![]() ![]() ![]() De Laurentiis preferred actors with a bit more range and box-office clout -Schwarzenegger’s first $100 million hit, and his first role as a recognizable human being, didn’t come until 1988’s Twins. Schwarzenegger spent the entire decade playing just two types of characters: figurative killing machines ( Conan the Barbarian, Predator) and literal killing machines. The future Governator campaigned for the role throughout the eighties, even though producer Dino De Laurentiis insisted he was wrong for the part. Dick short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” - except Arnold Schwarzenegger’s. This week, we consider the original version of one of this Friday’s big releases: Total Recall.īackground: Arnold Schwarzenegger was no one’s first choice to play accountant turned superspy Douglas Quaid in the big-screen adaptation of the Philip K. Now, years later, we will take a look at these classics in a more objective, unforgiving adult light: Are they really the best ever? How do they hold up now? We’ve already reconsidered a number of once-beloved entertainments. ![]() The Nostalgia Fact-Check is a recurring Vulture feature in which we revisit a seminal movie, TV show, or album that reflexively evinces an “Oh my God, that was the best ever!” response by a certain demographic, owing to it having been imprinted on them early. ![]()
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