Total Recall: The Musical

May 10, 2010 3:30 PM

Total Recall: The Musical. [via mefi projects]
posted by WCityMike (29 comments total)

I was wondering how long this would take to get to the Front page.
posted by The Whelk at 3:34 PM on May 10, 2010 [1 favorite]

Awesome.
posted by brundlefly at 3:36 PM on May 10, 2010

bauermaster, you are a genius. WCityMike, you are John the Bapist. Me, I'm John the Revelator. Never mind that last part I just love this.
posted by nola at 3:50 PM on May 10, 2010 [1 favorite]

Bravo! That. was. awesome!
posted by Asparagirl at 3:53 PM on May 10, 2010

Very nice. I think the film overall would be better as a musical - I'm thinking Richter could have a lovely song about how upset he is that Arnie's been sleeping with Lori for all of these years.
posted by never used baby shoes at 3:59 PM on May 10, 2010 [1 favorite]

Nice!
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 4:05 PM on May 10, 2010

Sweet! Excellent job!
posted by Calzephyr at 4:06 PM on May 10, 2010

Favourited unseen.
posted by Artw at 4:09 PM on May 10, 2010 [2 favorites]

that's pretty awesome.
posted by shmegegge at 4:15 PM on May 10, 2010

It's no Silence of the Lambs: the Musical.
posted by kenko at 4:17 PM on May 10, 2010

Arnie has a surprisingly poignant singing voice.
posted by Bromius at 4:19 PM on May 10, 2010 [1 favorite]

It's no Silence of the Lambs: the Musical.

♪ It puts the lotion in the f***ing basket ♫
posted by filthy light thief at 4:34 PM on May 10, 2010 [4 favorites]

My God! It's full of win!
posted by yiftach at 4:37 PM on May 10, 2010

In a similar but far more sinister vein, there are rumors IN NYC that Jack Womack's Random Acts of Senseless Violence has been optioned for an opera.
posted by digitalprimate at 4:44 PM on May 10, 2010 [1 favorite]

More like:

It rubs the lotion on its skin---
It does this when it's told.
It rubs the lotion on its skin
Or else it gets the hose.
posted by Bromius at 4:44 PM on May 10, 2010 [4 favorites]

Wow. This is really something special.
posted by hot soup girl at 4:52 PM on May 10, 2010

See you at the party, Richter!
posted by mysterpigg at 5:39 PM on May 10, 2010 [3 favorites]

My mind is clearer now
At last
All too well
I can see
Just who you
Used to be

If you strip away
The myths
From his head
You will see
Just who he
Used to be

QUAaaaAid
You've started to believe
The things they put in you
You really do believe
This talk of Kuato's true

And all the air they need
Will soon be sucked away
You've begun to matter more
Now that you're not Quaid

Listen Quaid to the screaming Mu-tants
Please remember that they need air to live
And believe me
when I tell you that it's not outside
But if you push the claw button
Then the air will surely come
It was vacuum but now it's blue
We're gonna see something new

We'll all
see blue skies
on Mars

Yes we'll all
See blue skies
On Mars

(Chorus)
Get your ass to Mars
Get your ass to Mars
Get your ass to Mars
posted by Babblesort at 5:48 PM on May 10, 2010 [2 favorites]

♫ Are you Sarah Cahhh-nah? ♫
posted by zippy at 6:19 PM on May 10, 2010

Phony veecations. :-)
posted by adamdschneider at 7:02 PM on May 10, 2010 [1 favorite]

I'm in awe. Also imagining a "Two Weeks" melody.
posted by revgeorge at 7:25 PM on May 10, 2010 [2 favorites]

This was the antidote I needed to The Slender Man. Thank you.
posted by angrycat at 8:43 PM on May 10, 2010

Austrian Death Machine pays homage to Schwarzenegger movies (even the comedies) with a different style of "music."
posted by headnsouth at 3:55 AM on May 11, 2010

Lilting in my head, long after I watched it. Haunting.
posted by cashman at 6:10 AM on May 11, 2010

This strange juxtaposition kept intruding....
posted by warbaby at 7:39 AM on May 11, 2010

This seems like a good place to mention the Baboon Torture Division album Total Remix.
posted by bigtex at 9:35 AM on May 11, 2010

This has been stuck in my head all day.
posted by homunculus at 5:13 PM on May 11, 2010

did someone mention monkey torture?
posted by shmegegge at 6:02 PM on May 11, 2010

I'm waiting for the Sondheim-style duet with Quaid and Hauser, "I am Unworthy of Your Brain".
posted by benzenedream at 1:52 AM on May 14, 2010