They just cannot come up with anything original anymore.
“They just cannot come up with anything original anymore.”
Total Recall was a much less than faithful adaptation of We Can Remember It For You Wholesale. So first off, the movie was itself not original. The “remake” has the opportunity to be an adaptation of the story, not of the first movie - ergo the first only gets dibs on respect because it was first, not for any other claim to canonicity. If the new one plays loose with the original story, well, so did the first movie.
Arnold never seemed correct for the role. He was too ... massive. Colin Ferrel has a more normal look in the trailer, more fitting of the character.
Yeah, the first movie’s effects were the night point of the pre-CGI era. That’s nice. It’s 2012, and I’d like to see the story rendered in a far more sophisticated detail.
I’ve read the short story, and per this thread may just read it again this week.
I’m looking forward to the remake - has a chance to do the story better justice. The trailer looks great.
Why bother with writing a brand-new script when there's over 80 years of archives available for writers in Hollywood?