TOTAL RECALL (1990) MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING!

TOTAL RECALL (1990) MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING! Polls, early access and full reactions on Patreon / reelreviewswithjen Watch me watch this 90's throwback sci-fi movie, Total Recall in this first time watching reaction video! Total Recall tells the story of when a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?
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The film was directed by Paul Verhoeven and based on Philip K. Dick short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale." Total Recall stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Quaid, Sharon Stone as Lori, Rachel Ticotin as Melina, Michael Ironside as Richter, Ronny Cox as Cohaagen, Marshall Bell as George, Mel Johnson Jr. as Benny and Ray Baker as McClane.
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[@002DrEvil]

This was Sharon Stone's first major role. Her performance was so good she got cast as the star in Paul Verhoeven's next film, Basic Instinct.

[@jcastromex]

"See you at the party Richter!" is also one of my favorite lines from the movie! 🤣 I lost count of how many times I've seen this film for its awesomeness. I'm glad you enjoyed it. "The Running Man" with Arnold is also a great cult favorite. If you like costume designs, the you absolutely must see "Nightbreed" by Clive Barker. It came out the same year as "Total Recall". 🎥❤

[@ckobo84]

Sorry, I had to disarm you.

[@jasonrd316]

lol I use that quote all the time. Might be the best line of the movie.

[@Mr.Ekshin]

It would have been better if Richter was laying on the floor with no arms, and then Arnold could have tossed him the arms, and said, "Here, catch! Oh, wait...".

[@TheNeonRabbit]

8:08 The "driver" of the JohnnyCab is voiced by, and modeled after Robert Picardo, the actor who plays the holographic doctor on Star Trek Voyager.

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

I haven’t seen Star Trek 😬

[@taoist32]

@@ReelReviewsWithJen Hi Jen. What have you watched? I have seen several of your reactions and subscribed a while ago, so just curious what you have already seen.

[@44excalibur]

@@ReelReviewsWithJen Robert Picardo also played Eddie in The Howling and appeared in other Joe Dante movies like Innerspace, Gremlins 2, and The 'Burbs.

[@lurkerrekrul]

@@44excalibur Don't forget him playing the aliens in Explorers. :)

[@reesebn38]

@@44excalibur I love him in Innerspace!! Innerspace really shows off his talent when he becomes Martin Short's character and does a perfect impression of Short. "You see the movie The Outlaw Josey Wales? What a flick!" LMAO

[@BigGator5]

"Get your ass to Mars!" I like to think that the events of this movie happened. The whole "It Was A Dream" plot rarely ever works out in movies unless we see what really happened. Fun Fact: Arnold Schwarzenegger was so impressed by how much dedication Sharon Stone had in training for her character role that he even help get her inducted into the Stunt Woman Association as an honorary member. Sharon Stone posed nude for 'Playboy' magazine, showing off the buff body she developed in preparation for the movie. Sharon pumped iron and learned Tae Kwon Do. Bonus Fact: Arnold Schwarzenegger noticed that Michael Ironside was constantly on the phone between takes. When he broached the subject with Ironside, he was told that he was phoning his sister and that she was currently suffering from cancer. Arnold immediately brought Michael to his trailer and they had an hour-long, three-way conversation with Ironside's sister about what exercises she should do and what kinds of foods she should be eating. Ironside has never forgotten Schwarzenegger's kindness and neither has his sister.

[@CRFlixs]

The director said it was all a Recall implant, that if the movie went on 10 more seconds we'd of seen Quaid wake up in the Recall chair.

[@BigGator5]

CRFlixxx ...I don't care. I have to interpret what's on the screen, not what the director "intended" to happen. To be honest, there's only superficial evidence that it was a dream. I will ask you this: If this was Douglas Quaid's dream, why are we made aware of events and sequences in which Quaid was either unconscious or not there?

