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Presuming that it's indeed a paid dream, why the subterfuge?

posted 8 years ago by Wolfy_Snackrib
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Why are people showing up to tell him that he's in a simulation if he is indeed in a simulation? If it is indeed a dream, are we presuming something went wrong for him at recall, but eventually worked out? Or is everything going as planned and it's part of the simulation that a bunch of guys tries to convince him that it's a dream? Sounds kind of counter intuitive for a dream. It's like... it was made for an audience such as us?!

[–] MickyMac (2966) 6 years ago

If it was real Rekall plays no role in the outcome of the story, with it without them Quaid would've still gotten the message from Hauser telling him to go to Mars.

[–] Clouseau2 (152) 5 years ago

Because he picked "secret agent" as his role in the dream. There needs to be subterfuge and mystery. If the writers (originally Philip K. Dick) can write this convoluted plot, why not Rekall?