Tobar said:

*throws a brick with "1998" scrawled across it through the window*

I feel like you are trying to compare apples to iPhones here, simple because they share a common name.

The 1998 film is good. But this isn't a remake of that or anything even comparable. You are trying to compare a film adaption of a novel, to a film adaption of a musical, which itself was a stage adaption of a novel.

Same story, but two entirely different mediums.

I hate when people do that!

When the film 300 came out, I heard so many people comparing it to the Richard Egan film from 1962. I even heard some people calling it a remake. Ugh, it wasn't a remake and had no connection to the old film other than being based on the same events. I swear my dad still thinks it is a remake and scratches his head in extreme confusion as to why they would put such weird stuff in it, no matter how many times I try to explain to him that it is based on a graphic novel.