remakemoments

Total Recall was directed by Paul Verhoeven in 1990 and the 2012 version was directed by Len Wiseman.

The story take place on earth with an actual mission to Mars, including mutants and aliens in the original 1990 release.

The story of the remake take place on earth, no mutants or aliens, but lots of robots.

Mars Governor, Vilos Cohaagen, discovers an alien artifact that could threaten his control over exportation of Martian resources as well as Mars residents, who work and spend money under his administration. Resistance forces seek to activate the artifact and give control of Mars back to the working people.

Following World War III, which leaves much of Earth uninhabitable, there are only two hospitable locations left on the planet.

The wealthy United Federation of Britain and the impoverished Colony. Colony inhabitants travel to the UFB daily for work, via a massive transit vehicle, “The Fall.” Terrorist acts by alleged resistance fighters threaten a tenuous peace between the two nations, as the UFB considers military action against The Colony in order to stamp out potential future threats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBNbVBQsTAM

Notice the difference of death and circumstances Douglas Quaid best friend Harry got killed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Ex3LX2OSg

Lori Quaid got shot in the head in the original and in the 2012 version she got shot in the body.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tZCeHCGSJU

Michael Ironside played Richter in the 1990 version of Total Recall.

Both his arms are cut off vertically.

In the 2012 version there is no Richter, one arm of a robot is cut of horizontally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmqj6CX3aiY

Cohaagen suffocates to death in the original Total Recall movie in the 2012 remake he got killed in an explosion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJjPvlfLmHc

Three-breasted woman.

Mary (Played by Lycia Naff) is a mutant in the 1990 version.

The Seductive Woman (Played by Kaitlyn Leeb) is a woman that, presumably, augmented her body through futuristic plastic surgery.

Arnold Schwarzenegger played Douglas Quaid a construction worker who lives on earth.

In the remake Douglas Quaid is played by Colin Farrell but this time as a Factory worker in the UFB who lives in The Colony.

Vilos Cohaagen a corrupt Governor of Mars. (Ronny Cox)

Vilos Cohaagen a war veteran turned UFB Leader. (Bryan Cranston)

Lori Quaid, in secret a Cohaagen operative. (Sharon Stone)

Lori Quaid, in secret a United Federation of Britain 0perative. (Kate Beckinsale)

Kuato: A baby-sized, clairvoyant, mutant attached to the belly of his brother, George, (Marshall Bell) who seeks to free Mars from Cohaagen's control.

Matthias Lair (Bill Nighy) – Innocent, but branded by Cohaagen as a terrorist, Lair hides in the European wasteland while attempting to prevent Cohaagen's invasion of The Colony.