I hated the first total recall. I realized with that movie how terrible an actor Arnold Schwarzenegger really was. This one, while looking sort of generic has potential for greatness.
Total Recall Remake Trailer Remembers Things Differently
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This looks generic and general shit.
People will see i regardless of how it screwed the original over. Total re-imagination.
To tell you the truth - It suits the time. A fact that wants to make me cry...
People will see i regardless of how it screwed the original over. Total re-imagination.
To tell you the truth - It suits the time. A fact that wants to make me cry...
Well I wont judge the film although it is clearly trying to be very serious and keep with the modern style of 'smart' action movies. I think they're going to tell a totally different story but the premise, that memories are brought back via a re call thing, forced them to attach Total Recall to it for fear of being branded copycats. I wont judge before its out but I must say that using loud monotone noises in just about every movie with something 'EPIC' is getting tedious. Seriously its too widespread to be anything but cliched. plus the movie feels like its being a bit too serious with the recall centre considering earth wasnt some dystopia in total recall as it is infered here.
How can people hate Total Recall? Sharon Stone was at her absolute hottest. Do you really expect Arnold to act, his job for the past 5 years was kill something then shout one liner at it.
This new movie, it looks to be missing the satire that helps make Verhoeven movies enjoyable to me.
This new movie, it looks to be missing the satire that helps make Verhoeven movies enjoyable to me.
It's a tough spot but one the producers put themselves in. Claiming that it's an adaptation of the novel and not a remake of the movie, while at the same time using the title of that movie, is just a cheap cop-out. Maybe it won't suck but comparisons are inevitable, and while I hate to burst anyone's bubble, Total Recall is widely regarded as a pinnacle of the classic Hollywood action blockbuster industry. Maybe you don't like the genre, maybe you think it's silly/cheesy/campy/whatever, but I don't you ("you" meaning anyone, btw) can reasonably dismiss it, and furthermore, I do think that in 20 or 30 or 50 years, when we're talking about films that left a mark, it will be the 1990 version, and not this one, we'll be talking about.SpiderJerusalem said:
Total Recall, Robocop, and Starship Troopers reboots (not remakes) were all announced at about the same time. The industry is basically trying for another Star Trek with dead franchises (not that Star Trek will ever die for better or worse). As I said I'm saving up my rage.blackrave said:
I hadn't heard of that made-for-TV movie. (sounds like that may be a good thing, based on that wiki info)Blind Sight said:
But yeah, I get your joke now. It's sadly true. Even worse, the "original" ideas are either shit or based on some other property.
I mean, hell, did you know that besides Battleship there are film adaptations of Ouija, Candyland, and Stretch Armstrong in the works?
Stretch....****ing....Armstrong.
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In what psychotic hell was the original Total Recall a good film by any stretch of the imagination. I'm as fond of nostalgia goggles as much as the next guy, but I rather clearly remember a couple hours of Arnie beating on people while spouting the most gloriously narmy sci-fi dribble I think I've ever heard. I also remember a sentient, vaguely human shaped tumor growing out a man's stomach leading the revolution against "insert evil megacorp here." That's not innovative or necessarily creative in any good sense of the word, it's someone's acid trip gone horribly, horribly wrong.... Now get your ass back to Mars.
