There always have been-and will be-remakes and I can't get too upset about them. I generally just ignore them and figure they'll succeed or fail on their own merits, even if I may occasionally wonder (here or privately) what they were thinking.
That being said, it seems a little weird to remake a hit movie made by two people who were right at the top of their game (Verhoeven and Arnold) with a "B" list director and a star who has never been able to generate hit movie on his own during a fifteen year career.
By 'b-list', you of course mean a director with several box office hits.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
I think that most PKD movies could be remade better with few exceptions. That being said, I'd still prefer to see the Cronenberg version of this story.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
First off, I don't think that it based off a PKD story since it's a William Gibson story. Secondly, it shows that the people who wrote it have read Gibson stories, but I'm not too sure that they understood cyberpunk in general.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
The only way this could work if it's actually a surprise sequel, a la Star Trek. Like, he finds a note from himself that says "Take off the mask" so he goes to the mirror and his skin peels off and it's Arnold underneath, and he goes "Agggh! Not again!"
If Pro had two vaginas would both be sandy? 
