for theatres at this point in time. Antarctica is an amazing pull for a vacation destination to remember. (Recall)

[@PowderedToastMan420]

I love ROBOCOP! The way that Murphy has his humanity stripped away from him and his character arc to regain it is amazing. ROBOCOP = GOAT! 🤞✌️

[@SlamminGraham]

"It's hard to pay attention when she's... She's distracting me ... I can't focus... I'm just distracted by her." Now Mary knows how we feel when watching her videos. ;)

[@scgreek1114]

Although Sharon Stone has been in over 53 movies and counting, many of us remember her as the woman who refuses to wear underwear in "Basic Instinct." 😁

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

Loved your reaction!!! One reason the film is good is because of the writer of the short story it's based on. "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale". By the great sci-fi writer Phillip K. Dick. -- A few more television series and films created from stories by PKD. The Man in the High Castle (TV Series) Electric Dreams (TV Series) The Adjustment Bureau A Scanner Darkly Paycheck Minority Report Blade Runner ("Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep") -- And the beauty of it is, Is this his memory from Recall or did it really happen? As we say in Texas; y'all be safe. Everyone!!

[@DonFatherTrump]

"I'm sure she hated every minute of it." 😁 Lmao I'd be clowning him in exactly the same way.

[@xtldc]

21:40 hands down the best soundbite I’ve heard from Mary Recall doctor - put it in your mouth Mary - say less Recall d octor - swallow it Mary - say less

[@Jordashian93]

Arnold is a legend and Total Recall is a classic. I remember watching this movie when I was a kid and I enjoyed the sci-fi action very much. Now as an adult I can appreciate the film even more.

[@Gyreck]

- Love this movie, classic. Saw it in the 90's I think ? Might be my favorite reaction from you so far, humor and commentary were on point (great 'giggity' moment as well). You seemed very natural, relaxed and in the groove. Great stuff Mary ! | : ] '

[@MJosephB]

“And now he’s killing fish!” My, god! Totally irredeemable now! 😜

[@robertmartin2936]

Coincidentally I always watch these to stay up to date on microphone technology 10/10

[@david8720]

"Blue skies on Mars...? That's a new one." - The tech guy at Rekall. The whole movie is Quaid in a chair.

[@redrick8900]

Wrong.

[@Sig509]

We are never sure, but I think that most of the stuff indicates that. Even the white light at the end with company jingle, Quaid is probably getting lobotomized.

[@larrybremer4930]

Maybe. I agree it mostly says the whole movie is a Recall induced dream.... But...... Quaid knows the truth of the machine deep in his subconscious so the mixture of his real identity as a spy, his fake identity as Quaid, and Recall starting to process his vacation memory (drugged) all create a composite memory, basically implying he imagined the "blue sky" remark from the tech. Yeah, I know that it thin, but my point is the comment is not a deal breaker to either outcome being correct. What has always bothered me more is the Aliens build this huge machine that only needs one button to push and it leave you asking why it was never pushed? This massive construction project was fully completed and then abandoned! Kind of hard to swallow that red pill.

[@Duffman69able]

It’s not because there’s several scenes that he’s not even in and he wouldn’t have memories of events he’s not present for

[@mscolli3]

...maybe

[@incogneato790]

A couple years after it came out Verhoeven confirmed that the whole adventure was a dream. Everything said in the sales pitch happened, and everything the doctor said in hotel room happened too. Also at the end if fades to white which is what movies do for someone waking from a dream or dying.

[@CrownlessKing88]

The horrifying face thing at the end is being from in the vacuum of space basically. Not mutation. And I guess the people were living off what air was already in the area when they turned it off.

[@w1975b]

Except a planet is not representing a vacuum of space. from site - livescience By definition, a vacuum is devoid of matter.

[@chrisgrove7829]

Haha, the reason why the opening credits were such a big deal back in the day is because 1990 was still the era of movie stars, and people cared who starred, directed, and produced. Today it’s more like, I don’t care who’s in it, just entertain me:)

[@skynets_favorite_cyborg]

Michael Ironside as Richter is one of my favorite movie characters

[@andyastrand]

Michael Ironside as XXXXXX is one of my favourite movie characters

[@MichaelScheele]

He was excellent in Starship Troopers as Lt. Rasczak. And as Jester in Top Gun.

[@andyastrand]

@@MichaelScheele I also loved him as the anti hero arms dealer in V

[@AngelAscanio]

I saw it in theaters in 1990. It blew up everybody's mind back on those days. We saw it several times. It was top-of-the-art in practical effects back in those days. I'm glad you saw it. Films like this were the ones that pushed the lever upper and upper until advanced CGI entered the game.

[@dustinherk8124]

Hope she checks out Running Man. the "squid games/American Gladiator" of the 1980's, Ft Arnie.

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

Didn't The Running Man inspire the American Gladiators?

[@dustinherk8124]

@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps no idea tbh. but probably more than likely.

[@richiecabral3602]

This is from a Philip K. Dick short story. Funny name aside, he was a scifi writer, and lots of movies and TV shows have been made based off his work. There is a newer remake, that's supposedly closer to the original short story, and is a good scifi action flick, but this one is so campie and stylistic, that's kind of cheesey, but it's also what makes it so much fun! It's a classic!

