Total Recall-Real or just made up

nyarlothothep

Is Quaid really dreaming everything in the film. I'd prefer to think not (because then the film wouldn't have a happy ending) for example he says to the recall advertisement dude that he dreamnt of Melina before he went to recall, which suggests that the entire mars trip package was stolen from Quaids mind when he was Hauser (given that she matches his specifications exactly on the computer screen when hes describing what he wants his trip to be like).

However the advertisement dude describes future events in the film exactly..."you'll be the hero of the resistant one moment and coophagens bossom buddy the next." However the dude would know about coophagen and Quaids past when he was Hauser if the memories were stolen. Also he sweats, why would he sweat unless he was under stress or something to get Quaid out of the fantasy.

Also I wish a sci fi film as good as this would be produced sometime soon, what a film, so unique and perfectly stylized...Quato was a brilliant alien and the voice for him was really cool. Its kinda like a peter f hamilton novel with the momentum and the resistance/interstellar conspiracy and cool scientific/philosophical concepts. Paul Verhoven is a genius director, I really like his style, comical and cheesy but in a very cool way with real intellectual depth, you can see it too in Robocop.

brianthebard

it was a great film,and i don't even like sci fi as a genre.i don't think it matters tbh whether you think it was a dream or not in the end,so long as you see an ending you can handle.

L31mr0d

It wasn't a dream. The movie is called "Total Recall" which refers to the fact that his original memories start coming back so the bad guys are trying to kill him before he gets "total recall" of his memories. They actually say this at one point in the movie.

pixelburp

It's one of those movies that has signposts pointing to both conclusions; there's evidence that points to it both being an elaborate dream & there's evidence that Quaid really was a spy.

The biggest points of evidence against it being "reality" was that during the Rekall process, all the spy / action events that occur are described by the salesman. Right down to the discovery of alien ruins. Also, as Quaid describes his preference of woman, the woman he eventually meets on Mars appears on the screen. The prophecy of the Rekall rep in the hotel room on Mars also predicts the events that happen. The final clue was the end; we got a weird fade-to-white, which to my mind suggests that Quaid had been lobotimised as threatened.

thewing

Consider that a divorce!!!

Earthhorse

Great film, absolutely love it.

pixelburp wrote: »

The biggest points of evidence against it being "reality" was that during the Rekall process, all the spy / action events that occur are described by the salesman.

Not only that but the implant they give him is specifcally called "Blue Sky Mars". :eek:

Take another look at this scene and I think you'll see some signposts towards the ending planted early on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPikEIb6Xg0

Duggy747

"SEE YOU AT DA PART-EE RICKTAA!"

*chucks dismembered arms off the side of elevator*


Classic movie, one of my favourites. Throughout the entire movie there are points that can be seen as a path to either reality or dream. As he is been put to sleep the first time he tries the trip to Mars you can see the girl he meets up with later on the monitor above him. She is the girl that he apparantley chooses (black hair, athletic, etc)

They have said it that the movie can be taken either way as there is evidence to support both arguments.

Vokes

HA HA HA, you think this is the real Quaid...?

... IT IS! *BAM*



ha ha bit always cracks me up :pac:

monkeyfudge

It worth reading the original story that it's based on.

"We Can Remember it for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick. The concept is the same but the plot is a good deal different with an excellent twist at the end.

nyarlothothep

"SCREEWWW YOOUUUU!!!!!!"

There are so many one liners, brilliantly classic.

MisterAnarchy

nyarlothothep wrote: »

Also I wish a sci fi film as good as this would be produced sometime soon

Dont we all,its a classic.
It would never be made in todays film industry.
They would castrate it,remove the humour,water it down and make it Pg-13.

Creature

"Aw shit man, you got me, I aint even married."

chin_grin

Suppose the book might make sense of it all, wouldn't put it past Philip K. Dick to be honest. Great twist of the storyline though, but I don't think an Arnie action movie would be THAT Lynch-esque.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale

(^ the book)

Earthhorse

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

It would never be made in todays film industry. They would castrate it,remove the humour,water it down and make it Pg-13.

