Villains Too Stupid To Win Ep.13 - Vilos Cohaagen (Total Recall 1990)

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[@briandoolittle3422]

Ronny Cox doesn't always play an insufferable corporate douchebag. In Stargate SG-1 he played an insufferable politician douchebag.

[@m3017co]

I think we found our next villian.. Thor should have listened to O'Neil and left him on some abandoned world.

[@haroldramislives]

What was that film in which he didn't play a douchbag?

[@AnthonyCurley]

@@haroldramislives Beverly Hills Cop 1 and 2

[@jamalrobinson8321]

But Captain jellico is perfect

[@alexsmith7801]

@@AnthonyCurley He ends up being a total bro at the end too.

[@Freesorin837]

Let's be real, are Cohaagen's actions really out of character for a real world corporate CEO type? Acting illogically and ignoring long term prosperity for short term ego boosts is pretty on par.

[@NX6.2]

You must be a real hit at your little antifa meetings in mommy's basement.

[@FiveFootFall]

Only in the movies lol

[@JayJayM57]

@@FiveFootFall Toys R us went bankrupt because the company was bought by a wealthy individual the demanded insanely large returns. after he got his investment back he never stopped to think about lowing his income and allowing his company to grow, he run the company dry and bled it completely out. that`s one example, now for my own work experience, I had to save the company I work for over 200k dollars because a moronic executive had a "brilliant" idea. after his failure, they took back several changes only to put most back in, in less than 6 months. trust me, high up they only know how to do one thing, blame down when things go wrong.

[@FiveFootFall]

@@JayJayM57 @j marine you can't blame one guy when it was private equity firms that brought Toys R Us to bankruptcy through over-leveraged debt. Even if that guy is Mitt Romney and the firm was Bain Capital lol What you describe from your experience is petty incompetence as opposed to the overwhelmingly malicious and Machiavellian depictions of villanous corporate bigwigs from movies. These characters are larger than life, depicted in the extreme to establish their roles and motivations in the movie. These villains do not represent the standard behavior for corporate executives in the real world. Can people be dumb and incompetent and think of of themselves while blaming others for their failures as they grasp for more power, influence, and money? Yeah, sure. Is that the norm? No. In fact I assert that is why we even remember such people and events because they are out of the ordinary, they stick out. No one notices when people and things are good but everyone pays attention when they go bad.

[@robertcampbell8070]

@@FiveFootFall It's absolutely the norm for corporations to think of short terms profits and screw over workers, what are you on about?

[@CAP198462]

Richter’s roughnecks: Rule 1. Everyone fights, no one quits.

[@michaelmorton5698]

"You don't do your job, I'll shoot ... someone else. Do you get me?”

[@lightyagami1752]

The most impressive thing about this video is that you managed to find key quotes from the same actors playing other characters and edit them perfectly into the final product.

[@muznick]

Arnold does his most "AAAAHHHAAAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHAA!" yelling in this movie. Must be several minutes of it in total.

[@maxwellcohen2917]

Oh, my god. "Show us how Ironside became an amputee". Lines like this, is exactly the kind of reason I love this channel. Exquisitely executed.

[@eldritchmorgasm4018]

Here he loses his arms, in "Starship Troopers" he loses his legs, and in "Highlander 2" he loses his head! 😅 Did I miss something?

[@maxwellcohen2917]

@@eldritchmorgasm4018 In Starship Troopers he had only lost a singular arm, then eventually his legs, then life. But we're definitely forgetting something. The guy has been in so many damn movies. He's a legend.

[@wpeniche]

See you at the party Richter!

[@missinginaction2b]

It's a shame that Michael Ironside was never in trek. He would have made an excellent starfleet captain.

[@wpeniche]

@@missinginaction2b yeh but only in DS9, anything else would’ve been a watered down version of him

[@TheLegendaryTashy]

I just love how there's a Tuvok quote for every situation

[@missinginaction2b]

Tuvok is life, Tuvok is love.

[@Mobysimo]

I always interpreted that the events of the movie did happen mostly for one reason. I dont think Recall would last that long if they gave their customers PTSD. Cause if it was all fictional, I dont think Quade would be all that happy about having to kill his own wife, or having his head nearly explode, or having to pull a tracker through his nose

[@lostbutfreesoul]

It was a Corporate Dystopia movie. What makes you think Recall doesn't have legal protection in this situation? That contract exists for a reason....