[@largo778]

the more recent movie is "more accurate" but at the same time worse

[@davidmcleod5133]

Philip K. Dick is NOT a funny name. Philip C. Dick, or even Phil Z. Dick… now THOSE are funny names! 😂

[@snorpenbass4196]

The remake is even farther from it - the original story is a short satire in which one guy turns out to have actually done all the things they try to cover his memories with - up to and including an alien invasion. It's pretty funny. The remake is just crap.

[@MichaelScheele]

The 2012 remake of Total Recall does not exist. It's only an implanted memory; schedule yourself for a memory wipe.

[@richiecabral3602]

@@MichaelScheele sorry homie! I could never forget Kate Beckinsale in it! It wasn't so bad. Don't get all bitter bro!

[@MuadDib042]

This is absolutely one of my all time favorite movies. You mentioned a lot of reasons why its good, but the best is because of how its paced. It never gets boring no matter how many times you watch it....god knows I've lost track myself.

[@AmatureAstronomer]

The sky on Mars is not red. It is blue, as many photos taken on Mars by the rovers have shown. And, if exposed to the thin atmosphere of Mars, you do not swell up and explode. You just die of suffocation, after huffing and puffing the thin atmosphere for a several minutes.

[@chuckleezodiac24]

thanks, nerd.

[@redrick8900]

Wrong.

[@nathanclements1986]

​@@chuckleezodiac24😂

[@Henchman_Holding_Wrench]

Saw it as a teenager on broadcast TV. Heavily edited of course. Didn't get the full effect until seeing the whole thing a decade later. The reactor bit, Qua Bros., whatever happened there at the end with the microphone. I loved the silliness.

[@sunnyvegas2778]

I loved this movie too! I remember every scene in it! I can remember even the tiniest of details! You could say I have "total recall"....LOL

[@sweatd0g]

Great reaction, Mary! And very funny as usual. Your next Veerhoven movie should definitely be "Basic Instinct". Not as violent as the others, but so entertaining.

[@MaryCherryOfficial]

Interesting. Title sounds familiar

[@sweatd0g]

@@MaryCherryOfficial Yes, it's another big pop culture 90s film that falls into the area of thriller/suspense, so you've probably heard of it.

[@Escapee5931]

Yeah, make sure your Blurry Dot Machine is fully charged up...

[@x_trio_3_po333]

It is a great film, but it might make Mary think twice about wearing mini-skirts. BTW there is a 1993 spoof of this movie called "Fatal Instinct" but unlike most 90's spoofs, this one is not very good at all.

[@miskatoniclibrarian3]

Another example of 80s cinema being the best cinema 🤘

[@joshuacampbell7493]

Now, watch Arnold Schwarzenegger again in Commando, Eraser, The Running Man & True Lies. It's totally worth it 👌.

[@rartu]

Saw it in Puerto Rico with Spanish subtitles at the theater at 10 years old. Blew me away!

[@bensneb360]

Fun Fact: Tony the mutant on Mars with the messed up face is played by Dean Norris, who went on to play Hank in Breaking Bad… Dean Norris was also in another Paul Verhoeven film, Starship Troopers, I guess they got along great together

[@LordVolkov]

Verhoeven seems to like working with the same actors for smaller or villainous roles. Ronnie Cox, Michael Ironside, and Sharon Stone also appear in other Verhoeven movies.

[@LuciferStarr]

15:42 Strangely enough that's not the line that made it into a dance track. "Open your mind" however, did.

[@AFMountaineer2000]

I'm in the camp that this whole movie after he sits in the rekall chair is a dream

[@feudist]

Yep. He lived out the "Secret Agent" package to the T. "...most important mission...deep undercover...people trying to kill you left and right...get the girl and save the planet..." The transformation of Mars into an Earth-like paradise in a matter of minutes(just in time to save him) was another giveaway that it was a simplistic fantasy.Plus the weird overexposed focus on the two of them as they kissed. In fact, you could argue that from the very opening, in his oddly prescient dream, he's already in the chair at ReKall.

[@brianboye8025]

You are amazing. You saw the appropriate comparison between Sharon Stones wife behavior and the Trumen Show actress wife.

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

"get yur azz to moz"

[@erictayet]

One of my fav movie of all time. It finally got a 4K remaster. Gonna buy the bluray for keeps.

[@axr7149]

Paul Verhoeven also directed a French movie titled ELLE (2016), which got a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Isabelle Huppert.

[@generichuman_]

I've been laughing for 5 minutes at "why would they ask him the questions after they injected him"

[@jamiehill3621]

I love that when he meets Malena in the bar the mutant who tells him you got a lot of nerve showing your face around here. Is the actor who plays Hank in Breaking Bad

[@buddah1221]

fun gamer fact the actor who plays Richter, Michael Ironside is the voice actor for Sam Fisher main charachter of the Splinter Cell game series

[@theCommentDevil]

This and predator are Arnolds best films imo

[@tiagoalves2056]

Terminator also