Total Recall - What's the Difference?
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Total Recall turned 30 this year and on top of being peak, early 90's science fiction action spectacle, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoeven crafted a sneaky brilliant treatise on the nature of memory and the self. Starting from a short story by the king of all sci fi adaptations, Philip K. Dick, We Can Remember If For You Wholesale was just a 20 page short story first published a 1966 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. So how did fewer than two dozen pages turn into the pulpy 1990 classic and a remake we don't need to talk about? It's time to ask, What's the Difference?
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I love how Verhoeven manages to make films both dumb enough to enjoy as a kid, and smart enough to enjoy as an adult.
Same guy who brought you 'Elle' and 'Showgirls'.
@@rogerkincaid931 and robocop and starship troopers
@@rogerkincaid931 are you saying you don't get any joy from watching showgirls as an adult?
@Antipseudo Word! You must be a 90’s kid too!?
Great isn't he hated him, but that's the point
That clip you guys showed from, “The Twilight Zone” is the episode “Five Characters in Search of an Exit.” I watched that episode three days ago on Netflix. That episode has one of the greatest plot twist ever
There's twilight zone on Netflix? Fuck, us Netflix is way better than the rest
It being one of the few Twilight Zone episodes I'd already seen I was surprised to know it. It's memorable at the very least.
I reccomend you watching "S02E26 - Shadow Play" and "S05E03 - Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", there are others twilight zone episodes who deal with reality/dream/illusion, but these two are really nice.
No Exit, ya say?
Michael Ironside was great in this movie. Sadly he immediately followed this with Highlander II.
He made up for that when Verhoeven cast him again in Starship Troopers.
Well.. _HE_ was at least _fun_ in HIGHLANDER II
He also made up for it by voicing darksied in Superman the animated series
Hes
SAM FISHER!!!
@@TheRealNormanBates Probably the best part of it.
Probably the only thing that keeps it from being pure 100% ambiguous in the "was it all a dream" debate are the handful of scenes where Quaid isn't there.
I mean, if it were a fantasy in his mind how and why would he know about the stuff he wasn't there for?
Damn I love the editing and script of These guys. Thanks a lot!
What about Clueless as an adaption of Emma, the film is 25 years old
Hollow Man is 20 years old and is an adaption of The invisible man, which just got updated
Neverending Story 2 is 30 years old
Battle Royale is also 20 years old
15 years ago King Kong (Peter Jackson's), Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Sin City and Chronicles of Narnia were all released
10 years ago Arriety (The Borrowers), The Last Airbender and RED were released
I'll stop there
Thanks for reminding me it was that long ago that I went to the theatres to see Peter Jackson's King Kong with some buddies...
One thing that should be mentioned is that Quail and Quade are both essentially supermen in the book and the movie. Quail apparently went through 15 bodyguards en route to assassinating a politician and is so good at overwhelming armed men that the agents who originally confront him basically know they have no shot against him as soon as he remembers his former skills. Meanwhile, Quade is clearly an elite agent who can do all that same stuff Quail was said to be capable of as well. We know this because he actually does it throughout the movie.
Congrats on this author. 3 great stories!!
Fact there is a sequel comic in that comic
1-aliens arrive to Mars
2-the guy with the wife that try to kill quaid survive the fall and has robotic hands
3-the son of cohaagen is the new leader
4-there was another machine similar to the one quaid activated
CLINT: Delusional
CASEY: Real
ME: One thing's for real, though, you guys aren't delusional to release a video after so many months.
Class act how to adapt a medium. I feel so more than most because all the short stories under my belt.
Pretty please do Whats the difference between *Dune* novel vs the 1984 film, before the new movie comes out.
Shwarzenegger being chased by Sam Fisher??? Damn!? how did I miss that? need to watch it asap
...Ronny Cox and Michael Ironside - if you want to have someone play bad guys, these two are the best...
Personally I love the ending of the book, it adds on a no win situation leaving the government in a tight spot; they can’t kill him but letting him live would bring on a whole mess of problems
i missed this series
They should do a total recall original vs reboot what the difference
And why can't the scenes that Arnold's not in just be his imagination filling in the gaps to explain to him after the fact why things have happened? Just because we're seeing it all in a linear timeline to suit the narrative of the film it doesn't mean that he's experiencing/imagining it that way....