[@Mobysimo]

@@lostbutfreesoul Legal protection maybe, but once people hear about how much it messed you up, they ain't getting buisness

[@marley7868]

especially given it's a power fantasy it's marketed like a games bond movie not commando with a gore budget

[@Fast-e-Learning]

He picked the secret agent

[@marley7868]

@@Fast-e-Learning yup and secret agent who saved the day, the girl and the planet probably wouldn't be so fucking harsh

[@rogerfurlong1535]

I've never really thought of how convoluted the plot is. Stop ruining my movies lol 😂

[@Raximus3000]

Hardly, there are reasons for pretty much everything.

[@wpeniche]

That’s what makes them so juicy!

[@dansmith1661]

Arnold paid for the secret agent experience and Recall gave him an experience he will never forget. If you end up saving the girl, beat the bads, and save the planet, you get a convoluted and fun adventure.

[@BrockLee3]

"You get the girl...kill the bad guys...and, save the entire planet." He forgot to say, "Spoiler alert."

[@clauro6153]

That is you could also theorize nothing goes wrong. That last flash is the machine power down.

[@yamadiyoo9658]

The level of disrespect Cohaagen gives Richter in this movie seems unparalleled.

[@MGower4465]

To be fair, Richter deserves every bit of shade Cohaagen throws him.

[@icecold9511]

I'll never understand abusing the guy carrying a gun for you.

[@missinginaction2b]

Dick Jones had one scene with Clarence Boddiker where he treated him the same.

[@zephyr8072]

@@missinginaction2b Because Clarence massively fucked up by effectively giving irrefutable testimony implicating Dick to Robocop. He pretty much deserved it and Clarence knew it.

[@evilbob840]

I always assumed that Cohaagen purposefully sent the most incompetent lackey he had (Richter), so that Quaid would have a relatively easy time getting away, while still being in convincing danger (unless, of course, it was all artificial memories). It would be a big risk with the potential to lead right to the rebel leadership. That still doesn't excuse the multiple other dumb plays, as discussed in the video.

[@jonathanfeldheim6554]

Thanks for reminding me how awesome this movie is. Even Cohaahen acknowledge the plan was "perfect my ass; you go to Rekall before we can active you; Richter goes hog wild, nearly ruining everything we planned"....so they acknowledge that disconnect in the chain of command, obviously the personal riff over Sharon Stone explains that...so...too dumb to believe his power would last forever? That's every rich asshole, "pride comes before the fall" blah blah

[@michaelmorton5698]

"Perfect, my ass! You pop your memory cap before we can activate you; Richter goes hog wild screwing up everything I spent a year planning! Frankly, I'm amazed it worked."

[@casbot71]

"So now I've monologued my entire cunning plan, I'm going to leave you in this 'deathtrap' with only a few technicians (who have no hand to hand combat abilities) to watch over you while they work. By the Way aren't you incredibly strong?" Copenhagen made the most cliched villain mistake, instead of just gloating and saying "Now we'll _all_ watch you be erased, say can't you inject him with a spinal blocker or would that interfere with the procedure?". Still it's even happened in "smart movies". They did it in Elysium, where they left Max alone with the techs to extract the data _while still wearing his exoskeleton_ that gave him superhuman strength. Just unplug the connection at the back of his skull, or find the off switch on the suit, and Max is _just_ a terminal radiation sickness case with serve migraines.

[@schwarzerritter5724]

Cohaagen had to keep the number of people knowing of his plan small, considering telepaths and mindreading machines exist. You might point out it was a mistake to have a henchman as unstable as Richter, but stable people don't exactly work as henchmen, do they?

[@Clay3613]

He was just too eager to pick hole he didn't see the obvious.

[@Zimmidy666]

An argument against it all being in his mind is that we see things he wouldn't have experienced. I don't know about anyone else, but if I was having an adventure that was suddenly interrupted by two people talking about me somewhere else, I'd have questions. Even in my weirdest dreams I'm always there.

[@toomanyaccounts]

people have dreams where they see things they never experienced in real life

[@xXLiLJokerXx]

@@toomanyaccounts but then Quaid would know what the villains were planning, he would never get surprised or captured/cornered.

