Sane Max  | 29 Jun 2012 6:29 a.m. PST |
Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he's got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life – real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world – Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy) and stop Cohaagen. 'So, Mr Quaid – what do you want to be? Spy on Mars? Love-God on Venus?'
'No, Factory Worker here is fine – but married to Sharon Stone please.' Pat |
 Pictors Studio  | 29 Jun 2012 6:49 a.m. PST |
It would appear that you have started it afresh! |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 29 Jun 2012 6:51 a.m. PST |
Can I be married to Sharon stone too? |
| Sane Max | 29 Jun 2012 6:55 a.m. PST |
Can I be married to Sharon stone too? No, dagnabbit. Why do you think the machine broke down in the first movie? It was all….clogged up. Pat |
| 20thmaine | 29 Jun 2012 7:10 a.m. PST |
There was a trail for this during the film I was watching last night. Which was Total Recall. Coincidence ? I think not. |
 Parzival | 29 Jun 2012 8:56 a.m. PST |
They made a significant thematic mistake in the first movie— they included a scene that did not have the protagonist in it. In doing so, they established that it wasn't just a memory error, as the protagonist would have no logically plausible explanation for remembering an event which he could not have witnessed. This scene made the whole "was it real or was it Memorex" theme unworkable, as it gave the audience a momentary POV that was not the protagonist's, thereby effectively stating "yep, he's not just 'recalling' a storyline; others are involved." Had the film only included moments involving the protagonist's POV, the question could have lingered and been a nice twist to ponder on.
We'll see if the new film manages to keep better control of that theme. |
 Tacitus | 29 Jun 2012 1:14 p.m. PST |
Schwarzenegger movie and you're worried about thematic mistakes? |
| Parzival | 29 Jun 2012 2:45 p.m. PST |
Not worried about 'em. I enjoyed the movie for what it was. But I thought they missed an opportunity to achieve the theme they presented. |
| ghostdog | 29 Jun 2012 3:55 p.m. PST |
I liked a lot the first film, and i havegood feelings about the remake.
Parcival, i watched the arnolds movie a lot of years ago, but i seem to recall that when he was to " recall company", and before the false menories inserting process started, a technician showed him some pictures, one of them of the alien artifact. And when they were building the image of the femme protagonist, the final image was the one of the actual rebel contact |
| The Gray Ghost | 29 Jun 2012 4:40 p.m. PST |
I didn't really care for the first one so am unlikely to watch the remake. |
 RavenscraftCybernetics | 30 Jun 2012 6:34 a.m. PST |
In the Ahrnuld version, the tech mentions something to the effect of "Blue Skies on Mars, Thats a good one" so I figured the movie would end with Quaid still in the chair.
Unfortunately the film didnt go there. |