Verhoeven is a one of kind frankly.

chin_grin wrote: »

Suppose the book might make sense of it all, wouldn't put it past Philip K. Dick to be honest.

The short story is completely different. The only thing they have in common is the idea of false memories.

chin_grin

The short story is completely different. The only thing they have in common is the idea of false memories.

Didn't realise! Thanks for the info. (It's one of the many of his I haven't read yet)

monkeyfudge

It's only about 30 or so pages long. Worth a read anyway.

Earthhorse

monkeyfudge wrote: »

It's only about 30 or so pages long. Worth a read anyway.

chin_grin doesn't listen to your posts, monkeyfudge, only mine!

chin_grin, it's only about 30 or so pages long. Worth a read anyway.

chin_grin

Earthhorse wrote: »

chin_grin doesn't listen to your posts, monkeyfudge, only mine!

chin_grin, it's only about 30 or so pages long. Worth a read anyway.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTER(S)!

30 f'n pages? Who do you think I am? Stephen f'n Fry(Hawking would've worked there too, maybe!)? Jeeze!

Thank though, appreciate the iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinput.

On Topic: Vilos Cohaagen: I'll blow this place up and be home in time for corn flakes!

EDIT (Red with stupidity)

It worth reading the original story that it's based on.

"We Can Remember it for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick. The concept is the same but the plot is a good deal different with an excellent twist at the end.

^ Yeah, I hate scanning threads and quick-fire commenting. It was mentioned before and now I bow my head in shame (more embarrassment, I dunno mixed feelings anyway) So, sorry!

Earthhorse

chin_grin wrote: »

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTER(S)!

30 f'n pages? Who do you think I am? Stephen f'n Fry(Hawking would've worked there too, maybe!)? Jeeze!

Thank though, appreciate the iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinput.

monkeyfudge! monkeyfudge, get in here!

chin_grin just had a schizoid embolism and I haven't even implanted the chip yet.

TerrorFirmer

One of my favorite movies ever. I lean towards the 'it was a dream' camp myself, I remember reading an article ages ago that went extremely into depth on the different aspects that pointed more so to that angle, as well as commentary from Verhoven about the ambiguity.