[@Henrik_Holst]

@@CRFlixs Verhoeven might have said that but just as with Ridley Scott and Blade Runner neither of them wrote the script, they where just the director. And in the novel it was real and not just a dream.

[@js0988]

@@BigGator5 That's how dreams work! You can witness events you're not part of.

[@NateAZ]

The woman at the Recall place specifically said she had not yet implanted the secret agent portion of his implant before he started freaking out and screaming that they blew his cover. To me, this makes the story lean more to it being real and not implanted...the director may have been talking out of his ass...

[@althrox]

A good companion movie to watch with this is Outland (1981) with Sean Connery.

[@dereknolin5986]

That's an underrated film!

[@blastradius9136]

Philip K Dick's book " Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" also influenced Blade Runner.

[@danielallen3454]

"Influenced" is a good word for it. Because, while it takes basic themes and concepts from the book, it really doesn't have much in common, plot-wise. The result's a brilliant film that *could* have been written by Dick. It's unfortunate we'll never know what he would've thought of it.

[@WUStLBear82]

Although the title "Blade Runner" is from a completely unrelated Alan Nourse novel about smuggling transplant organs, where it made a great deal more contextual sense.

[@st0n3p0ny]

@@danielallen3454 Speilberg talked about this. He said PKD was a genius concept illustrator. His stories were all so short you have to write new material to fill it out.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Phillip K. Dick is a cornerstone of the science fiction writing community, along with such vaunted names as Frank Herbert, Isaac Asimov, Arthur Clark and Robert Heinlien. Dick especially enjoyed writing stories wherin someone must question the reliability of their own mind. Some other great adaptations of his work include "The Blade Runner," "A Scanner Darkly," "Minority Report." and "The Man In the High Castle."

[@taoist32]

He also took drugs frequently, so he was always on a high, hallucinatory mind p trip.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

@@taoist32 Yeah, "A Scanner Darkly" is very much about that.

[@danielallen3454]

He's very much a writer who, when confronted with the statement, "I think, therefore I am", would've responded: Yes. But are they *your* thoughts?

[@chrisleebowers]

"Impostor" 2001

[@Henrik_Holst]

@@chrisleebowers underrated movie!

[@frax9204]

Just wanted to mention how much I'm loving your reactions to one of my favorite movies!!

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

Thank you so much!

[@Seele2015au]

Jen, a fair few of Philip K Dick's sci-fi stories have been made into feature films: "Blade Runner" (1982), "Total Recall" (1990), "Screamers" (1995), "Minority Report" (2002), "Impostor" (2002), "Paycheck" (2003), "A Scanner Darkly" (2006), "Next" (2007), "The Adjustment Bureau" (2011), "Total Recall" (2012), and as a follow-up, "Blade Runner 2049" (2017). "The Man In The High Castle" was made as a television series in 2015.

[@StarkRG]

Note that, just before he's put under to have the memories implanted at the Recall clinic, the technician notes "That's a new one. Blue sky on Mars." And then note how the movie ends...

[@Hanneth]

Kill count was 67 Douglas Quaid/Hauser (Arnold Schwarzenegger): 47 Melina (Rachel Ticotin): 12 Richter (Michael Ironside): 4 Thumbelina (Debbie Lee Carrington): 3 Benny (Mel Johnson, Jr.): 1 According to "The Action Elite". I figured there was a web site that had kill counts for movies.

[@fishbone8703]

This was needed

[@AutoPilate]

Wouldn’t Benny’s body count be 2? Or do George and Kuato count as one body?

[@fishbone8703]

@@AutoPilate im calling that 2 bodys

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

It's fun to see your obvious enjoyment on this one, Jen! The enthusiasm is infectious.

[@mwflanagan1]

Thanks for this one, Jen. You’re a delight to watch. And I think you have the best female impression of Arnold’s grunting lingo.

[@hilarywilliams1909]

Philip K. Dick was a prolific author mostly published in in science fiction magazines. This movie is based the short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale". Other films based on his work include Blade Runner, Screamers, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, and The Adjustment Bureau. You also may have heard about or seen the TV series based on his novel The Man in the High Castle.

