ITF Read & Watch: Total Recall (1966 short story & 1990 film)

Philip K. Dick’s short story “We Can Remember It For You
Wholesale” was adapted by Paul Verhoeven in 1990 into a full-tilt
Arnold Schwarzenegger flick filled with so much social satire and
action-movie camp that it was bursting at the seams (just like
the characters!). Join Luke & James in episode 139 as they
explore the short story that started it all before strapping in
for the madness of Verhoeven's classic.

Topics: Nose injections, PKD misogyny, PKD iconic ideas, Benny
being more than the sacrificial lamb, self-aware action tropes,
Rob Bottin’s amazing VFX, who else but Arnold, the Red Faction
video games, was it all a dream, and which was better--the story
or the movie?

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Intro/outro music: Ross Bugden – Revelation