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The TOTAL RECALL Trailer Looks Much Like The Original... Except For The "Get Your A$$ To Mars" Bit...
Nordling here.
Sorry, not impressed. Beat for beat, TOTAL RECALL, judging from the trailer, looks like the exact same movie, except instead of Schwarzenegger and Verhoeven, we get Colin Farrell and Len Wiseman. No Mars to be seen either, and no "Cohagen give dese people ayir!" And definitely none of this:
There's no embed yet because of Apple's exclusivity, but you can see the trailer here until we get an embed.
Nordling, out. Follow me on Twitter!
Update - here's an embed of the trailer!
TOTAL RECALL opens this August.
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April 1, 2012, 4:26 p.m. CST
THIS MUSICAL WILL BE BETTER THAN THE REMAKE THIS ISN'T AS GOOD AS THE PREDATOR MUSICAL
by ilovemichealbay
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So on the rare occasions I actually post I'm usually saying something like "don't judge it until you see it"...
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April 1, 2012, 4:27 p.m. CST
PREDATOR MUSICAL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlicWUDf5MM
by ilovemichealbay
THAT'S HOW TO DO IT
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but so did Live Free or Die Hard which in the end wasn't terrible, just not great. That's enough for me to go see it.
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Not sure exactly what you all expected?
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I like the original, it has a lot going for it, but certainly never blew me away in terms of acting or visuals. SO this could be potentially really solid, or at worst a waste of time. But I have not seen anything about it that makes me NOT want to see it. Also the design for the cop/trooper outfits is one of the better henchmen designs I've seen in movies in quite some time.
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April 1, 2012, 4:32 p.m. CST
"Da air is deh air. What can be done?" Oh wait. That's not Arnold, that's T'Pau of Vulcan.
by The_Maltese_Vulcan
My bad.
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April 1, 2012, 4:33 p.m. CST
Looks ten billion times better than that cheesy Arnie studio version b Verhoven.
by CeejayNightwing
Dunno why fanboys always stick to their childhood eyes when it comes to basic plain truth. The original movie was nothing like the book and totally cheesy with a lead who could never act past his Austrian accent.
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ceejaynightwing you think this looks more like the book? Its exactly the same as the arnie version but completely devoid of the charm. The original also benefited from having one of the greatest fucking scores EVER. I wonder who is scoring this dog shit.
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I tend to agree, while I enjoy a number of Arnold's movies (True Lies and Predator being especially good) his appeal has always been someone you can laugh at. He's not an actor, just a performer who delivers what you pay for which is a big muscle guy with a weird accent and only one persona. Colin Farrell is far from being the world's greatest leading man, but he's a competent actor and a bit more of an everyman than Arnold can ever be,
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Oh boy.
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April 1, 2012, 4:42 p.m. CST
Sorry, fanboys, this looks 100 timesbetter than the original...
by schizoschizo
...that awfully acted piece of shit directed by the director of Showgirls.
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But fuck most of you, this looks like a shit ton of fun. I'm sold.
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Visually it looks interesting. But there is something off in this trailer. I just don't know. I'll see it. Which doesn't say very much because I pretty much give everything a chance and see it in theaters and then judge it.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0hSXYBSMKk
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Also, really? Was the CG in the fight scene necessary? It looked ridiculous. I wonder how long until AICN gets cut a check to take the anticipation of the film from meh to OH GOD THIS IS MAKES ME WANT TO STAB ARNOLD WITH A RUSTY STAPLER FOR MAKING ME SIT THROUGH THE ORIGINAL WHEN THIS MASTERPIECE WAS ONLY YEARS AWAY.
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At least Beckinsale and her permanently open gob will always have a gig in a Wiseman movie...
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April 1, 2012, 4:53 p.m. CST
Question: what does this movie have in common with the Fright Night remake?
by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE
Answer: Both huge bombs that will be forgotten in a short time. Oh wait is Colin Farrell in both of them too?
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....fucking princesses - that looks amazing. If you disagree, you're wrong.
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April 1, 2012, 4:55 p.m. CST
Is he in virtual reality in the first scene of the trailer?
by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE
because that just wouldn't happen in reality lol. Spoiler alert?
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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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April 1, 2012, 4:56 p.m. CST
Never trust a guy from Harold and Kumar to give you a brain job.
by Crooooooow
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I remember I got a free T-shirt because I saw it opening night, but I never wore it because I was very disappointed. I think all Arnie movies should be remade except Terminator. Can't we just admit he's fucking terrible?
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but this looks pretty awesome
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with the brutal scene in the Verhoven film. The original was infintely more effective.
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If you can't appreciate the original then you likely also hate Robocop (the original) and Starship Troopers in which case your opinion doesn't mean crap to me because your obviously brain dead. Arnie's movie was FUN and it KICKED ASS. If you can't appreciate that then whatever. I'll still probably see this because it doesn't look awful but if the original didn't follow the book then I got news for you, this one probably doesn't either because it seems to follow a lot of the major plot points of the original. It just doesn't have MARS in it. But as far as the stuff on earth it looks like a direct ripoff of the original movie only the effects are better. But just because you don't have the FUN Gene and can't appreciate Arnie's movies don't mean your right. You need to Chill out, your too tense.
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... Although there's no sign of Mars which I think will make it seem a bit more limited. It's surprising how similar the plot initially appears to be as well. Normally that's one of the first things remakes fuck with/up. I'll definitely give it a try, but I doubt it will be able to eclipse Verhoeven's epic madness.
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April 1, 2012, 5:01 p.m. CST
With Minority Report and now this, wouldn't it be weird if Colin Farrell got cast in Blade Runner 2?
by ChickenStu
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I FREAKING love the original Total Recall so yeah I can't say I'm sold on this. I may give it a shot though not a 100% sure. But yeah it does look like it goes beat for beat. From the wake up to the friend telling him not to go to Recall. But it looks like they took part of the coolest aspect which was the Mars plot.
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April 1, 2012, 5:03 p.m. CST
Actually that trailer looked OK. It's never touch Arnie's original - but could still be a fun saturday night out....
by ChickenStu
Yeah fuck it. As long as it doesn't get something ridiculous like 15% on the tomato-meter, I might run it up the flagpole.
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Oh, not this crap. I'm watching my Collector's Mars Tin Can DVD of the original Total Recall. Fuck this remake.
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April 1, 2012, 5:06 p.m. CST
Based on the trailers I have no idea, except blind nostalgia,
by phifty2
why anyone wouldn't give this movie a chance. I'm not against making a film based on a book or short story because they're not remakes, they're adaptations. How many times have they made Dracula?
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April 1, 2012, 5:07 p.m. CST
Bryan Cranston's involvement demands my interest. I'm interested.
by A. Garcia
Yeah, he's that awesome.
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fucking hacks with their fucking ripoff trailers.
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It isn't.
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I REPEAT.IT IS SET ON LONDON,NOT MARS.IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.
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is, sure the original's aren't perfect but most of them tried something new. Most were not afraid of violence. In this new period of "Every teenage girl has to able to see this movie!" stage that Hollywood is in, everyone is held back. The rating matters people. They could expand on a universe that already exists... But they won't. Because taking chances could lead to the audience not understanding something. So instead make everything the same pg-13 shit. Thank God for Prometheus and TDKR... Both of which will be pg-13... Ugh.
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Looks like it's closer to the original story, and looks like it's set in the Blade Runner universe or something like it. Since I like Philip K. Dick, I like Blade Runner, and I'm not a big Schwarzenegger fan, this is all plus.
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Spoon it in, cretins.
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April 1, 2012, 5:17 p.m. CST
Guys who is that blond chick with the blindfold in HARRY's animated avatar?
by KilliK
wtf?
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April 1, 2012, 5:17 p.m. CST
My problem with this is its a remake not a new adaptation
by judge dredds fresh undies
Its clearly a remake rather than a new take on the source material. Its Len Wisemans version of the Verhoven film and people think it will better?!
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I'll give it a shot. It's only a remake; we'll always have the original...
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Have there been any good Mars movies recently?
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Fuck all the haters here as usual. Bunch of 2 bit faggots the lot of you. I loved the original and this will never top it but I will still go see it.
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also the trailer should have been 2 mins of Bryan Cranston.
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...have to disagree this time. The dialog sounds familiar (and I love the Arni version), but the special effects look a million times better here. Also, how can you complain about how similar it is, then bitch that Mars isn't in it? That sounds like a contradiction to me.
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was basically the plot to MiB2 were Tommy Lee wipes his own memory to forget about an Alien contact and special weapon or something. I'm pretty sure "We can remember it for you wholesale" had the same premise.
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April 1, 2012, 5:27 p.m. CST
Even though it seems to have all the same beats as the original...
by Kill List Hammertime
...it still looks good. I like the original, but never had the same love for it expressed by other tbers. And I'm in love with Beckinsale, even though she'll have to go a long way to beat Sharon Stones sexily bitchy performance. So I'm in. On one condition. And we know what that is, don't we boys aNd girls? 3 titted hooker.
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April 1, 2012, 5:28 p.m. CST
Don't care about the movie, I just want to bone Kate Beckinsale
by Ferf Muckmeyer
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Nope, Sony is effectively making sure that anyon who refuses to use Apple trailers won't see the thing. Good riddance. Don't care now.
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April 1, 2012, 5:30 p.m. CST
There's a reason this was posted on April Fool's Day
by kwisatzhaderach
It looks like shit. Badly acted, crap dialogue, directed like a videogame... complete shit. But then what do you expect from the man that made a worse Die Hard movie than Renny Harlin? That's a feat that no human being on earth was ever expected to achieve, yet somehow Len Wiseman found a way.
