Siskel will not be missed. He sucks. He wasn't really fair in his reviews as well as being pretentious art snoob. He didn't knew how to enjoy fun, imaginative films. He was mostly wrong and delusional when reviewing films. Siskel stated that Terminator 1 failed as an action picture and that the film should have been full-blown love story and he thought that T-800 and Reese arrived from another planet. Wtf?!!! His review of Terminator 1 was a joke and he made himself into a fool in that episode. He didn't even liked more artistic films such as Taxi Driver and Silence of the Lambs for God's sake.
I can't believe Siskel gave Total Recall a thumbs down. He liked the the first hour but disliked the rest. The first hour was setting the ground work for a big adventure on Mars which happened in a very exciting and fun way. I don't think these two understand how unique and special this movie really is.
He didn't know that this was a peak of golden era, back then. And took it for granted. The weakest side of movie he claims is actually strongest side of this movie.
I was going into my sophomore year in high school and that summer I dropped lsd and went to this movie. Ill say this it was an almost life changing experience. I was like holyshit this can't be real. By the halfway point I was peaking and from the beginning title sequence with the 3d titles I was all in. One of my favorite movies ever. Second favorite Arnold movie next to predator.
Was it the movie though or was it the LSD which made that experience so memorable? Sometimes mind-altering substances could influence how we perceive a film?
@@jonathanruano4973 its a good film, it has the right vibes to be.... enjoyable and memorable... if you like explosions and hilarious bizare events taht make you question what is happening and your just trying to escape reality to something unique, and total recall is just that a brilliant well thought out film questioning of the events if its real or fake, is it a illusion or real, and its so action packed tehat iether way you can just enjoy the wild crazy special effects allowing the entire space journey to feel like a wild world on mars that is in a different era and a different species, which it is the future, it just is humans and human beings that have started evolving in eccentric paths due to radiation and other events within their experiences on mars tunnel networks and inability to live on the surface at the time due to the lack of a atmosphere until they find the ancient bizare alien device that the corporation is hiding under the surface in the midst of huge underground ice caves that are waiting to support a new atmosphere as a source of a underground ocean and atmosphere with its heating up due to hte device doing what it does as a side effects
@@aurorauplinks I enjoyed the film and I never ingested any illicit substances in my life. I was just asking Chuck whether his experience of the film was influenced by taking LSD, since he claimed to have taken LSD before watching the movie.
@@jonathanruano4973 I simply meant the film is so extroardinary on its own it gives the escapism and enjoyment people go to use recreational drugs without the health side effects... unless people eat too much popcorn and milk duds creating cavities... also dont brush after drinking soda softens the teeth enamel... that i ahve learned the rough way..... i have a bad habbit of going off on tangeants when i type :/
@@aurorauplinks That's an interesting interpretation. I think we can agree that it is a clever and entertaining movie -- and we can thank Paul Verhoeven and the Arnold largely for that.
yea thats got to be weird how different countries have different broadcasts of different shows and what might be culturally impactful to one may not even show up in the other if not for preserved recordings to share with them twenty or thirty or fifty years down the line now that i think about it... also what is up with culturally.... cultur(e) ally... talk about a silent e... huh that is a cute play on words....also i find it sort of weird and funny with culturally being so close to cutlery.
They’re both right! _Total Recall_ is one of the all-time greatest movies, and yet it does drag a bit in the second half. Basically it suffers from the same problem as most SF movies, which is that in the first half it’s full of cool ideas, and then in the second half it turns into an action movie.
Ebert got it. It was all in his head. Not only did the doctor that showed up out of no where tell him exactly what was about to happen, before it happened of course, but we'd had clues up to that ("Oh, Blue Skies on Mars, that's a new one" and "Man, he's not going to want to come back", both said by the tech as he's loading the program into Arnold's mind). The important thing about this movie are it's weird transitions. Arnold gets loaded into the machine, it focuses on the machine, and then transitions to his program starting. Then, at the very end, the most important one of all - the movie fades to white. Not black, as every other movie you've ever seen, but white.
Ebert NEVER actually says that he agrees "it's all in his head" just names it as a possibility plus it was a mix of both in my opinion... but never the less the fact it can allways be sought both ways there is no definite answer.
Anthony R He never said it directly, but he certainly implied it at 3:30. As for whether it is or isn't, the director and lead actor certainly agree that it is all a dream.