Pride Fighter

Benny: [to Mary, the three-breasted hooker] Baby, you make me wish I had three hands.
Douglas Quaid: If I am not me, den who da hell am I?
Douglas Quaid: I'll be back!
Vilos Cohaagen: Don't touch that! Get away, get back!
Douglas Quaid: What are you afraid of? Turn it on.
Vilos Cohaagen: Impossible! Once the reaction starts, it'll spread to all the turbinium in the planet. Mars will go into global meltdown. That's why the aliens never turned it on.
Douglas Quaid: And you expect me to believe you?
Vilos Cohaagen: Who gives a **** what you believe? In thirty seconds you'll be dead, and I'll blow this place up and be home in time for Corn Flakes.
[Shoots several inches near Quaid]
Vilos Cohaagen: I didn't want it to end this way, I wanted Hauser back, but no, you had to be Quaid!
Douglas Quaid: I am Quaid.
Vilos Cohaagen: You're nothing! You're nobody! You're a stupid dream! Well, all dreams come to an end.
Lori: Doug. Honey... you wouldn't hurt me, would you, sweet heart? Sweet heart, be reasonable. After all, we're married!
[Lori goes for her gun, Quaid shoots her]
Douglas Quaid: Consider that a divorce.
Benny: You ever **** a mutant?
Vilos Cohaagen: [after Cohaagen's team kills Kuato] Well, my friend,
[puts his hands on Quaid's shoulders]
Vilos Cohaagen: you're a hero.
Douglas Quaid: **** you.
Vilos Cohaagen: Don't be modest. Kuato is dead. The entire resistance force is wiped out and "you" were the key to all of this.
Douglas Quaid: [to Melina] He's lying.
Melina: [to Quaid] You 2-faced bastard.
Vilos Cohaagen: You can't balme him princess.
[His finger grazes Melina's face]
Vilos Cohaagen: He's innocent. You see Quaid, my men couldn't get 100 feet to Kuato, those ****in' mutants can always sniff us out. That's when Hauser and I sat down and invented you, the perfect mole.
Douglas Quaid: You know you're lying. Hauser turned against you.
Vilos Cohaagen: Uh, uh. That's what we wanted you to think. The truth is, is that Hauser volunteered to become "Doug Quaid". It was the only way to fool the phsycics.
Douglas Quaid: Get your stories straight.
[Points to Richter]
Douglas Quaid: This idiot was trying to kill me ever since I went to Rekall. you weren't trying to kill someone to tried to planned.
Vilos Cohaagen: Richter wasn't in on it. You set him up by going to Rekall.
Douglas Quaid: So, why I am still alive?
Vilos Cohaagen: Because, we've given you lots of help.
[points to Benny]
Vilos Cohaagen: Benny here.
Benny: My pleasure, man.
Vilos Cohaagen: The guy with the suicase, the mask, the money, the message from Hauser. All of that was set up by us.
Douglas Quaid: I'm sorry. Too perfect.
Vilos Cohaagen: Perfect, my ass. You poped your memory cap before we activated you. Richter goes Hog-wild, screwing up everything that I spend a whole year planning. Frankily, I'm amazed it worked.
Douglas Quaid: Well, Cohaagen. I've gotta hand it to you. It's the best mind ****ed yet.
Douglas Quaid: Ever heard of Rekall? They sell those fake memories.
Harry: Oh, "Rekall, Rekall, Rekall". You thinking of going there?
Douglas Quaid: I don't know, maybe.
Harry: Well don't. A friend of mine tried one their "special offers", nearly got himself lobotomised.
Douglas Quaid: No ****?
Harry: Don't **** with your brain, pal. It ain't worth it.
Douglas Quaid: I guess not.
[Continues jackhammering, Harry watches in disbelief]
[Douglas Quaid seeing his real personality on the screen]
Hauser: Now, this is the plan. Get your ass to Mars.
[Quaid points a gun at Dr. Edgemar's head]
Douglas Quaid: All right, let's say you're telling the truth and this is all a dream, I could pull this trigger and it won't matter.
Dr. Edgemar: It won't make the slightest difference to me Doug, but the consequences to you will be devastating. In your mind I'll be dead, and with no one to guide you out, you'll be stuck in permanent psychosis. The walls of reality will come crashing down. One minute, you're the savior of the Rebel cause, next thing you know you'll be Cohaagen's bosom buddy. You'll even have fantasies about alien civilizations as you requested, but in the end, back on Earth you'll be lobotomized! So get a grip on yourself Doug, and put down that gun!