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Yes I stole that.
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god damn awful
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April 1, 2012, 5:33 p.m. CST
That first action scene where he shoots all those storm troopers was CG...fucking awful.
by Mel
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and told them about the guys holding guns to your heads forcing you see movies against your will.
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April 1, 2012, 5:40 p.m. CST
Is that Jessica Biel and Kate Beckinsale fighting each other?!?
by tonagan
You just sold a ticket, you bastards.
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C'mon guys. what the hell is wrong with you
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the bad guys look like cerberus troops from mass effect 3
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Or something.
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Nice to see there's still work out there for them.
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Glad to see I'm not the only one
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I'll give it a go. And the original is a bonafide classic. No question. Dated? Sure, but still exciting and inventive.
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This looks like a relatively faithful adaptation, so far, from what I can surmise from a short trailer. The thing is that Quail (in the story it is Douglas Quail not Quaid) never travels to Mars at all. Rather, they uncover surpessed memories of a mission to mars and that he was actually a secret agent that stopped an alien invasion, and in turn this knowledge makes him valuable so he goes on the run. Beat for beat the original film got this part right, but added the trip to Mars part purely for effect. The thing is, like most of you I also see this new fangled looking movie and criticize it through the original is better rose colored glasses. Although, as a fan of Philip K Dick's work it is also kind of nice to see what seems to be a relatively more faithful adaptation of a really good novelette. Anyways, I think I'll give this one a chance and see how it pans out. Also, for all the complainers of it looking like Minority Report or Blade Runner... Isn't it all kind of the same dystopic sort of universe in Philip K Dick novels? At least when reading them I always got that feeling that all of these different stories could've happened in the same universe. Anyways, at least we have that same consistency when watching the movies so I'm kind of glad for the look ripoff.
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April 1, 2012, 5:56 p.m. CST
this looks really cool to me. despite the presence of underworld chick in it.
by antonphd
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http://www.afroknightblog.blogspot.com/
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that should be easy enough for anyone to figure out. might watch it for free someday (i'm aries, no Mars, no money).
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April 1, 2012, 6:05 p.m. CST
A sci-fi action flick. And it's not superheroes or Transformers??
by performingmonkey
Oh wait.....it's a remake!!! Still, it looks worth a squirt.
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April 1, 2012, 6:05 p.m. CST
Not that I'm mad but it's a shot by shot remake with CGI
by Cedric Ford
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Or was he stuck in a `permanent psychosis`? I've heard discussion that the bright white light at the very end of the film is in fact Quaid being lobotomised. It works on many levels.
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Nice find.
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April 1, 2012, 6:14 p.m. CST
In the original did he choose the memory of being an agent? I can't remember...if he did then it was most likely all a "dream"
by Mel
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In a Hawkeye "solo" movie....I'd pay a $1 for that!
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April 1, 2012, 6:20 p.m. CST
I always interpreted the original as not taking place on Mars, but rather it's all illusion
by arcane1
His Recall program is called Blue Skies on Mars, the love interest looks just like the woman he meets on Mars, and it ends right where you would expect the Recall program to end. Without some sort of epilogue showing his life post-adventure, it's left open-ended.
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...Quaid waking up and finding out he's really Arnold instead. Talk about a mind fuck. Oh and April Fools, like you couldn't have guessed.
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Just kidding (ok, the flying cars remind me a little). I agree with some of the others - this looks better than the original. Visually more interesting. Guess we'll see.
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Looks quite good. I loved the original and loved Michael Ironsides Richter. But of all the beats taken from the original there seems to be no sign of a Richter type character. IMDB has Ethan Hawke in an un-named role........could this be him??? oh yeah APPLE SUCKS SHIT FROM A SPUNK COVERED SOCK .!!!
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Was a solid film 4 me. I LOVED it!! But this looks like it might be the best re-boot ever.
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The original is a classic because it's so campy. My friends and I watched the hell out of it back in high school. I hate remakes, they usually suck. This trailer actually looks pretty good, a good sci-fi action movie but I don't know. Wait and see I guess.
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guilty as charged. Frankly, I don't give a martian shite. I will give this movie a chance - I won't pay to see it, mind you, but I'll eventually watch it. I simply, as of right now, can't seem to get around the fact that it's not Arnold. Yeah, Arnold added some cheese factor to most of his movies...but that was part of the charm. People didn't go to Schwarzenegger movies to see the movie - they went to see Arnold IN the movie, kicking ass and uttering those inimitable Schwarzenegger grunts and yowls of his. That's not the only reason I just feel rather cold toward this movie...IT feels cold, sterile, un-lived in - the original felt like it had dirt under its nails, and you could FEEL it more due to the practical effects and real sets. You can grunge up a CGI set all you like...it still has a dead feeling to it...because the human eye is very good at picking up on things that are not quite real or quite right. Comparison is inevitable with any remake - they are coming out of the gate with the odds firmly in the favor of the original. And this is compounded by the ever pervasive swarm of new-blood directors who are just itching to make a name for themselves by "doing their own thing" with an established property. And it almost never works. They aren't doing their reputation any favors by letting their ego take the helm. Fidelity goes a long way to please audiences - making your own original material rather than being a hack goes even further. What can I say. I haven't seen it, so I can't judge it entirely just yet. I am just not seeing anything to justify its existence. Now gib dese peopawl deyre ayerr. NAOWwwW!!
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April 1, 2012, 6:58 p.m. CST
Camp or not... 22 years on we still all remember the Arnie movie
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
Does anyone honestly think this will even be remembered this time next year?
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April 1, 2012, 7:02 p.m. CST
I don't care too much about the trailer, I'm still hating that the Director of this shit is fucking Kate Beckinsale on a regular basis.
by Darth_Kaos
FACT!
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I will forget it before I leave the theater. Maybe it'll be entertaining, but I won't give one millionth of a shit about it.
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Beat for beat? Okay there buddy. Apparently man-on-the-run films never existed pre 1990. Wasn't a huge fan of the spinning camera slo-mo CG shootout. But I'm glad this looks quite different from the original. Who knows if it will be any good. I don't give a shit of it's a remake. Even though Total Recall was one of my most watched VHS' and helped introduce me to PKD, a good movie is a good movie regardless of it's origin. Ditto for a bad movie. Anyone who hopes for a movie to suck is pathetic. Especially a PKD adaptation. And you guys act like SciFi fans... I'll give the Blu-ray a rent.
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April 1, 2012, 7:13 p.m. CST
STOP BUYING IT AND THEY'LL STOP MAKING IT!!! Just don't support this garbage. Buy the original Bluray... It's fucking awesome.
by MENTALDOMINANCE
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April 1, 2012, 7:14 p.m. CST
If the only reason you aren't seeing it is because it ain't like the original, well then...I feel sorry for you.
by wierdo27
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April 1, 2012, 7:15 p.m. CST
True story: my brother and I still say "Get your ass to Mars" (on loop with Arnie accent) to get each other to laugh.
by smudgewhat
It will never not be funny. Even once we're dead. Our ghosts will still make the joke.
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April 1, 2012, 7:23 p.m. CST
As I predicted, this movie will be utterly devoid of humor because wit and humor are outdated concepts in the new beautiful shiny cold future now
by smudgewhat
Yep that's a rant.
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Look, I love the original, but a lot of it hasn't aged well. This does look a lot better, and I kind of like a serious tone for a Phillip K. Dick story. The original's fun, but I have no problems with this remake.
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...wit and humor. I think a shiny cold future. So uh... looks like they get it a lot more than you. Maybe you can convince them to add some wit and humor to Blade Runner.
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April 1, 2012, 7:34 p.m. CST
Kate Beckinsale is hot. I love that breathless look she does. I'll see this at a matinee at a discount theater for 2 bucks
by Bobo_Vision
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FUCK OFF!
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...the visuals look pretty amazing. flick will prob suck, though. meh.
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you deserve to watch shit movies. when you bitch that there's nothing good or new to watch and that studio are churning out the same shit, you deserve to have your arms detached like Richter
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April 1, 2012, 7:41 p.m. CST
Smudgewhat doesn't like shiny cold future's in his Philip K. Dick stories
by jimmy_009
He likes humor and wit... seriously people, get a clue. The "original" (and it's not even that since the Philip K. Dick version is) is awesome, but it hasn't aged that well and is primed for a good remake. Quit your bitchin'.
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Cry me a river.
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its as shit as i expected. john cho what the fuck have you done?!?!?! Bryan Cranston drive and breaking bad will tide you over this blip in your career. Colin Farrell have you fucking learnt nothing from doing the turkeys in your career? ugh. terrible. blame torrents, for the failure of this one if you have to.
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i liked the old version,and when i heard they were remaking it i wasnt interested,but that trailer looks great.got me interested now.
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...sci fi and fantasy cinema and you complain about 99% of it. Not every movie is going to be a revolutionary tour-de-force. People used to be happy just to see anything at the movies, even shit B movies. Now you fucking babies rip apart a movie -before you've even seen it-. Because that makes a lot of sense. You haven't even SEEN IT and you see fit declare it crap. I mean, if it's not 2001 or Alien why even release it, right? If this was released right alongside the Arnie version when you were a kid, you know which one you'd have liked more? This shit would have blown your mind twenty years ago, now all you can do is bitch about it. Boo fucking hoo. Sit at home with your thumb up your butt because nothing is good enough for you. The rest of us can enjoy a good time at the movies and appreciate it for what it is.