RandomTXDude210 if you mean Schwarzenegger by "lead actor" you are completely wrong he said that it was all "real" the director said it was in his head just listen to the commentary on the DVD.
Anthony R I may be misremembering it, but I was quite sure on the latest commentary track Arnold agreed with the director about it being all a dream - hence the stuff like the alien device being seen early in the "real" part of the movie, the "blue skies on Mars" reference, his programmed dream woman looking exactly like the woman he sees on Mars, the fade to white at the end being his lobotomy. I know, originally, they left it ambiguous because they wanted to do a sequel, but when that morphed into a different movie, the director became more public with all those little touches he blatantly put into the movie to make it obvious it was a dream.
I love the look Ebert gives to Siskel as he's explaining why he thinks Total Recall broke down in the second half. It's like "is this guy fucking for real right now?" 2:36
I like total recall a lot for being a larger than life scifi action film, an Arnold classic.. but I mostly agree with Siskel here. The whole 'did it really happen, or is it part of the memory implant' is pretty much irrelevant to the film. It works in the Philp K. Dick story because he's actually exploring the idea of what a memory actually is... that's not explored in this movie. It's just a campy fun action movie. I disagree with Siskel in that he thinks this point makes or breaks the film. The machine that Arnold turns on is a satisfying conclusion for me.
Your assessment almost mirrors mine. Especially having read the novella, and many of his works after I first saw ”Blade Runner” in the 80’s. I have to say the book was far more depressing than the movie.
Gene is correct that it eventually becomes a "who cares?" type of film, and while we're supposed to root for the mutant side, we don't know why it matters.
Total recall is much like RoboCop (both directed by Paul Verhoeven) . Ronny Cox is the rich, powerful scumbag at the top of the food chain. Schwarzenegger is like RoboCop. Michael Ironside is like Clarence Boddicker.
What the hell is wrong with Siskel? Thumbs down for Total Recall, and thumbs up for Class of 1999? I've seen Class of 1999, yeah it is fun in a awfful campy way, but its not very good. Total Recall was and always will be a classic!
Siskel reviewed movies for himself but he seemed to either not realise or forget that his tastes were vastly different from the majority of the moviegoing public.
I love how nobody knew what a lawsuit was when Total Recall came out. That's the only way we weren't sure if it was a simulation or not. Today everyone knows that a simulation that purposefully makes a person doubt their own reality would never be green lit for recreation.
I LOVE _Class of 1999_! You've got Bradley Gregg (from _Stand By Me_ and _NOES 3_), Traci Lin (from _The Road to Wellville_ and _Bugsy_), Joshua Miller (who played the horny teenage computer whiz in _Death Warrant_ and one of Challis's kids in _Halloween 3_), Patrick Kilpatrick (also from _Death Warrant_, where he played the Sandman, and _Eraser_), John P. Ryan (the dad from _It's Alive_ and the principal in _Three O'Clock High_, and just too many other things to mention), and, of course, you've got Malcolm McDowell, Stacy Keach, and Pam Grier. Pam Grier! It's a classic.
Nice to see a younger Bruno Ganz in Strapless at 4:00 , Bruno Ganz later portrayed Hitler in Downfall (Der Untergang), which was parodied in numerous "Hitler rants" videos on CZcams.
The whole movie is confusing but action packed so I always watch it over and over. Sharon Stone is definitely eye candy in this one. The more pissed off she looks the sexier, especially when she's fighting Arnold in their apartment
3:30 OMG, I laughed entirely too loud at this back and forth, and suddenly have so much more respect for Ebert. I don't think Siskel knew what Ebert was implying, and probably didn't catch it until driving home later. Then again, if the meaning of the ending hadn't yet dawned on him, what Ebert meant likely never did. 🤭
I would definitely hate to watch this Total Recall review before seeing the movie for the first time since they give practically the whole plot away! Sheesh! Still, I'm glad -they both- Roger liked it and it still stands as one of my all-time favorite movies. As for the ending, yeah the director and writers wanted it to be ambiguous as far as whether he dreamed the whole thing or not, though I lean heavily on the side of he did. If you watch the making of for this movie, Paul Verhoven just about lost his mind during development and filming. Great movie.
lochness Just like in Terminator 2.. did you spot him in T2? If not it's understandable because his entire face is covered but I could tell from his eyes and voice and sure enough I looked it up and I was right.
Siskel always wants movies to be deep, why cant he just accept that some movies are just good versions of a short escape from the mundane of the everyday?