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@xXLiLJokerXx which is why it is a fantasy generated while Quaid was having a breakdown. the flash of light is him being lobotomized at the end

[@Zimmidy666]

@@toomanyaccounts It's not that he experienced things he hadn't yet seen, but that we saw things he wasn't around for and never knew happened. Have you ever had a dream where you weren't in the dream and didn't know what happened during it? Every dream I've had was first person, but I've always assumed it was me in the dream.

[@ejedwards1678]

I have a very specific dream linked to being stressed out or feeling incredibly alienated in a new environment and it features cut aways so prominently I just assumed everyone had nightmares like mine. It's a xenomorph dream. I'm in an area with a lot of people doing something so mundane I don't think about it and then it cuts away to a clutch of xenomorph eggs. I'm aware of this and start looking for an out but then it will cut again and there will be chest busters freshly emerged into the world. Then it'll jump back and everyone will panic because aliens and I'll end up alone and hunted by the super beast. I had that dream a lot as a kid, the exact location changes but the details don't. It's why I learned how to wake myself up. All my nightmares have jump cuts like movies but I'm aware of what's happening in that jump cut.

[@warlordbasil5873]

I think Recall included the "schizoid embolism" as part of the story arc, to give the experience an extra edge.

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

Ronny Cox the near perfect actor to portray insufferable corporate pricks to political pricks as well and not to mention that he was the leader that created Gul Dukat in the process.

[@jayvhoncalma3458]

*"Continuously boink'd by a beefcake"* - Media Zealot 2022

[@bitters879]

When the world needed him the most, he returned!

[@arrownoir]

Dude loves to be mysterious and seems like he’s only occupied with scheming instead of seeing his plans to fruition.

[@teejaylecapois9741]

Ronnie cox and Michael lronside are awesome actors typecast as villains

[@Amadeus8484]

Imagine if Cohaagen had succeeded in brainwashing Quaid into being Howser. Howser: "Richter! WHY DO YOU HATE ME?!?"

[@nenmaster5218]

If you like to watch Scew-Up's, try the KZbinr Some-More-News. Guy covers Insanity and/or Hubris all the time.

[@grahamcarpenter5135]

@@nenmaster5218 Ahhh my good friend Cody. And don't forget Robert Evans of Behind The Bastards.

[@nenmaster5218]

@@grahamcarpenter5135 Who and Behind-Who???

[@procow2274]

The corporations in armored core 2 realized how profitable a terraformed mars could be

[@Idazmi7]

By the way, we the audience see a lot of things in Total Recall that Quaid _didn't_ see, meaning he couldn't be imagining them. So it all actually happened.

[@toomanyaccounts]

the program would have put all that in

[@xXLiLJokerXx]

@@toomanyaccounts yeah but for who? if Quaid never even knows those things happened why include them?

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@xXLiLJokerXx just like the alien art shown at rekall its part of the filler in the secret agent program.

[@plmokm33]

@@xXLiLJokerXx Maybe he does know that they happened. Maybe he even has implanted memories from the time he was "unconscious" so he has a better understanding of the story he paid for. The memories are fake after-all, and he knows that he's paying for fake memories of a person he isn't.

[@Axterix13]

That assumes that we would only see what he sees. If the simulation creates an environment for him to be in, and then does its best to steer it toward a certain outcome, then stuff he isn't around to see could still happen. And we, the audience, are privy to these bits of simulation (that potentially he could have seen from an air duct or something if he'd taken a different path, and note that even if the memories are pre-planned, differences in the path would have to exist, to account for things like gender, physical stats, real life knowledge, and who you picked as the love interest, as well as who, if anyone, would fill the wife role), while he isn't.

[@alwaysplotting2096]

Cohaagen: WHO TOLD YOU TO THINK?! Darkseid: No one questions my judgment, Mr. Cohaagen. Least of all, you. Edit: Any news on your Heroes Too Stupid to Win series? I think you should call it Heroes Too Lucky to Lose.

[@Raximus3000]

There are several psychics around if one reads your thoughts we are screwed.

[@wpeniche]

Omega Beams are a worse fate than popping like a squished grape on Mars.

[@alwaysplotting2096]

@@wpeniche The Omega Sanction is the worst.

[@wolfbane7497]

It's been a while media zealot it's been a minute. What fire of knowledge have you brought for us today. I'm excited I can't wait I've been waiting for Total recall to get the media zealot treatment.