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April 1, 2012, 7:54 p.m. CST
If you think this looks remotely on the level of gorgeous Blade Runner dystopia
by smudgewhat
Then I dunno what to tell you. It looks like a cold shiny turd. Now if there was some REAL menace then I'd bother to entertain the idea of a humorless remake. But in this instance all I see is gadgetry, standard fare FX and boredom ahead. And yes, I just served you.
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You fucking twit, you're not even in the right argument. You wanted humor and wit in your Phillip K. Dick because that makes a lot of sense. You don't want cold futures, you want comedy. Because that's how you see Phillip K. Dick... I can see why you tried to change the subject.
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April 1, 2012, 7:57 p.m. CST
geeks pissing on the original TOTAL RECALL. now i have seen it all!
by AsimovLives
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April 1, 2012, 7:57 p.m. CST
jimmy_009, philip k. dick's books are ful of wit and humour. i don't know what books of his you have read...
by AsimovLives
... but they sure are atypical.
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Jesus fucking christ. Maybe the Farrely Bros can direct one for you.
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April 1, 2012, 8 p.m. CST
Maybe they can get Seth Rogan to star in the Blade Runner prequel for you
by jimmy_009
I mean, the original is so devoid of wit and comedy.
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April 1, 2012, 8:01 p.m. CST
You Nerds don't see Neo Matrix cameo at the end of the trailer. Rum
by Vlot49
Matrix Involutions
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...you'd be complaining that they didn't take it seriously enough. But you're right, surely in the hour and half this movie runs there isn't a single light or witty moment, because you saw a trailer that was cut with a serious tone. No, makes total sense.
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That's right I said it. I'm a little worried about this opening in August though. Not a good sign to me. I liked seeing Biel and Cranston there. Prometheus does not excite me. I'm still gonna see it though. What really excited me was Lockout with Guy Pearce. Had a Snake Plissken kind of vibe to it. Why don't I see more of that flick?
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April 1, 2012, 8:18 p.m. CST
The original was awful. Simply AWFUL. But this looks pretty good.
by Raptor Jesus
I'll go.
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You guys are never satisfied.
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April 1, 2012, 8:21 p.m. CST
I hope the fight scenes are filmed in close-up and give us no sense of space.
by jawsfan
After all, why break with tradition?
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April 1, 2012, 8:31 p.m. CST
Doesn't look any worse than some of the other shit you fags cream your shorts over.
by Ironhelix
The original is just not that good. I grew up during the Schwarzenegger reign, and LOVE many of his movies like I love my childhood itself. However, Total Recall (and Running Man) are at the bottom of my list of his films.
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This actually looks like it has some potential to live up to the original. Just remove the CGI fight scene with the room full of cops and I'll be sold, but really that's just me nitpicking. There'll be a few comedy moments I'm sure, to release tension. But yeah, it's a shame that more and more sci-fi these days center around how fucked up society has become in the future. Everybody is so emo. I did get a sense of the styling of Minority Report/Blade Runner, especially with the hover cars and some of the architecture of the city scenes, but it is a long way from the truly gritty, worn in feel of the masterful Blade Runner. Anyways, gotta go yall, "I got five kids to feed!"
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April 1, 2012, 8:52 p.m. CST
MY orginal treatment for the sequel would have been unbelievable
by JettL93
Verhoven loved it and Arnold said it was the smartest sci-fi script he'd ever read. But unfortunately the studio felt a reboot/re branding was the better direction to take It's an unfortunate thing in hollywood that things don't always go the way you want them too. But early buzz on the film is mixed, So perhaps some of my ideas were used
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...and not follow the original script? The movie was retooled for Arnold to be more of an action movie. The original script was much more cerebral with guys like Jeff Bridges listed as a possible Quaid. Seeing as Len Wiseman is a POS director, I don't have high hopes.
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April 1, 2012, 8:54 p.m. CST
Looks awesome world seems very Deus Ex HR... I will probably buy a ticket
by Autodidact
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SCREWWWW YOUUUUU!!!!
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It is.
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Very actions oriented, and a bit light on story, but I'll be there opening weekend. I'm a decided Science Fiction junkie.
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I like the original, so why wouldn't I like a very similar film? I think it looks cool, the remake stuff just doesn't bother me. Sometimes it may seem pointless, like the spiderman remake. However that looks damn good. As does this. Although from what i'd read, I didn't expect it to appear so similar. I wonder if that's deliberately played up for the trailer or not.
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April 1, 2012, 9:33 p.m. CST
Lazy, mediocre, totally derivative without an ounce of originality, yep totally Wiseman
by Stegman84
bloodless violence, wirefu, a world and production design that we've seen a thousand times before, a script that even in the trailer comes across like a cheapie tv movie version of the original film, really, what's to like here. If they had actually done a new adaptation of the source material, given us a legitimately different take than Verhoeven's effort, then this might have been something worthwhile. But as it stands, all we have is another undemanding and watered down, cgi filled pg-13 cookie cutter cash in remake. If that blows your skirt up, then whatever, but me, no way they get my money for this lazy looking shit.
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You know, when someone gets shot the person just falls down *aaaaahh*, no body hit, no nothing...just like in the trailer...where is the good'ol squib work these days? WHERE ARE THE FUCKING SQUIBS!!?
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Just for the record: If I see this movie, it will be for FREE (gofobo pass, someone else's paying for the ticket, etc.) I'm disappointed that after getting over being upset about the remake, I wanted to give all involved a fair shake because of the talent involved and they said that they were trying to be true to the source (my bullshit meter is working fine -- just trying to be fair). Then we see the trailer is almost a dead ringer for Arnie's film. $200M for a remake!? A re-imagining, maybe? But not a remake. And Hollywood wonders why they can't stop piracy! Oh well. No hate here on Wiseman -- worldwide gross on the Underworld series is proof enough that he's at least no hack. ...Kate Beckinsale helps, too!
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Honestly, I'll go see this. Don't know if it will suck or not, but the trailer has earned my 6 dollars.
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The whole "didn't realise I could beat the shit out of multiple guys" thing was done much better in bourne.
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April 1, 2012, 10:33 p.m. CST
Wiseman is an absolute hack who got lucky that Underworld was a hit
by ChiTownsBest
Underworld is no masterpiece but it's decent B movie entertainment. This guy made the worst movie in the Die Hard series and the trailer for Total Recall looks like the exact same damn movie as the original minus Mars and different actors. damn near everything in that trailer is from the original movie. Exactly what was the point of this remake again? Anyone saying this looks good either hasn't seen the original or is very easy to please.
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Then I don't want to see that. I'd rather Jessica Biel's character got killed off.
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Saves me $6.
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April 1, 2012, 10:50 p.m. CST
"you may RECALL the original version of this new remake..." says the film critic
by cockstankbuttnasty
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April 1, 2012, 10:50 p.m. CST
Hover-car crushing another vehicle without touching it...
by badmotherbox
That's cool.
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I'd be more interested in seeing it if I knew it was going to be an insane as hell R-rated flick, and that we were gonna see both Beckinsale and Biel in various states of undress.<P> Except Missouri.
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April 1, 2012, 10:58 p.m. CST
Is it weird the trailer made me think of Neuromancer more than TR?
by -Halfscan-
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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10 years from now, people are going to look back at this crap, and say, "That looks so 10's." Just like we look back at Arnold's version and say, "That looks so 80's." It's sampling from all the stylistic aspects of today's cg-action films, just more crappily. Inception horns, Abramsesque lens flares. Minority Report displays. Vague blue-filtered futurecityscapes. Gritty textures on vehicles, yet nothing seems to have any weight. And what the fuck is that 5th Element/Lao Che's Shanghai Palace/PF Chang's set for the Total Recall place, anyway? Seriously, it looks like a cheap knockoff of Tomb Raider, of all things. Looks to be a perfect example of generic, passionless noise.
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not. Looks horrible and like a sack of garbage.
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Again, why even bother anymore? You don't like this Total recall, wait till next years. Hunger Games 2012 sucked, well Hunger Games 2013 will be slightly different, or maybe completely different. <P> Lets just stop paying writers because they obviously aren't working.
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I just don't get this generation of film execs and filmmakers. Have they no respect for their elders? They couldn't just come up with a similar but different story? It seems lazy and disrespectful and disillusioning. I'm waiting for the day the remake thing finally blows up in someone's face.
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Some of you are either willfully ignorant or just trolling. 'Beat for beat'? 'Exactly the same'? Idiots.
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And that's a good thing. I love futuristic movies, and honestly a more serious take on the basic Total Recall story could be interesting. I'm excited to see it. If you look at the HD trailer and pause on the big city shots, there's a lot of great production design going on there. Admittedly a few shots look veeerrrryyyy cheap CGI (like the elevator) and the shot where he disarms all of them feels like several shots pasted together, but overall... could be worse. Glad they're not rehashing Mars, the 1990 one did that perfectly.
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April 1, 2012, 11:27 p.m. CST
file this under Resident Evil and Underworld
by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE
Oh... Kurt Wimmer? Equilibrium? The same scene again where 1 guy takes on a fully armed police force that surround him inside a room? Lol! Sweet! Oh look he directed Ultraviolet, one of the most memorable movies ever for how awful it is!
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I called it.
