Worse yet, I'm beginning to see any movie as Total Recall. Take for instance my recent viewing of Wall-E, which just looked like Total Recall to my damned eyes:
I know there's a cure, but I fear that it's simply more Total Recall.
Monday, December 08, 2008
Everywhere I look, I see 'Total Recall'
I've got a terrible condition: I see the world through a Total Recall filter. It affects my daily life. Whereas most people want to visit Hawaii or Europe on vacation, I want to go to Mars. Yes, I'm aware of the recent violent uprisings on Mars, and the tenuous oxygen situation, but that's just where I want to go. It's even worse when my family actually goes on a vacation, because I insist on dressing up as a 6'3'' fat redheaded woman, who's only staying for "two weeks."
Worse yet, I'm beginning to see any movie as Total Recall. Take for instance my recent viewing of Wall-E, which just looked like Total Recall to my damned eyes:
I know there's a cure, but I fear that it's simply more Total Recall.
Worse yet, I'm beginning to see any movie as Total Recall. Take for instance my recent viewing of Wall-E, which just looked like Total Recall to my damned eyes:
I know there's a cure, but I fear that it's simply more Total Recall.
I love you, Adam.
ReplyDeleteThis is the best post I've read in months.
I have a Seinfeld filter, but then again, there's a whole lot more material to work with, what with 9 seasons or so of episodes.
ReplyDeleteStill, I know the feeling. I mean, hey man, I got five kids to feed!
Gringo -- Thanks, but remember: "YOU are no YOU, you are ME!"
ReplyDeleteFletch -- Seems like there was a point in the late 90s where everyone I knew had a Seinfeld filter, those were the days.
Thats a Keen filter. Good eye. I do the same , actually. I see a LOT of stuff through a Argento filter. Especially his Suspiria years....good review/pics to illustrate the point. Kudos !
ReplyDeleteRemember the chase/fight scene that includes people running through the x-ray machine, holding guns? Why didn't Verhoven show any of those x-ray people getting shot? That's a big missed opportunity, if you ask me.
ReplyDeleteOr Verhoeven could have had a gag where a guy walks in front of the x-ray screen holding one of those medical skeletons -- small joke, but I would have laughed.
ReplyDeleteDOES THIS LOOK LIKE A DELUSION?
ReplyDeleteI see everything through a Commando filter, myself.
ReplyDeleteThough my fantasy team is the Mars Total Recall.
I still don't get "Total Recall"
ReplyDeleteBut I do get what you're saying...it's sad really !
I think you're right, it's an awful situation. I think we need more explanations about this same topic because I am not aware about it.
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