Total Recall was barely a good movie with Arnold as the anchor. Without him, it would sound a lot like a Direct to DVD release.
Try to come up with the logline and pitch...it was a confusing premise to explain even having seen it:
Well, it's Mars in the future and there's this guy who knows something, but his memory has been changed, and then there's this gal who might be his wife...or not...we're not real sure who the good guys are....and there's a bar with a bunch of circus freaks from all the radiation.
I watched Total Recall recently, I think it's looking pretty dated now. A reboot will be interesting, but they'll have to throw something new into the mix and re-jig the storyline for some fresh twists.
Now they have mastered the art of superimposing the face of one actor onto another (Benjamin Button), they can release the same movies with different stars.
Imagine Total Recall with Meryl Streep. Same great movie, whole new audience.
I don't see how this thread could go this long without someone stating the obvious. There are three words why this movie will be made:
Three Titted Chick
That was the selling point in the board room. And instead of just getting a rubber harness from George Lucas's trunk of magic, now they can use the technology from movies like the aforemetioned Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
I'm sure the scene will be strung out a little more. He could look at an ugly faced girl and see her flash the perfect tri-rack. He then turns to a hot faced girl that flashes him some mutated Meryl Streep saggers.
Who gives about the crappy story. These are the iconic images that the key demographic grew up on. I remember getting in trouble in grade school for walking around saying "Get your a** to mars" over and over again.
You got the nasal bug extraction. You got Arnold shedding a fat lady body suit. I mean the list goes on. Yeah its gonna be a sh*tty replacement actor for Arnold ( I pray not John Cena), but will the people come? Yeah, by the truck loads as will the moolah.
Possibly want to remake this because of the source material. It was based on work by Philip K Dick, who had written stuff that a lot of films have been adapted from... Blade Runner, Minority Report, Next...not necessarily the best movies but the source material does have a lot of interesting information.
Perhaps it will be based off the original material than the Schwarzenegger crap.
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