Total Recall (1990) is a gold mine of Arnold Schwarzenoises

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Bahhgehah!

Schwarzenoises is the best word I've ever read in my life. I love this.

The funniest thing in the premise is that he was living as a regular worker in some factory/plant and never realized that he's built like bulldozer. I guess he thought it was from breakfast cereal. Love that movie! Especially that haunting shot that pans into the alien megastructure and settles on the imprint of a three fingered alien hand. It's great that we never get some cheese back story about the aliens. They were there once, but they are gone and no one knows what happened.

Arnold noises are half the charm of that movie honestly. If you liked that vibe, rewatch it again later because you’ll catch even more little sci-fi ideas that influenced a ton of stuff after it.

the way he says “consider that a divorce” is peak cinema honestly

The audio commentary is hilarious. But yeah, glad it's still resonating with new audiences. It looks dated and rough around the edges, but it's still fantastic fun.

WHAT THE F*** DID I DO WRONG

Get your ass to Mahz

You gotta watch the commentary track Arnold does for this. He is so unintentionally hilarious.  Also Sharon Stone is way too hot in this, i had to rewind dialogue parts when she is in the frame cuz i was just staring at her face.

You think this is the real Quaid? It is.

Way ahead of its time: \* Schizoid-embolism \* Ego trip \* Paranoid delusions \* Lobotomized! \* Open Your Mind! \* “You are what you do. A man is defined by his actions, not his memory” \* “For the memory of a lifetime! Recall! recall recall!!” (That sales-chime) \* “If I am not me, then who the hell am I?” \* “I just had a terrible thought. What if this is a dream? Well, then kiss me quick before you wake up!”

RARGHLL,..ARGHHLLGH!!

In high school/college, my buddies played the Total Recall drinking game. Anytime Arnold had a one-liner, the word Quaid was said, or Arnold made a funny sound, you had to drink. You also had to finish whatever was in your hand at the 3 boobed lady (timing was key). When Arnold was outside and his head was ready to explode, you basically drank that whole time.

There just isn’t anything like the ridiculous 80s action flicks, especially the ones with Arnold. Anything even remotely new that could possibly fall into this category feels so polished and restrained.  Maybe I‘m just old. 

If you like TR, watch Commando next. Perfect balance of action and campy humor.

The Arnold noises alone are comedy gold.

Hey Benny! SCREWW YOUUUHH!!!

Man I love total recall and reference it all the time. 2 weeks! See at the part Richter Quato 

Give these people air! I love this movie because it gave us so many Arnold soundboard clips for prank calling

I'm neutral on the film I just wanted to come in here and commend OP on "Schwarzenoises" That's freaking poetry, friend

My favourite sci-fi film

I had some weird VHS workprint of this back in 1990. It had different music on the scene when Arnold goes to meet Melina. Johnycab also belched with clear burp. In theatrical, you can still see its lips forming a belch but the noise is gone.

My favourite is still 'Jesus, Marge, WHAT THE F***?" from End of Days

What the hell are ya feeding this thing

This is such a random post 36 years after the movie came out

I saw this movie in the theater in the middle of the day. I just started my advertising agency. We had some downtime…. The opening credits and the music underneath the opening credits were absolutely amazing such an impact such depth such weight. This movie was much more about the director using Arnold properly. I always enjoy finding it and re-watching it, but the opening credits are amazing.

My personal fave Arnold grunt is at the beginning of the running man when the guys grab him in the helicopter 

"schwarzenoises" is perfect. Thank you

I watched it in theaters when I was 14 or 15 and the fact it is a parody of dumb, over-the-top action movies went completely over my head. I was insulted anything that “stupid” was made. I watched it about 6 months back and every single time someone was demolished in a cartoony way I died laughing. It took me thirty years to grow enough to understand this brilliant comedy.

There is a good chunk of Schwarzenoises at the beginning of the 1st Conan film, when he is a pit fighter

Anything involving my nose compels me to make the 'pulling the tracker out through his nostril' sounds

QUAID ARMY!

It's an underrated movie.

Total Recall, Commando, T2, Kindergarten Cop, Last Action Hero. These are the best Arnold movies of all time. I know I'm brave, but I don't need any awards.

“Melina they're trying to keel me”

“Damn baby! You make me wish I had 3 hands!”

