# identify this (probably classic 80's) scifi future movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 10, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-probably-classic-80s-scifi-future-movie/432924 "2008-01-10T01:12:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Br\_er\_Lapin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Br\_er\_Lapin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Br_er_Lapin)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-probably-classic-80s-scifi-future-movie/432924/1 "2008-01-10T01:12:12Z")
Like I said, probably a ‘classic’, late 80’s movie everyone has seen. I don’t see a lot of movies. I remember only one specific part of it: A bunch of people are in a bubble-contained cafe/restaurant, and the oxygen is suddenly turned off/removed from it (or something like that). I am not against the possibility that The Governator may have been in this movie. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-probably-classic-80s-scifi-future-movie/432924/2 "2008-01-10T01:13:08Z")
Sounds like a scene in Total Recall. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-probably-classic-80s-scifi-future-movie/432924/3 "2008-01-10T01:19:54Z")
Definitely Total Recall. TWOOO WEEEEEKS ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-probably-classic-80s-scifi-future-movie/432924/4 "2008-01-10T13:31:13Z")
There are earlier movies that have something similar – **The Slime People** and **The Bubble** (aka **The Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth** , but they’re from the early 1960s. If it’s a 1980s movie, the already-given **Total Recall** is probably right (especially if it’s got Arnold in it.) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-probably-classic-80s-scifi-future-movie/432924/5 "2008-01-10T16:06:01Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-probably-classic-80s-scifi-future-movie/432924/6 "2008-01-10T16:12:54Z")
Yep, Total Recall. They obviously didn’t understand that terraforming Mars would be such a hazard, they should have flipped the switch to the alien machine much sooner! I love how after they did finally flip the switch it took a whole 5 minutes for the whole of mars to have a breathable atmosphere. I’d like to see a good remake of TR… ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-probably-classic-80s-scifi-future-movie/432924/7 "2008-01-10T16:33:20Z")
“Get your ahhs to Mahhs!” ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-probably-classic-80s-scifi-future-movie/432924/8 "2008-01-10T17:38:10Z")
“Rio” by Duran Dur… oh wait, nevermind. P.S. - I wish I had a Quatto. ---
**Author:** ![Br\_er\_Lapin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Br\_er\_Lapin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Br_er_Lapin)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-probably-classic-80s-scifi-future-movie/432924/9 "2008-01-10T17:59:35Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. [/QUOTE] Oops. Sorry about that. Thanks for responses. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-probably-classic-80s-scifi-future-movie/432924/10 "2008-01-10T21:28:55Z")
[QUOTE=«Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™] P.S. - I wish I had a Quatto. [/QUOTE] That’s what I call my friend whenever he’s carrying his baby around in that Baby Bjorn thing. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-probably-classic-80s-scifi-future-movie/432924/11 "2008-01-10T21:36:03Z")
**SCREEEEEEEEEEWWWWWW YOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU!!!** **bzzzzzzzzwwwheeee** :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-probably-classic-80s-scifi-future-movie/432924/12 "2008-01-10T21:46:03Z")
Just for the record: it wasn’t a classic. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-probably-classic-80s-scifi-future-movie/432924/13 "2008-01-10T22:05:04Z")
It also reminds me of the scene from Batman where the Joker gasses the museum, including the museum restaurant. Also not a classic. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-probably-classic-80s-scifi-future-movie/432924/14 "2008-01-10T23:25:46Z")
[QUOTE=Phlosphr] I love how after they did finally flip the switch it took a whole 5 minutes for the whole of mars to have a breathable atmosphere. [/QUOTE] [Sigh](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8750343&postcount=83).