[a door is sealed shut, causing Richter to lose Quaid]
Richter: Open the goddamn door!
Everett: I can't.
Richter: Open it!
Everett: They're all connected.
Hauser: Howdy, stranger! This is Hauser. If things have gone wrong, I'm talking to myself, and you've probably got a wet towel wrapped around your head.
[Which Quaid, sure enough, has got]
Hauser: So whatever your name is, get ready for a big surprise: YOU are not YOU, You are ME.
Douglas Quaid: No ****.
Douglas Quaid: Well, Cohaagen, I have to hand it to you. It's the best mind**** yet.
Vilos Cohaagen: Oh, don't take my word for it. Someone you trust wants to talk to you.
Douglas Quaid: Who is it this time, my mother?
Melina: Hello, Hauser. Still bulging, I see.
[rubs his deltoid, then grabs his crotch]
Melina: What you been feeding this thing?
Douglas Quaid: Blondes.
Melina: I think it's still hungry.
Lori: No wonder you're having nightmares, you're always watching the news.
Lori: [Kicks Doug in the face] That's for making me come to Mars.
[kicks his groin]
Lori: You know how much I hate this ****ing planet!
Melina: Kuato's gonna make you remember some things you knew when you were Hauser.
Douglas Quaid: Like what?
Melina: All sorts of things, like maybe you'll remember that you loved me.
Douglas Quaid: I don't need Kuato for that.
Melina: Since when?
Kuato: What do you want, Mr. Quaid?
Douglas Quaid: The same as you, to remember.
Kuato: But why?
Douglas Quaid: To be myself again.
Kuato: You are what you do. A man is defined by his actions, not his memory.
Richter: You have to make a decision, Sir.
Vilos Cohaagen: Kill him.
Richter: It's about goddamn time.
[last lines]
Melina: I can't believe it, it's like a dream. What's wrong?
Douglas Quaid: I just had a terrible thought: what if this is a dream?
Melina: Well then kiss me quick before you wake up.
Lori: Sorry, Quaid. Your whole life is just a dream.
Douglas Quaid: See you at the party Richter!
Douglas Quaid: Come on, Cohaagen! You got what you want. Give those people air!
Vilos Cohaagen: My friend, in five minutes, you won't give a **** about the people. Fire it up, Doc!
Richter: Excuse me, Doctor, is he gonna remember any of this?
Doctor: Not a thing.
Richter: Oh, really?
[punches Quaid in the face. Quaid glares back at Richter]
Vilos Cohaagen: Oh, Quaid, I'm having a party tonight. Why don't you and Melina drop by? Remind him, Doc?
Doctor: Sure.
Richter: See you at the party.
Douglas Quaid: What about the guy you lobotomized? Did he get a refund?
Fat Lady: [slurred] Two weeks.
Benny: Hey, Quaid! I'm gonna squash you!
Douglas Quaid: Benny! Here!
Benny: [shouts] Where the **** are you?
Douglas Quaid: [killing him with a large drill] Screw you!
Douglas Quaid: Cohaagen, you got what you wanted; you must give those people air!
[Quaid enters a Johnnycab to escape from killers]
Johnnycab: Please state the street and number.
Douglas Quaid: [absently] ****, ****!
Johnnycab: I'm not familiar with that address. Would you please repeat the destination?
[Douglas Quaid rips Johnnycab from the floor, and throws him in the back]
[Quaid wakes up in a Johnnycab]
Douglas Quaid: Where am I?
Johnnycab: You're in a Johnnycab.
Douglas Quaid: I mean, what am I doing here?
Johnnycab: I'm sorry. Would you please rephrase the question?
Douglas Quaid: How did I get in this taxi?
Johnnycab: The door opened. You got in.
[Johnnycab rolls his eyes]
[the taxicab pulls up]
Johnnycab: The fare is 18 credits please.
[Quaid gets out]
Douglas Quaid: Sue me, dickhead.
[cab tries to run him down, crashes, and explodes]
Johnnycab: We hope you enjoyed the ride!
Richter: I want that ****er dead!
Helm: I don't blame you, man. I wouldn't want a guy like Quaid porkin' my old lady.
Richter: You saying she likes it?
Helm: No, I'm sure she hated every minute of it.
Vilos Cohaagen: Richter, do you know why I'm such a happy person?
Richter: No, Sir.
Vilos Cohaagen: Because I've got the greatest job in the solar system. As long as the Terbinium keeps flowing, I can do anything I want. *Anything*. In fact, the only thing I ever worry about is, that one day - if the rebels win, it all might end. And you're ****ing making it happen!
