WTF Happened to Total Recall? 

One of the best Sci-Fi action movies ever made and one of Arnold’s best films.

“You think this is the real Quaid? It is!” Never gets old.

I miss how impressive futuristic movies were in the '90s. It's pretty much impossible to feel that way today since we've seen it all.

So many iconic lines from this movie, "Get your ass to Mars" "Consider that a divorce" and "See you at the party Richter"

When I was 16, my sister and I went to see Total Recall in the theater. I can remember like yesterday the place erupting in laughter when Arnie used that guy as a shield on the escalator. The violence was so over the top that the crowd didn't know how else to react. I still react that way. In that last Halloween movie, when that kid fell over the railing and landed in the foyer...I was the only person in the theater who started laughing.

I love Total Recall. Arnold Schwarzenegger as well as Michael Ironside were excellent, the Martian makeup effects by robotin were superb, and there was some great one-liners.

Jerry Goldsmith's score for this film is so good

This movie is a masterpiece and I'm so glad that lately it's getting the appreciation it deserves..

One of the finest films ever made and gets better with age.

Total Recall is probably my favourite Arnie film after T1. I love the over the top violence, the ridiculousness of it all. The gadgets are memorable and Arnie actually acts better here than he probably ever did! The story is amazing, especially your first time watch when you have no idea if everything is in his head or not. 15/10, totally underrated.

Literally just watched this on the weekend, been watching all the old movies I loved since nothing new really catches me. Still a masterpiece.

This is my second favorite of Arnold's films, just behind T2. I've watched this film countless times back in the VHS days. Lol!

Whoever edited this video is a freaking genius!!! A FREAKING GENUS!

Say what you want about Arnold but he’s smart and never gives up. Nothing gets him down for too long. A remarkable person.

It always amazes me how complicated it is to get a movie made. Financing alone can take years. Martin Scorsese recently mentioned how he was having problems getting financed for a movie he was developing, and that's Scorsese.

When my best friend, who was also into sci-fi, said we should go see Total Recall, I said yes, because Arnie, & Michael Ironside were in it. I knew nothing of it, & hadn't even seen a preview. I walked out, in love with it. It was the best genre movie, I had seen, in a long time. Thanks for the memory.

The opening credits score 🎵 of this movie is brilliant 👌👌

A great film and very educational. My Astronomy professor showed the eye bulging scene to the class to demonstrate what would happen if you were in the surface of Mars. After seeing that lesson, I have yet to get my ass to Mars.

Michael Ironsides one of the best if not thee best villains in all of cinema.

What happened was a really solid movie was made. I never saw the remake, but I'm certain it's nowhere on par with this film

I remember this movie was unique in Australia when it was released to VHS, it had 2 versions with different ratings, which I’d never seen before!

The premiss behind "Total Recall" is not as far fetch as one may think. If we ever get the technology to plant memories could we give you a vacation lasting 6 months, in a few short hours? Not sure how long the trip to Mars took in the movies. Think about it this way. Tell me everything you did and said yesterday? Word for word step for step. Now tell me what you did 6 months ago. You would not have to plant 6 months of vacation into your mind taking 6 months. Just bits and pieces. Like this movie did with you. At the end you felt like you had experienced what the main character did. You may have felt that way with a lot of movies you saw in your lifetime. (Some movies you felt like you had spent a lifetime watching them. Gods did I feel like that with some. "Honey is it over yet?" Shhhh sit back and shut up. This is just the first 20 minutes.") It is possible for false memories to be planted. Another thing I love about this movie is each of us walked out with a different opinion, none of us were wrong. Was the main character a secret agent? Or Was his mind making the whole thing up? For the rest of his life he would be stuck living in a hospital bed with this fake life running. Was his mind making this up and he was stuck on an endless loop, reliving this story over and over and over. Forgetting that he had already done this. (Like the TNG episode where the Enterprise relived the same day over and over) This was one of the better Sci Fic movies I've seen. It would be an interesting conversation to have over dinner or just coffee. What are your thoughts?.

2nd favorite Arnie flick (after "The Terminator", of course). First saw it at like 6 years old on VHS (with that AWESOME Terminator 2 teaser trailer playing before the movie started. The teaser where we see the endoskeleton being built in Skynet's factory). The eyes bulging effect used to scare me as a kid (I've even had nightmares of being sucked out into the vacuum of mars atmosphere) but I kept watching it anyway cuz this movie is so badass. When people bring up Arnold, usually the "big 3" are Terminator, Predator, and Commando, but this one, while thankfully not overlooked, IMO has more going for it than people realize. So glad I've been cable to see it in the theater twice over the passed few years.

