Yes, they paid tribute to "the' moment from the original film (the moment that had "Ensign Sonya Gomez"
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new Total Recall trailer
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This looks kinda bad. Some of the visuals are reasonably nice (if a bit bland), but it's becoming clearer and clearer to me that this is pretty much going to be a beat-by-beat remake of the old movie rather than a new adaptation of the original short story. They just removed the over-the-top violence and the Mars setting to make it more mainstream-friendly (& thereby less interesting).
About time, I was telling my buddy this the other day when we saw "Lincoln" that I was ready for another trailer for this movie to get a better feel for it. Actually looks pretty darn good, look forward to it. Though I had to chuckle when the "Original" Films logo came up.
I wouldn't say it looks bad, but, it definitely looks to be extremely close to the Ahnuld version, without the Mars setting/references, so, nothing really in that trailer inspires me with a need to see the new version, at this point, it just seems to be a hollowed out retread, though almost certainly the ending will have to be different.
For someone not familiar with the Arnold version, and would be turned off by the Mars setting, I suppose it could be a great action flick
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It looks like they're borrowing a few things from Minority Report.
I just hope someone remembers to return Colin Farrell when they're done with him.
I just hope someone remembers to return Colin Farrell when they're done with him.
^ Cranston will always be Buzz Aldrin to me...
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXT96N1YfbQ[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXT96N1YfbQ[/yt]
No Mars, no "Give dese people AAAIIIAAH"... 
I wonder if they will be changing the ending.. meaning the answers to who he is.
i love films about future worlds, conspiracies and identity problems, so I am eager to see it. That said, I don't like how forced some of the film feels, like they have to use the beats of the original film so exactly. The new Rekall is interesting, coming across as a massage-type new age thing, but i doubt it will be more effective than the original where the salesman is selling memories as if they were used cars... I love the whole "matter of fact' aspect to selling memories.
I also think they are really bumping up the Lori -as an awesome fighter a bit much.
The original film was perfect... that's the main reason this film will have problems
i love films about future worlds, conspiracies and identity problems, so I am eager to see it. That said, I don't like how forced some of the film feels, like they have to use the beats of the original film so exactly. The new Rekall is interesting, coming across as a massage-type new age thing, but i doubt it will be more effective than the original where the salesman is selling memories as if they were used cars... I love the whole "matter of fact' aspect to selling memories.
I also think they are really bumping up the Lori -as an awesome fighter a bit much.
The original film was perfect... that's the main reason this film will have problems
I'd think they'd have to, since "Quaid" in the original film is so closely tied to Mars and his mission there.
Now that's a very good trailer. It makes me want to watch Total Recall. So I can forget about this shit as quickly as possible.
The latest trailer actually gets me interested in watching the film.
You realize, I'm sure, this movie is more closely tied to the original short-story than it is the Schwarzenegger movie, right? (And IIRC the original story didn't have much to do, if anything, with Mars.)
I'm looking foward to seeing Beckinsale and Biel go at it. 
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