Science fiction films of 1990 (with Arnold Schwarzenegger) and remade in 2012 (with Colin Farrell) based on the short story of Philip K. Dick ("We Can Remember It for You Wholesale"), involving a character who realizes the memories of his life experiences are merely implantations.
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What purpose did Quaid serve Cohagen as an Average Joe on the assembly line?
Both the 2012 and 1990 versions of Total Recall rely on the same back story for the main character, Quaid:
Quaid was working for Cohagen
Quaid agreed to be brainwashed to think he switched to the ...
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Why was plot of Mars replaced in Total Recall (2012)?
Total Recall (2012) and Total Recall (1990) both are loosely based on the Philip K. Dick short-story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale. But Mars is the major part of the original story as well as ...
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In Total Recall, how did Quaid know who to shoot when someone pretended to be trying to “wake him up”?
In the Mars version, it was a doctor. In the 2012 version, his friend, Harry. How did he know to not take the pill / shoot his friend rather than Melina?
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How does Cohagen track Quaid after the bug is removed?
After watching both Total Recall versions back to back I was struck by by a very similar anomaly.
In both movies Quaid starts out bugged so Cohagen's people can track him (in the Arnie version he ...
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3 scenes from Total Recall: The Original vs. The remake
I've heard from several sources that the Total Recall remake is "humiliatingly bad." This may or may not be true, but no matter what, I have no intention of spending close to 3 hours to watch it. I ...
