Revivals usually include members of the original cast, which helps the audience feel like the new project has their blessing and active support.
Right now, it does not seem like the High Fidelity TV remake can count John Cusack as such an endorser.
There is something that makes a revival far more innocent in its approach to nostalgic properties, though.
Whether it is a remake, reboot, or revival, they all share one thing in common: all of them begin with the prefix “re-,” so they are all following in the shadow of something that came before them.