Not a new idea. This was also done in ‘Motherland: Fort Salem’ although more from an occult than a sci fi perspective.
Black Mirror: “Be Right Back" also did sci fi reanimating the dead
Oh, and ‘Source Code’ 2011:
U.S. Army Captain Colter Stevens… …is sent into an eight-minute digital recreation of a real-life train explosion, tasked with determining the identity of the terrorist who bombed it
Not a new idea. This was also done in ‘Motherland: Fort Salem’ although more from an occult than a sci fi perspective.
Black Mirror: “Be Right Back" also did sci fi reanimating the dead
Oh, and ‘Source Code’ 2011:
What is the point of your comment? Does an old idea not have any reason to made anew?
Dude, there’s a tons of material with similar idea, going back to start of sci fi genre.