I saw this movie as a kid when it came out in theaters and have been a fan since. It’s so over the top and unapologetic. The best thing the movie does is that ending. Because of info peppered throughout the movie the ending can be taken one of three ways, the fairytale ending, the good ending and the bad ending. All three are completely plausible.

Dear god. The amount of research you’ve done to make this video is mind blowing

"Bowl shed!" "Whats bowl shed Mr. Quaid?" 🤣

Yeah this one is a hell of a lot better than that 2012 reboot or reimagining.

I always remembered the tagline: Get Ready For The Ride Of Your Life. And because I had no clue what the movie was about that tagline alone intrigued me enough to go see it and of course I loved it. Lol

the UHF clips in here were perfect.

Still amazing effects work especially considering it’s photography based. Always thought the taxi’s appear to have been inspired by the SPV “Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle” from “Captain Scarlet”.

Personally, for me, this film was the summum of an action-80s movie. (although in 90s) I saw it when I was twelve knowing little about the main plot, so for me was all surprising, exciting and epic. It was the time when Arnold was in his peak and the movie has everyhting who a 80s early teenager could wish for. Arnold, action, mutants, catchy moments, a sexy femme-fatale woman (Sharon Stone) futuristic settings, persecutions....

Me and my mate watched this last night with some fried chicken lol & we were utterly gripped from start to finish. The effects & score make this film a standout occasion. The dialogue is turgid but it suits Arnie's persona as well as the Gory action keeping you laughing throughout! This is a classic without any doubt in my mind. "SEE YOO AT THA PARTEE RIHHHCTUHHH!!!!"

Total Recall and True Lies are my favorite Schwarzenegger movies.

See you at the party, Richter!

This was my first R rated movie. I think I saw it when I was like 7 or something? Saw it at my dad's, he didn't care what I watched and his video library was very limited. It's an old favourite of mine, though I haven't re-watched it in years at this point. I never had nightmares or anything (TBH, I don't think I've ever had a proper nightmare in my life, to my recollection), but damn, the smashed faceplate bug-eyed scene was pretty nasty to me at the time.

Was lucky enough to see this in cinema on the amazing quality acid that was keeping rave warehouses jumping across the UK in the 90's...Damn near perfect film to watch trippin.

♥️ Sharon Stone was such a great baddie. Brilliant film.

One of my favorite movies ever

Arnold deserves more credit for movies he participated in, its actually incredible how involved he always was and how he tried to push movies further and even brought directors to set and managed to get higher budgets for those movies. I think without his initiative all of movies with him would not be so great (even the worst few). So he wasn't simply an actor he was a driving force on every set. And not like Stallone who actually ruined a lot of his movies with his Ego, Arnolds Ego actually improved movies.

(10:45) When they were shooting the people walking past the screen (in a separate element to be used by the FX team), doggie decided to drop a chocolate treat. You can find it on RU-vid. Just look for Total Recall home media extras. When they get to the part about doing these special effects the dog starts to pop a squat before reaching the end of the walkway.

Trivia: Goldsmith's score was so complex that the original orchestra couldn't properly play it. They had to cancel the sessions and go to London to record the score with Goldsmith's preferred orchestra, the National Philharmonic.

My 20 year old son wants to start watching all these kind of Pop Culture movies. We just watched this last month. He loved it, he said it was like an R-rated Star wars, from the scene of the Little Woman shooting the machine gun on the bar scene. It was many years since I saw it, and enjoyed it as much as the first time. We just watched Robocop last week, and he liked it the same

Everything about Total Recall is cinematic gold . My parents took me to see it when I was 9 year's old and it's been in my top ten film's of all time ever since.

Great use of Al in this video. BRAVO

An amazing film! By far Schwarzenegger's best performance!

We saw it alongside with Die Hard 2 as a double feature.

Total recall, robocop and starship troopers are my favorite action movies and all have the same director.

I've learned so much from this movie. Like I have to get my ass to Mars.

Saw it again like last week. Excellent movie.

This marked sort of the beginning of the end to the golden age of practical, miniature, as well as in-shot effects for me. Of course, it does contain some early stage computer-generated imagery, but what makes this film stand out and stand up so well is, of course, the practicality of it all. Plus, three t*ts. Who doesn't like three t*ts?

I'm going to need to watch this again.

Best thumbnail ever!

Brings me back to the fairy-tale of youth.

This film is like an ice cream headache...but you'll always love ice cream.

