Comments on: WWTW Rewind: ‘Total Recall’ (1990) http://whatwouldtotowatch.com/2010/04/02/wwtw-rewind-total-recall-1990/ Movie reviews from award-winning journalist Christian Toto Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:12:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JohnFNWayne http://whatwouldtotowatch.com/2010/04/02/wwtw-rewind-total-recall-1990/comment-page-1/#comment-26346 JohnFNWayne Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:33:54 +0000 http://whatwouldtotowatch.com/?p=6952#comment-26346 South Park had a nice, and disgusting, tribute of "Total Recall" at the end of its Aspen episode. South Park had a nice, and disgusting, tribute of “Total Recall” at the end of its Aspen episode.

]]> By: K http://whatwouldtotowatch.com/2010/04/02/wwtw-rewind-total-recall-1990/comment-page-1/#comment-26341 K Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:59:36 +0000 http://whatwouldtotowatch.com/?p=6952#comment-26341 Paul Verhoeven was out front on the trend to turn every movie into a eurosocialist screed. It is enlightening to compare his anti-capitalist future dystopia Detroit in Robocop with the even more horrible left government run one today, and his use of extreme excessive gun violence to, ahem, make a point against gun violence. What elevates Verhoeven over the mere Oliver Stones in the race for lifetime "minitrue propaganda award", however, was his execrable Heinlein hackjob of "Starship Troopers". It's one thing to produce stories with a left slant, it's quite another to project Heinlein's work to the popular audience as a fascist tract. Paul Verhoeven was out front on the trend to turn every movie into a eurosocialist screed. It is enlightening to compare his anti-capitalist future dystopia Detroit in Robocop with the even more horrible left government run one today, and his use of extreme excessive gun violence to, ahem, make a point against gun violence.

What elevates Verhoeven over the mere Oliver Stones in the race for lifetime “minitrue propaganda award”, however, was his execrable Heinlein hackjob of “Starship Troopers”. It’s one thing to produce stories with a left slant, it’s quite another to project Heinlein’s work to the popular audience as a fascist tract.

]]> By: AkJ http://whatwouldtotowatch.com/2010/04/02/wwtw-rewind-total-recall-1990/comment-page-1/#comment-26340 AkJ Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:50:19 +0000 http://whatwouldtotowatch.com/?p=6952#comment-26340 We must be on the same page or in parallel universes. I was just about to rent this again. Ronnie Cox played great villains in the 80's and 90's. I love the story and perhaps wouldn't mind a remake or re-imagined version. We must be on the same page or in parallel universes. I was just about to rent this again. Ronnie Cox played great villains in the 80’s and 90’s. I love the story and perhaps wouldn’t mind a remake or re-imagined version.

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