[@2070paradigmshift]

Showing Melina on the Rekall screen and the comment about the blue skies from the assistant at Rekall convinced me the entire movie was in his head.

[@SpacedCobraIII]

You're supposed to view that first part wondering if Quaid is only seeing her there due to him literally slipping out of reality into his Rekall trip. It does beg the question how she would be appearing on that screen when she was someone he had already been dreaming out prior to Rekall.

[@2070paradigmshift]

@@SpacedCobraIII the assistant saying blue skies and the atmosphere on Mars shining through blue is the best evidence for it being a delusion.

[@SpacedCobraIII]

@@2070paradigmshift The Rekall guy (Who Quaid shoots in the head) also accurately describes the events of the second half of the movie. Though all evidence does have a level of plausible deniability which has made for fun discussion over the years.

[@muznick]

"- who gets tired of his humdrum life of constant sex with his smoking hot wife -" Hilarious.

[@Hunting4truth]

This line killed me hahahaha

[@powerofk]

Honestly, the best part of the movie is that you don’t know whether you’re dealing with a Recall implanted memory that’s super detailed or if it’s real. And the movie makes sense either way

[@guaposneeze]

For the question of "Why plant Quaid on Earth?" Mars isn't a self sufficient planet yet -- it's a small colony with limited brain surgery services. So I think it's plausible that the mind-wipe can only happen on Earth. You can't have a dude wake up with his cover identity and then immediately be taken to Mars without him understanding that somebody was taking him to Mars. If you squint, that part can honestly make sense.

[@jarrodbright5231]

Except they have the exact mind wipe facility they need next to Cohaagen's office the last act when they are going to turn Quaid back into Hauser

[@dm121984]

3:00 I mean, you can also read it as not being a dream, as the scenes without Arnold in do imply that its not a memory implant. But thats a can of worms for another day.

[@bellicose4653]

Its funny that Mars is a big tourist destination. Can you think of another fictional dystopian mining colony that has booming tourism? It's Verhoeven style satire.

[@rogerfurlong1535]

I never knew that was his first name. Huh. 'Come on Coohagen, you've got what you want, give dees people eeeeeeeeya!'

[@ShadowWingTronix]

I never knew he HAD a first name.

[@KingVVIlly]

This is the funniest recap of Total Recall I’ve ever seen. I love this movie and you shone a brand new light on it for the first time in decades. Thanks man

[@GingerBeard24]

@KingVVIlly I agree.

[@samlasley798]

I’d love a video on Negan and the Saviours as a villain who _almost_ won? He’s a competent leader who knows how to keep people in line and that they are the most valuable resource in the apocalypse. However his downfall was his over-reliance on fear to keep people subordinate and underestimating just how defiant (Rick and the other communities) and psycho (Simon) people can be. Those are things he admitted he should have snuffed out early. If one thing can unite people against you in the long run, it’s surely making a show of brutally murdering one of their number in front of them.

[@FalloutJack]

I'm pretty sure it really happened It's made ambiguous on purpose, but we're really not good at dreaming consistantly and with an unbroken narrative. I'm a lucid dreamer, and the reason I *am* one is because I notice that my dreams don't exactly stay focused. If Quaid had found himself playing in a jazz band, suddenly and without provocation, I would've believed it was all a dream, because things that don't distract the mind from the plot don't happen. The mind wanders, even when actively focused on a task. So, it's more likely that Quaid really *was* a planted agent who just lost his cover.

[@SpacedCobraIII]

Not only that but Rekall's implants are supposed to function as memories, so you wouldn't be able to wave off cutaways to other characters or places you're not present for. In an actual dream sure but it's also clear Quaid is lucid during the whole thing too.

[@Jebu911]

Total recall is awesome movie great use of practical effects.

[@Fuzzlewhumper]

The over villains are usually alone in a big space - thinking. It would work loads better if the phone were always ringing, people in and out with important details and another two or three guys just like Ironside with VITAL interactions. This way the overlord model works and explains better how thing can slip through the cracks.

