I think we should all take a break from bashing Square Enix for trying to make money, if you're not gonna enjoy the remake, ignore it. I loved VII same as I love all the FF games, if they remake it I will just play through it again to see the updated cutscenes. Can anyone who is throwing suggestions around that they would "ruin" it actually explain such a claim?
If you have played any of the other remakes you will notice they kept them very faithful. Especially if you factor in what they could have done (i.e. lets put Sephi as an optional boss in FFIII!!!!!)
SE have an excellent remake record and if you really enjoyed FFVII you would be happy to see SE bring it to a new generation with nextgen graphics. If you like the original better simply play that instead.
More especially you cannot deny there is a massive fan call for a VII remake, regardless of whether you agree it would sell like wildfire and SE marketing department know this, come on they are a company not a charity.
When we finally get info on when/if/how they will do a remake we can look for good and bad points until then we should be happy SE even bother trying to expand their gaming universes.