Tag: Totall Recall
‘Total Recall’ Remake – Unnecessary Reboot or Necessary Update?
12th May
Written by: Stoic Taco
Open your mind. Open your mind. Open your mind.
As Kuato said in 1990′s Total Recall, we were transported to Mars to follow Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Doug Quaid as he attempted to find out the mystery behind his shattered memories. It was a great great sci-fi movie which combined some cheesy dialogue (“You’ve got a lot of nerve showing your face around here”), Sharon Stone in spandex (“Consider dat de divorce”), an early 90′s vision of the future, Michael Ironside as the jealous henchman, Ronny Cox as the ultimate bad guy, and provided some great special effects….seriously has anyone come close to making Mars seem both freaky and alluring at the same time? I don’t think so, thanks Paul Verhoeven!
So if Total Recall was so great, why the hell do we need a reboot?!
When news first broke of a possible … Read More »
'Total Recall' Remake – Unnecessary Reboot or Necessary Update?
12th May
Written by: Stoic Taco
Open your mind. Open your mind. Open your mind.
As Kuato said in 1990′s Total Recall, we were transported to Mars to follow Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Doug Quaid as he attempted to find out the mystery behind his shattered memories. It was a great great sci-fi movie which combined some cheesy dialogue (“You’ve got a lot of nerve showing your face around here”), Sharon Stone in spandex (“Consider dat de divorce”), an early 90′s vision of the future, Michael Ironside as the jealous henchman, Ronny Cox as the ultimate bad guy, and provided some great special effects….seriously has anyone come close to making Mars seem both freaky and alluring at the same time? I don’t think so, thanks Paul Verhoeven!
So if Total Recall was so great, why the hell do we need a reboot?!
When news first broke of a possible … Read More »