[@w1975b]

love The Adjustment Bureau edit - Total Recall (1990) is a classic fave of mine, of course

[@johnanderson5558]

I had the best time watching this with you, Jen! To quote you, “I’m obsessed with this“

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

Haha thank you much!

[@44excalibur]

Fun Fact: Total Recall was directed by Paul Verhoeven, who had previously directed the 1987 sci-fi hit, Robocop. David Cronenberg had originally been approached to direct the film, but quit the production due to "artistic differences" with the studio.

[@christophero1969]

David Cronenberg probably wanted more gore.

[@44excalibur]

@@christophero1969 Actually, the studio wanted the film to be more of a "summer blockbuster" and Cronenberg isn't that kind of filmmaker.

[@w1975b]

@@christophero1969 Verhoeven put plenty of gore, which had to be reduced to get an R from what I've read.

[@angelminaj617]

This was filmed in Mexico. I love the fact that this movie leaves whether the events were real or an implanted memory from Recall, up to interpretation. Me, I think that this was his dream trip and Recall did a great job at implanting his secret agent trip.

[@JYMBXL]

Another movie whith a theme of recorded memory is the 1995 sci-fi thriller "Strange Days" directed by Kathryn Bigelow, on a story by James Cameron. You should give it a go...

[@TheNeonRabbit]

When Arnold's getting the memory implant at Recall we hear one of the technicians say "that's a new one... blue sky on Mars".

[@garrywalker435]

I think this is my favourite reaction you've done so far Jen. There's so many twists and turns in the movie and you were getting wrapped up in every one. Arnie said in an interview that the line "Consider that a divorce" was his favourite one liner in any of his films. Yeah it was all done on sets and with miniatures, no CG, which is great as the effects in this still look so good and any use of the CG they had back then would have aged really badly. If you haven't watched it yet then the next Arnie film to watch would be The Running Man which is also full of great action and awesome, cheesy one liners.

[@sabalos]

The bit you specifically asked about whether it was CGI etc, when Arnie's on the train - he's standing in a train set, then when the camera pulls back out of the window you can see that the train is a little model, so he's being superimposed in the model train window. It's a pretty great match and camera move, especially for 1990. (This movie was a big driver of special effects though - the X-ray scanner skeleton stuff was a huge leap forward for CGI, not just in the end result but the whole process of deciding to do it and actually putting it together. There's a featurette about it on the recent 30th anniversary bluray.)

[@MrWackaloon]

Great reaction, as always. Other great movies based on Philip K. Dick's writings are Blade Runner, Minority Report, The Adjustment Bureau, and A Scanner Darkly.

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

This is my second favorite (after Predator). Lots of people don't notice that when that woman's mask comes off that the Arnold you see underneath is also a puppet. Rob Bottin is a genius and I wish people like him still had a relevant presence in the film industry today. Personally, I think the white flash you see at the very end is Quaid being lobotomized at Rekall. But it really depends on what scenario you prefer. Always love your reactions, Jen.

[@sncreducer]

The breakability of every single piece of glass in this movie is a key part of the plot.

[@johnw8578]

Phillip K Dick is one of my favorite authors. This movie in a loose adaptation of a story titled "We'll Remember It for Your Wholesale." Dick often had stories about reality peeling away for the protagonist in a sf setting.

[@44excalibur]

"YAH-GED-BURG-YAH!" Your mastery of Arnold-speak is outstanding, Jen. 😜

[@krono5el]

"see you at the pahty Richter" is totally a legendary quote : D

[@edwardthorne9875]

You might want to check out the sad story of how Philip K Dick slowly lost his mind. Hallucinations, paranoia, loss of sense of reality. Science fiction did not pay well, so he fought poverty all his life. He was married five times. I am sure the California scene (i.e. drugs) did not help very much. He left behind 44 novels (another source says 33) and 121 short stories. His life reads like a Thomas Pynchon book. At any rate - another wonderful reaction -- can't wait for you to see 'True Lies'.

