Some say that there are no new good ideas, a supposition done no harm by this top ten chart. SciFiNow lists its favourite book-to-screen sci-fi adaptations.
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside
Adapted from: We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K Dick (novelette published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1966)
Despite starring
the least subtle
of Hollywood’s
superstars, Total
Recall is every bit the
masterful adaptation
as Dick’s other work,
Blade Runner. And although Quaid
was originally called Quail and never
actually visited Mars, Verhoeven still
captured the spirit of the novelette.
Dealing with familiar themes of
identity, memory and social hierarchy,
Total Recall stays true to Dick’s original
vision, albeit with the added bonus of
Arnie’s cheesy one-liners. “Consider
that a divorce!” and so on.
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Directors: Damian Butt, Steven Boyd, Mark Kendrick, Harry Dhand, Sam Watkinson