The movie was great especially when you realize that most of the movie was just an "Ego Trip". He selected the Ego Trip whose name was "Blue Skies over Mars". Also, Arnold picked his love interest, the fact that the ending is pretty much fantasy, and the director pretty much wanted that outcome as well. I'm glad they didn't have him wake up at the end to keep it from seeming like a shaggy dog ending.

I was SO BUMMED when this was released. I'm an Arnie Aficionado and that nc17 rating made sure i had to wait until it came out on vhs. I watched it INCESSANTLY!

This is my favorite Arnold film

Timeless classic, even though I need a good 4k version of it still.

“You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain.” Go hand in hand with “Screw your freedoms.”

Why is it that every great movie made from Paul Verhoeven turns out to be a big mess to produce and make ? But this one in particular blew my mind when I was a kid and it had a stellar cast of actors too !

Great film. A classic.

'Total Recall' was ahead of its time. It will continue to grow in stature.

Conzidadadivors! Best one liner ever! 😁👍

The editor really had fun here. Nice.

It was refreshing to see a sweet old lady frustratingly try to quote the T-800 when she was attempting to steal a bag from Quaid. >_

SEE YOU AT THE PARTY RICHTER!

absolute brilliant movie, love total recall one of Arnies best.

Open your mind, open your miiiiiind!

Total Recall is an 80's classic

I Love TOTAL RECALL & have watched it many times. In the scenes where they are suffering from exposure to the vile atmosphere I think that Arnold looks like Joe Piscopo.

Man I was looking forward to this WTF, but it didn't answer the question of how the screenwriters wrote such an awesome script out of such a short (and uneventful) story.

I met my wife in the Insurgentes metro during filming of this awesome movie.

Awesome Movie!!! A Sci- Fi Masterpiece 😎👍👌✊👊🍁♈

A very entertaining picture, to be sure. Would be nice to see it show up as a free with ads offering on Yahoo movies

Richard Dreyfuss was teaching "Actor's Survival" at our film school when Gary Shusett mentioned that his brother had the actor in mind for the lead in "Total Recall" because no one would ever suspect him of being a secret agent. If it weren't for Arnold who knows how long it would have taken for this project to get off the ground. Ronald was a genre genius and would deftly combine elements of Hitchcock into his projects. When I was reunited with him at the Beverly Hilton for a seminar, his agent made it clear to me not to mention the remake. BTW "Minority Report" was originally an unofficial sequel to "Total Recall".

I remember being about 8 when this movie came out and the TV ads playing all the time, and constantly bugging my parents to take me to go see it. Of course they wouldn't given it's R rating, though it didn't stop me from renting it as soon as it came out on VHS. still one of my top-3 favorite Arnie movies.

LOL "Tri Star decided to move the film up "2 weeeks" to June 1st" Nice easter egg JoBlo team

My favorite Paul verhoeven movie and my 4th favorite Arnold schwarzenegger movie combination of action Sci-fi and humor 10/10

Love this movie

Total Recall & Arnold Schwarzenegger 4life !!

This and Commando were on every weekend as a child 😂

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!

One of the best

We call we call recall recall 🤣

My favourite movie from Arnold Schwarzenegger

As 1990 was the last year of the decade which started in 1981, I consider it this film to be a terrific exclamation point to the best decade of action films in film history which started with Raiders of the Lost Ark.

I just finished watching this less than two hours ago :D

One o me favorites 🤘🍻🤘

A sci-fi classic!👍👍

5:53 You said Red Heat and Rambo, but the shirtless guy with the bow is not Sylvester Stallone playing John Rambo. You used a clip of Weird Al Yankovic playing a parody of Rambo in his movie UHF! It's a brilliantly funny Easter egg if you did it on purpose. If not, it's a self-own on par with the BBC using a Halo logo in 2012 when they were talking about the UN Security Council. Either way I'm laughing so hard I'm in tears 🤣🤣🤣

"See you at the party,Richter!"

TR was *such* a wonderful film. The performances were outstanding, and I suppose most people don't know that the gent who portrayed "Tony" was also in "Breaking Bad" as the brother-in-law DEA agent. 🙂 Also hilarious that Cranston was in the remake with Farrell and Beckinsale. It wasn't a bad film, but it would have been nearly impossible to live up to the Verhoven & Arno picture! 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨

Since you showed all the clips from it, can you do all the: WTF happened to "Brazil"... that has some really juicy stories!

This movie is in my top 10 Sci fi films of all time.

See you at the party Richter!!

Saw this in the theater at age 10. I wished I had three hands.

See ya at the party Richter!

“See you at the party, Richter”

hahahaha you know arnie was probably tappin that shit.... 6:29

You are tearing me apart Lisa