Path: ...!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 17:24:04 +0000 From: Spalls Hurgenson Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Starship Trooper remake? Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 12:23:58 -0500 Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 25 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-GY2rbdg5MIkqwyH6KsursrQdoLb9fzhpW6gzxf8xL0G7nIuV/vnirbyXBKyuDhF8/BilaRoYRZEsqf9!+Dl12PlWGp8QaZGNUMCb63KaFyxGSugeeLeDixZx4ubHpb8k/ZLaQhrgLvkPCXQIoeFxOqyR X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2275 On Sat, 08 Mar 2025 03:04:29 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote: >Mike S. wrote: >> On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 07:46:06 -0800, Dimensional Traveler >> wrote: > >> >The Total Recall remake was bad IMO. > >> IIRC, reviews at the time agree with you. > >Ditto. I'd rather rewatch the original! Heh. I went to the theatre to see that one (the original, not the remake). The first movie was fun, but it really wasn't very good either. It was an incredibly /stupid/ movie, requiring you to not only disconnect your brain but to also stupefy most of your internal neurons. But it had a few fun lines ("Getcha ass to Maahs") and some memorable scenes. Beyond that, though, it was complete schlock and of all Verhoeven's movies, it baffles me the most why it got a remake. It lacked any cogent message or originality. It's like remaking Stallone's "Cobra" or Norris's "Invasion USA"; it's unnecessary and unwanted.