[@marley7868]

instead it just makes it clear this guy is really lazy and undermines his most important job which is the only thing going on for no reason

[@davidh.4944]

Ah, yes, the "Film of Shattered Glass", as I like to call it. Seriously, there is enough sugar glass flying around in Total Recall to supply any three other action movies. Oh, and the need for a magnetosphere is extremely overblown. Once a thick atmosphere is in place, it wouldn't just boil away again immediately. The processes by which the planet lost its first one took millions of years, even after it lost its magnetic field, and so it would also take millions of years before a second one became too thin. The bigger problem is generating a new atmosphere in the first place. There is certainly no way it would happen in just a few minutes like in the movie. But assuming we could do it once, there's nothing stopping us doing it again any time it became necessary.

[@icecold9511]

A bigger issue is the chemical nature of oxygen. It bonds to things. Without a co2/o2 cycle, oxygen can't persist. And Without a magnetic field, the radiation would quickly become deadly, and a solar flare sudden death.

[@casbot71]

Lori needs bonus stupid points for trying to take out Quaid in hand to hand combat, a man who could hold her over his head with one hand with ease.

[@ptonpc]

On the other hand, she almost got him a couple of times, she did do damage. You could argue that she knew backup was on its way and she only had to hold him off for a while. If it was made now, she'd have been knocking him through walls because, physics don't matter as you're a strong empowered woman.

[@voxdraconia4035]

In martial arts Arnies size and strength...is not everything

[@wpeniche]

@@voxdraconia4035 this wasn’t martial arts and it was a 240lb man vs a 100lb woman, she stands no chance.

[@jacobwilliams1223]

@@wpeniche You'd be shocked. Girl in my judo class floored a guy a solid head over her.

[@wpeniche]

@@jacobwilliams1223 yeh… no I wouldn’t. There’s just too much of a muscle disparity between a 100lb girl vs a 240lb man. It’s not even a competition. Even women in the same weight class vs men can barely keep up with them.

[@geoffreybrockmeier3765]

1:17 - I just need to say, “Why the hell did that robot have live ammunition loaded during a tech demo?!?”

[@icecold9511]

It isn't as if it would know when a flag popped out "bang".

[@standardyeepz]

How he has so many clips from trek with the same character is impressive

[@missinginaction2b]

The immortal Saint Tuvok.

[@efe_aydal]

Wow that's a big surprise to check homepage and see a new vid from u. Nice.

[@stratego937]

Do you plan to cover the Goa'uld from Stargate? Seem to remember that being teased at some point

[@TheRealWorldNews247]

OMG He's alive! I thought you where Gone! Beyond from this world! Welcome back! See you again in October or November.

[@purplehaze2358]

I feel like “really good at playing greedy corporate dickheads” is a bit of a back-handed compliment.

[@bigzach7778]

Total Recall is my favorite 90's movie...Paul Verhooven in his prime

[@andrewv6776]

Another awesome video! Had a suggestion for a civilization. How about the aliens from Cowboys and Aliens (2011)?

[@AmityvilleFan]

Ye, that movie deserves some attention.

[@GenericProtagonist118]

Those guys and also maybe the aliens from Galaxy Quest.

[@9and12wholepizzas]

​@@GenericProtagonist118 signs

[@camgoodkicks]

@@9and12wholepizzas he has a vid on signs

[@9and12wholepizzas]

@@camgoodkicks good I was right how stupid they are

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

The "get ready to rrrrrrrumble!" delivery is the cherry on top of the good-content sundae.

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

Great vid, can't believe you haven't tackled him before but at least we have Tuvok to guide us through 😁

[@khajaazharuddinsiddiqui4844]

Great timing, I was getting bored with KZbin.

[@andrewchavez4053]

Arnold's best acting performance 👏

[@thoughtfuldoomguy]

I could legit watch these all day long. They're so good.

[@alwynjaegar1778]

Man.... ronnie cox was a cool bad guy in both movies, he really went all out in recall and robocop

[@zephyr8072]

Fun fact, before these movies he was mostly known for fatherly and generic good guy roles and typecast in them. He clearly wanted to break out of that and succeeded quite well.

[@AndrooUK]

I'm so glad you addressed the external safety shutters not being automatic. Plus the massive areas of windows with no obvious safety shutters present if they break.

[@andrewblanchard2398]

12:38 the original line was " I'M SURE SHE HATED EVERY INCH OF IT " the line was badly dubbed over with " EVERY MINUTE OF IT "

[@andymendez7710]

when I was in school in the 90s, a couple of friends (one was in a band) created a techno dance song that sampled "Cohaagen, give these people air!" It was pretty cool.