Vilos Cohaagen: Kuato wants what's in Quaid's head, and he might be able to get it 'cause they say he's psychic; and I have a plan to keep this from happening. Do you think you could play along?
Richter: Yes, Sir.
Vilos Cohaagen: Great, 'cause otherwise, I'll erase your ass.
Lori: Listen to me, Sweetheart. Those assholes at Rekall have ****ed up your mind. You're having paranoid delusions.
[Quaid holds up his bloodied hands]
Douglas Quaid: You call this a delusion?
Melina: That was your wife?
[Quaid nods]
Melina: What a bitch!
Melina: [as she and Quaid enter her room, she slaps Quaid on the side of the face] You son of a bitch. You're alive? I thought that Cohaagen tortured you to death.
Douglas Quaid: I guess he didn't.
Melina: And you couldn't give me a message? You didn't know what happened to me?
[hugs Quaid]
Melina: I'm gald to see you alive.
[starts kissing him and Quaid shoves her away]
Douglas Quaid: Melina, listen. I have something to tell you. I don't remember you.
Melina: What?
Douglas Quaid: I don't remember you. I don't remember us. I don't even remember me.
Melina: Did you get amnesia, how did you get here?
Douglas Quaid: Hauser left me a message.
Melina: Hauser? you're Hauser.
Douglas Quaid: Not anymore. Now, I'm Quaid. Douglas Quaid.
Melina: C'mon Hauser. Have you lost your mond?
Douglas Quaid: I didn't lose my mind. Cohaagen stole it. He found out that Hauser switched sides so he truned him into another person. Me. So, he dumped me on Earth with a wife and a lousy job...
Melina: [interrupting] Did you say wife? Are you ****in' married?
Douglas Quaid: She's not really my wife.
Melina: She's not really your wife, how stupid of me, she was Hauser's wife?
Douglas Quaid: Let's just forget about her.
Melina: No, let's forget about everything. I'm sick of you and your goddamn lies.
Vilos Cohaagen: You see, Quaid, none of my people could get close to Kuato. ****in' mutants could always sniff us out. That's when Hauser and I sat down and invented you: Douglas Quaid, the perfect mole.
Douglas Quaid: You know you're lying. Hauser turned against you.
Vilos Cohaagen: No, Quaid. That's what we wanted you to think. The fact of the matter is, Hauser volunteered to become Doug Quaid, to have all his memories erased. It was the only way to fool the psychics.
Douglas Quaid: Get your story straight. That idiot over there has been trying to kill me ever since I went to Rekall. You don't send your own men to kill a mole you're trying to plant.
Vilos Cohaagen: That's because Richter wasn't in on it. You set him off by going to Rekall.
Douglas Quaid: So, why am I still alive?
Vilos Cohaagen: We gave you lots of help. Benny here with his driving skills and wits... that guy with the suitcase containing the money, the mask, the messages from Hauser... all of that was set up by us.
Douglas Quaid: Sorry. I still don't buy it. It's too perfect.
Vilos Cohaagen: Perfect my ass! You go to Rekall and pop your memory cap before we can activate you. Richter goes hog-wild trying to kill you, and screwing up everything I've been planning for over a year. Frankly, I'm amazed it worked!
Helm: Look at that ****!
Richter: What the hell's this?
Agent: The Martians love Kuato. They think he's ****in' George Washington.
Helm: Kill the bastard!
Douglas Quaid: Excuse me, what's that?
Burly Miner: You mean the Pyramid Mine? I used to work there, until they found that alien **** inside.
Douglas Quaid: Well, it's a rumor isn't it?
Burly Miner: Ha, think so?
Benny: Hey, man, I got five kids to feed!
[Quaid hands him a wad of cash]
Douglas Quaid: Take them to the dentist.
Vilos Cohaagen: Well, my boy. You're a hero.
Douglas Quaid: **** you.
Vilos Cohaagen: Well, don't be modest.
Vilos Cohaagen: [Cohaagen has Quaid strapped into a memory machine and is about to turn him back into Hauser] Relax, Quaid. You'll like being Hauser.
Douglas Quaid: The guy's a ****ing asshole!
Vilos Cohaagen: Not true. He's one of my best friends. Besides, he's got a big house and a Mercedes & you like Melina, right? Well, you get to **** her every night. That's right, she's going to be Hauser's babe.
Melina: [also strapped into a memory machine] I'll bust his balls.
