We’ve seen it a number of times in Hollywood. Two movies with the same subject going head to head with each other. Two asteroid flicks in 1998 with Armageddon and Deep Impact.
Universal has a great heritage of movie monsters. In fact, the studio’s foundation was built on the classic monsters of yesteryear like the Bela Lugosi Dracula, and the Boris Karloff Frankenstein.
Paul Verhoeven’s geek credentials are crystal clear. He’s the man who directed one of the best sci-fi films ever, RoboCop, and he also gave us Total Recall, which stands strong against the current remake.
I really enjoyed watching the original Total Recall which debuted way back in the 90's and starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. Even after all these years, it is still one of my favorite cheesy old school science fiction films.
One of my all-time favorite 80's science fiction movies was Total Recall starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. I'll be honest - I'm still not sold on Colin Farrell playing Douglas Quaid in the new film.
Ronny Cox is a fantastic character actor. He made his debut in Deliverance, and also went on to star in Beverly Hills Cop, Stargate SG-1, and many other movies and TV shows.
Some CinemaCon 2012 footage, like The Dark Knight Rises and Total Recall, went over very well, while The Hobbit received very mixed notices because it was shot with a new technology, 48 frames a second.
I certainly won't dispute the fact that rebooting certain films and television shows often makes sense, especially for the ones which appear really dated like Space 1999.
