You can flick through a hundred digital channels and find bugger all on, maybe a re-run of Catchphrase where the new, imposter presenter breaks his foot and just momentarily has his perma-smirk wiped from his idiot face.
But then just occasionally you come across some real retro gold. Like last night when a casual flick brought us face-to-face with a young Sharon Stone making ITV4 worth its digital bandwidth.
The film was Total Recall; it’s pure brilliance for these three reasons:
- It’s a sci-fi classic: violent, disturbing; exploring how destructive paranoia can be and questioning the very fabric of our reality and self image.
- It has a woman with three tits in it.
- Sharon Stone is VERY, VERY fit. Especially in the scene where she tries to kick Arnie’s arse.
The 1990 masterpiece (yep, masterpiece, you heard us) is getting a remake this year swapping Colin Farrell for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Stone being replaced by the lovely Kate Beckinsale.
It looks reassuringly good but, and it's a big butt, it won’t have Sharon Stone in it wearing Lycra, which is definitely a loss in our perverted retro boner books.
Readers: Total Recall a movie classic or mindless rubbish? Tell us below, why don’t you.