Picking Nits
Neck injections; the oversized nose tracker; Arnold punching Lori without a mark; the Hauser memory-wipe plot; sending a recognizable giant to Earth; the name Quaid near Kuato
In the discussion (7)
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- Mostly riding with the premise, but neck injections, also seen in Escape from New York, magically work with no lingering pain.
- The tracker he pulls from his nose was gigantic, the size of a ping-pong ball or AirPods case.
- Arnold punches Sharon Stone and she has no mark; a host explains a jaw punch would not leave marks.
- The plot says Hauser worked for Cohaagen, switched sides and underwent the memory wipe; the hosts find this confusing.
- Asked, Jason says he thought Cohaagen wiped him and stashed him on Earth, wonders why Cohaagen does not just kill Quaid, and why Hauser would wipe his own memory. — Jason Concepcion
- Asked to explain, Shea lays out two plot lines: Richter truly wants Quaid dead, while Cohaagen and Hauser planned to wipe him, push him back to Rekall and Mars to infiltrate the mutants and kill Kuato, then restore Hauser. — Shea Serrano
- Further flaws: sending a 6'3", 280-pound hero back to Earth unnoticed, and the name Quaid being so close to Kuato.