I think it would have been interesting if at the end of Total Recall it would have been a question mark as to maybe when Arnold went to that simulated mind fantasy center, they made him imagine all this, if the whole movie hasn't really made him live the fantasy of. "ordinary man become an action hero by saving mutants on Mars".
3 boob chick, Kuato, Quaid's "big surprise" disguise, Benny's ever-changing kids (and that arm), & the suffocation of Quaid, Melina, & Cohaagen on the martian surface sort of cements itself in your psyche upon first watch. Everything about Total Recall (1990) is just...🤌🏿 ..And is it just me or does Total Recall always feel & look more like a mid 80s picture..like 1987-ish
The director mentioned in an interview that in the very last few seconds of the movie where Doug and Melina kiss, there's a bright glow in the corner of the scene which represents the lobotomy knife entering Doug's brain. Oh well !! Doug should have listened to the doctor in the earlier scene.
Funny how Arnold had Latina love interests in Total Recall, Running Man, Commando, and Predator (less of a love interest but it was the only girl in the picture and Arnold keeps her alive). And then it turns out he was totally into his maid who was Latina (and not even particularly attractive). I betya Arnold was pressuring his directors to cast Latina's opposite him, it's his thing.
Guy totally misses the point... the whole point is that the ending is open for interpretation. Had they given it a conclusive ending then it would just be the same as any other sci fi
Spoiler alerts aside if you want entertainment seek out Arnold'd DVD commentary for this movie. Gives a real insight to the film you won't get else where. "Here I am getting it in the nuts. Ouch".
It's funny how Ebert talks about the scientific problems with the film. This movie made a whole generation think there's no air on Mars and that the helicopter we sent up there is a waste of money because of that haha.
The director says in the commentary that it's all implanted memories and the final shot when it fades to white is suppose to indicate that. I guess you can interpret it either way. The original short story it's based on is more effective with the ambiguity of the false memories. Something the movie could have used more of. Towards the end it turns into a standard action movie. Still fun for what it is.
as usually roger was right about an Arnold movie he was right about this terminator true lies predator red heat siskel gives thumbs up to junior but not this those? plus eraser was good but this is better though
That Firebirds film was actually called Wings Of The Apache over here and i thought it was pretty good when i saw it at the time maybe in hindsight it wasn't that good! And at least Roger was right about Total Recall that was and still is an awesome film bet like most of us he would of hated the remake and so he should it's shit Roger bet your glad your not down here to see that mess
Siskel’s opinions on films turn out to be only about 50% accurate over the course of time… so his whole career as a film reviewer is about as effective as a coin toss. 🙄🤦♂️
I didn't know if it was a delusion or not the first couple of times I saw it. It wasn't until 20 years later when I read an alaysis and a interview with Verhoven that I found out for sure. I won't say what it is.
chris reeves n patrick swayze were both in mind for the lead of total recall would they have been as good as arnold? doubt it this movie went through deversl script changes and was in devoloment for years
As I recall there were plans as early as 1979 to make this movie, with Al Pacino to star. Maybe directed by William Friedkin? Nobody would have heard of Paul Verhoeven until years later. Those could have worked. Reeve could have worked, but any of these would have been completely different movies.
@@75aces97 - Well, "nobody", except for the Dutch. Verhoeven had already made the most popular Dutch movies ever, like Turkish Delight in 1973, and Soldier of Orange in 1977.
School Principal Malcom McDowell and government scientist Stacy Keach. Yep. I can totally buy it. Don't be a wussy! ONE MILLION MEGABYTES!!! Or rather, one Terabyte I believe.
0:00 I enjoy total recall, I like the complex of the story, special effects were terrific & makeup job was amazing, Total recall was the director Paul Veroheven's best work since Robocop. Rachel ticotin & Sharon stone r extremely sexy. 3:48 Strapless was interesting. The whole story about What these women decide to do with their lives. 👍🌟🌟🌟 7:27 Fire Birds is a disastrous video game 👎🌟 10:44 Class of 1999 have good special effects but the characters & performances are lame 👎🌟🌟 14:05 Jesus of Montreal should be more spiritual but it worked as a drama and theology altogether 👍🌟🌟🌟. 17:36 reviews
I remember that everyone was impressed by that scene, but it actually wasn't that sophisticated, even for the time. I guess it was the concept of full body scans that people were really impressed by. Then 9-11 happened... 😏
This movie stands the test of time. I think if Gene watched it again, with a different frame of mind, he would have an entirely different opinion. That’s what their opinions are: inconsistent. Still entertaining to watch them break it down though...