[@jamielandis4308]

The city scenes were filmed in Mexico City. The Mars exteriors are miniatures.

[@44excalibur]

Total Recall is only marginally faithful to the original short story, Jen. In the short story, Quaid's name was "Quail" and the story never goes to Mars. Mars is only mentioned in passing.

[@anubis66678]

They are quite different, but Total Recall still feels like PKD to me. Kind of like how feels like an adaptation of an HP Lovecraft story, even though it technically isn't. Both are among my favorite movies. 😀

[@shainewhite2781]

YES, thank you Jen! Love this movie! David Cronenberg was going to direct this movie but had a falling out with Dino De Laurentiis. Paul Verhoeven director of RoboCop took the reins to make this movie It was a box office and critical success making $279 million dollars against a $70-90 million dollar budget, making it the most expensive film ever. It won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Partrick Swayze, Richard Dreyfuss Michael Douglas, Dennis Quaid, James Caan and Christopher Reeve were considered for the lead till Schwarzenegger was cast There was a sequel to the movie that became a standalone movie called Minority Report by Steven Spielberg starring Tom Cruise as a cop accused of a crime he hasn't committed yet in this epic Sci Fi Action Adventure film.

[@mikesilva3868]

Agreed 🙂

[@marklola12]

That skeleton thing at the subway/airport was amazing at the time as it used techniques we had not seen before in a movie

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

So cool!

[@adamclifton29]

I think this whole movie was a dream. It was real until he went into the Recall machine. It began as a dream when the Recall boss was told that there's another schizoid embolism. The guy described to Arnie the whole basic plot of the movie when he was pushing the Secret Agent part of the memory

[@robertnigro1430]

the author who wrote this also wrote story they made into bladerunner with harrison ford. This movie was also made into a tv series that only lasted like one season.

[@ChronosTachyon]

One of my favorite Arnold movies! Arnold at his action movie peak, Michael Ironside at maximum Michael Ironside, Paul Verhoeven in peak form, and the film that convinced me that Philip K Dick adaptations can do no wrong. Like almost all PKD film adaptations, my understanding is that it takes a lot of ideas from the story but little of the plot. Blade Runner and Minority Report are also PKD adaptations worth watching if you haven't already. Like many Verhoeven films, it married action, over the top gore, tongue in cheek satire, and surprisingly strong plot and dialogue writing. RoboCop and Starship Troopers are both worth checking out. This is one of those Arnie films that really highlights the fact that Schwarzenegger is actually quite the connoisseur of good scripts (and a sci-fi fan). True Lies is *excellent* and features Arnold co-starring with Jamie Lee Curtis. Must watch.

[@tremorsfan]

Hats off to the actress who plays the fake robot head. Also fun fact: That passport is the actress's real passport,

[@alva1370]

Total Recall and Running Man make a good double feature. I've done it a couple times.

[@carlocartini8509]

Hello Jen. Great reaction to a fantastic roller coaster ride of a film. I don't know if anyone else has said this but the film answers how much 300 credits is. The johnnycab ride was 18 credits. So only about 16 cab trips!

[@billbabcock1833]

Welcome to the world of Phillip K. Dick. An extremely prolific science fiction author in the 50s and 60s. This movie came from a story of his, We Can Remember it For You Wholesale. Another story of his, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, was turned into Blade Runner. Other stories of his were turned into movies - Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, The Man in the High Castle, The Adjustment Bureau and more.

[@d.-_-.b]

The look on your face as that head was pulled off "like a puzzle" 🤯

[@bghammock]

This movie was a blast in the theater! As someone else suggested, The Running Man is another good Arnie one from this era. 3:30 Well, it's kinda hard to describe and you probably wouldn't believe it anyway LOL Best to watch.