Can the original poster or anyone please tell me what studio release version (and year) the clips were used from? ie was it the mind bending edition?
Or was it the new 4k Studio Canal release?
The quality looked great ie colours spot on and no grain!
You guys missed yet another opportunity for a sexy three way between this Total Recall and its reboot with Colin Farrell. What are you guys, asleep at the wheel?
Wait, so the 2012 version is more book accurate? I haven't seen it
Everyday I wait for a “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: What’s the Difference”
Row, Row, Row your boat gently down the stream.😁
I like the 1990 Total Recall film. But it deviated from Phillip K. Dick's short story. The reason Total Recal was remade from scratch in the 2010's. Because the modern remake, is more faithful and follows more closely to the For We Can Remember It Wholesale novella story. Rather than the remake having schlock violence and a satirical tone. The modern Total Recal remake and the novel story have a more serious tone and a dystopian premise.
There is no ambiguity, in the movie the events are real and not a dream, delusion, or any other kind of make believe. As you yourselves point out at 5:10, we see scenes that are completely separate from Quaid; those scenes wouldn't exist if it was all some kind of dream sequence, because nothing exists in a dream without the dreamer.
You’ve never dreamt about things happening that don’t involve you? Or that you were not yourself? Or behaved differently from how you would in real life?
Arnold on his best 🤘🤘
With the upcoming Dune reboot, really surprised you guess never did a what's the difference between the book and the 1984 film.
I forgot how good the original movie was.
Are you able to do a WTD/ on CATS? Hitting the Cinematic, Stage, and book of Poems (Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by literary juggernaut T.S. Eliot)??? :3
Can you do a what's the difference between the book and movie of The Hunger Games saga?
Dr. Edgemar*
QUATO LIVES
I miss you 'What's The Difference'! 🎭
Seriously, it’s like, how long’s it been?
Me too It's great to see them again.
" _Ha-ha-ha! You think this is the real Quaid?_ "
" _It is._ "
Love that bit!! :D
That shit was hilarious 😂😂
Arnold’s most under rated talent is recognition of talent. To be one of the greatest action movie stars, you can’t just star in schlock, you’ve got to get onto good properties. Arnold went above and beyond, testing his limits, but the properties he was was incredible in relied on more than just his star power. He would try his best to get the best of the best to do what they do best. Personally, that’s why I love him as an actor.
And the effects have hold up pretty well
Total Recall is the Schrödinger's cat of movies.
When people say "don't worry..." to you, drop everything and get the heck out! ⚡
Thank you for covering the only theatrical release of "Total Recall."
Shout out to Jerry Goldsmith.
Hahaha yes the only one!
Please do “What’s the Difference: The Godfather”
RossDiamondThief yes please!
Ones an overrated book.
Ones an overrated movie.
Justin Coleman no just no
Combined, partially with The Godfather Part II, as the Vito parts in Part II are from the novel!
Another series called Lost In Adaptation did a video for that.
Something no one brings up when discussing how to interpret the movie is the scene immediately after Quaid goes Under. The one where he becomes uncontrollable and screams you blew my cover. After this we are told that the ego trip portion of his trip hadn’t been implanted, that Quaid had his memory of his trip to rekall erased and he awakens in a taxi. If Quaid had his memory erased and only found out about rekall because of his run in with Harry, then why are we shown him going stark raving mad? To me that one scene is proof that what Quaid experiences the rest of the film isn’t a dream. That and the fact that minority report was originally going to be adapted to make a sequel to total recall.
I think it's real, too. There are scenes in the movie where Quaid isn't even present. If it's a dream in Quaid's POV, how are we seeing things Quaid isn't seeing?
One of my favorite movies ever
Definitely. And True Lies is even higher for me. And with Terminators and more - Arnold is about as uberawesome as it gets.
Realtalk
Thats why I love Robocop and Total Recall they are the perfect blend of 80s schlock but taken seriously. Like they both are actually really thoughtful and heartfelt while also actually having a lot of commentary about society.
See you at the party Richter!
Tosses arms 😂
I think we can all agree that the reboot is trash.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍DEFF!!
