Rewatchables Reference

• The Rekall doctor visits Arnold on Mars with Sharon Stone – sweat drop scene, second fight, Stone vs. Ticotin fight, 'Consider that a divorce' (all three hosts' pick).
• Arnold arrives at Mars customs in disguise – 'Get ready for a surprise'.
• The final fight sequence – cab driver betrayal, screwdriver kill ('Screw you'), hologram trick, 'See you at the party, Richter'.
• Arnold goes to Rekall and freaks out in the chair / Johnny Cab / airport fight sequence.
• Kuato reveal scene.

• The futuristic tech predictions: plasma wall TVs, FaceTime-like video calls, Johnny Cabs (self-driving cars), virtual reality tennis.
• Sharon Stone's performance.
• The humor – 'funnier now if anything'.
• Arnold's open-mindedness toward the mutants – friendly, warm, non-judgmental.
• Cohaagen raising the price of air (price gouging parallel).
• 'Give these people air!' – making 'air' into three syllables.

• The opening credits – 'truly awful,' bad music, poor computer graphics, mysterious melted red vertical bars.
• The nurse/doctor hitting Arnold with 8 sedative shots at once during the Rekall freakout.

• Richard Dreyfuss was originally attached when Dino De Laurentiis had the project.
• David Cronenberg envisioned William Hurt in the role.
• Robert Davi and Kurtwood Smith both turned down Richter before Michael Ironside stepped in.
• Sharon Stone's performance led directly to Verhoeven casting her in 'Basic Instinct'.

• Michael Champion as Helm (bleach blonde henchman) – was in 'Beverly Hills Cop', 'bad guy in 50 movies over 10 years' (winner).
• Michael Ironside as Richter – dialing it up to 13-17 in every scene; driven by jealousy.

• Sharon Stone – only three scenes, kicks Arnold's ass twice, you leave thinking she's going to be a massive star (winner).
• Three boob lady.
• Kuato.
• The woman disguise at Mars customs.

The Rekall salesman – a young Bill Paxton (around his Aliens era) would have been convincingly persuasive.

• 500 people worked on the film; 45 sets across 8 sound stages in Mexico City for 6 months.
• Arnold's company Carolco bought the script for $3 million.
• The three-breasted hooker was originally supposed to have four breasts.
• Sharon Stone posed nude for Playboy to coincide with the release.
• Film originally received an X rating for gore.

• Arnold Schwarzenegger: The stretch of 'Total Recall' (1990), Kindergarten Cop (1990), and T2 (1991) in 14 months – 'A-fucking-pex'.
• Mars (the planet): Strong case over 'The Martian' – 'the way people say Mars in this movie is much more fun'.
• Marshall Bell (George/Kuato): Yes.
• Three boob lady: Yes – 'because we've never seen it before or since'.
• Sharon Stone: No – 'Basic Instinct'.
• Ronny Cox: Debated between this and 'RoboCop'.

• The tracker from Arnold's nose is ping-pong ball sized – how did he not know it was there?
• Arnold is 6'3", 280 pounds – the idea that nobody on Mars recognizes this giant famous hero is absurd.
• Hauser's plan: why wouldn't Cohaagen just kill Quaid? Why give him the last name 'Quaid' which is so close to 'Kuato'?
• Arnold really punches Sharon Stone and she seems totally fine afterward.

• Was it real or all a dream? Verhoeven said he 'believed the ending was a dream' – Bill leans dream, Shea leans real, Jason thinks brain-damaged loop.
• Is it okay to be attracted to the three-breasted lady?
• Did Arnold in real life make a run at Sharon Stone during filming? Consensus: 100% yes.

Jason pitches: 10-episode Netflix series set in Venusville – 'It's Cheers meets 'Total Recall',' a half-hour sitcom about the bar and mutant neighborhood.

• Shea: Eye bulges – 'Best eye bulges in movie history'.
• Jason: Body horror – the most mainstream version of Cronenberg-style body horror ever made.
• Bill: Arnold – for buying the script, crafting the deal, crushing it, and using it as the launchpad for his 12-year run.