Why is so important a remake of Final Fantasy VII?

[Galaki]

Barozi said:

Because *gulp* I never played it longer than 15 minutes and I'd like to play a visually appealing remake

Same for me, I gave it a few tries but couldn't get into it. I skipped the entire blocky "3D" graphics. 2D 8bit is okay but I couldn't stand blocky 3D.