I actually rather liked the remake. It actually follows the book much better than the Arnold version. But I will say the original film is more entertaining.
Obviously the original is unbeatable. Any movie from the 80’s and 90’s is impossible to remake or reboot. You simply cannot get the feeling or the essence of that time today in a film. I actually thought the remake was ok, not amazing, but alright.
Complete garbage. It’s just a pointless series of CG heavy chase scenes. I remember sitting in the theater thinking, if just one of these million bullets they’ve been outrunning would land,, we could all go home.
Sloe Bone haha, maybe I’m remembering it wrong. I think I was blinded by Kate Beckinsale.
In all those years since i watched the movie, talked about and got to read about it on the internet its amazing how all the points used to say it was real or fake are valid and it can go both ways.The final point, i guess, is what the director says and, iirc, in the commentary track he said its all a dream, Quaid never left the chair, killing the doctor was the point of no return and the white light when he kisses Melina is the lobotomy happening. Even the excessive violence is explained as this is what happens if the dream is an action film but also a way to show how each kill is actual damage to his mind. And to this day the only thing i want to know is what exactly Coohagen meant when he said he would blow up the machine and get back home for breakfast. This may sound blasphemy but was also expecting a few lines on the remake. Yes, that film wasnt supposed to exist but we have a decent action thing if we forget its a remake.
It really does but make sense and we can get less angrier than other films who does it thinking it was a smart twist.
The remake has a more plausible everyman, but a dumber plot about "The Fall". Why blow up an effective means of transporation? And once you start saying it's a dream (including things the protagonist is unaware of) who's to say ANY of it is "real" including the existence of Quaid/Recall? Could just be Verhoeven's dream, and same could be said of any non-documentary he makes.
I think you might be thinking of Blade Runner with that whole director-spoils-the-surprise thing. I even just checked right now and I can't find anybody from the movie saying one way or another if Total Recall is real.
@@danielgehring7437 I was replying to Pedro Silva, who referenced a Verhoeven commentary track.
@@clownpendotfart My apologies for the confusion. I was also replying to Silva, in the OP.
I would love to see a What's The Difference: L.A. Confidential
"I wouldn't trade places with Edmund Exley right now for all the whiskey in Ireland."
The book is a masterpiece written by a genius lunatic. The movie is okay.
@@starkparker16 I saw the movie first and thought it was great then I read the book and thought the movie was pretty good
Arnold may not have been the best actor, but he was surely legendary
I love how we pretend 2012 Version doesn't exist
Even Colin Farrell pretends it doesnt exist
Fun fact: subway scenes are filmed on the Mexico City subway.
They found what weird abstract architecture it was and used it. Serendipity or genius?
WELL, I really hope so the 2012 remake version is a DELUSION ...
He has 3 sets of memories in the movie. His self who went on the mission and Malena was contact found out the rebels were protected by psychs. As hes investigating he finds the machine and goes back deciding to not kill the rebels. Then his second memory is the construction worker the third was the spy memories from recall which activated a hybrid between his real self which had the skills to accomplish what he needed and the good guy attitude to fool the psychics.
This movie has so many great scenes! One of my favorite is the shot of the midget chick shooting the machine gun while standing on the bar looking totally badass! It’s sooo cool and sooo funny at the same time. The x-Ray machine they walk through is really cool too, and still holds up with its special effects. I also love the robot taxi driver and when Quaid uses the guy as a human shield, it’s so over the top and entertaining, one of my favorite movies of all time!
Every Philip K. Dick story is basically the same. Person doesn't understand what's real and what's not, hijinks ensue, we the reader are left\watcher are left to figure out what is real and not in the story.
Craxin01 hhhmmm no
The guy saw his dead twin sister all the time, so he had a few screws loose.
@@richardarriaga6271 maybe something to do with the amount of acid and lsd he took, you can tell when his started a book high and when his finished a book not so high (or someone else for that matter)
1:51 - Dude! You skipped right over writer *Dan O'Bannon.* DAN (FREAKING) O'BANNON!!! He's the guy who dreamed up a cheap little indie film called *_"ALIEN"._* I don't know... maybe you've heard of it?
Rob Bottin probably hates hearing people mispronounce his name all the time. It's "bow-teen".
