For Total Recall, the point was that the state of the film was ambiguious. Were the events on screen the memories bought and paid for, or was it a real spy thriller.

The remake answeres that question and ruins the entire premice of the film. This is a key example on why these Hollywoo "remakes" are widely panned, they usually miss the point of the origional art and audiences are dumber for it.

a vastly inferior film to Judge Dredd (1995)

Now that is a SPICY take, and I applaud your bravery.

I mean the nostalgia runs deep for the 1995 one cause I was a child, but I highly recommend posting this on unpopular opinion.

I'll give you this, the old one felt more comic bookish. But if they do go back to the campy, please give me some dark judges!

I don't remember watching either of these two movies so I have no skin in the game, but I love it when someone is this passionate about a controversial opinion like this.

I don’t know if I’d go as far as to call it copaganda, but it’s definitely true that it downplayed the anti-fascist satire of the original source material