Vilos Cohaagen: Uh-uh, Princess. We're having you fixed. You're gonna be respectful, compliant, and appreciative... the way a woman should be.
[she spits in his face]
[the traitorous Benny shoots George/Kuato]
Melina: How can you do this? You're a mutant.
Benny: I needed the money. I got four kids to feed.
Douglas Quaid: What happened to number five?
Benny: Aw, ****, man! You got me. I ain't even married. Now put your ****in' hands in the air!
Harry: Hey, Quaid.
Douglas Quaid: Harry.
Harry: How was your trip to Mars?
Douglas Quaid: What trip?
Harry: You went to Rekall, remember?
Douglas Quaid: I did?
Harry: Yeah, you did. I told you not to, but you went anyway.
Douglas Quaid: What are you, my father?
Douglas Quaid: Ever heard of Rekall? They sell those fake memories.
Harry: Oh, "Rekall, Rekall, Rekall". Why? You thinking of going?
Douglas Quaid: I don't know, maybe.
Harry: Well don't. A friend of mine tried one their "special offers", nearly got himself lobotamised.
Douglas Quaid: No ****?
Harry: Don't **** with your brain, pal. It ain't worth it.
Douglas Quaid: I guess not.
[Kuato is dying]
Kuato: Quaid. Quaid.
Benny: Forget it, man, his fortune-telling days are over.
Kuato: Start the reactor. Free Mars...
[Richter shoots Kuato through the head]
Tony: You got a lot of nerve showing your face around here, Hauser.
Douglas Quaid: Look who's talking.
Vilos Cohaagen: What the **** is going on down there?
Richter: I'm trying to neutralize a traitor, Sir.
Vilos Cohaagen: If I wanted him dead, you moron, I wouldn't have dumped him on Earth!
Richter: We can't let him run around. He knows too much.
Vilos Cohaagen: I just spoke with Lori. She says he can't remember jack ****!
Richter: That's now. In an hour, he could have total recall.
Vilos Cohaagen: Listen to me, Richter, I want Quaid delivered alive for re-implantation. Have you got that? I want him back in place with Lori.
Technician: Sir, the oxygen level is bottoming out in Sector G. What do you want me to do about it?
Vilos Cohaagen: [as if obvious] Don't do anything.
Technician: But they won't last an hour, sir.
Vilos Cohaagen: **** 'em. It'll be a good lesson to the others.
Douglas Quaid: [an old woman/luggage thief grabs the briefcase left on sidewalk for Quaid] Sorry Ma'am, but this is mine.
Woman in Phone Booth: [struggling with him] I don't see your name on it!
Douglas Quaid: Someone lent it to me.
[continues to struggle with the Old Lady]
Woman in Phone Booth: You go find your own bag!
[resisting]
Woman in Phone Booth: Excuse me Ma'am, but I NEED it!
[Quaid rips it away from her and walks away]
Woman in Phone Booth: **** YOU, YOU ASSHOLE!
[Quaid turns and bows, looking like a Sikh]
Richter: But I thought...
Vilos Cohaagen: [interrupts] Who told you to *think*? I don't give you enough information to *think*! You do what you're told. *That's* what you do!
Douglas Quaid: [after fooling Richter and Company with the hologram-bracelet, Quaid reappears on the other side of the reactor-site... right in front of Cohaagen's guards] HA HA HA, you think this is the real Quaid...?
[They whirl to face nothing]
Douglas Quaid: ... IT IS!
[He blows them away]
Douglas Quaid: [as Hauser] Howdy, stranger! If things have gone wrong, I'm talking to myself, and YOU'VE got a wet towel wrapped around your head.
[Which Quaid, sure enough, has got]
Douglas Quaid: ... Get ready for a big surprise: *You* are not *you.* You're ME.
Douglas Quaid: ...No ****.
Dr. Lull: [after Quaid goes crazy at Rekall] Listen to me, he's been going on and on about Mars. He's really been there.
Bob McClane: Use your head, you dumb bitch! He's just acting out the secret agent portion of his Ego Trip.
Dr. Lull: I'm afraid that's not possible.
Bob McClane: Why not?
Dr. Lull: Because we haven't implanted it yet!
[first lines]
[Doug awakens from a nightmare]
Lori: Doug? Honey, are you all right?
[nods]
Lori: You were dreaming. Doug? Was it about Mars?
[nods]
Lori: [kisses him] Is that better?
Douglas Quaid: Hmm.
Lori: My poor baby. This is getting to be an obsession.
Douglas Quaid: What the hell is going on? What the **** did I do wrong? Tell me!
Harry: You blabbed Quaid! You blabbed about Mars!
Douglas Quaid: Are you crazy? I don't even know anything about Mars.