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April 1, 2012, 11:29 p.m. CST
That first bit with the fakey CG stormtrooper gunfight tells me everything I need to know about this film.
by kevred
Doing that fight & gunfight bit with real actors doing skilled combat moves, with physical guns and gunfire, would have been 100 times better. But it also would have taken more work. It would have taken a heck of a lot of training, planning, and very careful camera work. Instead, they just cut corners, had a computer handle the work, and chose some stupid, swoopy camera movement over *depicting* something remotely interesting. Beyond Farrell's sleepwalking through the fight moves of that moment (and yes, I understand how the character is surprising himself), the hideously laughable CG shortcut says, clearly, that this is a lazy film. From Beckinsale's grotesquely overdone hammy acting to Beil's barely-there struggling with a simple line to the crowded, boring effects work that rips off a handful of classic movies while utterly failing to have any personality whatsoever... ...I see everything I need to know about this film. Stiff as a board, self-serious derivative nonsense. Won't be seeing it.
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April 1, 2012, 11:30 p.m. CST
They should start remaking classic rock albums
by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE
You know what would be sweet, Dark Side of the Moon by Maroon 5.
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April 1, 2012, 11:33 p.m. CST
@jar_jar_binks_finger_stinks - some great observations there.
by kevred
Gritty textures on vehicles, yet nothing seems to have any weight.
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April 1, 2012, 11:34 p.m. CST
@spewbacca - funny, the only one here saying 'waa waa waa' is you.
by kevred
Whining about other people whining is the lamest of all whining. People who whine about this film vs. the old one are at least whining about something they are passionate about. You're just being a nuisance.
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...it's not like it's hollowed ground--and it's not like we're EVER going to get a proper sequel to it with any original cast-- so hey, let them take a shot at it. Might be good fun-- might be cooler than you expect. It's not like your original DVD is going to disappear by having seen it-- I 'am' a bit disappointed that it looks like Mars has nothing to do with any of it this time around...that was half of the reason I loved the original so much--
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Seriously, looks like you can't win on this forum. If a movie came out that looked just like the first one, you'd all gripe that it lacked originality. Let's face it: the first TR was a lot of fun in its day, and it still holds elements that are visionary and will always live with us. But it's not a perfect film, and there's a lot of Verhoeven cheese in it, too. The core concept of TR is definitely something that could use an injection of new storytelling and FX, and it seems they've changed enough of the tone and look of the film to where I'm psyched to see it. Now, maybe Len Wiseman will fuck it up in the end, and that will be a shame if he does given the look of this trailer. But for now, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and just be open to seeing what looks to be another fucking fun ride in the TR world. Anyone else with me? - Jondo.
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...LAME! Seriously, that looks even worse than expected. I predict a BOMB!
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This is fucking completely awesome. I am seeing this so hard. Love Farrell.
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i dont really remember anything about total recall before he pulls that shit out his nose, but that footage looks good imo sure, it didnt NEED to be rebooted, but if it can be improved (visually at least), then sure, ill give it a try. the practical effects(?) especially the face-mask scene looks horrible now
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April 2, 2012, 12:36 a.m. CST
Dudes in white futuristic armor look just like these guys from the Syndicate reboot
by lv_426
http://nerdrepository.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/syndicate-04.jpg The multi-level cityscape at the beginning looks straight out of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. http://www.playstationwallpapers.com/media/full/ps3/deus-ex-human-revolution/deus-ex-human-revolution_72095_deusexhumanrevolution-2.jpg Shoulda made a Deus Ex film instead of remaking Total Recall.
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The original had that 80s sci-fi grittiness and was a comedy half the time. Arnie was funny and so were the rest of the cast. Sharron Stone was that cold hearted two faced bitch you'd want to screw then toss away. Nothing more needs to be said about Ironside. This shit isn't funny, it's too serious, and yeah, it looks like another CG fest.
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I believe Collin is not a bad actor but he's more either too serious or comes off as too much of a weirdo (Bulleyes). Jessica Beal has no personality; she's about as interesting as a cardboard cut-out of herself. Beckinsale has got the looks but can't match Sharron on the bitch scale.
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This thing just looks cold. Lifeless. Another sci-fi using the exact same CGI bullshit that's too polished.
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Starring: Collin "Who was pretty cool in Miami Vice" Farrell
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STFU bitches! BILL FUCKIN NIGHY! holy fuckballs that's gonna be hilariously awesome. I cant wait for youtube sidebysides
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If the original was a stinker then why would studio heads bother to remake it? How many people in the population have actually read or even know about PKD's books? No bitches, they only know about the Arnie movie. And it's enough of a classic that the studios think a remake will make money. On a lighter note, I'd love to see Red Foreman in the same movie as Ironside. Two grand assholes in the same film.
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But only cum-sucking assclowns would say this doesn't look better. The horrific acting chops of Ahnold and the ridiculous directing of Paulie V. will be eclipsed by this new version. I guarantee it. Remember, you're all my bitches, but if you want to act like you ain't, go right ahead, but we all know the truth here.
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They're trying to hard to fit everything "modern" into this turd. That's what the original got right. Every element had its purpose and wasn't forced in there so cheesily. It felt organic, not contrived.
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The original Total Recall was a lot of fun. Arnold was just fine as the guy who has to save Mars. It made sense for a beefed up guy to realize his life is lie and that he's actually a secret agent. Paul Verhoven was a master at combing practical effects, matte paintings and models to create a cohesive world with very little CGI. This trailer makes the new version look like it has slick CGI effects and pretty much the same story except entirely on Earth. It didn't show any hints of the fun of the original movie (2 weeks lady) or any of the pathos (Kuato and his open your mind speech.) Total Recall (2012) basically looks like a more serious version of the former and lacks the courage to mix silliness and violence. Either this trailer is trying to appeal to those who absolutely have to think that movies have to be dark and serious to be enjoyed or it's just a shitty movie.
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April 2, 2012, 1:45 a.m. CST
And I can't tell if Collin was surprised that he took down those guys
by christpunchers2007
the "acting" is not there.
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April 2, 2012, 1:46 a.m. CST
lol @ the people that think this looks good
by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE
you are all fucking amateurs. This was directed by the same guy that directed Ultraviolet. It shows in this lame-ass trailer. This will blow goats and that's my professional opinion, bitches! I predict 25% Rotten.
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April 2, 2012, 1:52 a.m. CST
The original is like someone designed the perfect film for me
by David Cloverfield
Classic Arnold. Scary hot Sharon Stone. Implied philosophical questions and hidden meaning (instead of plastering "what is real" all over the ad campaign). Crazy SF concepts. Awesome one liners. Mutants in amazing make up. Three breasts. Crazy high concept climax (blue sky on Mars). It's like I was the target audiance, personally.
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You're pathetic. It's folks like you that drive this world into mediocrity. All the wasted manpower going into this movie could have made a dozen better, more original pieces.
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Ultraviolet was 9% Rotten. Ultraviolet is one of the 7 wonders of the world. It's the worst abomination ever recorded onto film. This guy Wimmer is the Uwe Boll of wanna-be matrix rip-offs. This is the Rotten Tomatoes summary of Ultraviolet: An incomprehensible and forgettable sci-fi thriller, Ultraviolet is inept in every regard. Oh remember that piece of shit overrated Equillibrium? Wimtard directed it also. That had cool action scenes also, you could make a great trailer out of that hacktastic b-movie. Equilibrium: 38% Rotten Rotten Tomatoes summary: Equilibrium is a reheated mishmash of other sci-fi movies. Oh, you don't say?
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April 2, 2012, 1:56 a.m. CST
Colin's acting is still as stiff as it was in Miami Vice. I wish Arnold could take off 20 years. SIGH
by IronEagle74
No thanks.
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But I agree this looks awful. The first action scene is a bad attemp at a one take shot, too lazy and inept to actually use one take.
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The original is loved by many, hated by some, available on bluray and is, in no way, marred by the existence of this version. The original will always stand, it has attained cult status due to Schwarzenegger's kitsch acting, some great one liners and the quality of the source material. Hollywood has been remaking films for decades, and people still bitch about that? Really? Everyone here knows Wiseman's pedigree, Colin Farrell's pedigree, Beckinsale's pedigree - it is fair to say they range, as a trio, across the quality spectrum, so some question marks are bound to stand against this film. Those of us who watched the original, like the original Robocop, original Blade Runner and a plethora of other much-loved 80s and 90s sci-fi films, are bound to be nostalgic about the originals but for a 15-year-old kid this might well look like the shit because they never had the context of the original. Most people who watch Arnie films today who weren't living in his salad days won't get it. He is a shit actor, he really is. You look AT him, because he is a physical presence, you laugh AT him because he sounds stupid (in all senses of the word). His greatest and most revered performance was as a machine. A MACHINE. I think that says plenty about his ability.
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but overall it looks too generic
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For the same reason something like Fright Night was a failure. There may be some redeeming production values, but at the end of the day, the effort wasn't put in the the right places. Older people; don't give a shit cause it's a remake, and the younger people; aren't be sold correctly. Mostly because cause there is too much placating to the remake/older crowd. If you're going remake, go all in.
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Your overwrought reaction to my silly comment only goes to prove that you are one of my best bitches. You have me exactly the response I was looking for. Just like a good little bitch. Since I like to occasionally educate my bitches, though, I would tell you that you shouldn't judge a film based on a few minutes of footage seen out of context. It's OK to be an obedient bitch, but not an ignorant bitch.
