Every successful remake/adaptation/etc. I’ve seen has a weirdly specific take on the source material. Which is a risk, sure, but are any of these franchises putting butts in the seat on name recognition alone anymore? Mass markets may not be sophisticated, but no one wants to be bored.

Yeah. The thing is that fans in aggregate will never ask for specificity. They don't know what's good until after they've digested it, sometimes only years after.