[@honkenbonker]

There are a fair number of movies inspired by the works of Philip K Dick, his work is very mind-bending. A must-read author if you're into scifi.

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

I definitely need to check it out!

[@honkenbonker]

@@ReelReviewsWithJen Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is the book that Blade Runner is very, very loosely based off. If you only read one PKD book you might try The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. Dick's prose and characterization are serviceable, but where he shines is his reality-warping plots and ideas.

[@ericjanssen394]

It’s said that Total Recall is the Last Real Blockbuster of the 80’s-or wha the kids today would call “Practical effects” 🙄 -before Jurassic Park and T2 brought CGi Into the 90’s. There’s still something to be said for real actors on big real soundstages, and even crazy latex makeup on real live actors.

[@CraftsWithCrafts]

This was based on a short story called "We Can Remember it For You Wholesale" but in concept only. Some elements are close, but others are WAY different. It's worth a read. Philip K Dick was also the one who inspired "Blade Runner (1982)" with his short story "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" For funsies you should check out "Total Recall (2012)" starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Bokeem Woodbine, and Brian Cranston.

[@Captain_Caveman1981]

Thank you for choosing Total Recall. We hope you enjoyed the ride!

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

I really enjoyed this one! Thanks for watching!

[@sabalos]

You could do a whole series on movie adaptations of Philip K Dick stories - Minority Report, Blade Runner, A Scanner Darkly, The Adjustment Bureau, Next, The Man in the High Castle (TV Show).. erm, Paycheck. They're not all masterpieces, but people love adapting him.

[@kimghanson]

They didn't have CGI back then so they had to go to Mars to get the footage.

[@jamesdodds9407]

Dollhouse TV series good example of memory implants, personality erasing. Joss Whedon and Elisa Dusku and many buffy / angel /serenity actors.

[@misterprickly]

Dick's story is close enough that it warranted a credit card a huge cheque to avoid a lawsuit. I'd reccomend the Total Recall novelization by Piers Anthony. It answers a lot of questions. Rob Botin, who did the effects for the thing and Robocop, did the effects for this film. There's a fan theory that Cohagan is the great great great great grandson of Dick Jones, from robocop.

[@awesomov]

Total Recall isn't true to the short story plot-wise, but it is the adaptation that's closest in spirit to Philip K. Dick's work in general, featuring numerous tropes his works generally had like the reality-bending, numerous plot-twists and fake-outs, proto-cyberpunk elements, and most importantly the satire that most other adaptations miss. While the philosophical ideas in his works are indeed interesting and worth discussing, people adapting his work tend to adopt a darker more serious tone, taking what's supposed to be satirical and outrageous WAY too seriously.

[@AddSerious]

in the book he never goes to Mars, the funny thing is that the remake made a few years ago is closer to the book but everyone hated it

[@futuramayeah]

the trains and moutains on Mars looked like miniatures

[@futuramayeah]

Jen, i just saw on History channel that we were supposed to go to Mars in 1981, we might have with the secret space program, part of it was to retrieve an alien spaceship that they found crashed on the moon in the 1970s . there could have been a city on Mars in real life when this movie was made, and we never knew about it.

[@xellosxerxes]

Lovely Bit O' Info. The "Johnny Cab" driver designed after and voiced by Robert Picardo, who played the EMH Doctor from ST:VOYAGER. Can't see him and not hear, "Please state the nature of the medical emergency..."

[@002DrEvil]

Philip K Dick wrote Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep which was filmed as Blade Runner.

[@colinforsyth7828]

Hi, I have to say, when this movie came out, I was in primary school, and between this and t2 the following year arnie was the dude. You had to have seen them back then. Awesome reaction. Thanks a lot jen! Enjoy. 😊👍

[@KIKO-xy8ix]

Experiencing your reactions are so fun helps me through these hard times 😷👏

[@shannonjohnson6532]

Paul Verhoeven is one of my favorite directors. It's a tossup between this and Robocop for my favorite movie from him.

