Blog Set 7
Could you imagine waking up and finding out
everything you thought was real was really all a lie? What if you found out
that your so called love of your life was trying to kill you? What if you didn’t
even know the difference between what was real or what was fake? Doug went
through all of this and I couldn’t even imagine going through that in real
life. Having memories built inside of your brain isn’t a good
thing. I think that the memories that you have now, is what makes you as a
person. If in reality we could actually mess with our brains for memories just
like people do with plastic surgery then we truly won’t be the person we are
suppose to be. There would be many benefits for people who have memories that
traumatized them and they don’t want to remember those moments. I think the
casting decision was good because Arnold Schwarzenegger did a good job playing
the part. He acted just like Douglas does in the book, he couldn’t even believe
that he was actually on the bad guys team at the end. The adaption for the
movie is that they added more things to it to add more suspense to the story.
In the book it didn’t really show his “wife” actually working for cohaagen but
that had us shocked when we did find out which is what a director wants an
audience to feel. Most people say that the written version is way better but I
think I liked the movie better because it actually explains more to me. They
changed many things from the short in the movie. The wife in the short story
name is Kristen and to me she sounds so mean when she talks to her husband but
in the movie her name is Lori, she acts all nice in the beginning but ends up
betraying Doug. I thought it was crazy when Doug found out that he wasn’t who
he was. They wiped out his whole memory to input a new identity and
personality. I bet it felt horrible to know that your whole life is a lie and
the person that you really are is evil. In my opinion I think that your
memories can never be fully erased. Just like when Doug kept having dreams and obsession
over Mars and how Melina was in every dream. Those were signs of who he really
was, so I think even though they erase your memory, you will always have some
type of remains of what once was. I hated when I found out that the Taxi Driver
was actually on the bad guys side also. I really didn’t expect that, he came
off as a really good guy who just wanted to help but then he killed Kuoat and
was trying to kill Doug and Melina. In the book it said that if Doug died then
the aliens would come back on earth? I didn’t really understand that part. I really
liked both of the stories, reading it had been interesting and watching it was an
even better experience.
hey i felt the same way about the cab driver. in my opinion it was a HUGE plot twist when the bad guy actually set them up i to though he had 5 kids and when he showed them thay he was a martian had me really confused cause it really made me think he was with them. it had me think did they make him a martian and tell him to lie about the kids because they knew he wouldve been their way to Doug?
ReplyDeleteExactly ! everything the cab driver did seemed to be real, who would of ever expected him to betray Doug & Melina?
DeleteI totally think that your life experiences and memories eventually shape you as a person but even though Doug was continuously wiped clean he still had the urges and obsessions of becoming a spy and traveling to Mars, which makes me wonder if we as humans will always have that one burning desire throughout our lifetime. Then again, I also agree that someone's memories cannot be completely erased and any event, big or small can trigger the remembrance. So his obsession could've just been his inner conscious trying to bring forth his memories or past that he needed to know. The who concept of the story and movie blows my mind, even though I've seen the movie so many times I really think reading Dick's story opens up more doors and interpretations for the reader as well as a better understanding of what Recall is and who Doug is. You can basically write your own ending as the reader because their are so many options within the story that were never officially cleared. For instance, is Kristin in with the government? or was her memory also metaled with. You kind of get to decide, I do also enjoy the movie, it gave more details to specific questions so it left little room for the reader to make their own but it was so action packed and the plot twist were content so it keeps you on your toes.
ReplyDeleteI'm really glad that Verhoeven decided to do away with the alien invasion plot point and focus more on Doug's double identity and the corporaation that was trying to manipulate him. I think that it adds more to the story in the long run.
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