Harry: You should have listened to me, Quaid. I was there to keep you out of trouble.
Douglas Quaid: Harry, you're making a big mistake. You got me mixed up with somebody else.
Harry: Uh-uh pal, you got yourself mixed up with...
[Quaid kicks him in the chest, commencing the fight]
Douglas Quaid: I don't remember you.
Melina: What are you talking about?
Douglas Quaid: I don't remember you. I don't remember us. I don't even remember me.
Benny: Hey, man, you need a cab?
Douglas Quaid: Well, what's wrong with this one?
[points to other cabbie]
Benny: [laughs] He ain't got five kids to feed.
Douglas Quaid: Where's yours?
Benny: Right over there man.
[takes Quaid with him]
Punk Cabbie: Hey. Hey, man, that's my fare. Hey, asshole, that's my fare.
Benny: Eat this!
[gives him the finger]
Benny: I'm gonna drill you, sucker! I'm gonna grind you up.
Douglas Quaid: Relax. You'll live longer.
Bob McClane: What is it that is exactly the same about every single vacation you have ever taken?
Douglas Quaid: I give up.
Bob McClane: You! You're the same. No matter where you go, there you are. It's always the same old you. Let me suggest that you take a vacation from yourself. I-I know it sounds wild. It is the latest thing in travel. We call it the Ego Trip.
[Lori tries to distract Quaid by acting sexy, but he quickly he catches on]
Douglas Quaid: Clever girl.
[He points a gun at her head]
Lori: You wouldn't kill me. Would you, honey? After all we've been through
Douglas Quaid: [Thinking it over] Some of it was fun.
[He suddenly punches her out]
Douglas Quaid: Nice knowing you.
[He leaves]
[Richter and his men shoot Quaid numerous times, but he just gets up and starts laughing]
Richter: [Realizing what's going on] Son of a bitch.
[Quaid's image suddenly fades away and the real Quaid comes around the corner and starts shooting. Richter and several others manage to find cover]
Richter: [Yelling out to his men] He's got a hologram!
Lori: I love you.
Douglas Quaid: Right. That's why you tried to kill me.
Lori: No... I would never do anything to hurt you. I want you to come back to me.
Douglas Quaid: Bull****.
Dr. Edgemar: What's bull****, Mr. Quaid? That you're having a paranoid episode triggered by acute neuro-chemical trauma? Or that you're really an invincible secret agent from Mars who's the victim of an interplanetary conspiracy to make him think he's a lowly construction worker? Stop punishing yourself, Doug. You're a fine, upstanding man. You have a beautiful wife who loves you. Your whole life is ahead of you. But you've got to want to return to reality.
[Hauser's costume malfunctions and his cover as the Fat Lady is blown]
Hauser: [to a group of Agency officers] Catch!
[he throws the Fat Lady mask, and one of the officers catches it]
Fat Lady: [smiling] Get ready for a surprise!
[the mask explodes]
Hauser: Howdy stranger. I'm Hauser. If things haven't gone worng, I'm talking to myself and you don't have a wet towel around your head. Now whatever your name is, get ready for the big suprise. You are not you you're "me".
Douglas Quaid: [to himself] No ****.
Hauser: For 10, years, I worked for Mars intellegence, doing Cohaagen's. But, then, I met someone, a woman. She taught me a few things, like I was plaing for the wrong team, and other things that I didn't know about. You see,
[Points to his head]
Hauser: there's enough **** in here to **** Cohaagen good, and here comes the hard part, old buddy, now it is all up to you.
Douglas Quaid: [displeased] Great.
Hauser: Now, let's start by getting that bug out of your head.
[shows the nose device]
Hauser: Take this out of the package, and stick it up your nose. Don't worry it's self guiding. Just shove real hard.
[Quaid takes a deep breath, and sticks the nose device up his nose]
Hauser: When you hear a crunch, you're there. Now, pull it out. Be careful, that my head too.
[Quaid screams in pain while Hauser grins, then Quaid pulls out the bug]
Hauser: This is the plan. Get your ass to Mars, and go to the Hilton Hotel and show the fake Brubaker I.D. at the front desk. Just do as I tell you. You can nail that son of a bitch that ****ed you and me. I'm counting on you old buddy. Don't let me down.