BENNNYYYYYYY

Loved this movie as a teenager Still do, but nowadays I feel really bad for that random passerby who gets shot to pieces on the escalator

this gave me flashbacks to the old Arnold sound boards and all the prank calls. peak internet.

Unfortunely...

It’s based on a Philip K. D*** story called “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale”, which is part of why it feels so prescient even today. That dude was nutso in the best possible way for a sci- and speculative-fiction author to be. Great flick. “Two weeks” and “open your mind, Quaid” are oft quoted in my household. Plus when I was a kid watching this movie, there was a scene with three b****, hard to beat that.

I have a steel book of this movie, it may be the crown jewel of my movie collection, alongside Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in a redbox sleeve.

DAMNIT COHAGEN, YER GOT WAT YA WAHNT, GID DESE PEEPAL AIRYAH!!

It's not Arnold but if you want a movie that was weirdly ahead of its time then Demolition Man is up there too with goofy action, goofy one liners, goofy noises, and a weirdly timeless background plot that's only gotten MORE relevant today.

This movie has aged very well

SEEYOUATTHEPARTYRICHTER!!!

Don't forget the first line of the film "aaawaaaghhhh!!!"

Schwartzenoises is just so perfect. Thingnis though - Total Recall is a brilliant film because Arnie shows he can actually act - he manages to be confused and scared which makes the film all the better. Really rate the film.

I “quote” him suffocating without his helmet all the time. HAAA’AGHAGHGGA’’AHGHHAGH I’m not so sure *Severance* is directly inspired by it. *Total Recall* is a loose adaptation of a Philip K. D*** story, *We Can Remember It for You Wholesale*, and *Severance* is definitely inspired by the works of PKD, and his themes of the unreliable perception and subjective nature of reality.

Once at a house party, someone found the Arnold soundboard online and we spent WAY too much time drunkenly cracking up at it. What a good memory.

Screwwww youuuu bennyyyyy!

It’s not a recall, it’s a Total Recall!

is thihs action?

Only Arnie is able to use all of the vowels and zero consonants in a single word

Watch The Running Man. There's a part where he's getting beaten down and his Arnoldisms are AMAZING.

The part where they use claymation to make his eyes pop out and he goes "AAARRLGGGHHHH!!!" is peak Arnold for me. Such a corny yet cool effect. Classic Verhoeven stuff.

You think this is the real Quaid? It is.

Did you know, Schwarz in in German means black? Arnold's last name seems real weird now

It’s a very shooty film, considering they are in a big sealed glass environment on Mars.

My favorite of his films

You should listen to Austrian Death Machine is totally brutal. They use more Arnold sound bites than anyone. [ADM](https://youtu.be/tPIO86jTrQQ?si=p6C5upa0s0OElnDH)

It was the first violent R-rated movie that my parents let me see lol Absolute cinema.

This and Robocop are a perfect double header. Verhoeven masterpieces. See you at the party Richter

You must be too young to remember the Schwarzenegger soundboards and using them for prank calls.

You are not you, you are me!

NGGGAAAAAAARGGGH! JOO BLEW MY COVAAAAH!!!

upvoting for title alone

ARe YOu OK?! Are YOU still YOU?!

Back in the glory days of Adobe Flash there was a Total Recall soundboard we used at work with about 50 clips. It was amazing how many conversations we had at work just using Arnold.

The scene where he puts the probe up his nose has lived rent free in my head since I saw it. AÀÀARRRRGGGHHH

“You are not you. You are me.” “No shit.” The man got cheated out of an Oscar

One of the greatest movies ever made.

Honestly it's probably my favorite Schwarzenegger film

Total recall is probably my favourite Arnie movie, not my favourite movie starring Arnie, but the movie where Arnie is the best he can be The terminator movies are great but Arnie have a lot to work with in terms of acting Predator is great but it's really a team movie until the final act where Arnie is mostly silent and the predator itself is such a great hook, Total Recall is the movie that hit right at the peak of Arnie where he was still young enough to be a believable action star (and boy does this movie have action) but also he has improved enough as an actor to carry the movie on his own. He's charming and funny and charismatic, he's playing off his weaknesses as an actor because Quaid is kind of lost through most of the movie, and the action is so fun.

Why were 80's movies for the most part so corny?