[@futuramayeah]

Jen, i thought it was psychic of you to be talking about a 2 week vacation before Quaid got to Mars and the 2 weeks scene happened, that's a famous quote from this movie , " 2 Weeks "

[@ronfehr7899]

Marshall Bell, who plays Kuato, also starred with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie Twins. A must-see movie if you haven't already seen it.

[@n.ayisha]

i rewatched this a week ago, and it is still one of my favorite movies from my youth. the remake was not bad either, but nothing beats this classic. and, yes... the tech is very believable. the Karl Urban and Michael Ealy series "Almost Human" was like that too with a future that seems very likely and integrates the world we already know. i wish they made more seasons of that show.

[@TerryNationB7]

I really enjoyed Severance. I hope to see more reators watching it on youtube as there aren't many at the moment and it's good for reactions. A lot of Philip K Dick stories involve being unsure of reality or distrusting your own mind. Dick took a LOT of drugs throughout his life and struggled with his own sanity at times. I feel sad for him as a person dealing with that but some amazing ideas came from it into his work. Many movies and tv episodes/series have been made based on his writing, which is a testament to his interesting thought processes.

[@lurkerrekrul]

11:50 - Using someone as a human shield is strictly movie fiction. In real life, bullets will easily go completely through a human body. Most handgun bullets will also easily go through wooden tables, walls and car bodies. 18:08 - Uncensored nipple! I'm scarred for life! ;) 20:30 - If Doug's mind is creating its own reality, wouldn't it also create the sweat on the Rekall executive to further the delusion? BTW, speaking of Robocop, did you recognize the actor playing Cohagen, as Dick Jones, OCP executive? Also, same director...

[@Mojavegreen]

My favorite Arnold movie, and one of Paul Verhoeven’s best! I remember watching this with my dad , when we rented it from video store in 1990, when I was 8.

[@christopherschreiber5805]

What's great about this movie is that it could be either way, depending on your interpretation. I'm sure you've realized by now, but everything that happens in the movie after he wakes up in the chair completely fit the specifications of what he requested. Also, don't know if you caught it but as he's drifting off, one of the technicians says "Blue skies on Mars. That's a new one." On the other hand, it seems as though Melina actually existed, as he dreamt of her exact face before anything even happened. For a movie that's not about time travel, you could dive pretty deep into this. I recommend BRAZIL in this spirit. Another proper mind-f*ck.

[@marlinbially9628]

For me the blue skies on mars comment is the best evidence for it being a dream.

[@Emburbujada]

Brazil is great!!!

[@danielallen3454]

@@marlinbially9628 And that's the beauty of well-done ambiguity in film and literature. You can debate it forever

[@tremorsfan]

@Christopher Schreiber would you listen to yourself. She's real because he dreamed her?

[@christopherschreiber5805]

@@tremorsfan Not another schizoid embolism.

[@garysmith3037]

I never caught the references from Total Recall in other movies before, if it was the intent. The red pill taking you out of a simulation (Matrix), was Total Recall what inspired them? "Clever girl", because she was distracting him while the others snuck up on him (Jurassic Park).

[@44excalibur]

Those are very impressive "Arnold falling sounds," Jen. 😆🤣

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

Haha why thank you!

[@blastradius9136]

Arnold Scooby Doo noises lol

[@gordonhaire9206]

Everything the salesman promised happened. Now, he has to wake up and return to life with his wife and coworkers, who were his enemies in the "Ego Trip." The memories will still seem real. How will it affect his real life relationships?

[@w1975b]

He has to wake up? He might stay in fantasyland for the rest of his life.

[@3DJapan]

The trains here have TVs. Well, screens. They mostly show train related info and ads.

[@isaackellogg3493]

“Blue skies on Mars? That’s a new one!” Science marches on-we now know that although Mars’ sky is pink at noon, it is blue for every sunrise and sunset, the opposite of Earths sky.

