I was on the fence about this before, the concept seemed like the Running Man a bit.  Oh well, I guess I'll wait for the Running Man remake.

Rich, you deserve to burn in hades for even suggesting a remake of that. :)

And I'll say I'm not that surprised by the grade. Two different editors said they were surprised their heads didn't explode halfway through Gamer. A "D" sounds about right....

 I thought they were re-doing Running Man...Oh wait, Total Recall. My bad.

Running Man isn't far behind Total Recall. It's Hollywood. They won't be happy until they remake the 1980s altogether.

If you can't make a good movie with Gerard Butler & Michael C. Hall then the blame rests on Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor. My hopes for Jonah Hex are fading fast...

Why remake The Running Man?  If you want to see it, why not just watch the original?  It was really high grade cheese, with the Giovenator, Jesse Ventura and Richard Dawson.  You're never going to get a better cast for that movie.

Too bad really. I actually had the asame question watchiong the trailers about why it was preferable top use real people instead of Avatars, especially since they'd still be looking through a computer screen o VR goggles, how would they know the difference, apparantly these issues weren't addressed or addressed well from the review.  I also agree that it was a copout to have the evils of this society come down to one man. I would rather Hall's character have been just a particuarly sadistic player. Somone who was a product of his amoral society not its creator. That would have been more intereasting to me.

The thing about Sci Fi remakes, is that due to drastically improved effects some of them actually warrant a remake.  Total Recall would not be one of them.  Running Man also isn't one of them.  Robocop, could be cool, look at T-2 compared to T-1.  Granted look at T-3 compared to T-2.  Definitely they should have gone a different direction, as T-3 felt like a terrible remake of  T-2.  Look at Batman Begins compared to BATMAN,  miles apart from each other.  I don't think there is anything wrong with remakes so long as they are done right.  Different genre here altogether but look at Ocean's Eleven compared to Ocean's 11.  Both great movies, but just because 11 didn't have  Frank, Dean, and Sammy doesn't make it any less of a movie.  Bottom line is that everythings already been done in Hollywood.  All that changes is the stunts get more unrealistic but cooler looking.  Clash of the Titans, although not a sci fi technically, that's a movie that would KICK ASS if they remade it.  Better yet they should just go ahead and make the Kratos movie already.

I absolutely disagree that everything has been done in Hollywood. There are 6 billion people on this planet. 6 BILLION!!!! And you are telling me everyone's POV, thoughts, feelings and ideas have been explored in Hollywood? That, IMO is a copout to continue to make these pointless remakes. I would concede the point that if a movie was garbage to begin with, you can't do any worse with a remake. But there are some movies that still hold up that should not be remade. Sure, the special effects may not be comparable to what they have today. But if that's the one argument for remaking the movie, then its just proves the point that it shouldn't be remade. And EnderWiggin, I believe they are already making a Clash remake with Sam Worthington, somebody feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

You're not wrong. I'm sure EnderWigging is referring to Louis Leterrier's upcoming remake of Clash of the Titans.

I still wonder if normal CG can replace the classic effect of Ray's stop-motion sequences. For older audiences, they may get a bit peeved at the differences. Young audiences will of course know nothing about the classic effects. Or care.