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  1. 03-May-2010 #1
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    Total Recall (film) remake...

    Can't wait to see what they do with this

    The original was over the top but sassy and excellent!

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    it's almost a sin to remake an arnold film in my book. not too sure about this. and jesus christ, when the hell will they stop remaking so many films...even the remake well ought to run dry at some point, i think...but not anytime soon, apparently.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ProfessorChaos View Post
    it's almost a sin to remake an arnold film in my book. not too sure about this. and jesus christ, when the hell will they stop remaking so many films...even the remake well ought to run dry at some point, i think...but not anytime soon, apparently.

    And when their done with the remake train they are always "reboots".

    So it looks like we're just fucked.

    But yeah, the same stories just keep getting told over and over. it's gotten to the point where I'll sit and watch a movie with the missus and i can predict atleast half of what's going to happen in the movie.

    enjoyable movie viewing experience this does not make, so I hardly even watch them anymore.

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    Total recall without arnie? No thanks! Who the hell are they going to get to say "git your ass to mars" or "dese people need eeeeeyar"??
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    Kurt Wimmer. Hmmm. Not sure if want.
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    Rachel Ticotin and Michael Ironside were a good chunk of why I like the original so much.
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    As much as I like Total Recall, it would be interesting if this one sticks a bit closer to Dick's novel.
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    No doubt it will be about 95% CGI as well.....
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    ders enuff shit in heaar, to fuck Cohagen gud!
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    To this day I still don't know how they did the secretary's nail colour trick. ie: Where she touched the end of her nails with a gizmo and they changed colour. Today it would be SGI, but back then?


    I think the only thing that annoyed me with the original was the over the top bulgy eyeballs


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    If they're doing this remake, just who in the hell are they going to get to play the old woman who shouts, "Phhhuuuckk you asshole!" at Arnold, Betty White?

    And are they still going to have the Johny Cab? I just love the part where Arnold calls the robot a dickhead after blowing off the fair and then it freaks out and tries to run him over.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    To this day I still don't know how they did the secretary's nail colour trick. ie: Where she touched the end of her nails with a gizmo and they changed colour. Today it would be SGI, but back then?


    I think the only thing that annoyed me with the original was the over the top bulgy eyeballs


    painted nails was awesome....it's a secondary colour correction technique, which I don't think would have been easily available back in the early 90s when the film was made! But it is Hollywood, so...

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    Quote Originally Posted by rightwing401 View Post
    If they're doing this remake, just who in the hell are they going to get to play the old woman who shouts, "Phhhuuuckk you asshole!" at Arnold, Betty White?

    And are they still going to have the Johny Cab? I just love the part where Arnold calls the robot a dickhead after blowing off the fair and then it freaks out and tries to run him over.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rightwing401 View Post
    If they're doing this remake, just who in the hell are they going to get to play the old woman who shouts, "Phhhuuuckk you asshole!" at Arnold, Betty White?

    And are they still going to have the Johny Cab? I just love the part where Arnold calls the robot a dickhead after blowing off the fair and then it freaks out and tries to run him over.
    Did you recognise Johny Cab as the doctor out of Voyager? They even made the face sort of look a bit like him
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    I could use a remake on this one.

    Also, though there are some great parts to Total Recall, for an 80s action flick based on a great idea by P.K. Dick that I always thought Dick executed and ended in a pretty middling way, the film suffered a bit through the middle, I thought.

    Michael Ironside was/is great, though.
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    Wasn't a huge fan of the original, so a remake could be good if handled correctly.

    I wouldn't hold my breath though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by shootemindehead View Post
    Wasn't a huge fan of the original
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