[@jonathanpope5068]

Cohagan needed to make the danger real for Quaid so when Quato read his mind he would trust him and give the location of the oxygen machine. Cohagan did not care about the casualties or dead body count. His plan would have worked perfect if Quaid didn't break the mind machine at the last act.

[@sjmcc13]

That was my take as well. My memory is saying that they had tried to send in spies before, but they got sniffed out by the psychics, so they went more extrems to get around the psychics. Which worked. Then the restoration after the operation failed. They should have just put quaid to sleep. Or injected a paralyzing drug before the speel. Coohangen got over confident at the end. All his goals were accomplished, except restoring Howser.

[@alphawoolf5981]

Thanks for reminding me, I needed a copy of this brilliant film! And Ronny Cox is a wonderful actor.

[@ALG2691]

This was mine and my exe’s favorite movie; we loved speculating about the whole world and did spend some time thinking about how convoluted the whole plan was but didn’t get nearly as in depth as this. 10/10.

[@bigzach7778]

You clap her cheeks while it was playing?

[@propheci]

Whew, this scathing of Richer and Cohaagen brings back memories of your Transformers video. Their relationship mirrors megatron and starscream to a T.

[@sundoga4961]

One thing, I don't think the Northern and Southern blocs were actually at war. From the descriptions given, it sounds more like a new Cold War.

[@chadatchison145]

This is by far one of my favorite channels, I'm glad your sub count is finally going up it's been a long time coming and much deserved, it should be much higher though.

[@TheSquad4life]

Excellent vid and funny as always . Really think the goa'uld from Stargate could use the Zealot treatment.

[@shooter2224]

'What better place for a holiday, than an active warzone.' Topical.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I feel like the original Total Recall showed that it was real with only slight levels of ambiguity.

[@ZontarDow]

Being fictional within the fiction does not protect the villains from criticism.

[@Flint-Dibble-the-Don]

Boy you got me with "for shits and giggles".

[@dm121984]

Human civilisation has yet to recover from the loss of Arnold supplies following peak Arnold.

[@johnstarks7759]

Still one of the best action films ever made.

[@frenstcht]

Like in the story, he's not imagining it. And you don't need Arnie's feeble imagination to explain the inconsistencies and plot holes: Since Feb '22 we've seen a real leader make mistakes more stupid and so bad that future historians will debate plot holes in the war. And Cohaagen's long-term strategy is no different from a lot of real-world leaders who would rather have control of jaundiced and anemic autarkic economies than risk economic growth they can't personally control.

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

The most unreasonable thing was that Quad could afford his life. He lived on earth in a super nice apartment. Had a hot wife who didn't seem to have to work, could just take time off on a whim to go to Total recall. All on the salary of what looked like a regular construction worker? Call me crazy but something like Total Recall, if it worked would be even more expensive than actually going to Mars. You would also have a serious issue with people being so addicted to the artificial memories they'd become addicts. Again making the idea it's so cheap a regular person could walk off the street and get a trip unbelievable.

[@nothankyouYouTube420]

"Consider dis a divorce " Best line in cinematic history

[@haroldramislives]

Love a good zelot vid! Here's a suggestion, Adam Salter and his Norsefire henchmen from V for Vendetta

[@BigBoiBleu]

The suffocating scenes are so unsettling

[@mauricio9564]

Another banger episode.Had a suggestion for a Sci Fi Civilization:Imperium of Man from Warhammer40K.

[@chucklebutt4470]

Aren't they like, successful though?

[@MrNickPresley]

@@chucklebutt4470 in the sense that they haven’t been wiped out yet.

[@mistandfog5442]

Isn't that the point of the imperium current state though? So beuracratic and superstitious that's its become stagnant and decaying, but remains as the bulwark against most of the galaxies horrors. Having said all that, there do exists pleasure worlds and even worlds of some normality in the hellscape -- they just don't make for the most interesting stories. 40k has an intentionally a stagnant human civilisation, where the extreme and inefficient is what makes it vlbarely truck along and entertaining.

[@Hiihtopipa]

Doesn't fit though to the show.

[@brandonlyon730]

Eldar in general could work also. You have to fuck up really badly to destroy your own entire galactic space empire by murderfuckng a chaos God into existence.

