Total Recall (1990) - Nostalgia Critic 

"You are not you, you're me." "No shit." Best movie line in ever.

I'm gonna have to go with that it was real for two reasons: 1) "It was all just a dream" endings almost always suck. 2) Pulling that thing out of his nose would have been excruciating and entertainment companies generally tend to refrain from deliberately torturing their clients. It tends to cut down on repeat customers.

At least Arnold was the only one to pronounce Richter right :)

In the movie, the script slant towards the events being real. However, the novelization is more ambiguous.

Anybody else just crack up at "I push you for no reason, get out of the way!" ?

The hologram fight was pretty awesome

Wow, a positive review. Gonna need a few minutes to process that.

The "All-Connected" guy was played by Marc Alaimo. Best known as Star Trek's second greatest villain Gul Dukat.

“I thought It’d be a great place to raise our children” MARS AINT THE TYPE OF PLACE TO RAISE YA KIDS the joke was right there

I love Total Recall. "Consider that a divorce" is my favorite line

What happened to That Sci-Fi Guy? I love his videos and miss his content.

So, to sum up this movie's story and the debate behind it: ~Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy Caught in a landslide No escape from reality?

I saw Total Recall at 20 years old and really enjoyed it. I was very surprised. Even the nonsensical stuff.

Whoa, you do not dis Robert Picardo. He was the one actor in Voyager that made that show watchable.

5:55 "Played by Robert Picardo." "The guy from Star Trek?" "He was on Voyager." "Huh, that would explain why I don't give a shit."

*"Ok then. If I'm not me, who the hell am I!??"*

I'll admit, I do like Total Recall. TBH, I thought the "Is this real?" mind-screw in this worked better than Matrix. Better characters, and the not real (?) bits were much harder to distinguish. Even better, it doesn't take itself too seriously. And the spies actually *try* to fit in with the appropriate bits. And has better one liners. And Arnold. He at least shows emotion.

But if it was all Arnolds dream, then why indeed, where there scenes without him? How could he dream about something, where he was not present and still think it was real?

The remake had nothing to do with the original

I just watched this movie for the first time this morning. A cult classic. I loved it!!

6:30 If it's all supposed to be implanted in his head, then how come she made a call to the bad guy without him knowing? And pretty much every scene that he wasn't included without making him aware.

Wait, stop. Why was he using a hand blender in a food processor?

Who else wants to see Doug review the remake?

do a review of the total recall remake

I actually really love that actress who plays "large lady/large lady head/Ahnold's disguise." She was great as the mom in The Hollars.

You missed a hot towel around your head joke from Farris buelers day of.

Oh I just caught something. Go to scene at 12:34, there is Quad and the doctor on the left side, but on the right in the mirror there is only a reflection of Quad.

So since this version of Total Recall was directed by Paul Verhoeven, what was it meant to satirize? He strikes me as the kind of "satirist" who fails at his job by making the thing he wanted to take down accidentally look awesome, like in Robocop and maybe Starship Troopers. Not Showgirls, though, that one is a dumpster fire.

Michael "IronAss" Ironside is in this movie. Love it alone for that.

This is my favorite movie, it's peak Arnold with a twisty ending

So this movie features Voyager's Doctor, DS9's Gul Dukat, TNG's Captain Jellico, and Commissioner Stenchler from Sewer Shark? Weirdest casting ever.

Do old vs new on total recall

Wonder if they've made plushies that have their eyes gouge like that in the Mars scenes?

Every time the song plays I keep thinking it's gonna be the Conan themesong

To answer your question. Assuming the building on Mars was pressurized to match Earth's, being exposed to the vacuum would not cause a person to explode violently. One can actually survive from being exposed if they are repressurized before 90 seconds and they didn't hold their breath (holding the breath would cause the lungs to rupture and be fatal) as well not suffer any serious damage. Your body does swell but it won't explode. The only time one would actually get torn apart from explosive decompression, would be if you were in a high pressure environment and it suddenly dropped like in the case of the Byford Dolphin accident.

Left out big and great portions of this film. The review feels pretty rushed.