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There's enough footage in this trailer to see where this thing is going. The set looks uninspiring. Any 5 year old after watching a few sci-fi films from the past 10 years could up with the exact same thing. The acting is dry, the actors are dry. There's no humour, no wit, no heart. So it's wrong for me to have an opinion? Give me a break. Did you not see how lame the recall center looks? It's so generic. The storm troopers look generic. And the fight scene has zero intensity to it.
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Production value means nothing. It's just money, and studios heads have plenty of that. The problem is mostly down to writing and some down to directing. Even the best production value cannot improve an already shit boring story.
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Yet if you put another blocky dude like Arnie in his role as terminator, it might not have worked. It's too easy to just say that his magic in T2 was simply because he had the easy role of a machine. I don't think it was easy.
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You continue to amuse me, and make me laugh. It is so very cute how passionate you are about this issue, and I encourage passion in all of my bitches. I just wish your ignorance was not so obvious, but we'll work on that. Again, what you are doing is reading several pages from a novel, and deciding the novel is garbage. That is a sign of ignorance. It's not wrong for you to have an opinion, it's just sad that your opinion is based on little substance, and a knee-jerk judgment based on something more emotional than factual. I suppose sometimes I expect too much from my whiney little bitches. Sometimes you just can't make them smarter, no matter how hard you try.
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Verhoeven's version: cheesy, corny? Sure. But man, it was fun! And it was original, and unique. Wiseman's version (from the trailer): do you see any indication of the "whoop" of pleasure and fun that those of us who saw the original can remember? Nope. Does it look slick, competent, A lot like a bunch of other recent movies, sort of serious, and utterly forgettable? Yep.
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I'm in!! Just need Al Bundy next.
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April 2, 2012, 3:59 a.m. CST
Feels bit like first Underworld: Derivative, abit sleezy, less than meets the eye, but a decent B Grade film.
by even9
You can't tell a whole lot from trailers often as not though. The first Underworld was potentially a good film, & this is probably a bit like that. Got all the trimmings of a proper Genre film around an ( as in Underworlds sequels case) what is actual an more generic ride. It's obviously gonna have an Underworld franchise audience type draw to it, with Beckensale & Director, which makes sense on one level. It's best bits could be when it's more just like Farrell through the story as a video game type journey, with the main character. As a live action Video game type story, it does look pretty good but i think the film will be that with a mix of other ambitions. Wiseman's flair which is there, is maybe in the main that of video game type style.
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We keep screaming about the same shit, but these tent pole movies have to succeed, which means they have to be generic. It is done in a very deliberate way. original had a personality of its own. it wasnt for everyone. this one has to be for everyone. they figure they alread got YOUR money, so they need to expand and get the generic film going audience. so instead of whining about it, stop fucking going to the theater. stop getting it even on dvd or netflix. just stop fucking supporting some shit that you are whining about. and go out and support some wild shit when it comes out. how many of you supported scott pilgrim, for example?
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April 2, 2012, 4:12 a.m. CST
Watched Total Recall the other week and it's not quite as violent as I remember
by successor
Sure it has some really violent moments like the guys in the alley getting their necks broken and blown away and Richter's arms getting severed. But there are many more moments that aren't really violent at all. A really violent film would be The Story of Riki-oh. After watching that film, it makes the violence in Total Recall seem tame by comparison and makes the remake look like an episode of Wizards of Waverly Place. Say what you will about the original Total Recall, but at least Quaid didn't stuff Cohaagen into a meat grinder feet first.
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April 2, 2012, 4:26 a.m. CST
Can`t believe the grief. Looks pretty good to me. A little serious, but hey.
by higgledyhiggles
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There are half a dozen good reasons why but the most obvious is that there are scenes in the film where Quaid isn't even present.fantasyland a recall virtual reality experience, how can you explain that? The biggest missed opportunity of the original Total Recall was that they didn't make much use of the "am I still dreaming?" angle. The best scene in the film was when the fat guy tries to convince Quaid he's dreaming.
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April 2, 2012, 4:52 a.m. CST
Loved Total Recall, but I'm up for another adaption since the 90 film was a loose adapation of the original story.
by MRJONZ72
I think the new trailer looks good. Hopefully the new film is good and offers us something a little different and takes more cues from the original story to offer something different. I do like that Kurt Wimmer is doing the script..my only real concern is Len Wiseman.
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April 2, 2012, 5:32 a.m. CST
IT LOOKS GOOD HOW EXACTLY? HAVE YOU SEEN THE STORY? THE ACTING?
by KilliK
THE DIRECTION? THE MUSIC? the only things that we have seen from the movie is a bunch of action scenes and visuals from the trailer.And let's say that indeed these action scenes and visuals look really good. (i disagree) Are they enough to support your support your statement that the movie as a WHOLE looks good? Because last time i checked,what makes a good movie is the cinematography,the direction,the script,the acting,the music and so on.Not that the action and vfx dont play a big part for the general quality of a moive but they are the least factors to determine the final quality. So please tell me,why this movie looks good apart from the fact that it has good action and cool vfx? (although i disagree)
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April 2, 2012, 5:43 a.m. CST
No 3 titty hooker, no johnny cab, no big hairy ahrnold ballz = Fail!
by cameron
At least you could believe arnie was some monster super spy in the original, but Farell? No, not really.
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Watch Tigerland, The New World, In Bruges, Miami Vice, Minority Report. Hell'he was obviously the only redeeming thing in that shitty Daredevil movie. The guy's good. And what's with all the hate on this movie? Yu fanboys need to calm the fuck down. Len Wiseman makes one shitty Die Hard movie (guess what, it was gonna be shitty no matter who directed it) and suddenly you geeks think he's the fucking anti-christ.
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I miss humor in today´s movies.
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This looks bad ass. I really like Collin Feral I think he has the potential to be a great actor, given the right circumstances. And shame on those of you who dare bash Arnold, how many of you can say you are the biggest action star in the history of film? The man is a living legend, show some mother fucking respect.
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April 2, 2012, 7 a.m. CST
Its amazing how people forget how cheesy and awful the original was!
by CeejayNightwing
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April 2, 2012, 7:03 a.m. CST
Beckinsale Is a bigoted cunt, but I'll still see this, it might be o.k. The first one was utter shit.
by blackflowerX
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April 2, 2012, 7:17 a.m. CST
I HAVE A 1300 DOLLAR MACBOOK PRO AND THAT VIDEO DOESNT WORK
by HASBEER_WILLCHEET
WHAT THE FUCKING SHIT COVERED CUM SHOTS
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Then you must only know PKD through the movies, because his books are full of wit and humor. Shiny cold futures are not that common, most of his futures are dirty, commercialized places where drugs, god and government are indistinguishable
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Total Recall isn't "We sell dreams wholesale" anymore then Blade Runner is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Both films take interesting parts of the original books, but creates it's own universe. <P> The inverse argument is against a movie like "I Am Legend" which SHOULD have taken a different name like Omega Man and The Last Man on Earth did before it. If a movie takes so many liberties with the story that it isn't even close to the original then it SHOULD be called something else. <P> In the case of Total Remake, the dirt-bag Hollywood exects know they can't cash in on the original title. <P> Also, No Mars? WTF?
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i think i have never seen a more uninspired, generic looking movie - even bombs like ultraviolet, the island or aeon flux had their own visual style. and, why remake something with cgi that looks worse than the 80ies model-work?
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You're not alone. Plenty of people can't suffer a story that isn't rock'n'roll from start to finish. <P> Arnold's Total Recall isn't untouchable, it just got so many things right that the only things that could be improved are the special effects. In that sense, should something like the original Star Wars be remade? <P> Now what Lucas did to Star Wars is a different conversation, BUT thankfully Lucas held the rights to it, or else we'd be seeing a total remake of Star Wars, where it's no longer set in a time long long ago, or in a Galaxy far far way. Don't think for a second that ideas hasn't been bounced around a FOX board room. <P> Ugh, I shiver to think of Len Wiseman's Star Wars...or JJ Abrams.
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And more importantly, will he be at the party?
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Just watched the trailer to the original and boy did it bring back memories of how shitty it was. Everything from the acting to the nonsensical story to the cheesy dialog. The only reason anyone could see this as generic is that they have no appreciation for subtlety. The look of this movie actually has more in common with Blade Runner than Minority Report, though it certainly borrows from both. The fact is that there is so much of this out there now that it is pretty close to impossible to create anything that doesn't seem derivative in some way. The Island had a unique visual style, really?
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April 2, 2012, 8:19 a.m. CST
1 thing I always struggled with in the original, it's so trivial but...
by steve lee
...they're in the future with all this fantastical tech, then Richter's sidekick has massive thick-rimmed glasses, it kills it for me every time, ha! I'm sure there a plenty of other issues but I can't see past that, oh the irony!!
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"that it is pretty close to impossible to create anything that doesn't seem derivative in some way." <P> They aren't even trying anymore.
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April 2, 2012, 8:21 a.m. CST
And yeah, it's cheesy as fook but it's the anti-Blade Runner!
by steve lee
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I disagree and think that's an easy thing to say - not to mention unfair to the people in the biz that work very hard at what they do. Why don't you go out there and make your own movie, if you can do better. At the very least, be more specific with your critiques.
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I'm more than 50% sure they didn't hire a woman who actually had three breasts in the original and those were prosthetic. So are Prosthetic boobies still nudity? Assuming this is a PG-13. Actually, it looks like there's no mutants and no Mars and it's just another wannabe Matrix "homage". And Colin Farrel can't act for dick.
