First of all, what do you mean by "necessary"? No art is necessary per se. That's what makes it art, after all.
I don't think being first in line for an adaption automatically makes you more necessary than your successors, especially when considering how sound and lighting techniques really enhanced the more visceral aspects of the film.
All the Coens did was tighten the original version; cut it down and paced it for a more "contemporary" flow. Some of the sequences, like the final shootout, are basically shot for shot with the original, but the gunfire is louder and the image is crisper than you'll ever see of the original again. Jeff Bridges is a "cool" badass guy for our time, and so he's naturally going to be understood more so as one without the struggle. I think it's not surprising that these little, subtle tweaks can greatly affect how one feels about a remake, especially when it is hardly different in the scheme of remakes.
I don't think being first in line for an adaption automatically makes you more necessary than your successors, especially when considering how sound and lighting techniques really enhanced the more visceral aspects of the film.
All the Coens did was tighten the original version; cut it down and paced it for a more "contemporary" flow. Some of the sequences, like the final shootout, are basically shot for shot with the original, but the gunfire is louder and the image is crisper than you'll ever see of the original again. Jeff Bridges is a "cool" badass guy for our time, and so he's naturally going to be understood more so as one without the struggle. I think it's not surprising that these little, subtle tweaks can greatly affect how one feels about a remake, especially when it is hardly different in the scheme of remakes.
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