Quote Originally Posted by Abdula View Post
No and no. I don't like Total Recall at all and if you know the general plot of The Day The Earth Stood Still then there is absolutely no reason to watch the movie, it adds nothing. That said if you know nothing about the plot then watch the movie. The plot itself is great and I thought it was good that the movie got a modern remake but an update is all it was. It is just like when a great, old video game, gets an HD re-release.
I just watched The Abyss (in full for the first time) which I think has a similar premise as TDTESS: aliens threaten to destroy us because we hurt ourselves. It's also one of the premises of Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land. I guess we'll never learn, and aliens care too much.