Weekly discussion: the original vs the remake on a tight budget [v4]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, mods please remove if it is not. Been thinking about this for a while and curious what the community thinks.

For context, I am working with a pretty modest budget so high-end suggestions probably will not land. For context, I am working with a pretty modest budget so high-end suggestions probably will not land. The trade-offs here are not obvious to me and I keep flip-flopping.

Posting this here because the relevant subreddit has gotten too noisy lately. Long-time lurker, first-time poster.