Total Recall
DonDaddyD
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So I was watching Total Recall and thought to myself, what a great film.
Then I got all existential so I ask....
Was it a dream as part of the memory implant?
Or was it real and Douglas Quaid was the product of a previous memory implant?
Then I got to thinking, do/did I actually ride my bike from work to home or was it me passed out on the tube dreaming that I was riding?
Obviously there's the walk home - this is the point where you have to suspend belief.
Then I got all existential so I ask....
Was it a dream as part of the memory implant?
Or was it real and Douglas Quaid was the product of a previous memory implant?
Then I got to thinking, do/did I actually ride my bike from work to home or was it me passed out on the tube dreaming that I was riding?
Obviously there's the walk home - this is the point where you have to suspend belief.
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A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
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DonDaddyD wrote:So I was watching Total Recall and thought to myself, what a great film.
Then I got all existential so I ask....
Was it a dream as part of the memory implant?
Or was it real and Douglas Quaid was the product of a previous memory implant?
I watched it too thinking how rubbish animatronics was (even at it's peak) and also how hot Sharon Stone was when she was younger...
As for your implant idea - isn't Sharon Stone hot.Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
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It's whatever you want it to be. Though listening to the commentary (yes, I am that sad), it's clear that Verhoeven intended it to be a dream.0
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Get to the chopper!
Oh, no, wait... As you were.0 -
Greg, I thought the animatronics was good. I prefer animatronics to CGI. StarWars old, classic and fuzzy to the new digitalised versions being a great example.
Zach, I have always wondered if I would ever meet a person who has sat through DVD commentry, Thank you. Now I'm going to find out if dogs can look up.Food Chain number = 4
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DonDaddyD wrote:So I was watching Total Recall and thought to myself, what a great film.
Then I got all existential so I ask....
Was it a dream as part of the memory implant? - This one I'm sure of it!
Or was it real and Douglas Quaid was the product of a previous memory implant?
Then I got to thinking, do/did I actually ride my bike from work to home or was it me passed out on the tube dreaming that I was riding? - Have a couple of pints and watch the truman show. :twisted:
Obviously there's the walk home - this is the point where you have to suspend belief.Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
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Agent57 wrote:Get to the chopper!
Oh, no, wait... As you were.
tsk. What's the matter? The CIA have got you pushing too many pencils?Purveyor of sonic doom
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DonDaddyD wrote:So I was watching Total Recall and thought to myself, what a great film.
Then I got all existential so I ask....
Was it a dream as part of the memory implant?
Or was it real and Douglas Quaid was the product of a previous memory implant?
Then I got to thinking, do/did I actually ride my bike from work to home or was it me passed out on the tube dreaming that I was riding?
Obviously there's the walk home - this is the point where you have to suspend belief.
The clue is when he goes for his "holiday" it's called "Blue Sky on Mars".
So everything after that is the holiday. (Since that's how it ends.)
Only problem now is that when it's over he's going to hate his wife.
Your ride home was probably real. Total Recall is ficton, after all.This post contains traces of nuts.0 -
I was watching Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift and thinking that is the worst and least realistic depiction of life in Japan I have ever seen... Ever.Do not write below this line. Office use only.0
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Headhuunter wrote:I was watching Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift and thinking that is the worst and least realistic depiction of life in Japan I have ever seen... Ever.
Imagine my surprise when having studied "Emmanuel in Paris" diligently I was at no point, during my recent visit to the French Capital, invited to "ave' a good time" by two attractive and very enthusiastic young ladies.
I hope to have better luck with "Prague Delights"Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
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Greg T wrote:Headhuunter wrote:I was watching Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift and thinking that is the worst and least realistic depiction of life in Japan I have ever seen... Ever.
Imagine my surprise when having studied "Emmanuel in Paris" diligently I was at no point, during my recent visit to the French Capital, invited to "ave' a good time" by two attractive and very enthusiastic young ladies.
I hope to have better luck with "Prague Delights"
Fair point! I suppose American tourists arriving in London having seen Mary Poppins might expect chimney sweeps dancing on every corner...Do not write below this line. Office use only.0 -
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When he starts his experience he is asked what type of woman he would like and he picks 'sleazy' - if you look at the woman in the video monitor it's the woman he fights along side on Mars. He's in a dream, sure of it.http://www.youtube.com/user/Eurobunneh - My Youtube channel.0
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Bunneh wrote:When he starts his experience he is asked what type of woman he would like and he picks 'sleazy' - if you look at the woman in the video monitor it's the woman he fights along side on Mars. He's in a dream, sure of it.
Is it exactly the same woman because I distinctly recall (no pun) a computer generated image of a brown haired woman, athletic and sleezy.
It could have been Howser's memories influencing his ideal woman.
I did wonder why if that was his ideal woman why was his wife blonde..... Then again I'm always trying to get Ms DDD to dye her hair red and put on Vulcan ears....Food Chain number = 4
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