I think this remake looks terrible, too. But the "core" of Freddy didn't start out making jokes. He got bastardized into that role with each sequel being more silly than the last, finally culminating on the ridiculous "Freddy's Dead"....
..."Now I'm playing with POWER!...Nice Graphics!"
While I find something to enjoy about all of the "middle movies", the last really "good" one was part 3 (if we discount New Nightmare, which is kind of it's own thing). After that, they just turned into comedies and I would have rather they didn't keep going down that road. The remake looks like they are essentially doing it almost shot-for-shot of the first movie when Freddy was still scary. And that being the case, there would be no joking around. So while I hate the idea of remakes that take all the famous scenes from the original, they aren't wrong in leaving the comedy out if that is the movie they are remaking.