 Writer Joe Eszterhas (qv) and producer Irwin Winkler (qv) walked  off the picture after failing to reach agreement with Verhoeven over  how the film should be tackled. Verhoeven promptly hired  _Total Recall (1990)_ (qv) writer Gary Goldman (III) (qv) to come  up with some new scenes, most of which beefed up  Michael Douglas (I) (qv)s character and made him less wimpy.  These changes were largely made at the behest of  Michael Douglas (I) (qv). It was during this stage that Verhoeven  realized his changes werent going to work so he had to publicly  make up with Eszterhas. Problems reoccurred later when Eszterhas  wanted to make more changes to appease the gay and lesbian  communities. Verhoeven point blank refused to incorporate these  changes.