> They remade it a few years ago, almost shot for shot

That's a pretty strange way of say "an entirely different movie".

The biggest thing: it lacked the depth of the original.

No Mars or big mysterious alien machines were quite important parts to the original for me. The remake was very meh in comparison.

Yea it was far from shot for shot.

It had a very definitive ending, and felt shallow.

The original movie and the short story are some of my favorites.

I later read an article or something about the original movie about how when Quaid begins to break the scenes use red lighting. And when the doctor comes into the room and warns that if Quaid kills him that the walls would crumble, etc. All of it happens.

The entire plot is designed by Quaid in the beginning, down to his love interest.

So the end begged the question of whether he really uncovered memories, or if he had an adverse reaction and when the doctor tried to help Quaid shot him and delved into his psychosis.

Apparently the remake had a director's cut that tried to make the ending more ambiguous, but I've never seen that version- once was enough.

Has anyone reading ever seen a movie remake that was better than the original?

John Carpenter's The Thing from 1982 is better than the original 1951 The Thing From Another World.

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