[@joshuahoover6841]

Holy cow!! I clicked on this thinking it was an old episode so I can listen to it while I was mowing my lawn. Imagine my surprise a few minutes in I'm like wait a minute, I don't remember this ..

[@jasontoddman7265]

The fact that his next most recent video was a couple of months ago probably didn't help either.

[@adrammelechthewroth6511]

Good to see you again Media Zealot.

[@madisonatteberry9720]

Now looking at this movie, I remember seeing it, but all the stuff that are now, sort of, obsolete, like 'taxi cabs' and I watched a play through of Starship Troopers; Terrain Command, and the last level had a 'camera crew' like in the movie, and all I could think of, was between that movie, and a few short years, soldiers started to send recordings, sometimes live feed, of their lives in the Middle East, to the internet, making a camera crew not necessary. "and be home in time for corn flakes." Such little thought, why not eggs and bacon, and biscuits if you arrive at morning, or steak if its dinner time.

[@ronyventura9301]

Bro I'm so excited? your video randomly came on, and I have been waiting patiently for your new one. Made my day for real

[@Oravankarva]

This was perfect! Once again great pic. Can't wait for the next one.

[@arturohernandez5857]

Thanks for video my man 👨

[@kristyw89]

Oh man I'm so happy that you're back I love these videos

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

Excellent video and great points. Didn't think of it like that.

[@nomadmalachi]

Glad to see you posting again! It's been months and I was starting to wonder if you gave it up.

[@ryanh4775]

The "two weeks" part made that movie great! We used to dare each other to do that at various places of transit but no one ever had the balls to 😆

[@edge_ucation]

It's great to see you back making videos. I always enjoy your videos. May I suggest more subjects? Chicago Factions: Divergent Kahn Nonnian Singh: Star Trek Trade Federation: Star Wars Terran Empire: Star Trek Mirror Universe Romulan Star Empire: Star Trek United Federation of Planets or Emerald Chain: Star Trek Discovery 32nd century

[@mrklaudius6872]

Thanks for the video 😄 Keep up the good work 👍

[@wpeniche]

Finally! Been waiting for this one!

[@MrStarman2010]

Thanks for coming Back Brother!

[@damianstarks3338]

Yes thanks for bringing me back to my childhood !

[@michaelmutranowski123]

Yay! youtube didn't unsubscribe me from your channel in between this video and the last one

[@soccercrazed13]

Marker be praised! Another great upload. Just what I needed.

[@jesternario]

There is a third option that everyone forgets. What if the Recall machine worked perfectly and Quaid wakes up having from his ego trip having just enjoyed one hell of a fun ride.

[@TheForcesWrath]

I'm glad you're back man been too damn long. 👌🏿

[@thecodex0994]

I was about to goto bed but when media zealot uploads I'm their no matter what the time

[@samburke5789]

Sweet, up to chapter 13 of Media Zealot's guide to taking over the world...

[@613aristocrat]

What I'm hearing is that you are a fan of Lord Vetinari. The villain smart enough to actually use politics effectively and always win, even when he loses.

[@danhair]

Covering the movie inconsistencies as just "it's all a dream" is just a very easy way to make it timeless for people like us today who had no idea what we knew and didn't know about Mars back then. Like we can probably say today about Terminator movies: why does Skynet build humanoid robots with guns when a drones can do most of the job?" I have tried to reason why the movie is how it is: Hauser may have really been a rebel at the end. And he may have been a triple agent. His memory and certainty of his return to Mars and why he dreamed about Melina. Cohegan never explained how he knew that Quaid would return to Mars. That could have been Hauser's memory or switch to Quaid, his Inception.

[@schwarzerritter5724]

The "it's all just a dream" theory can be applied to literally anything, making it completely worthless.

[@danhair]

@@schwarzerritter5724 Exactly. I think that was just the director giving himself an out with the critics. Nolan did the exact same thing with Inception and somehow people agree that the dream ending is very unlikely. Strange how people think that Total Recall is the opposite. People never consider that Cohagen's men were there to discourage Quaid from going to the Total Recall? Cohagen was waiting for Quaid to get to Recall. He just didn't tell his men because of how unreliable they were with secrets. Why didn't Hauser just use the information there? Too boring? Maybe the cranial implant prevented him from doing it. Or simply: maybe Cohagen used Total Recall to make his inner circle unable to betray him without having their whole memory whipped. You could make a whole prequel about it and it would be interesting.