Remakes are cheaper, safer and easier than thinking of something new. The trend has been going on for a while now.
Remakes are all fine and good if they take what the original was about and leave that part alone.
Think of the Fugutive - Harrison Ford's Kimbal honored the late David Jannsen's. They didn't screw around with what made the story great.
Unlike a certain science fiction icon I can think of....
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