Hauser: Howdy Quaid. If you're hearing this, that means that Kuato is dead, and you lead us to him. I knew that you wouldn't let me down. Sorry for all of the ****s I've put you through, but hey, what are friends are for? All I want to do is wish you happiness and good living, old buddy, but unfortunately, that's not gonna happen. You see, that's "my" body you have there, and I want it back. Sorry for being an Indian giver, but I was here first. So, adu amigo.
[the screen zooms out to reveal Cohaagen, who puts his hand on Hauser's shoulder]
Hauser: and thanks for not getting youself killed. Maybe now, we will meet in dreams, you never know.
Richter: You wanted to see me sir.
Vilos Cohaagen: Richter, you know why I'm such a happy person.
Richter: No, sir.
Vilos Cohaagen: Because I have one of the greatest jobs in the solar system. As the tribinium keeps flowing, I can do anything I want. Anything.
[gets up from his chair]
Vilos Cohaagen: In fact, the only thing I worry about is, one day, if the rebels win, it all might end.
[In Richter's face]
Vilos Cohaagen: And you're ****in' making it happen! first, you tried to kill Quaid and you let him get away.
Richter: It wouldn't help if the package is damaged, sir.
Vilos Cohaagen: I know that.
Richter: But, I thought...
Vilos Cohaagen: [interrupting] Who told you to think? I don't give you enough information to think. You do as you're told, "that's" what you do.
Agent: [as Quaid enters an apartment, the phone rings, and he picks it up] If you want to live, don't hang up.
Douglas Quaid: What do you want?
Agent: You got the bug. They're gonna bash down your door in minutes unless you do exactly as I say.
[Quaid searches himself, trying to find the bug]
Agent: Don't bother searching, the bug's in your skull.
Douglas Quaid: [looking himself in the Mirror in disbelief] Who are you?
Agent: Never mind. Wet a towel and put it over your head, this will muffle the signal.
Douglas Quaid: How did you find me?
Agent: I advise you to hurry. This will buy you some time, they won't be able to pintpoint you.
[Quaid goes into the bathroom, pulls out a towel and wets it, and puts it on his head]
Agent: Enough, you look beautiful.
[Quaid goes back to the phone]
Agent: Now, go to the window, go.
[looks up to Quaid]
Agent: Do you see me down here?
[Quaid nods yes, and shows Quaid a package]
Agent: This is the suitcase you gave me.
Douglas Quaid: I gave you?
Agent: [puts the suitcase down] I'm gonna set it here. Come and get it and keep moving.
Douglas Quaid: Wait, who are you?
Agent: Your buddy in the agency, back on Mars. You told me that if you were missing, to come and get you, so here I am good bye.
Douglas Quaid: But, what was I doing on Mars?
[the agent hangs up]
Douglas Quaid: ****!

This film is a masterpiece as the above quotes demonstrate. Spoiler added in case it gives too much away.

nyarlothothep

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Dont we all,its a classic.
It would never be made in todays film industry.
They would castrate it,remove the humour,water it down and make it Pg-13.

True...what makes total recall superior to so many movies these days is the way the themes of identity and reality vs simulation are so subtlety and powerfully conveyed, so they're not layed on with a sledgehammer as in existenz which also concerned real vs simulated. A lot of films tend to lack subtlety or nuance these days, everything is really obvious, whereas what I like with a film like Total Recall is that mixes comic book action, hi tech ultra violence, cheesy one liners and comical moments, with serious philosophical and political explorations. Its sci fi without shame and I think, that a lot of sci fi these days is almost apologetic about being sci fi or something, certainly I can't think of any films outside the Matrix that have made a great impact or have been particularly good.

Strange too that when the recall dude says that the walls of reality will come crashing down they literally do when Quaid shoots him.

Vic Vinegar

Pride Fighter -

well done on the huge IMDB copy and paste

Pride Fighter

mountain lips wrote: »

Pride Fighter -

well done on the huge IMDB copy and paste

LOL. Thanks:)