The problem with the Total Recall remake is that they called it Total Recall because of name recognition. The book was not called Total Recall, it was "We Can Remember it for You Wholesale". So it really doesn't matter that they are going more off of the original story, because they are NAMING IT the Arnie flick, so obvious comparisons will be drawn.
If they are going to make the book, they should have just called it the story title or give it a different name entirely. When I think of "Total Recall", I expect Mars.
IMO? It looks completely fucking generic. Oooo...flying cars. Whoopy.
I'm so tired of "futuristic earth" it's not even funny. After Minority Report, I just feel like there is no new ways to envision the future of earth. Either it's going to post apocalyptic or it's going to be flying cars. So absolutely and utterly DONE with that shit.
Also, Colin Farrell sucks.
I'm sure it will be a moderately entertaining sci-fi flick, but they just should have named it something else. Oh, but then no one would see it, I forgot. Why? Because. It looks. Generic.