Anyone else the original vs the remake on a tight budget [v4]

Been thinking about this for a while and curious what the community thinks. There is a lot of conflicting advice online and most of it is from 2019. Not sure if this is the right place to ask, mods please remove if it is not.

I tried three different approaches and none of them felt quite right. Not sure if this is the right place to ask, mods please remove if it is not.