Because both are the boards in Hollywood. Columbia Pictures apparently thinks that current special effects technology will make a new Total Recall, if not a better flick, at least a worthwhile one, and The Neverending Story is getting remade, because, well, Hollywood is creatively bankrupt and ran out of idea about a decade ago.
So which is more unnecessary? I've got to go with Total Recall on this one. I believe /Film has it right; the first Recall was a pitch-perfect combination of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Stan Winston's effects, and Paul Verhoeven, all at their awesomest. You can't recreate that, no matter how much you try or how many millions you sink into cutting-edge CG.
Also, I fucking hated The Neverending Story when I was a kid. Between the weird huge flying dog and the kid getting trapped in the book, I wanted nothing to do with it then, and I want nothing to do with it now, especially, if as io9 reports, Warner Bros. plans on making it with "a modern spin." If that goddamn dog has a rap battle with somebody, I will seriously burn down every theater that it plays at.
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Hate Fucking remakes, however these two aren't exactly bad news. If the TR remake stays closer to the actual Phillip K. Dick source material, and call it "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" then I don't see the problem. if they make it just another shoot-em-up, then fuck 'em. And NS, let's face it, unless you show this movie to 5 year olds, the FX and puppetry just do not hold up anymore. I still like this movie, but I'm not objecting to a remake, but at least TRY to get Wolfgang Petersen directing it.
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neverending story remake would be a great idea,, my kids cant get past the "old " look of the original,, and maybe they can fix the things that made the original corny. Total recall remake is 100% unnecessary,, adults need new NEW SCI-FI STORIES!! NOT rehackss ..
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Stan Winston did not work on Total Recall.
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ihaven'tcommentedinforever That being said Never Ending Story was terrible, all of them were. So remake that instead of ruinning total recall, which atleast had Ahnold. You'll already know Never Ending will suck.
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I haven't seen NeverendingStory in 10-15 years or so but I thought it was pretty awesome when I was a kid. And that song kinda rules. There's no need for a remake.
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Why so many Neverending story haters? I LOVED that movie!
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The reason the movie was not like the book was because Total Recall was a total rip-off of the Japanese COBRA Space Pirate anime from the 70s. It's about a space-pirate who stood up to the criminal cartel who runs the galaxy and they hunted him. So he had plastic surgery and replaced his own memories with new ones so they wouldn't recognize him. He also has a secret gun hidden in his arm. The first episode was a lot like Total Recall because COBRA went to a memory vacation place and asked for a secret agent simulation/vacation. That's what unlocked his old memories and then the gangsters immediately found him and got in a big gun battle with him. Sound familiar?
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As long as they cast Shia LaBeouf as the lead in both roles, I'm all for it!!
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FYI for all of you that dont want a CLUE remake...the original was a remake from Murder By Death which was a still a very good movie even without Dr. Frankenfurter. that being said i dont want to see a CLUE remake or a Neverending story remake.
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Plan 9 from outer space remake? Aliens attacking Earth through raising the dead to use as zombie shock troops? That would rock! Ed Wood Jr was a genius before his time. Considering the over sensitive politically correct stance currently haunting the film industry, he'd get an oscar for his in depth revelations for writing and starring in his Glen or Glenda flick today. Well, in would be labeled as in depth by the academy anyway, as they nod their heads and discuss how to push the concepts to the limit in order to capitalize on every dime to be squeezed from the fad. Anyways, Neverending Story would be the worse choice of the two in question. After all, a piece of shit polished and looked at from a different angle is still a piece of shit.
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it wasnt a dog, it was a luck dragon. G'mork was a dog...he also looked like he was on a stupid amount of cocaine and ritalin.
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Movies I was supposed to love as a child, but really, REALLY hated: 6. The Black Hole 5. The Secret of Nimh 4. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 3. The Sound of Music 2. The Neverending Story 1. The Black Stallion You know what I hated most about The Neverending Story? THAT DAMNED SONG. Second most? The constant interruptions that switched back to the kid reading the book and giving some terrible response. If someone wanted to torture me, they could tie me to a chair and make me watch those six movies over and over until my brain melts. Considering how many movies I watch now, there haven't been many I've hated as much in my adulthood. The only ones that come to mind are "Master of Disguise", "Casualties of War", "The Fountain", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "The Descent". But still, the Neverending Story is worst than all of those. The Black Stallion is just a big, boring, gaping void of a story that requires the viewer to be utterly fascinated by horses... Because otherwise it's absolutely awful.
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Total Recall has one of the best intro themes ever. I can listen to it, Escape From New York, and Superman, and not get tired of hearing them. As long as they don't mess with that intro it'll have some hope.
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@mikes: they already made a momo movie way back when... it was actually pretty good.. but then again i was a child when i last saw it so take that recommendation with a grain of salt
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Hey, I got ahold of the actual treatment for the Neverending Story remake. I posted some excertps on my blog, check it out. I think it's going to be great! http://www.imminentdoom.com/2009/02/neverending-story-chronicles-volume-i.html
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they want to remake never ending story???!!!! WHY? that movie suck when it came out. imagine it now.... half the budget blown on cg, and some stupid kid who cant act and cant read. Most kids now would ask: "what's a book?" or say: "I'm scared of (insert character name here)." But total recall could be good. long as it was cast correctly.
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NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Fuck you Hollywood. FUCK. YOU. I'm surprised TR hasn't reported on Glen Larson putting in a bid to remake the Original Battlestar Galactica. Yes. The one with daggits,
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Not sure if anyone replied to MKitn, but the kid yells "MOON CHILD" at the end- it was his hippy mother's name.