[@shainewhite2781]

This movie is packed full of one liners and for good reason! When audiences saw the teaser trailer, which was attached to Tango and Cash, they were confused, until they saw the theatrical trailer and wanted to see this movie. It received an X rating due to the strong graphic violence that had to be trimmed for a minute or two. Schwarzenegger said in an interview that this move is "Indiana Jones Meets Metropolis meets Star Wars, meets Die Hard or Die Hard on Mars." He even said that the architecture is based on BATMAN 89. Arnold did most of his on stunts in this movie. The movie had a combination of Miniatures, CGI, Prosthetic makeup effects, blue screen, front screen projection, and matte paintings, which is why it won Best Visual Effects.

[@adamdarmstaedter1256]

Everything played out exactly as the Recall salesman described.

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

It really did

[@adamdarmstaedter1256]

@@ReelReviewsWithJen - It is kind of similar to Vanilla Sky in a way. I think you would really like that one.

[@totomomo18]

Great movie. You should also see another great Arnold movie The Running Man . A really great underrated movie.

[@w1975b]

I noticed some colorful books behind you that look organized in the Roy G Biv order :)

[@sethball2475]

Philip K. Dick is probably the most significant writer of SF to emerge from the US, and definitely the most filmed. I’ve mainly read his novels, and somehow have never grabbed up one of his short story collections, but have bumped into several of the short stories when reading collections of short tales featuring many different authors. Interestingly, the short stories I discover in this manner never seem to be the ones that have been filmed! So I have not read ‘We Can Remember It For You Wholesale”…but my understanding is that the 1990 Total Recall film does expand the basic idea of the story, whereas I heard that Minority Report is very unlike the PKD short story that inspired it. Jen, I know you read SF; my Top 5 Philip K. Dick novels are: Dr. Bloodmoney (this book also makes my Top 10 list of SF by ANY author) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (filmed as Blade Runner; book and film both excellent) Time Out Of Joint (pretty much accepted as a major influence on the movie The Truman Show) The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Eye In The Sky If you enjoyed Total Recall, you should enjoy checking out PKD’s novels and short stories. Paranoia, Reality turned on its head, Conspiracies real and imagined, Unreliable identities, and Mars! I just read a PKD short story called ‘Survey Team’ in a collection called Nature’s Warnings (eco-minded SF), so it’s funny to see you post this the next day - everything is reminding me how crazy brilliant the author was.

[@taoist32]

Philip was known to be on drugs most of his writing career. Gave him plenty of far out mind trips.

[@candicelitrenta8890]

They really didn't use CGI that much back in those days. I believe it was miniatures and makeup, along with stop motion

[@kermitcook8498]

Loved this movie Jen. Glad you think it's worth a rewatch. I was not happy with his "see you at the party," line. We all knew he wasn't going to the party. I wanted "Hey Richter, let me give you a hand" or "Could you use a hand, Richter?" or something like that. Dream or real this time he got the girl. Until he wakes up and his wife beats the crap out of him again. After this I remembered that Blade Runner was based on Phil Dick story. He had several stories turned into watchable movies. I didn't want to watch the Colin Farrell reimagining of this title. Surprise! Good stuff. Not the same story. Well worth the watch. Arnold Sci-fi? Running Man and Sixth Day. Both watchable. Arnold as a fireman fights terrorists in Collateral Damage. As always good job Jen.

[@SkyForgeVideos]

Open your Mind!

[@futuramayeah]

when this came out, Kuato might have been the first telepath mutant in a movie, before Professor X in X-men (2000)

[@dereknolin5986]

I wish I could link to the hilarious SNL sketches where Andy Samberg plays Kuato, but it appears that NBC is keeping them hidden in a vault somewhere.

[@kevinwilson140]

The scene with the guy claiming to be from recall is the best evidence that it's all a dream. The bad guys plan depends on Quaid and quato meeting. If Quaid gets captured at that point in the movie the plan is ruined. There's no reason to send in the guy from the recall commercials to convince Quaid that none of this is real that doesn't help at all.