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Arguing about it is pointless. If you think the original TR got "so many things right," we should probably just agree to disagree. ;)
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April 2, 2012, 8:45 a.m. CST
Without Arnold's quotables, does anyone think TR wouldn't have sunk without trace? Pure rental quality...
by steve lee
...the x-ray scanner was quite nifty at the time tho!
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awesome and it doesn't look terrible. Something seems a little off for me, but, remake or not, it's a futuristic action movie with flying cars and, seemingly, a chase sequence with said flying cars, so I'll see it.
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He wants his lens flare generator back!
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The original was awesome.
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Blade Runner dies it`s hair black and stares into the distance silently, trying to be meaningful, hoping you`ll go talk to him. Total Recall puts on its clown shoes, pours you some beer and gives you blowjob. It does everything in its power to entertain you. And you better believe it succeeds.
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April 2, 2012, 9:08 a.m. CST
EVERYTHING in that trailer is either a CG'd up rip from the original or...
by The_Guy_Who_Invented_Coca_Cola
... stolen from another recent sci-fi flick. <P> The part where the storm troopers try to arrest him is a shot-by-shot, no fuck that; molecule-by-molecule rip off of the cops trying to arrest Trinity at the beginning of the Matrix. The rest looked like a jumble of Underworld, Minority Report, and even a little of fucking Judge Dredd. <P> I think the one original thing I saw was someone FINALLY bring up the issue that flying cars would generate dangerous thrust. Pretty cool seeing that one car get pancaked by an invisible force.
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Relax, you'll live longer.
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A little critical distance has made the Arnold version sound almost like a classic. Let's be clear: there are those of us (speaking for myself, anyway) who fondly remember the original, but would never class it on the same level as Blade Runner or Wrath of Khan. It was an over-the-top cheesy piece of late-80s craziness even at the time. Our point is, the new version looks to be mediocre and immediately forgettable; and that's not the kind of film that sticks in people's memories. That's why we Recall the first Recall with such affection; it had personality out the fucking ears. That's what you used to get with a visionary, if slightly insane, director. Now you're lucky if you get something that sticks in your brain past the exit turnstiles. And I blame (who else?) Michael Bay, along with Uwe Boll, Lucas, and all these other guys who drank the digital kool-aid. (Abrams, as a stylist, is actually on the upper end of the spectrum for me.)
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April 2, 2012, 9:16 a.m. CST
Also, if there ever is a "John Kimble of Mars" made...
by The_Guy_Who_Invented_Coca_Cola
...you'll know it was because I got stuck in an elevator with Arnie.
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April 2, 2012, 9:17 a.m. CST
20 years later and we will still be talking about Arnold's TR.
by KilliK
We wouldnt even remember Colin's.
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April 2, 2012, 9:18 a.m. CST
Um guys who is the blond digitized chick with the blindfold in Harry's animated avatar?
by KilliK
wtf?
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Dude, the first was a classic, but for the fun/camp factor. This just looks all kinds of badass and closer to the book. Plus Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biele...soooo there's that...
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http://youtu.be/pUKGmsBg0Ss Dunno if non-brits will get the whole "west country" farmer thing, but even so watch it.
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Looks like crap. Those dudes look like CGI stormtroopers. Give me Michael Ironside and Schwarzenegger any day over this shite!!
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We will be fucking BOMBARDED with =articles= about this shitastic abomination.
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April 2, 2012, 9:42 a.m. CST
Shitty rebooted movie takes after shitty rebooted game
by NotEnoughBiehn
Really, HW is taking visual cues from cash-in game remakes that also miss the point of the original product? Way to aim high.
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Colin Farrell looks like he's trying and failing miserably. Anyone..?
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The way the camera sweeps in and out of the fight scene with no cuts is pretty sweet.... Look like a lot of fun, what did you people expect?
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At the end of the day the profit from this film is not going to come from the virginal basement-dwelling manchildren in their 30s and 40s who have displays of Arnie action figures still in their original packaging. 98% of the tickets will be bought by people who probably haven't even seen the original, so really the studio can do what they want and they don't really have to give a fuck as long as it looks like it will appeal to the modern mass audience, i.e., videogames, slowmo, quick cuts, dubstep sound effects etc etc.
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How many kids will Benny have to feed in the update?
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I for one want to see the three breasted lady, "Welcome to Johnny Cab"... These clown shoes better do THE RUNNING MAN too.
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Because no one else seems to have yet.
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Verhoeven, Schwarzenegger, O'Bannon, Shussett, Goldsmith, Vacano, Bottin... the new movie will have a hard time living up to those dudes at the top of their game. If you thought the original was a sensationalist entertaining action movie, great, because it is. If you thought it was a clever existential dichotomy, great, because it is. The film is wildly successful on both levels. In terms of what it wanted to be and needed to do, it's perfectly crafted. I'm sure Len Wiseman is a wonderful human being, but his oeuvre thus far doesn't boast the intelligence, subtlety or skill to upstage the original.
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April 2, 2012, 10:30 a.m. CST
I've been coming to this site for five or six years
by David Cloverfield
And this is the first time I experience of Nerd Rage. I couldn't give a fuck about the prequels, Firefly cancellation, X3 or One More Day. But this. This makes me really angry. The president of my country (Hungary) resigned in disgrace today, and the Total Recall remake still makes me more angry.
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April 2, 2012, 10:34 a.m. CST
The most annoying part is how much they are COPYING from the original
by Jaster Mareel
wanna make a new film based on the book? Fine, go with God. I am ok with using the same title I suppose, but why use THE SAME FUCKING FONT? And why is the design of the machine EXACTLY THE SAME? This REAKS of Superman Returns. It's just never a good idea.
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As has been mentioned here I think, this movie isn't an adaptation of the PKD story at all, it's specifically a remake of the original movie.
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hello neighbour - you should be happy if your politicans resign because of things like this. no such luck here in austria. still, the TR-remake-imagery sucks.
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HACK MOVIE DIRECTOR. WORTHLESS PIECE OF OPPORTUNISTIC, GRAB THE CASH, CRAB THE BITCH SHIT. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO KISS FAKE PLASTIC TITS EVERY NIGHT ASSHOLE? YOU'RE AS FAKE AS YOUR BITCH TITS. DIE OF CANCER YOU PIECE OF SHIT.
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Fact, not opinion.
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I'm not going to say that TR is some untouchable classic that can never be remade, or that it couldn't be improved on but this does not look exciting or interesting at all. This honestly looks like pretty much every other mid-budget, pedestrian sci-fi action movie released in the last ten years. Then again this being brought to us by the guy who gaves the Underworld flicks and PG-13 Die Hard.
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Soul. Just looks fucking bland. PG-13 bland.
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April 2, 2012, 12:30 p.m. CST
to follow up on thinman's post, the reason Blood & Chrome looks 1000X better than the Total Recall trailer
by smudgewhat
is b/c it looks ORIGINAL! it looks like somebody came up with a new concept of how sci-fi could look instead of re-hashing every tired idea of the last 5-10 years. what makes the original Total Recall interesting is it's originality. Blade Runner shares this quality. As does Alien. I'm hopeful Prometheus will too. 2001 had it in spades. I want GREATNESS in sci fi and cinema generally. if a director has no balls and no personality then so too will his / her movies lack HEART! give me some fucking HEART or take your shiny cold turd movie (the new REcall) and shove it up your ASS! hahahahaha
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Cronenberg gets to make his version someday.
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"Anyone who thinks this doesn't look good is a fool. by fawst Fact, not opinion."
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Man, I absolutely loved the original TR when it first came out. I must have watched it two dozen times when I got it on VHS. In fact, I’m pretty sure I wore it out (though I don’t think I ever replaced it). <p> So I decided to sit down and watch it a few months back and . . . aside from the nostalgia high I got, it was so bad it was damn near unwatchable. <p> Personally, I don’t care about this remake. If it’s good, so be it, if it’s bad, no surprise. But I just can’t join the “it’s shitting on a classic” bandwagon many here have glommed onto. As far as I’m concerned, the original is a “classic” only in that it’s twenty-two years old. Calling it a classic in any other sense of the word renders the designation meaningless. <p> Legitimate classics (in the true sense of the word) that came out the same year: Goodfellas, The Grifters, Jacob’s Ladder, Miller’s Crossing, Internal Affairs, Dreams, Europa Europa, Edward Scissorhands, Misery, and The Hunt for Red October, among others. Also, Tremors came out that year, and purely as a genre movie, I think it’s actually a lot better than Total Recall.
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This garbage will be forgotten a few days after its three week run in theatres ends.
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April 2, 2012, 12:45 p.m. CST
You'll all buy this on Blu-Ray to beat off to the Beckinsale/Biel throw-down...
by Joe Jones
And so will I.
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April 2, 2012, 12:54 p.m. CST
yes creepy, i meant it's aesthetics. that's the right word. it's visually original.
by smudgewhat
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Seriously, as long as not as chintzy as the original should be a blast - good to see Farrell getting a decent role again.
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April 2, 2012, 12:58 p.m. CST
Farrell didn't look competent when beating up gaggle of guards.
by kabong
This was a job for Jason Statham.
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Yet another vapid remake that looks like a synth Revlon commercial.
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I always thought him going to Mars was real, because otherwise how do you explain his original dream?
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This movie looks awesome. Yes the original is a classic but for pure summer entertainment this looks right up there. I wasn't happy when I heard they were remaking it but now the trailer has landed I've got high hopes. Fuck knows what you fanboys want from a summer movie because all I see are a bunch of moaning bitches banging on about how *insert director/studio* raped your childhood.
