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10 Reasons Why Total Remake Sucks
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| September 1, 2012
| Shaun Munro
Posted on 12/29/2012 9:30:30 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
Taking a film crew back to Mars was probably cost prohibitive...
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posted on
12/29/2012 9:39:52 PM PST
by
BigCinBigD
(...Was that okay?)
To: MinorityRepublican
Yep. It sucked.
It's a rare movie that makes me feel like I wasted the $1.20 redbox fee.
This one did.
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posted on
12/29/2012 9:43:33 PM PST
by
Washi
(Socialism is Slavery)
To: MinorityRepublican
The first Total Recall blew me away as a teenager. My first thought after watching the new version was, “Wow, it sure must have been a lot of work to take such a great movie and remove everything that made it good....”
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posted on
12/29/2012 9:57:49 PM PST
by
apillar
To: MinorityRepublican
Didn’t they travel through the middle of the Earth? I asked the wife, “How do they expect to get to Mars that way?” and when they were in the core, which I thought was molten, like the middle of a radioactive Tootsie pop and were floating around using machine guns like rocket thrusters, I said to Samson the bulldog, “I’m afraid this one’s a real stinker, old boy,” and we went for a walk.
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posted on
12/29/2012 10:14:12 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: MinorityRepublican
So glad I didn't see it in the theater. My "ON DEMAND" $4.99 was wasted on this POS. OTOH, the remake of RED DAWN was stellar! I'm glad I did see that in the theater.
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posted on
12/29/2012 10:15:40 PM PST
by
ExSoldier
(Stand up and be counted... OR LINE UP AND BE NUMBERED...)
To: apillar
Wait'll you get a load of the "new" Dredd movie..
*shudder*
terrible.
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posted on
12/29/2012 10:18:01 PM PST
by
Michael Barnes
(Obamaa+ Downgrade)
To: MinorityRepublican
Almost smells like an Islamic history re-write so as to condition everyone to forget about ever, ever leaving earth and instead be happy little prayer buddies several times a day.
Islam will never leave earth.
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posted on
12/29/2012 10:22:17 PM PST
by
Eye of Unk
(A Civil Cold War in America is here, its already been declared.)
To: Eye of Unk
Islam will never leave earth.Good. We don't need those assholes infecting the rest of the cosmos.
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posted on
12/29/2012 10:24:39 PM PST
by
Michael Barnes
(Obamaa+ Downgrade)
To: Michael Barnes
Thanks, I was about to watch Dredd.... will instead get something else.
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posted on
12/29/2012 10:30:42 PM PST
by
Bobalu
(It is not obama we are fighting, it is the media.)
To: Bobalu
I liked DKR ,avengers, Looper.
Prometheus was let down.
Cabin in the woods was good (horror).
Tucker & Dale Vs Evil was a funny horror movie.
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posted on
12/29/2012 10:50:37 PM PST
by
Morris70
To: MinorityRepublican
I Red-Boxed this a few days ago and agree with every point in the article. It would have been a much better story if it had been either a prequel or a sequel to the original story - get some new characters, but reuse the memory mind-block premise that goes wrong; no big deal. Instead, we got a clumsy attempt to overlay the names and (sort-of) the plot of the original on a story that has nothing to do with Arnold’s Rekall. I spent most of my time watching this wondering why they chose to change some things (like the teardrop instead of the bead of sweat) while keeping other elements (the mutant hooker was a definite “what is she doing here if we’re not on Mars” moment!)
However, for $1.50 to spend 2 hours with high-def Kate & Jessica, it was worth every penny ;-)
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posted on
12/29/2012 11:04:18 PM PST
by
GizmosAndGadgets
(How Free Are You In America Today?)
To: Eye of Unk
Islam will never leave earth. With any luck. . . Islam won't SURVIVE to the time we're finally starting to leave Earth for other worlds. . .
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posted on
12/29/2012 11:51:11 PM PST
by
Salgak
(Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border. I **DARE** you to cross it. . . .)
To: MinorityRepublican
“You have some nerve showing your face around here!”
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posted on
12/29/2012 11:53:58 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: MinorityRepublican
Even worse than the insane anti civilization theme of the remade “Day The Earth Stood Still”?
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posted on
12/30/2012 1:52:20 AM PST
by
Andrei Bulba
(No Obama, no way!)
To: MinorityRepublican
Wait. What?
The new one doesn’t take place on Mars?
/facepalm
To: Michael Barnes
Wait'll you get a load of the "new" Dredd movie..Why would anyone remake Rocky meets Goerge Jetson?
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posted on
12/30/2012 4:56:25 AM PST
by
verga
(A nation divided by Zero!)
To: MinorityRepublican
I just tried to watch this last night and I fell asleep 15 minutes into the movie.
To: apillar
The first Total Recall blew me away as a teenager. My first thought after watching the new version was, Wow, it sure must have been a lot of work to take such a great movie and remove everything that made it good....I saw it near opening at Disney World Pleasure Island's movie complex. They were touting the new Dolby Digital Surround Sound System in the theater. We were absolutely blown away by the presentation, as you could imagine. Wow, has it really been so long?!?
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posted on
12/30/2012 5:35:04 AM PST
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: Eye of Unk
I've noticed a trend to depicting space travel as something to be avoided. In Avatar, we travel all the way to a moon orbiting a gas giant orbiting Alpha Centauri A, only to get beaten by primitives. In Prometheus our first venture to the stars comes to grief when we find that those who created us despise us. Except for the newly revived Star trek and Star Wars franchises, the future looks gloomy
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posted on
12/30/2012 6:01:54 AM PST
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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