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Have any of you seen Neverending Story recently? If not, here's a tip: Don't. I loved it as a kid. I saw it again a few years ago and absolutely hated it. Phalinx nailed it - the kid is intolerable. So go ahead and remake it without some moron playing Bastian. (Hint - no Shia!)
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I happened to love The Neverending story. But if Falcor raps, I'll bring the gasoline.....
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Imagine what the chick with three breasts will look like using today's amazing CG technology!
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@<i>Neverending Story</i> remake - Not exactly an original argument, but do kids even read books these days (besides fantasy series like "Harry Potter")?
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I support a rap battle between falcor and poochie D.
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I read Michael Ende's "Neverending Story" as a kid, and was really burned when the movie came out. The book had charm and imagination, the movie didn't have much more than a few decent effects. I'd rather see Ende's "Momo" made into a film, preferably made by Hiyao Miyazaki, but I'm a pie-eyed nerd to wish for this. I don't think there's any need for a "Total Recall" remake either- there's better Phil K. Dick material they could adapt, as long as they keep Tom Cruise away from it. "Ubik" would be my first choice, but his books are all so quirky and idiosyncratic, I don't understand why Hollywood would think adaptations are sure-fire moneymakers. That said, I'd love to see Spike Jonze take a crack at him.
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Well I'm certainly not interested in a remake, but I don't get all the folks saying it's too soon. The film is 19 years old. Younger films have been remade. All I know is, with respects to Dick, "Total Recall" for all it's cheese was actually much more thoughtful than the original short story. The original was always kind of a WTF for me. Maybe they could do an adaptation of the original story with (spoilers) space mice.
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okay at first i was real worried about the Total Recall remake... but the more i thought about it, the more i welcome a new version. the first one IS awesome and nothing is going to change that. it will always be good, remake or not. so what's the harm? maybe the remake will be awesome too. it's an all around win-win situation, i think, because all it means is more Total Recall.
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Um, Lion? Inviting Winston to participate might be a moot point since he's, uh, gone. I say "might," to allow for the possibility that he downloaded his consciousness into an animatronic T-800.
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I'm going to second the Clue remake as the most unnecessary!
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That was a funny ass post! great job!
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total recall will be horrible. it will be a minority report style dick adaption, with some 'action' star and plot points glossed over to appeal to assholes. not that the first one wasn't, but they pulled it off somehow and i'm sure they won't ask stan winston this time around. thanks, hollywood, for wrangling every possible thing anyone has ever loved into some sort of capital sausage plant like a giant herd of creative cattle. neverending story wasn't terribly true to the original material in the first go, and i doubt that they'll really want to use it this time either. they made chief brody skinny, i'm sure they'll keep some of the same treatment for bastian. I had the chance to read the book last summer, and it's really good but it won't fit into a movie very well as is. I don't know why I care, really, the producers don't give a shit about the material unless it feeds a need for whomever is providing their own bankrolls. nor will they ever listen. fuck it becomes a stupid rage real quick for no reason, let the people who want to spend money on epic movie spend their same dollars on future movies of the same caliber moonchild is the name, though it is really garbled.
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I never got "The Neverending Story", and I WAS the type to go reading a book in a attic and pat my sandwich. Take from that what you will. They can remake the shit out of that, I don't care. As for "Total Recall"--it is pulpy enough and loose enough to get an update. If they do it right I don't have a problem with it. But they'll probably fuck it up. T The most egregious remake news coming out of Hollywood is about "Predator". That movie is flawless. Let it be.
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Plan 9 has so much room to become epic though!
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You're right about Hollywood being creatively bankrupt- how else do you explain, Brady Bunch, Bewitched and My favorite Martian? You know Hollywood is ready for closure when they re-make Plan 9 from outer space
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"So which is more unnecessary?" I'm gonna go ahead and say the Clue remake.
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Was I the only one watching The Neverending story who wanted to kick the crap out of that pathetic nerd reading the book. I hated that kid. - Takes a bite out of his sandwich "Some now some for later" - pats his sandwich was there anyone even remotely surprised he was alone reading a book in the attic while all the other kids were having fun
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I actually liked the first NeverEnding Story (even if I can still never figure out what the hell name he yelled out since he sounded like a bag of marbles in that scene). It's the second and third monstrosities they came out with that I can't stand (even if I did have a fondness for the late Jonathan Brandis - the voice of Mozenrath!). But yeah, if they come out with a remake and butcher it.. I'd probably have a lot of nerdrage. Not to mention the childlike empress looked so strange, it'd be hard to top her ethereal kid creepiness.
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Total Recall is worse because it wasn't made that long ago, and the remake serves no purpose. A Never Ending Story remake, preferably done well, could at least introduce a new generation to the movie.
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I always hated the Neverending Story as well. Never appealed to me when I was a kid. I guess the people who produced "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button," are linked to make this movie, if it ever gets off the ground. Total Recall for all it's camp, is a movie I've always been fond of. A remake of this would be blasphemous!
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I for one really loved Neverending Story, but you're right if they rape it like they did with Alvin and the Chipmunks then Movie Theaters shall burn! FAAAALCOOOOR!
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I am sure that they won't get made, It will just be like all the talk that they were remaking Logans Run. And Total Recall? That movie isn't old enough to remake. Why not just have a remake of The Dark Knight with the cast of High School Musical next year? I hate lazy people remaking movies rather then coming up with new ideas. And don't burn down my local theater if it does get made. They let me put my own butter on popcorn.
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