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From: greg@tcnz.co.nz (Greg Calkin)
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Subject: Re: Total Recall: subtle blatancy (spoilers)
Keywords: blatant subtlety
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Re: was it a dream or was it real ?

The setting on the machine when Arnie was programmed i.e. spy, "Blue
sky on Mars", alien artifacts, the settings for the female companion,
etc are a bit of a give away.

The only thing that seriously contradicts my happy belief in that is
the wife bit - If I was paying for a fantasy, blowing my wife brains
out would probably be carrying it just a BIT to far. Frankly, I would
be seriously pissed if they that was the standard fantasy. Maybe as an
optional extra for sicko's ???

-- 
Greg Calkin, greg@tcnz.co.nz