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...the toothpaste isle at the drugstore. Yawn to the tenth.
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April 2, 2012, 1:19 p.m. CST
So I'm watching the original, enjoying it immensely.......
by david starling
.......When Len Wiseman walks in and proffers his apologetic remix. And I ask him "if this is my delusion, who the hell invited you?"
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Maybe I'm just too used to the original, which I love, but the rhythm is all wrong on this. I don't like it at all. Butchers.
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morning church service
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April 2, 2012, 1:45 p.m. CST
As long as there's a comically long sequence of Mars-atmosphere choking and bursting
by Ricardo
I'm cool
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April 2, 2012, 2:08 p.m. CST
I love how Len Wiseman is like Tim Burton or Paul WS Anderson - Good and whipped.
by Joe Jones
Instead of taking chances and casting outside the "box" as it were, his wife is always front and center in everything he does. I love these whipped guys. Of course, if my meat-flag was planted in Kate Beckinsale's mound-of-vag, I'd probably do whatever was necessary to keep it there, too. Burton was great when he was married to Lisa Marie, because she could barely act, yet had substantial roles in all his films. Better still was when Ed Burns was that guy. Remember "She's the One" his wooden girlfriend Maxine Whatever was the lead female in movies also starring Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Anniston. It even happened to Clint Eastwood during his "Sandra Locke" period, when all his movies sucked because she, his no-talent wife, was the focal point. LULZ. I love that shit.
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I went through the talkback since I'm stupid, and that's the weirdest comment from TR haters. The original "We can remember you wholesale" is a quick, drug fueled, psychedelic, extremely stupid short story. I love PKD to death, but it's not one of his better ones. It's weird for the sake of weird. Would never make a good movie. If the Weisman version somehow deals with Quad's repressed crazy childhood memories like the short story, instead of Verhoven's "is this a dream or reality?" angle, I will apologize. But till then the "it's based more on PKD" is bullshit.
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Fuck this. I'll take the original any day.
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April 2, 2012, 2:59 p.m. CST
Crappy remakes let us appreciate superior originals even more...
by Mrhazard
The crappier the remake, the better!
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April 2, 2012, 3:02 p.m. CST
@knowitallfromcali: If you're talking about writers and crew, yes they work hard
by Dr_PepperSpray
HOWEVER, Producers mainly, especially those at the top don't try hard in the sense of creating something original. Most are more then happy to throw money at something that's a recognizable brand because it's a sure-fire bet it'll see a return. Unfortunately for everyone these people have to be appeased and that means creating shit like Total Recall: Serious'd. There are far fewer creative people in the movie business anymore, and even fewer willing to take a chance. <P> Yes Know it all, because making a movie is a easy as going outside.
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Looks pretty solid, actually with some okay visuals. I'm not expecting much from Len Wiseman, in all honesty, so this looks much better than what I'd imagined he'd do. So... cool. One note: the whole "Mars" scenario probably won't exist in this film. It seems Wiseman's version is closer to Philip K. Dick's original story, "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale," where Douglas Quail probably went there, but doesn't return (or even want to return) to Mars. The scenario Dick presents is similar to the movie in some ways, though far different and more fucked up than anything shown in Verhoeven's story. There are several MAJOR differences, actually. Maybe Wiseman has moved closer to the original story. If so... cool.
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April 2, 2012, 3:09 p.m. CST
Hopefully we get a GOOD original TR Blu-ray out of this deal with the devil
by Jaster Mareel
Because the original one Lionsgate put out like 6 years ago is fucking garbage. I actually imported the Studio Canal HD DVD and it looks fantastic. Unfortunately because Europeans are fucking ass-backwards agrarians, it has the PAL speedup issue. This means it runs 4% faster to accommodate their =Ima fuckin retard= 25 frames per second adaptation. That wouldn't be a huge concern except that everyone in the movie sounds like Alvin and the fuckin' CHIPMUNKS! And the powerful, brassy, kick-ass instrumentation on the opening credits sounds like a 33 record set to 45. (Only old fogies know what the fuck that means) So yes, make a shit-ball stained imitation, just give me a Blu-ray of the original that's worth a shit!
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I'm not going to go see it because I don't want to encourage producers to even fantasize about remaking something that doesn't need to be fucking remade. <P> Just because you don't see Total Recall as untouchable doesn't mean it isn't. That's as subjective as thinking Star Wars doesn't need to be remade. In the eyes of an Executive looking for the next tent-pole film, they'll accept anything, especially something that has product recognition. As soon as a misguided film-maker comes along, who wants nothing more then to retell his favorite stories then you have the right environment for a tired ass cover-band version of a great sci-fi classic. It's not paying Homage. It's not respectful to what was done, it's just a cash grab and a way for Wiseman to get his jollies. If it can happen to Total Recall it can happen to ANY movie and probably will. <P>
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The beloved original is still there, and unadulterated for those who like it. A remake won't change the original, it won't lessen its impact on you. As far as I'm concerned, remake everything! I want to see somebody else's take on a story. That's why I'm glad the next Batman film will be the last by Nolan. I want to see another filmmaker take on the Batman legend. You fucking whiney bitches are simply pathetic. Arnold's crappy, poorly acted version will always be available for you to fap with. You don't own the fucking rights to the story so shut the fuck up and do some growing up. Remaking this stupid movie is not the giant cataclysmic event you make it out to be. It will succeed or fail on its own merits and things will be what they are. If it's good, well then, bravo! If it's bad, it's bad. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE IT. You're probably the same ignorant fucktards who are shedding tears over the new Superman film, too. Goddamn, if you could see how really sad you are, you'd probably kill yourselves. But we're not that lucky, are we? And you'll still come here and shed your fucking tears and express your childish angst every time somebody messes with your fanboyish fap fare. Jesus Fucking Christ, go get a life.
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For all the people who posted that this new movie is much closer to the book than the original movie. What did you see in the trailer that made you say that. I read the book like 10 years ago so I don't remember it very well. I personally did not see anything in that trailer that made me think it will be closer to the book.
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... it's a pity they aren't attatched to something original. Also, am I the only one who thinks the henchman look a lot like Cerberus troops from Mass Effect?
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How crushing this must have been for all of you. The trailer's great!
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The problem with remakes is that they suck up all of the studios' money and make it impossible for new stories to get on screen. Why the fuck do I want another Total Recall or another Robocop when we still haven't seen a fraction of the best Sci-Fi out there? I personally want an Old Man's War and maybe The Forever War. But because the studios keep trying to play it safe, we get endless remakes of the same fucking material. THAT is why so many of us hate remakes. It's not that they're stealing our childhood--hell, I am HAPPY to ignore these things and see them fall flat on their face--but because Hollywood has this suck-ass "safe" mentality we're not getting films like GDT's "At the Mountains of Madness" and that sucks...uh...ass.
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Collin Farrel is good..like the visuals...but Kurt Wimmer...god...that guy is like Paul W S Anderson...he's sure to suck the intelligence out of a lot of this...
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I get tired of folks taking a very simple tale and trying to expand it out. I have read, recently, We Can Remember it for you Wholesale and the concept is very, very, very different. And because it has nothing to do with Mars, I have the very strong feeling it won't feature the same twist that the short story did. Maybe it will. Also, is it just me or do the police hovercraft look like a ripoff off the Spinners from Blade Runner, too?
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April 2, 2012, 4:26 p.m. CST
The funny part about people raving about the visuals...
by AlienFanatic
Is that they're not even invented by Wiseman. You are admiring the work of outstanding professional artists. Wiseman might say "oh, move the camera here" when he's looking at the pre-viz, but he's not the guy coming up with the colors and shapes. Unlike guys like Cameron and Scott who can actually storyboard and design for film, I don't think I've ever seen a featurette about Wiseman's gift for artistry. He's a mimic, and not a very talented one at that.
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April 2, 2012, 4:52 p.m. CST
Totally not recally this about an hour after seeing it!
by Judge Anderson's kinky boots
If I bother to see it at all! Looks like a typical lazy remake, even down to borrowing dialogue from the Verhoeven film! Appears to offer absolutely nothing new. Oh dear!
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April 2, 2012, 5:07 p.m. CST
It's not likely that Kate Beckinsale will be offed as fast as Sharon Stone.
by kabong
Not if Len want to maintain access for a few more cycles of the moon.
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I have never considered the original to be ambiguous whatsoever. I mean the image of Melina combined with the phrase "Blue Skies on Mars" and a description of his adventure at Rekall leaves very little wiggle room. It's sad they are making this versus the sequel, which would have been an adaptation of Minority Report and much more unclear. That sounded cool.
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Filmmaker Len Wiseman's career began through his work in the art department on the blockbuster hits like Godzilla (1998), Men in Black (1997), and Independence Day (1996). His design talents soon got him behind the camera directing commercials for PlayStation, Time Warner, Oracle, Intel, and Activision, and quickly lead to work in music videos. Len received numerous award nominations, including Best Art Direction at the 2002 MTV Awards for Quarashi's Screaming Masterpiece (2005) (aka Stick 'Em Up) and Best Director at the 2002 MVPA Awards for the Rufus Wainwright video "Across the Universe." In addition, Wiseman directed music videos for Megadeth, En Vogue, Static-X, Paul Oakenfold and Brooke Allison.
