Re: Total Remake

I *love* the original Total Recall. I consider it one of the essential Schwarzenegger movies. Want a different debate? Five best Schwarzenegger films (IMO):

Total Recall
T2
Predator
Running Man
Kindergarten Cop (yeah, I went there... EET'Z NAWT A TOOMAH)


Anyway, the fact that Total Recall is so great to me is not the *concept* of the film itself, it's the fact that Arnold is running around a Mars colony breaking skulls in one of the most 80s feeling action movies ever made.

Throw in Colin Ferrell (never comes across as an action star to me, he's more of a prickish villain) in a movie that will likely fall victim to remake no-no #1: DON'T TAKE YOUR REMAKE SO SERIOUSLY, and I don't know if I'll really want to see this. I assume it will get a Rotten Tomatoes score around 60% and will be one of 2012's more forgettable action films. Sorry to be a negative nancy, but it just feels like it's going to be a bust to me.

Plus this new one takes place on Earth... ...why?