Boutoooon
In spain they call him "robotin", wich literary is little robot
That's the thing that plagues you in both media... is it real? Is it implanted? Both do a great job of making you not know for certain
A point someone made is that Quaid being played by Arnold Schwarzenegger by itself implies that the whole thing is real because there's no way a guy like Arnold is an "every man". On top of that, anything that takes place outside of the character's point of view wouldn't make sense as the result of an implanted memory.
I would argue that the fact that Schwarzenegger doesn't look like a "everyman" would actually be a strike against the idea of everything being real. The reason why is that real spies generally try to avoid standing out from a crowd which Schwarzenegger most certainly does not.
I mean its possible that Quaid is just a construction worker who does bodybuilding during his spare time, that he once had greater aspirations of becoming famous like the actor who plays him but instead ended up failing in those aspirations & now he's stuck in a dead-end job as some random schlub dreaming of all the things he could have become instead of what he is now.
@@travisjordan3853 Ah, but then if he doesn't look like an average spy he's less likely to be detected as one! Unless the resistance realizes that and starts looking for someone who doesn't look like a spy, in which case your best bet is to double down and give them too obvious a target! Unless they know that too...
Joking (and revolving argument) aside, Quaid isn't a spy per se, he's only on the one mission. Since the whole reason he had to undergo the mind-wipe was because Quato could read his thoughts and know if he's a spy or not just by being in proximity, his physical appearance doesn't really count as a strike either for or against him.
What I wanna know is how Rekall could have gotten away with such an unambiguous ending if it was all a dream. Wouldn't Quaid's first action upon waking up be to go watch the news and find out, oops Mars is still red? Not much of a vacation if it can easily be disproven within minutes of waking.
Imo the whole movie would have been better if Quaid was played by a less over the top action hero actor.
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.
Per wiki Dan O'Bannon wrote the screenplay for Alien, adapted from a story he wrote with Ronald Shusett. THIS masterpiece screenplay is credited to that pair and Gary Goldman. Screen magic, and thanks for the endless toiling on rewrites, guys. Bravo. Perfect example of hard work paying off.
(IMO Alien - the first one, and only that one - is in the select group of the finest S.F. films ever. Yet I can in a nontwisted sense envision Arnold as the title character there as well! Seriously. Like the Terminator. Insane idea, but he's never let me down yet, on anything whatsoever.)
"What's the Difference?" more like "What Happened To This Channel?"
Please do a what’s the difference on the frank abagnale biography catch me if you can and the movie of the same name starring leonardo dicaprio, it’d be fantastic
The remake wasn't that bad as a standalone movie, if they'd called it anything besides Total Recall it would have been a solid sci fi movie
Yup to me it was a decent syfy did you feel like it was a lose prequel to I robot
@@GHOST-zy3ji I can see some similarities, but honestly I saw similarities to a lot of other sci fi movies
It felt like a kinda scifi homage
I absolutely love this movie, it's one of my favorite Arnold films! Thank you!
So whats the difference between 1990 Total Recall and 2012 Total Recall besides the 2012 one sucking?
The original is great. The remake has my vote for worst remake ever!
I'd seconded, but the kara- I'm sorry the KUNG FU (mother fuck....) KID remake with Jaden Smith was just STUPID
Im gonna count Dragonball evolution as a remake
And as such the worst remake (it supposedley covers the original show)
At 9:00 all I could hear was "Dental plan" "Lisa needs braces"
I love Paul Verhoeven! Such an amazing filmography.
This movie is such a classic.
1:07 anyone notice how much Ron Shusett (Dan O’Bannon’s partner on ALIEN) looks like Brian Cox’s brother?
2:26 it could also be a nice nod to DREAMSCAPE, which starred Dennis _Quaid_ as a man who could consciously enter into other people’s dreams and interact with them.
2:56 Mr. _McClane?_ Is the movie already giving us a hint to what will happen next? A lone “asshole with a heart of gold” will fight against villains who use manipulation to steal something important (the main character’s mind/soul), while dealing with a corrupt/inept government/police force?
Though I’m still wondering how the mutant stomach Chucky plays into things...
5:55 is that Ron Cobb?
This movie was filmed in the México city metro.
