10 Most Out Of Place Scenes In Sci-Fi Movie History

Leaning into the combination of grotesque imagery and science-fiction popularised by David Cronenberg throughout the '80s, Paul Verhoeven followed up his similarly full-on 1987 hit RoboCop with Total Recall.

Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Douglas Quaid, a construction worker whose memory implant fantasy of being a secret agent on a mission to Mars seems to be coming true, blurring the lines between fiction and reality. Along the way he encounters many wonders of a technologically advanced yet persistently unequal society, but perhaps none more striking than a triple-breasted mutant prostitute.

Played by Lycia Naff, the futuristic lady of the night is offered up to Arnie by her pimp, and she opens her blouse to show him the goods, laughing like Janis from Friends. Now, far be it from us to pooh-pooh a bit of space nudity, but this scene feels shoehorned into the film. Unless there's a deeper, more artistic element at play here that we're all missing?

Unfortunately, no, there's not. This establishes a pattern for the film, where most female characters are presented as sexualised objects, ostracised freaks, or both. Naff came to regret taking the part, as it left her feeling overexposed and deeply unsexy, and it isn't difficult to see why.