[@taoist32]

How about the sweat? If Arnold never saw the sweat he would have swallowed the pill and the movie would take a far different turn.

[@Brooklyn_Bleek]

There was a Twilight Zone episode that I can't remember the name of, about a broke man, down on his luck, that starts selling off his memories to a pawn shop owner dealing in illegal memory sales. A lot of weird shit happens & the ending freaked me out as a kid for some reason. I don't know why this reaction just reminded me of that episode....but, if anybody remembers the name of the episode, PLEASE respond! Thanks, and as always, Great Reactions!

[@alexhicks5889]

I love your Arnold sounds!

[@davidalegria1943]

Melina was played by Rachel ticotan,she was the prison guard in con air.

[@bcsr4ever]

Well... He got what he paid for. lol. Always meant to be vague as to what is real. You can argue both ways. (kind of. The dream argument makes more sense. It's not like you can give mars an [earth type] atmosphere in a couple of minutes... Damn you physics.)

[@futuramayeah]

i have a lot more to suggest , try Midnight Madness (1980) i think George Lucas secretly made it after the success of Star Wars, Hollywood game him a golden ticket and said he could make any movie he wanted, so i think he made that and then Howard the Duck (1986) because i bet he thought no one would ever make a movie about him , they would only concentrate on the popular marvel characters like the Hulk and Spiderman

[@charleswilliams6236]

Yes he dos

[@ggoedert]

If you like Arnold one liners, maybe try Commando (1985)

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

I’ll add it to the list!

[@kallreader7376]

For other Arnold films check out True Lies and Terminator 2, both directed by James Cameron.

[@frax9204]

I like that's is been called the thinking man's action movie. Don't know if that's really true, but man is this a good movie!!

[@thetomgibson]

Schwarzenegger’s The 6th Day is a good companion. As is Surrogates with Bruce Willis. Two sci-fi films that have slipped under the radar of many.

[@desbarry8414]

Wonderful Jerry Goldsmith score.

[@Emburbujada]

I love this movie: great sci fi + good action. Also, the "explosive" faces are such a nightmare! I don't remember if I already mentioned these to you, but I'd love reactions to Coherence, and Mr. Nobody ;)

[@hashtagfilm]

Your channel is going to take off. Great reaction

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

Thank you so much! So kind!

[@frozen1762]

Did not read the short story? but I think the biggest difference is that Quaid should be ordinary desk job dude not beast like Arnold. Its opened to interpretation but directors take is that it was all in his head, he got lobotomized at Recall at the end, that's why white light and menacing music just before credits.

[@taoist32]

It’s the same with Running Man. The character, Ben, was not a huge guy and was not a police officer. He needed money.

[@Kap00rwith2os]

Good eye, you noticed the physical similarities with RoboCop, they were both directed by Paul Verhoeven! Personally I think this whole movie (except the very beginning) was a dream; it was exactly the way he reserved, and the movie ends with him being lobotomized (dark, I know).

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

Some films based on the works of Phillip K. Dick. Oh in total there are about 30 short films and etc. besides these biggies! The Man in the High Castle (TV Series) Electric Dreams (TV Series) The Adjustment Bureau A Scanner Darkly Paycheck Minority Report Total Recall Blade Runner

[@yasminesteinbauer8565]

We see many scenes in which Quaid is not present at all. These scenes could not be explained if everything was just a memory implant. Consequently, the events must be real.

[@futuramayeah]

Jen, the guy with the glasses played Captain Cold in an episode of the Cbs 1991 tv show , The Flash

[@69coolchris]

There was another version of this book, also called Total Recall (2012) which starred Colin Farrell. Its closer to the original book story than Arnies version, but i think Arnies version is more fun.

[@st0n3p0ny]

We can remember it for you wholesale. That's the short story by PKD. Haven't read it yet but he has several epic sci fi movies behind his work.