For its time. You mean to tell me ..any.. you were not entertained. Maybe some. Action .twists n turns . Plot. Many movies back then..now.. a few good scenes. Not most every.
Total recall is one of my all time favorite action movies
Love it to death fantastic
I told you not to go to Recall, but you did anyway.
I did?
Come on, I’ll buy you a drink.
Rest in peace Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. These two famous movie critics will forever be missed.
Missed & unforgotten
Siskel will not be missed. He sucks. He wasn't really fair in his reviews as well as being pretentious art snoob. He didn't knew how to enjoy fun, imaginative films. He was mostly wrong and delusional when reviewing films. Siskel stated that Terminator 1 failed as an action picture and that the film should have been full-blown love story and he thought that T-800 and Reese arrived from another planet. Wtf?!!! His review of Terminator 1 was a joke and he made himself into a fool in that episode. He didn't even liked more artistic films such as Taxi Driver and Silence of the Lambs for God's sake.
@@JohnSmith-jn7nc there would be no show without siskel. Even if you disagree with him he made the show very entertaining
I soooooo miss *Siskel and Ebert*
"Consider this a divorce." I love Total Recall.
I think it was "Consider THAT a divorce."
"SCREW YOU!"
I can watch it every time it's on. Same with another Arnie movie, Commando.
See you at the party Richter
Considadah dah a divorce
Sharon Stone was incredibly hot in this.
Sharon Stone was ALWAYS incredibly hot!
@@HolloVVpoint not anymore
@@donsharma6136 yeah she is now 30 years older so I'm afraid to see what she may look like now, I think I'll go Google it though to find out
@@youtoo2233 so??
@@MrGenexxx she definitely had a boob job, she looks ok now but definitely better back then
I can't believe Siskel gave Total Recall a thumbs down. He liked the the first hour but disliked the rest. The first hour was setting the ground work for a big adventure on Mars which happened in a very exciting and fun way. I don't think these two understand how unique and special this movie really is.
He didn't know that this was a peak of golden era, back then. And took it for granted. The weakest side of movie he claims is actually strongest side of this movie.
Imagine giving Total Recall a thumbs down
Hey cmon man, Gene had 4 kids to feed.
@@chonconnor6144 - 🤣
@@chonconnor6144 what happened to number 5?
gene was always so clueless.. he also gave thumbs down to boogie nights, the crow, casino, aliens, predator.. wtf gene !
I was going into my sophomore year in high school and that summer I dropped lsd and went to this movie. Ill say this it was an almost life changing experience. I was like holyshit this can't be real. By the halfway point I was peaking and from the beginning title sequence with the 3d titles I was all in. One of my favorite movies ever. Second favorite Arnold movie next to predator.
Was it the movie though or was it the LSD which made that experience so memorable? Sometimes mind-altering substances could influence how we perceive a film?
@@jonathanruano4973 its a good film, it has the right vibes to be.... enjoyable and memorable... if you like explosions and hilarious bizare events taht make you question what is happening and your just trying to escape reality to something unique, and total recall is just that a brilliant well thought out film questioning of the events if its real or fake, is it a illusion or real, and its so action packed tehat iether way you can just enjoy the wild crazy special effects allowing the entire space journey to feel like a wild world on mars that is in a different era and a different species, which it is the future, it just is humans and human beings that have started evolving in eccentric paths due to radiation and other events within their experiences on mars tunnel networks and inability to live on the surface at the time due to the lack of a atmosphere until they find the ancient bizare alien device that the corporation is hiding under the surface in the midst of huge underground ice caves that are waiting to support a new atmosphere as a source of a underground ocean and atmosphere with its heating up due to hte device doing what it does as a side effects
@@aurorauplinks I enjoyed the film and I never ingested any illicit substances in my life. I was just asking Chuck whether his experience of the film was influenced by taking LSD, since he claimed to have taken LSD before watching the movie.
@@jonathanruano4973 I simply meant the film is so extroardinary on its own it gives the escapism and enjoyment people go to use recreational drugs without the health side effects... unless people eat too much popcorn and milk duds creating cavities... also dont brush after drinking soda softens the teeth enamel... that i ahve learned the rough way..... i have a bad habbit of going off on tangeants when i type :/
@@aurorauplinks That's an interesting interpretation. I think we can agree that it is a clever and entertaining movie -- and we can thank Paul Verhoeven and the Arnold largely for that.
