The idea that memories could be implanted or altered doesn't seem to be a complete impossibility. The human brain is a very complex organ but given time I think that we as a species could figure out exactly where these memories are held and how to manipulate that region. The implications of such manipulation would be staggering. If a human being commits a murder and has his or her memories altered to forget a murder was ever committed then how would a jury be able to convict them. If an insanity plea can release a human being from a murder charge than why wouldn't a temporary lapse of memory hold up in court? Entire heads of companies could have their memories altered in the case of embezzlement so that no new information could be found out from bringing them into custody.
I pretty much feel the same way bout every movie Arnold Schwarzenegger is cast for. I think Arnold is the worst actor on planet earth but his acting is so bad that it's good. He has the personality of fly paper but somehow it comes off so funny that the movie is entertaining. He makes all the other actors in the movie look like they deserve acadamy awards. You'll have a scene like the one where the doctor guy is in his hotel room and he'll have all this emotion trying to convince Arnold to leave the simulation and the only emotion that Arnold can muster is "I will shoot you now." Say it in the Arnold voice it will sound funnier that way.
Anytime you adapt something that is initially 20 pages or so and turn it into a two hour long movie you're going to have to add content. So that means a lot more chases involving ironside trying to kill you and everyone who's unlucky enough to be riding an escalator at the time. I think in all they adapted the short story to the movie pretty well. There is the time difference from when it was written to when it was produced into a movie but I think we can all agree that if it was made into a movie during the sixties it would be just as cheesy as it was in the eighties.
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