Comments on: Total Recall gets a Total Remake

By: MattK

MattK — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:07:54 +0000

lol i meant Day not Daye

By: MattK

MattK — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:07:34 +0000

The Daye The Earth Stood Still.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:03:59 +0000

What is TDTESS??

By: MattK

MattK — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:58:30 +0000

lol i said the same thing, but remember TDTESS is was a classic and yet they still remade it

By: DG Music

DG Music — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:57:36 +0000

Thats the most fuckin’ retarded thing I’ve ever heard…

Well not really…but WHAT THE HELL?! Of all the films to be remade…Why??? Total Recall is a classic action-scifi film that’s still so easily watchable today.

Seems to me they’re making another ‘Psycho’ by doing this :P

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:55:46 +0000

I love Total Recall and do not think it needs remaking at all. In fact,I reject your supposed “guidelines” for remakes. A great movie,like a great novel, speaks for itself.

By: Grave

Grave — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:56:47 +0000

Well sure hyperbole only diminishes my point.

And I have read the rules on remakes so dont act like a prick telling me i need to read it and where it is.

However, hollywood doent follow those rules, we wish they would but unlikely. They re-made Batman and Hulk and they were not 20 years aboart nor had the majority not seen the last incarnations. I do agree with the rules but it dosent apply to every film.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:12:54 +0000

Grave, hyperbole only diminishes your point. Try to avoid it.

As mentioned in the post (in case you didnt read it), we have some general guidelines by which we determine if a movie is ready for a remake.

See, right up there. Its ok, I will wait til you read it then come back.

The age of a movie is only one requirement, and even by our guidelines, it is not absolute.

If you want to try and use my words against me, you may want to consider reading them.

By: Grave

Grave — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:01:02 +0000

So by that definition films that pass 20 years demand a remake. OK George Lucas, heres your chance to really re-make Star Wars the way you want it. You say you cant gauge what people have seen or not based on my own experiences by hollywoods been doing it for years.

By: Darren J Seeley

Darren J Seeley — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:16:11 +0000

I’m not really ‘sold’ on this as a remake, unless … Two of the main selling points of what made the ’90 film so great (aside from over the top violence) was the slight ambiguity of reality vs. comatose dream, and the second was a subplot that never got filmed but used more as a build up for a mythology and backstory.

It is the latter which I can sort of see as a reason for a remake.
“You mean the ancient Martian pyramids and artifacts?” Yes. That’s exactly what I mean. There’s also a possibility that the new film could be closer to the source material as well.

As to who would play Quaid (or Quil) I will not go there. I’m tempted to scream ‘STATHAM’ but I…I’m just not going there.

As to what should remain the same? Four things.

* Johnny Cab [although instead of Bing Crosby, may it look/speak like Arnold!]

* The play on ambiguity, as noted.

* Doublecrosses/triple crosses/backstabbing SOBs left and right, not excluding the wife, the cabbie, your co-workers…and yourself!

* MOST IMPORTANT. Do not mess with the Jerry Goldsmith score. Keep some of it at least.