Didn't Schwarzenegghead star in "Total Recall"?

GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon Aug-11-03 11:51 PM
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Didn't Schwarzenegghead star in "Total Recall"?

Prophetic movie title?

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NightTrain

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Mon Aug-11-03 11:56 PM
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1. Horrible, horrible film!

Of course, the reality is much, much worse!

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Pert_UK

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Tue Aug-12-03 12:10 AM
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2. It's not a "horrible" film at all.....it's a horrible vision though

It's a distopian view of the future where big business (mining) controls politics and has the power of life or death over people.

It's all quite intelligent, with Arnie's character struggling to understand what is real and what is illusion, then rejecting his previous paramilitary corporate alignment in favour of rebellion and freedom for all....if only he'd do that in real life!

If you ask me (which you didn't), Total Recall isn't a bad portrayal of how the world under Bush is turning......

P.

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arcane1

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Tue Aug-12-03 12:25 AM
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4. that whole "selling the air" business is not too far from the truth

I enjoyed the movie, and the Phillip Dick story that inspired it

but I am ALREADY sick of hearing Arnold movie puns!!! ENOUGH, MEDIA!!

:grr:

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Astarho

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Tue Aug-12-03 12:23 AM
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3. Yes

and CNN and other use it as a title for any story dealing with Arnie's campaign.

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Keithpotkin

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Tue Aug-12-03 12:28 AM
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5. your pretty quick on the uptake arent ye?

wasnt that the head line on every major paper for the past week?

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MoonGod

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Tue Aug-12-03 03:36 AM
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7. Yup... that and "Running Man"

And I've heard "Judgement Day" bandied about...

Personally, I think "True Lies" and "End of Days" may be more accurate depictions of the times...

Oh.. and don't forget "Rigging of the Machines" :)

http://enemyoftheearth.org/cartoons.asp?idnum=16

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geniph

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Tue Aug-12-03 05:06 PM
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11. Don't forget Predator!

I think the only one I can't fit in somewhere here is Twins...

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Tue Aug-12-03 03:20 PM
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8. Haven't read every major paper for the last week...

Considering the crap they put out, I'd rather get the news here...
:-)

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TreasonousBastard

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Tue Aug-12-03 03:21 AM
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6. and Kindergarten Kop?

n/t

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Tue Aug-12-03 03:21 PM
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9. I'd rather see a kindergartener take office...

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underpants

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Tue Aug-12-03 03:45 PM
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10. It is not a tumor!

Eet is not a toomah!!

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