So glad someone has preserved these. I grew up in Australia and I hadn't seen a single episode of Siskel & Ebert, its been cool catching up.
+Ben Cheshire Actually, the shows from 1986 were all preserved on a website, but it was taken down in 2010 because the show had been cancelled.
yea thats got to be weird how different countries have different broadcasts of different shows and what might be culturally impactful to one may not even show up in the other if not for preserved recordings to share with them twenty or thirty or fifty years down the line now that i think about it... also what is up with culturally.... cultur(e) ally... talk about a silent e... huh that is a cute play on words....also i find it sort of weird and funny with culturally being so close to cutlery.
BAM...
Same
They’re both right! _Total Recall_ is one of the all-time greatest movies, and yet it does drag a bit in the second half. Basically it suffers from the same problem as most SF movies, which is that in the first half it’s full of cool ideas, and then in the second half it turns into an action movie.
I love how 80s movies were all futuristic, now it’s all superhero’s and remakes
Love the VHS quality; thanks.
Vintage
VHS was all we had back then. There were no Dvd’s or DVR’s. Damn kids these days.
I liked your comment because I DID ENJOY the VHS experience. Brings back memories.
That was 1990, ffs. It is the only way to get it, you idiot. You are lucky you got it at all.
Must have been recorded in EP mode and on a tape that had been used a lot before this recording was preserved.
Ebert lays it down do Siskel: "I don't think many people would complain about that."
That's one of the things I liked about it; the ambiguous ending.
Imagine Siskel and Ebert reviewing today’s films. They would be sick of all the superhero shit out now
Ebert lived through the Human Centipede. Siskel wouldn't have survived.
Ebert got it. It was all in his head. Not only did the doctor that showed up out of no where tell him exactly what was about to happen, before it happened of course, but we'd had clues up to that ("Oh, Blue Skies on Mars, that's a new one" and "Man, he's not going to want to come back", both said by the tech as he's loading the program into Arnold's mind). The important thing about this movie are it's weird transitions. Arnold gets loaded into the machine, it focuses on the machine, and then transitions to his program starting. Then, at the very end, the most important one of all - the movie fades to white. Not black, as every other movie you've ever seen, but white.
Ebert NEVER actually says that he agrees "it's all in his head" just names it as a possibility plus it was a mix of both in my opinion... but never the less the fact it can allways be sought both ways there is no definite answer.
Anthony R He never said it directly, but he certainly implied it at 3:30. As for whether it is or isn't, the director and lead actor certainly agree that it is all a dream.
RandomTXDude210 if you mean Schwarzenegger by "lead actor" you are completely wrong he said that it was all "real" the director said it was in his head just listen to the commentary on the DVD.
Anthony R I may be misremembering it, but I was quite sure on the latest commentary track Arnold agreed with the director about it being all a dream - hence the stuff like the alien device being seen early in the "real" part of the movie, the "blue skies on Mars" reference, his programmed dream woman looking exactly like the woman he sees on Mars, the fade to white at the end being his lobotomy. I know, originally, they left it ambiguous because they wanted to do a sequel, but when that morphed into a different movie, the director became more public with all those little touches he blatantly put into the movie to make it obvious it was a dream.
RandomTXDude210 It could be wrong but I read on a review of the sd DVD Arnold agreed it was real while the director said the opposite.
I love the look Ebert gives to Siskel as he's explaining why he thinks Total Recall broke down in the second half. It's like "is this guy fucking for real right now?" 2:36
wish we had that look in hd. gives dramatic prairie dog a run for its money
Gene admitted a number of times that he generally wasn't big on sci-fi.
@@LinkMarioSamus He wasn't big on Arnold as well. That's why gave thumbs down to most of his films.
As always, our opinions on movies really, really depend on the mood we are in when we see it. Sometimes, what we are in the mood for.
Whyavier Now, there’s great wisdom in that!
I like total recall a lot for being a larger than life scifi action film, an Arnold classic.. but I mostly agree with Siskel here. The whole 'did it really happen, or is it part of the memory implant' is pretty much irrelevant to the film. It works in the Philp K. Dick story because he's actually exploring the idea of what a memory actually is... that's not explored in this movie. It's just a campy fun action movie.