13:02 I always like to joke that the guys just sweating because its really hot in that room and he doesn’t even realized he’s even sweating when Arnold shoots him in the head

How did Sci Fi Guy get this gig, as he hardly does any episodes. Just curiosity.

GET YOUR ASS TO MARS! You must be so proud to do that movie Arnold.

Blue Thunder, Demolition Man, Robocop (original) & Total Recall (again, original) - FU**ING AWESOME!!!

This was the last crossover Doug ever did on the Nostalgia Critic series. Can't believe it's been nearly 3 years since the Nostalgia Critic ended

Seriously...who else was digging the beat during the "Get your ass to Mars" remix? That was sick! I totally would start jamming out to that!

The greatest movie I have ever seen. Hands down my favorite movie. Paul Verhoeven is the best.

Security glass doesn't cut you. It's designed to be shattered into thousands of little pieces that aren't particularly sharp.

Wait... so doesn't this movie answer the question why Michael Ironside is missing a hand in Space Troopers? (I know he lost both arms here but still, IT'S HILARIOUS!!).

5:14 Is that Captain Sheridan?????

Damn...they really know how to shoot action movies back then...so many memorable moments man....how are people failing so much at today’s action movies? Always going big but forgetting about the personal touch.

I remember the first time I saw this movie. It was on TV, just as he was going through security. Imagine your first exposure to this movie was an large woman having a stroke, taking off her head to reveal Arnold Schwarzenegger, then throwing the fake head at Sam Fisher which then explodes. So much confusion but damn if it didn't grab my attention.

This movie made such an impression on me as a kid, that to this day when someone asks me a question where the answer is legitimately "two weeks," i continue to respond to each subsequent question with "twwooo weeeeks". I'm very old. We only had 7 channels and one was Showtime/The Movie Channel. If a movie was on heavy rotation, it became a permanent part of my developing brain.

I love this movie. I highly recommend the original story by Philip K Dick, as well as the radio play.

They're All Connected!

BTW, the Danny DeVito type character? He played the commissioner on Sewer Shark.

Haha the ad break gag was even more awkward because there was no ad it just cut to black and then straight back.

I like that poster for Arthur- "meet the world's only lovable billionaire". Were they not aware of who they cast in the lead?

19:21 "Hey! HEY! What the fuck, man?" All that's left now is sound to be added, but who would want that?

This is a perfect movie

Ya, Doug DON'T see the Total Recall remake it suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks

well the 2° remake/reboot of planet of the apes led to a very dramatic and intense trilogy. i really loved how WAR was so visceral despite having so few blood

I've never seen this review, but I knew it was old as soon as I heard that generic music you used to put in all the top 11 videos. Good on you for mentioning the original upload date. I like these throwback vids.

missed an opportunity to say "it's not a toumora" which would have been awesome

Oh, and that mask effect was also a practical effect. The reason it looked like a stiff Arnold Schwarzenegger in stop motion, was because they supposedly used the real Arnold to do it (what's known as stop motion with pixelation). Since the shot only used, what, 5 second of run time, imagining Arnie being able to sit through roughly 2 hours of moving a frame at a time, while maintaining the same facial expression, doesn't sound too out of the realm of believability.

I actually really like the remake. In addition to the updated effects, it played with the themes in a much more interesting way.

Was the "there all connected" guy the actor that plays gul dukat in ds9??

Does anyone know if this is Nostalgia Critic actual channel and if not where the fuck it is

Every time nostalgia critic talks it sounds like he’s about to make a joke. And he is about 98% of the time, the other 2 is just awkward

Sam fisher himself in total recall l. Yes I’m aware he was in this first then later in splinter cell

Sad there was no mention of that one dude on the escalator in the subway chase when Arnold used him as a human shield and took bullets from everyone there, got thrown around, and stepped on by all the grunts. RIP bullet-sponge man 😔🙏🏻

Cohagan "Richter, do you know why I'm such a happy person? Richter "No sir. Cohagan "because I have the best job in the solar system, I can do anything I want. Anything

This review, the Conan series, and anything with Noah Antwiler as 'Turl' is like Saturday morning cartoons to me!