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Oh, I agree that producers and marketing people tend to go for what they see as the surest bet. I would prefer to see more original material, as well. But no matter what they come up with, there will always be people that see it as genius and others that see it as shit - and most will be somewhere in the middle. Personally, I thought the original mostly sucked so I'm happy to give this one a chance.
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So this will be at least as good as the sci-fi action classic Ultraviolet.
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April 2, 2012, 6:41 p.m. CST
There is something wrong with a world where Schwarzenegger is rated
by Lone Fox
Goddawful shit "actor". I just don't get how he's maintained such a succesful career. Which also explains why I don't like James Cameron much either. I mean, he just looks like such a prick. And he rates Arnie. The Terminator. The first one. I'll give 'em that. And Predator, for the laughs. But everything else... bite me. And the original TR sucked Austrian balls.
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Show me proof that remakes are keeping other properties from becoming movies. That's a bullshit assumption. Another Total Recall isn't keeping The Forever War from being filmed. If somebody has done a good treatment for it, and somebody with money thinks it's viable, they'll film it. Blaming Total Recall for the lack of a Forever War film is like blaming Toyota for the lower number of Hyundais on the road.
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April 2, 2012, 7:37 p.m. CST
Not a fan of lensmans, but alienfanatic please have a clue what the fuck you're talking about before littering the talkback with foolish ignorant comments.
by dahveed1972
lensmans problem isnt the visuals anyway. its everything else.
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April 2, 2012, 7:39 p.m. CST
Kurt Wimmer being ta writer is a +, mayby tips balance for interest to see it
by even9
Equilibrium was a good film. I got the impression Ultraviolet, not that i've seen it, was less his film for whatever reason(s). A Kurt Wimmer 'Total Recal' with Farrell would have been a safe bet for a good Genre film that i'd personally like, I'm not so sure about this one, it could go either way but Kurt Wimmer as writer might make it worth the risk.
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Nice job spamming this site. How much are the studios paying you?
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Hm, let's see, I'm in two different talkbacks right now. How many are you fapping in? That makes me some kind of studio spy? Are you for real? Is that the best you can do against a superior foe? Yours is the inferior intellect. I'm going to come back more often now that I've found such a nice little bitch to play with.
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I still don't have much confidence in Wiseman, but that LOOKED cool at least.
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It has a small cult following that have low standards when it comes to derivative Matrix rip-offs. I'm not a very good writer so I like to just reference the critics on Rottentomatoes. It got 36% positive reviews lol.
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I'd never pay to see it in the theater, however.
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April 2, 2012, 10:05 p.m. CST
Queefer your logic behind defending the current trend of re-makes is flawed
by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE
You open your list of examples with Scarface and The Thing. Those were produced decades ago by directors at the top of their game. The current glut of remakes are generally made by second-tier directors who have already proven that they are hacks who will work on the cheap. The studios just want to produce low budget half-assed products with a recognizable brand name with a story that has already been proven to be successful. The films just wreak of calculated corporatism. I don't want a neatly packaged product, I want to watch a film created by inspired artists.
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I never mentioned Scarface or The Thing. That was somebody else, yursomedush, I believe. But I might have pointed out the same thing. But your point has some validation to it, so I'd like to address it. While you certainly have a good point, the quality of art is ever changing, and not all remakes go to second tier losers. I'd point out The Incredible Hulk as a quick example. The second try at the character was, in my opinion, far superior to Ang Lee's version. When Hulk said "Hulk, SMASH!!!" in the fight at the end, I knew they had done it right enough. Sure, there were things I personally would have changed, but they did a hell of a good job. No art is perfect. It more often fails than it succeeds. That doesn't mean we should deface the painter's canvas when their painting is only .05% finished. Judge it after you've seen the final product. But nothing will ever get it completely right in anybody's eyes. Even when I was watching The Thing, I knew the effects were fake, even though they were the best for their time. How is that different with CGI? Of course we know it's fake. My point is, I think people are applying different standards here, and they're not being fair. I'm not a stupid fucking "plant" like some ignorant ape has said. I'm actually asking for reason and logic, but those who act like assholes will receive little better from me. They are my bitches. You are not, thus far. Your point was lucid and logical, and brought up a real issue. So, in spite of your rather unsavory name (who am I to talk?) I show you respect here. That's how it is with me. Oh, and I have to say, I've had a perma-boner for Winona Ryder for a very long time. I want to go shoplifting with her, then cap the day with animalistic sex.
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April 2, 2012, 10:39 p.m. CST
Equilibrium wasn't a Matrix rip - that was ta first (& half decent) Underworld
by even9
Equilibrium had gun fighting that cold be seen as Matrixesque, but as a film it was far more Leni Riefenstahl/ BMW type car advert in style, which was a great complimentary tone for the story. And as a story, it did an interesting mix of philosophical themes & characters related to it's dystopian future & authoritarianism nature in general. As a Genre piece of updated provocative sociological sci-fi, it's a very good effort, & evocative of that kind of feel of literature & it's history. Not really the Genre suit of Rotten Tomatoes reviewers which probably shows in it's comparisons to the Matrix, when they are distinctively different.
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Love to hear you reconstruct where I made an "ignorant" comment. Was it in noting that WCRFYW was nothing like the outline for 2012 when it's widely known the movie has nothing to do with Mars? That Wiseman doesn't have the design background of Scott (art student & storyboarded alien & largely lenses his own flicks) or Cameron (designed much of aliens). Or do you argue that because like fincher he did some mtv videos he's in their league? If you were impressed by wiseman's derivative take on the matrix's bullet time effect (12 YEARS LATER!) I would like to wonder wtf you are smoking when you take issue with mu assertions.
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April 3, 2012, 12:50 a.m. CST
@Queefer. I struggle to understand your counterargument
by AlienFanatic
You tell me to prove (as if I have been in every staff meeting) that remakes are pushing original material off to the side and you consider that a logical argument? Really? Just do a search for something like "why so many remakes" and you'll easily find a Vulture article with an interview with a producer that explains at least a portion of the mindset. By going back over a studio's existing catalog and remaking existing titles, it increases interest in their OLDER catalog titles, driving sales of those films in a time when the overall DVD/rental market is down. Another point in the argument is that the percentage of remakes has been increasing. Again according to Vulture, roughly a third of all of the films made in 2012 will be remakes or sequels. In fact, it's roughly on par with 2011. In 2010, only one in four films was that. There have been numerous articles about the swell of remakes on other sites, like Screenrant, though none have been scientific enough to actually give solid numbers. What does that matter? There is only so much screen time to be booked each year. Studios obviously have to plan out which titles will be placed on the schedule, and when. The most expensive titles are usually pushed out either during the summer or in the holidays. Sci-Fi films are generally some of the most expensive, since they require a large number of special effects (obviously). I am arguing that sequels and remakes are more desirable to studios for at least some of the reasons I listed above. As a result, given a small release window, it's my belief that these remakes are crowding out many original works because they're considered less "risky" than something like the Forever War. The Forever War, for example, has been worked on since 2008. Since it's the first time it's been adapted, I'm not terribly surprised, but look at what happened with it. Originally, Ridley Scott was on board to produce but it got stuck in drafts. Lo and behold, Scott says he wants to do a "prequel" to Alien and it goes from greenlight to finished film in less than HALF the time, and Forever War isn't even OUT of the writing phase. I'm saying that because Hollywood wants a sure thing, it is far more likely to greenlight a sequel or a prequel or a remake than original material. As a result, I think a lot of really awesome material is going unused or at least severely delayed.
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<p>Pumping Iron<p> <p>Conan the Barbarian<p> <p>The Terminator<p> <p>Terminator 2: Judgment Day<p> <p>Total Recall<p> <p>Predator<p>
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I am not saying that it will be great, but as a trailer, there is nothing I would complain about. More the opposite, to be honest. The visuals are breathtaking. Looks like a inception, 5th element, blade runner, promoetheus mash-up, visually. And I mean, we all know the story is cool... so, why the hate?
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Then you must only know PKD through the movies, because his books are full of wit and humor. Shiny cold futures are not that common, most of his futures are dirty, commercialized places where drugs, god and government are indistinguishable
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This looks to be giving us nothing new but locations/effects and it appears that Kate Beckinsale has merged characters with Sharon Stone and Michael Ironside from the original.I should take back my opening statement I heard John Carter was good this will be another reject like the last attempt to recreate Arnie greatness ,Conan anyone?
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April 3, 2012, 11:02 a.m. CST
It will be the next John Carter in the sense that it will bomb
by FluffyUnbound
And the suits will be all confused as to why. But the why is simple - it doesn't pass the groan test. If the first time you see something, you groan - it will bomb. The only time the groan test has ever failed me was AVATAR. Admittedly, that's a big miss.
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If people would go to the other movies and support them, we'd have more original and adapted stories, but look at all the underperforming science fiction and fantasy films that have come out and failed that were NOT remakes or sequels. As long as people go to see the umpteenth Transformers movie, that's what you're going to get. I personally would have liked to see another John Carter film, but since nobody else went to it, that won't happen. The market feeds on demand. Your demand is not the market's need. If somebody thinks there's a way to make profit on The Forever War, it will happen. But chances are, even if it comes out, not enough people will go and it will fade away quickly. It's not as recognizable as the other stuff. It's the people, alienfanatic, not the producers. And here's where I see some hypocrisy in your stance. We dictate what succeeds or not. If you went to ANY sequel, you helped contribute to the very same thing you're complaining about. I bet you helped Spiderman 2 become a big, hit, didn't you? What about the 3rd one? Did you see it, too? We are all part of the problem.
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