I disagree with Siskel in that he thinks this point makes or breaks the film. The machine that Arnold turns on is a satisfying conclusion for me.
Dan O Bannon
I would definitely had liked Cronenberg's take on this material when he was initially going to direct it back in the late eighties.
Your assessment almost mirrors mine. Especially having read the novella, and many of his works after I first saw ”Blade Runner” in the 80’s. I have to say the book was far more depressing than the movie.
Total Recall is a classic.
Gene is correct that it eventually becomes a "who cares?" type of film, and while we're supposed to root for the mutant side, we don't know why it matters.
Total recall is much like RoboCop (both directed by Paul Verhoeven) . Ronny Cox is the rich, powerful scumbag at the top of the food chain. Schwarzenegger is like RoboCop. Michael Ironside is like Clarence Boddicker.
Total Recall was amazing haha
What the hell is wrong with Siskel? Thumbs down for Total Recall, and thumbs up for Class of 1999? I've seen Class of 1999, yeah it is fun in a awfful campy way, but its not very good. Total Recall was and always will be a classic!
+Harkness78 What is wrong with Siskel? Well he had brain cancer.
critic's what do you expect?
Siskel reviewed movies for himself but he seemed to either not realise or forget that his tastes were vastly different from the majority of the moviegoing public.
Harkness78 Class of 1999 is fucking awesome
*awful
Never heard of class of 1999. A movie like that couldn't be made today with the tragedies of school shootings.
I love how nobody knew what a lawsuit was when Total Recall came out. That's the only way we weren't sure if it was a simulation or not. Today everyone knows that a simulation that purposefully makes a person doubt their own reality would never be green lit for recreation.
I’m Dissapointed with McDonald’s For Not Creating a Toy for their Happy Meals for Total Recall .
LOL That would've been great
I LOVE _Class of 1999_! You've got Bradley Gregg (from _Stand By Me_ and _NOES 3_), Traci Lin (from _The Road to Wellville_ and _Bugsy_), Joshua Miller (who played the horny teenage computer whiz in _Death Warrant_ and one of Challis's kids in _Halloween 3_), Patrick Kilpatrick (also from _Death Warrant_, where he played the Sandman, and _Eraser_), John P. Ryan (the dad from _It's Alive_ and the principal in _Three O'Clock High_, and just too many other things to mention), and, of course, you've got Malcolm McDowell, Stacy Keach, and Pam Grier. Pam Grier! It's a classic.
Love this movie, not only it's a solid action flick and a fun sci-fi movie, it's just flat out funny
What a great (unintentional) comedy, this one. Especially at the end when Ah-nold's eyes pop out of his head.
Nice to see a younger Bruno Ganz in Strapless at 4:00 , Bruno Ganz later portrayed Hitler in Downfall (Der Untergang), which was parodied in numerous "Hitler rants" videos on CZcams.
The whole movie is confusing but action packed so I always watch it over and over. Sharon Stone is definitely eye candy in this one. The more pissed off she looks the sexier, especially when she's fighting Arnold in their apartment
3:30 OMG, I laughed entirely too loud at this back and forth, and suddenly have so much more respect for Ebert. I don't think Siskel knew what Ebert was implying, and probably didn't catch it until driving home later. Then again, if the meaning of the ending hadn't yet dawned on him, what Ebert meant likely never did. 🤭
thank u for uploading these
Oh grow some balls Siskel, this was a great movie.
1st half of total recall is def much better, more mystery,intrigue, and fascination
The whole movie is good not just the 1st half
I would definitely hate to watch this Total Recall review before seeing the movie for the first time since they give practically the whole plot away! Sheesh! Still, I'm glad -they both- Roger liked it and it still stands as one of my all-time favorite movies. As for the ending, yeah the director and writers wanted it to be ambiguous as far as whether he dreamed the whole thing or not, though I lean heavily on the side of he did. If you watch the making of for this movie, Paul Verhoven just about lost his mind during development and filming. Great movie.
Jeez, major spoiler alerts needed in the Total Recall review.
They spoiled everything.
Dean Norris from Breaking Bad was in this one. Barely recognizable
lochness Just like in Terminator 2.. did you spot him in T2? If not it's understandable because his entire face is covered but I could tell from his eyes and voice and sure enough I looked it up and I was right.
You’re a navigator... from GATTACA?
Captain Turner from Deadwood is in it, too.
EJK k Actually his face wasn’t covered in T2. He played the SWAT captain & you could see his face easily.
