05-05-2016, 01:00 AM
Some remakes are so ridiculous. I recently saw the remake total recall after re-watching the original. I felt the remake was so devoid of the charms of the first one. It basically felt like a generic action movie that happened to be in a dystopian future, compared to what I see in the original as a landmark sci-fi film nicely realising Phillip K Dick's vision. The thing is I can't quite put my finger on it why they are so different. What made the original total recall so good and this one to be limp. Is it simply my nostalgia or something more? I get the same thing with original Conan the Barbarian (still one of my favs by the way) and the remake. What do other people think?