I still remember reading the Cracked satire of Total Recall as a kid - good times - one of my favorite movies growing up.

Detective Bullock you worked with Arnold?!?!

its a Paul Verhoeven film. not an Arnold Schwarzenegger film. i've seen the nc do this mistake many times. american film fans are corrupted by the star system.

Explosive decompression isn't realistic. You'd just pass out quickly from lack of oxygen. The difference between 1 atm (15 psi) and 0 psi isn't enough to destroy your body. It happened to an astronaut once in a vacuum chamber, and he survived.

I would love to see another one with Leo, he's cool

I think the cop that said catfight in the clip was robert duncan mcneill who played Tom Paris in Star Trek: VOY

Hi Nostalgia Critic,big fan I’m just responding to your question regarding the explosive decompression theory,the truth is that there was a tragedy involving some men in a Byford diving bell when a human error occurred in trying to work properly in order,then the atmosphere dropped from 9 atmospheres to 1 atmosphere in a fraction of a Sec causing some men to suffer serious injury’s and others to having there body’s explode and scattered in all directions. I’m not a genius but I’m guessing the less atmosphere the more air pressures is pressed on to your body.

shit on it if you will, but i love Arnold's movies, they're cheesy in just the right way, and that's why they're timeless to fans like myself.

Cadet Lt. Col. Brett C. Shelton Get Your Yourself To Elm Street

Shouldn't the glass on Mars be, oh I don't know, bulletproof maybe?

@ 13:04 *"On Mars System Renown Neuroscientist Founder of Company Recall Murdered by Customer"*

I never knew this video existed until now.

Should Arnold Schwarzenegger play as the retired spy teacher to the new spy Dwayne The Rock Johnson

Just before the mid roll break - tell the truth you both: How often did you need to retake the shot because you brought out in laughter?

I think that ass joke was one hellllllllllll of a stretch

I watched the movie for the first time last night and.. I don't understand how there's any debate. The movie only makes sense if it's real. I get that the intent was to keep it ambiguous, but it's just not. So many scenes would straight up destroy the movie if it's a dream.

I had no idea NC and Todd in the Shadows had a crossover 🤣

The Sunsets on Mars are actually blue, now confirmed

I never quite got why Arnold's face at 9:50 is a puppet. That's super creepy! Probably that's because the animation of the mask is done in stop-motion, and doing stop-motion is almost impossible with a real actor... But I don't know it still seems absurd.

Verhoeven. No more words needed.

Best Nostalgia Critic ever!-Comic Book Guy

You guys skipped the best moment in the movie T-T Arnold walks around a corner and three guards point their guns at him. Arnold starts laughing and says: You think this is the real Quaid... Guards look around to find the real one. Arnold: It is! He then shoots them in the back

The Ham and pathos in many of the "acting" bits by Arnie helps basically to get over the bad parts of the effects quickly so it stays pretty entertaining all the way through. They knew they could not simply lean on the looks of things as that was still not really technically manageable to look convincing... so they took the weaknesses and ran with them.

8:50 - "And j..j...JAM IT IN!!!"

6:46 I wonder if they answer their video phones like that now that it’s the future

I want a single player RPG game based on this movie. It's got fleshed out characters, an interesting world and lore, great aesthetics and Arnold fucking Schwarzenegger. Somebody get on it, I'll donate half of all I have on Patreon.

A lot of people are torn between it being a simulation and it being reality, but this entire movie and the plot, even the details play out like Quaid is having a vivid hallucination. Even the whole wrap a wet towel around your head sounds like a delusion your brain would conjure up during a hallucination. And the scene with the giant lady bomb head?? That is some ideal hallucination fodder.

Total Recall was a Groundbreaker when it came out , on the Big screen it was Awesome..

"Consider that a divorce" BooM!!

It´s just me or ThatSciFiGuy seems like missing son of Steve Buscemi ??

All these years later, and I'm _still_ disappointed he didn't say "I'm the Nostalgia Critic, and I remember it for you wholesale." at the end as a nod towards the book.