First time I saw total recall in 1987 I say “I’ll be god damned that’s ol gus. Why that ol sumbitch is hot in Hollywood right naw”
Ahhhh, the reality of broadcast tv tuning prior to cable. It was working, now it's not . It's time to get up and adjust he antenna.
Total recall got so many things right 25 yrs on. Class of 1999 lol. More like class of 2029 most likely.
lol, fiction always has high hopes, I mean in 3 years we're supposed to be at blade runner level
@@ct0760 yeah we not LOL
Siskel always wants movies to be deep, why cant he just accept that some movies are just good versions of a short escape from the mundane of the everyday?
If you watch the video where Ebert and Siskel defend Empire Strikes Back, you'll see he likes well-made entertainment.
Siskel liked Mortal Kombat, Die Hard and Beavis & Butthead Do America, he gave credit where it was due.
Pepe Gomez Hahahahahahahaha
siskel was so clueless. i mean he gave 'thumbs down' to Predator, the crow, and dark city.. wtf lol
thumbs down to Predator and The Crow ? for real ? haha damn, both are pure movie magic. liked Dark City too but the other 2 are bloody brilliant
How many great classics did Siskel not enjoy? I watched about 10 of these and Siskel was dead wrong on 9 of them and Ebert just once.
siskel was a film snob.
"I'm going in there to waste some teachers!" I'm laughing but with the current climate this couldn't be more scarier.
TR is a 5 star film!
Siskel's rebuke was every bit true, and I am a diehard 80's baby Schwarzenegger fan.
Whatever happened to Bridget Fonda??
I think it would have been interesting if at the end of Total Recall it would have been a question mark as to maybe when Arnold went to that simulated mind fantasy center, they made him imagine all this, if the whole movie hasn't really made him live the fantasy of. "ordinary man become an action hero by saving mutants on Mars".
"SHOOT! SHOOT!"
i've watched too many movies. if i could warp back in time i would not have watched many movies.
ah video :) me thinks the tracking duth need a tweaking . . .
Gene just loved in class of 1999 that teachers were beating kids lol I always thought he reminded me of that principal from Breakfast Club
Would like to see Strapless based on their discussion. Sounds interesting.
I'm giving Ebert a thumbs up on this one.
Siskel was usually wrong. Period. 😏
Yeah! The 80s and 90s!!!!
I'm getting a kick out of them praising these visual effects! :D Ah, 1990 was really something though...
+Jade Prout The effects are amazing considering they didn't use any CGI.
best movie ever
3 boob chick, Kuato, Quaid's "big surprise" disguise, Benny's ever-changing kids (and that arm), & the suffocation of Quaid, Melina, & Cohaagen on the martian surface sort of cements itself in your psyche upon first watch. Everything about Total Recall (1990) is just...🤌🏿
..And is it just me or does Total Recall always feel & look more like a mid 80s picture..like 1987-ish
Class of 1999!
OMG, The fuckin' thumbnail is killing me ! It looks like Roger was about to do a horrible "asian" impression !
The director mentioned in an interview that in the very last few seconds of the movie where Doug and Melina kiss, there's a bright glow in the corner of the scene which represents the lobotomy knife entering Doug's brain. Oh well !!
Doug should have listened to the doctor in the earlier scene.
Kieran Connelly .... in the blu ray extras!
Funny how Arnold had Latina love interests in Total Recall, Running Man, Commando, and Predator (less of a love interest but it was the only girl in the picture and Arnold keeps her alive). And then it turns out he was totally into his maid who was Latina (and not even particularly attractive).
I betya Arnold was pressuring his directors to cast Latina's opposite him, it's his thing.
I can see some people being turned off by, Total Recall. It's not for everyone. Class of 1999 looks interesting.
Guy totally misses the point... the whole point is that the ending is open for interpretation. Had they given it a conclusive ending then it would just be the same as any other sci fi
Spoiler alerts aside if you want entertainment seek out Arnold'd DVD commentary for this movie. Gives a real insight to the film you won't get else where. "Here I am getting it in the nuts. Ouch".
oliver harper did an excellent job reviewing total recall then these two did .Centrevez Vectra
Does Siskel like any of the classic sci fi from the 80's and 90's?
Sharon Stone and Rachel Ticotin... that's all you need to know!👍❤️
It's worth reading the Wikipedia page for TR to see how Arnold brought the movie together. And got £10 million plus 15% of the profits !
