Arnold may have said, “I'll be bock,” but it won't be in Total Recall remake

Utterly and deliciously sexy Colin Farrell takes the lead role that Arnold Schwarzenegger originated in 1990, as Doug Quaid, unassuming worker of the future looking to take a virtual vacation and travel to Mars. Arnold's Quaid experiences his fabulous vacation in virtual reality, when something shocking happens as he sees himself as someone else, with a whole different life, though one that still contains plenty of hot chicks, in his virtual world.

It is unclear what the premise will be for Colin's Quaid character to meet his virtual other self, whether through the same virtual vacation agency Arnold used in the original or if Colin will simply have some unnerving dreams that lead him to believe his brain has been wiped clean of memories of a previous existence, also inclusive of the requisite hot chicks.

For Arnold, the chicks included Rachel Ticotin and Sharon Stone, before her underwear-less days on “Basic Instinct.” Colin enjoys the lovely Kate Beckinsale as his real-time wife and Jessica Biel as Melina, the wife who turns on him in his virtual world. The future Mrs. Justin Timberlake should shine in an action role, but Farrell is sure to have more chemistry with Beckinsale.

I liked the original “Total Recall” and am from the old school that finds that most movie remakes never should have been touched, but with 22 years of new technology under our belts, it might be time to see what new bells and whistles can be added. Do they really add any value? I don't know. Short of the old “Flash Gordon” movies that clearly showed fishing line guiding tin can rockets through the air, unless the effects can be that much improved upon, I say leave well enough alone.