I just found out this morning that Total Recall doesn’t go to Mars this time. :(
Total Recall, the best that I can recall - was about the only commercially successful film involving Mars in my lifetime.
But they can only blame themselves for “John Carter” (of Mars). They tried to avoid the Mars movie curse by leaving Mars out of the title - they took the most simple plot ever devised by one of the greatest storytellers of all time (Edgar Rice Burroughs) and made a confusing mess of it.
I hope I live long enough to see someone do the ACTUAL story justice.
Good, it’s not supposed to.
“I just found out this morning that Total Recall doesn’t go to Mars this time.”
Which is an improvement.
I just re-read the source story. No actual trip to Mars. Covers little more than a city block, actually. And includes a second twist.