I completely agree with Ebert on this one.
Siskel has the worst record on rating films
It's funny how Ebert talks about the scientific problems with the film. This movie made a whole generation think there's no air on Mars and that the helicopter we sent up there is a waste of money because of that haha.
Most people thought (and still do) that Arnold's experience was real.
The director says in the commentary that it's all implanted memories and the final shot when it fades to white is suppose to indicate that. I guess you can interpret it either way.
The original short story it's based on is more effective with the ambiguity of the false memories. Something the movie could have used more of. Towards the end it turns into a standard action movie. Still fun for what it is.
I'll blow this place sky high, and be back in time for crime flashes.
thank God the VHS died.
ONE MILLION MEGABYTES
my xbox one x has one million megabytes/
Two weeks
As I am reading this comment, it was posted 2 weeks ago. Get ready for a surprise!
"Squadzenegger"?
as usually roger was right about an Arnold movie he was right about this terminator true lies predator red heat siskel gives thumbs up to junior but not this those? plus eraser was good but this is better though
Was this filmed with a washing machine?
*Spoiler Alert
it was the 90's and televison footage.. lol
@David James He's probably a cynical member of Gen X.
Siskel didn't like Total Recall because he's simple.
That Firebirds film was actually called Wings Of The Apache over here and i thought it was pretty good when i saw it at the time maybe in hindsight it wasn't that good! And at least Roger was right about Total Recall that was and still is an awesome film bet like most of us he would of hated the remake and so he should it's shit Roger bet your glad your not down here to see that mess
RIP
once again siskel is wrong, total recall is still so awesome
Siskel’s opinions on films turn out to be only about 50% accurate over the course of time… so his whole career as a film reviewer is about as effective as a coin toss. 🙄🤦♂️
I didn't know if it was a delusion or not the first couple of times I saw it. It wasn't until 20 years later when I read an alaysis and a interview with Verhoven that I found out for sure. I won't say what it is.
7/10 Good movie.
I will comment on Jesus of Montreal. That was a very interesting movie and the ending is really something.
chris reeves n patrick swayze were both in mind for the lead of total recall would they have been as good as arnold? doubt it this movie went through deversl script changes and was in devoloment for years
As I recall there were plans as early as 1979 to make this movie, with Al Pacino to star. Maybe directed by William Friedkin? Nobody would have heard of Paul Verhoeven until years later. Those could have worked. Reeve could have worked, but any of these would have been completely different movies.
@@75aces97 - Well, "nobody", except for the Dutch. Verhoeven had already made the most popular Dutch movies ever, like Turkish Delight in 1973, and Soldier of Orange in 1977.
School Principal Malcom McDowell and government scientist Stacy Keach. Yep. I can totally buy it. Don't be a wussy!
ONE MILLION MEGABYTES!!! Or rather, one Terabyte I believe.
Siskel was such an odd ball. His reading into things is so bizarre
Thumbs down on Total Recall and Thumbs up on Student Body 1999? Gene what were you smoking?
0:00 I enjoy total recall, I like the complex of the story, special effects were terrific & makeup job was amazing, Total recall was the director Paul Veroheven's best work since Robocop. Rachel ticotin & Sharon stone r extremely sexy.
3:48 Strapless was interesting. The whole story about What these women decide to do with their lives. 👍🌟🌟🌟
7:27 Fire Birds is a disastrous video game 👎🌟
10:44 Class of 1999 have good special effects but the characters & performances are lame 👎🌟🌟
14:05 Jesus of Montreal should be more spiritual but it worked as a drama and theology altogether 👍🌟🌟🌟.
17:36 reviews
See you at the party Richter
2:13 not a special effect anymore.
I remember that everyone was impressed by that scene, but it actually wasn't that sophisticated, even for the time. I guess it was the concept of full body scans that people were really impressed by. Then 9-11 happened... 😏
This movie stands the test of time. I think if Gene watched it again, with a different frame of mind, he would have an entirely different opinion. That’s what their opinions are: inconsistent.
Still entertaining to watch them break it down though...
Actually the original was called We can remember you wholesale.
By phillip k dick.
l see this Siskel and Ebert episode was taken from off of a VHS tape. Lol
Better than T2
Arnold’s best film, slight edge over “The Terminator”.
For its time. You mean to tell me ..any.. you were not entertained. Maybe some. Action .twists n turns . Plot. Many movies back then..now.. a few good scenes. Not most every.