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What is up with Stephen King remaking old shows/mini series as a much worse version?

The original Firestarter with Drew Barrymore as Charlie was very good. Not QUITE as good as the book (which was really great, especially for it's time as there were not many books about psychic powers yet back then), but it did translate the story fairly well.

Spoilers for the VERY crappy remake (just another warning)

This version totally devates from the book with an amazingly unsatisfying ending that seems like they just cut it short because they decided to stop filming it. More importantly NONE of the characters were even slightly as good as the original (much like The Stand sadly which had iconic characters/actors in the original mini-series and blah in the new version).

Drew Barrymore was a MASSIVLY superior Charlie by far. Rainbird was far better (and the ultimate culmination of the story was the same as the book), even the Dad was better in the original.

This was a literal waste to watch that barely touched on Charlies powers at all (unlike either the book or the first movie), only slightly mentioning that maybe she could have the power of creation a nuke (not cracking the earth etc, just a nuke) and barely having her parents use their powers.

I don't get why anyone looks at the originial movie and says lets remake this and ends up with a movie like what I just saw. I have seen the original many times over the years and would have enjoyed rewatching it far more.

Ugh, so dissapointed although I'm getting used to that with steven king movies/remakes lately.

Sigh, wasn't even one redeeming factor.