I swear I thought I already saw a WTD for Total Recall. Memory fabrication?
They did one for The Running Man. Maybe that's what you're thinking of?
For the memory of a lifetime ... CineFix, CineFix, CineFix
Mr Tuesday maybe that’s why or is it?
I would love to see a “what’s the difference” of the Witcher books and the Netflix series season one.
Verhoeven has said the music in the final shot signifies the whole thing *was* a dream.
This is my favorite Swarzten...
Shwarrts...
Schwortz...
It’s my favorite Arnold film.
You've done silence of the lambs could we please have what's the difference with red dragon and Hannibal
I can definitively say that the situations were real. I say this...because they happened to me.
It is a sensitive subject though, so I don't feel comfortable going into it in any more detail than that.
Anyone remember the edited for TV version? "COME BACK HERE YOU STEROID!"
Can you do the Umbrella Academy comics and show differences. Ik they’re really different but it was still be a fun watch.
I own the book and the movie .Even when this version of Total Recall came out at the time ,Which I say back in the day on the big screen in the summer of ninteeen ninety ,Which was cool at that time ,That it rocked in so many ways .But again I know the book will be different then the first movie and like the tv show ,And who really cares about the reboot one from a few years aga .
I just found out that Fast Times at Ridgemont High is based on a book. I would love to see y’all take it on!!
Another great Philip K. Dick story - What you never mention, is that in real life, Dick actually did go nuts.
"Have you brought any fruits or vegetables on the planet?" - Mars Immigration Dude
"Two weeks" - Two Weeks Lady
"Exsqueeze me?" - Mars Immigration Dude
6:41 It was Dr Edgemar, not Dr Edgerton. Still a good video.
"What's the difference?"
The remake was shot with greasy lenses in which the dimmest light source will cause lens flares so distracting as to make it almost impossible to notice how unimpressive it was.
Loved this movie and saw it in the theater when it came out knowing it was based on a story by PKD. Liked this breakdown and it gave me some food for thought. Nice job!
do whats the difference with the 1990 witches and the witches book
@CineFix The storyline has to be real, because we see scenes that are outside of Quaid's perspective. If it were an implant, his trip as a secret agent would only deal in those scenes which he would personally experience. Just a detail I realized in the the theatre as a teenager...
I don’t buy it, I can have a much easier time believing that the reason we see that is it’s all part of the in-depth memory they’ve created. The movie isn’t in first person we are already getting a different perspective than Quaid and we’re already talking about implanted memories so it’s not hard to believe that they are that in-depth. What’s hard to believe are all of the insane coincidences you have to believe if you believe it’s real
Pretty please do *Alita Battle Angel* or *Children of Men* 💜
What s the difference : A Scanner Darkly
And What's the difference : Lingu (Edit : the novel by Kawasaki), Lingu Japanese adaptation and The Ring
Not really that much of a difference for A Scanner Darkly except there are more black people in the book
So this film is just Inception but earlier
You need to do a "What The Difference" with Candyman and The Forbidden.
Yes! Especially with the sequel/reboot coming....
Me listening to the audiobook. "Hmm, reminds me of Total Recall a little "
06:57 - They tried to literally Red Pill him back into reality, but Quaid wanted to remain in his psychosis.
Yay! Been waiting on you guys to upload another what's the difference. Could you please do The Green Mile? I rewatch your videos pretty regularly and I feel like that's a big one you're missing, with The Shawshank Redemption and It.
This one & RoboCop are some of my best movies of all time. I've watched them over 1000 times & still not done yet.
PERCY JACKSON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What’s the Difference Howl’s Moving Castle would be really interesting. There are so many bizarre changes.
I recently found the book at one of those "take a book leave a book" things and had no idea it was an adaptation. Such a dope movie can't wait to read it.
ATH Media Your in for a delightful experience. The movie in no way spoils the book.
Shows graphic gun violence, bleeps the word "shit" - it's the American Way :')
I believe verhoeven confirmed it was all a dream/memory. And that the whole "but we see characters when Quaid isnt present" logic doesnt disprove it. Memories from recall are probably like dreams, wherein you can be disembodied and viewing others
TWO WEEKS!
Well, ain't this place a geographical anomaly!