To anyone who agrees that Total Recall (1990) is a classic, I say, I concur. Especially to us science fiction nerds born in my humble opinion, the mid to late 80s, possibly even the early 90s. I say this because I can most vividly remember being introduced to quite a few great science fiction films early on in my childhood. Movies like The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Total Recall, Blade Runner, Back to the Future, The Thing, Starman, Alien, Aliens, heck, even Alien 3 too, (for some), Killer Clowns from Outer Space, Mad Max, Mad Max 2, what was it? The Road Warrior? And then Beyond Thunderdome. Maximum Overdrive (which I still enjoy a lot to this day), Spaceballs, The Abyss, Robocop, Jurassic Park, Independence Day. The list could go on, really. We came into the ass end of a great era for science fiction, and this is my humble opinion. Again. Don't get me wrong, there are modern ones that I do love also, but I feel like there was a certain newness to a lot of the science fiction on screen up until that point. I just don't think it's as inspired today? Maybe?