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Posted by: Ben Higgins Jul 7 2012, 07:41 PM

I had no idea they were remaking Total Recall, check it out ! My initial thoughts before watching the trailer were 'It's not gonna be the same without Arnie' but the film does look like it might be good

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jul 7 2012, 09:09 PM

Yeah - can't wait to see some cool blockbusters this season!

I'm really looking forward to new Spiderman, Batman and Total Recall

(heheh sounds stupid when I write it like this - seems that movie makers are running out of original ideas for the movies)

Posted by: The Uncreator Jul 7 2012, 09:16 PM

Wouldn't call it a remake, more of a...."Reimagining". A lot of key story events have been changed and altered from what I hear.

Posted by: jstcrsn Jul 8 2012, 01:00 AM

kate bekinsale and jessica beil , need I say more

Posted by: Azzaboi Jul 8 2012, 07:42 AM

I actually just watched the original a couple days back on tv. Bit old, but pretty good movie. I still don't like the idea of all these remakes, there's too many of them - most rubbish. It's like they can't come up with original ideas anymore...

Posted by: Ben Higgins Jul 8 2012, 09:58 AM

Haha, I guess not !

I'm not overly impressed with Colin Farrell, don't see what the big deal is about him but hopefully I can ignore that when watching it

Posted by: Fran Jul 8 2012, 11:22 AM

I don't think it can beat the original, but if they don't make a disaster I won't mind watching a new version, the plot si so good

Posted by: tonymiro Jul 8 2012, 01:46 PM

The film Total Recall is based on Philip K Dick's great story 'We can remember it for you wholesale' so arguably isn't an original idea but an adaptation. Good film though.

Anyyone who likes Total Recall or Blade Runner or Minority Report or Scanners should check out Philip K Dick as he wrote the original stories. If I had to choose one of his books though that has yet to be made in to a film it would be 'Man in the High Castle'.

Posted by: Gitarrero Jul 8 2012, 04:02 PM

my first thought was "man, I'm getting old...they are making remakes of movies I know from my youth now"

But I'll give this one a chance, even though I don't like Colin Farrell...but the two chicks are nice

By the way, I saw the new Spiderman and it was really good! They focused on another storyline than the first one, plus this one has Emma Stone in it...

Posted by: Ben Higgins Jul 8 2012, 04:45 PM

Mein Gott, does the man ever stop ???

Posted by: Gitarrero Jul 8 2012, 04:48 PM

come on, you'd be shocked if I didn't care for chicks anymore!!

Posted by: Ben Higgins Jul 8 2012, 06:06 PM

I would be shocked.. the world would be all wrong if that were allowed to happen

Posted by: Opetholic Jul 9 2012, 08:08 AM

I won't even bother watching this one, not even the trailer.. First of all it can't possibly be as good as the original and secondly I really don't appreciate it much when some guys lacking imagination come up with a remake of some old awesome movie. Just leave the good old stuff alone guys

Posted by: Slavenko Erazer Jul 9 2012, 08:31 AM

Yeah man, i totally agree .
The movie industry is hungry for more and more money and they want to suck it out so fast from people's pocket so they can recycle the old movies into stuff like this. Not to mention how much japanese , korean, european movies have passed this "remake" in last 10 - 15 years...

Posted by: Ben Higgins Jul 9 2012, 01:10 PM

I think the world is generally unimpressed with Hollywood and the remake craze

Posted by: derper Jul 12 2012, 11:05 PM

Yeah...not a Colin fan at all. In fact, it's usually a "red-light" that I won't like the movie! I swear, he was in ONE movie that I REALLY liked...can't "recall" at the moment.



I'm not a fan of re-makes usually....it isn't it time for a re-make of THE RUNNING MAN?!!!!!!! I love that intro/main theme too! (Also, the book by Steven King, while writing as Richard Bachman, is actually amazing!)

Posted by: Todd Simpson Jul 12 2012, 11:46 PM

Hollywood ran out of ideas long ago, now they are remaking cult classics! Next up BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA with Nick Cage


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Posted by: Ben Higgins Jul 13 2012, 08:32 AM

Now there's one movie that definitely does not need a remake !

In fact, I think any Schwarzenegger / Stallone film should be exempt from being remade.

Just imagine, in 20 or 30 years time when we're all older, if they try to remake Rocky or something !!

Posted by: Sensible Jones Jul 13 2012, 03:57 PM

How do you know it's a re-make?? How do you knopw they haven't inserted it into your mind and it was actually the Arnie version that is the remake and they re-inserted that one before this one to make it look like this is the re-make, eh??
C'mon, how do you know???

Posted by: Ben Higgins Jul 13 2012, 04:16 PM

How do you know I didn't already write this post 2 years ago and now you're writing it again ??

Posted by: Mudbone Jul 13 2012, 04:20 PM

I remember watching the original not too long ago and noticed all the TV monitors in the movie were all cathode ray tubes I just find it funny because this movie is supposed to be in the future, yet their monitors are older than our current LCD units

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jul 17 2012, 12:04 PM

I saw the new Spiderman few days ago - it was a lot of fun
Recommended for a cool move theater night!

Can't wait for The Dark Knight Rises - I had a blast watching the previous movie.

Posted by: Ben Higgins Jul 17 2012, 03:41 PM

I'm also looking forward to seeing TDKR, although I'll probably wait 'til it comes out on dvd. I never go to the cinema really.