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Conference noted::sf

Title:	Arcana Caelestia
Notice:	Directory listings are in topic 2
Moderator:	NETRIX::thomas

Created:	Thu Dec 08 1983
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1300
Total number of notes:	18728

1227.0. "Total Recall" by ZPOVC::RAHULMEHTA () Mon May 30 1994 06:58

    How come nobody mentioned the SF movie Total Recall?
    
    I DIR searched for the title and keyword without success.
    
    Well, I think it was a good movie. A fast moving story with a SF touch
    besides just happening in future. I am also a fan of Mr. Arnold and
    generally like his action packed films.
    
    In this movie, I liked the general idea of altering the memory to
    produce total recall of events at a later time. The rest of the action
    in the movie delt well with the effects of such altered memory. In the
    end the question remains whether the story was just a memory or the
    real experience?
    
    I have seen the movie a long time ago and only once. So I do not
    remember any further detail about the director, author or even the
    character names. BAD recall I have. But I enjoyed the movie enough to
    go through it again. I also would like to read the book, if any one can
    guide me by the name of the author.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1227.1		GIDDAY::BURT	Scythe my dandelions down, sport	`Mon May 30 1994 20:18`	7
	"We Can Remember it for You Wholesale" - woops, I can't remember the author. Brian Aldiss??? Chele
1227.2	See 277.84 and thereabouts	AUSSIE::GARSON	achtentachtig kacheltjes	`Tue May 31 1994 02:10`	3
	re .0 I think there is a novelisation of the film by Piers Anthony.
1227.3		KAOFS::S_BURRIDGE	Stephen Burridge	`Tue May 31 1994 09:13`	4
	"We Can Remember It FOr You Wholesale" is a short story by Philip K. Dick. -Stephen
1227.4	A Variation on the Theme	LJSRV2::FEHSKENS	len - reformed architect	`Tue May 31 1994 15:10`	6
	See also, Overdrawn at the Memory Bank by John Varley; it was made into a boring adaptation starring Raul Julia. len.
1227.5	See also the MOVIES conference	GIDDAY::HIRSHMAN	WWW: sliced bread is in trouble!	`Wed Jun 01 1994 20:52`	5
	There is quite a long discussion of "Total Recall" in note 172 of DSSDEV::VALKYR$DKA200:[NOTES]MOVIES. It's worth reading if you're interested in the movie. -Bret
1227.6	Movie is better or the book?	ZPOVC::RAHULMEHTA		`Sun Jun 05 1994 21:37`	25
	Thanks guys. You did remember it for me Wholesale. I saw the movie discussion (.5). My point in the original note was that this being a SF movie, this is the right place for it to be mentioned. I found an anthology of short stories by Dick in the local public library. I finished the story in 15 minutes (it is that short!). I enjoyed the story thoroughly. The movie took off in a different direction after the first half of the story and ended up being a nice SF thriller. The story moves deeper into the memory of the protagonist (Douglas Quail) and springs another surprise. I liked the movie as a thriller and the story for its novel twist. The twist in the story is like a Mobius strip put in words. Halfway through the story completes a round and gets almost to the starting point. Well, it is not the starting point and it takes you for another round and by the time it gets back to the starting point it revels a kind of dead lock which saves Quail from being exicuted. I also liked the theme idea of memory implants. Just think about what will happen to the education system. "Honey, I will be home late this evening. I am picking up a PhD in Astrophysics." - Rahul.