Late last month I caught a few scenes of the Total Recall remake from 2012 starring Colin Farrell and thought that this movie looked pretty good. It had all the action, the strange sci fi elements of the original but looked more appealing. This made me wonder is this remake better than the original film with Arnie as the main man or is this 2012 film just homage to an amazing movie from my past... Also do either films stack up to the Philip K. Dick story 'We Can Remember it For You Wholesale'?
I for one believe that the book is always best. You cannot put all the character's thoughts into a film and most great books would be six hour films (or longer) if every moment remembered fondly was captured from page and revealed on screen. The other cool thing about books is that you the reader are left to imagine each character as the author introduces them... You project your own ideas on how they look, act, sound... The wrong actor can ruin a film for some viewers based purely on the strength of imagination.
Back to my original thought though... Did David Bowie do a better version of The Man Who Sold the World or was it Nirvana? So many examples out there... Is each occurrence to be judged separately or is there one consensus?
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