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Originally Posted by Elladan and Elrohir
Lord of the Rings will never be remade, but not for the same reason Star Wars will never be remade.
In my opinion, the only reason Star Wars will never be remade is because of Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford. Those three actors embodied their roles and helped to immortalize Lucas' galaxy. Yes, there is the matter that the movies are awesome, especially for their time, but to me, that's secondary.
Lord of the Rings will never be remade because there's no point. What's going to impress you in a remake? They've already got ten thousand Uruk-Hai attacking Helm's Deep, they've already got the camera following Leggy's arrow right into an Orc's forehead, and they've already got the epic Pelennor Fields. What can really be improved? Sure, I know technology twenty years from now may make LOTR seem to us like the old Star Wars now do, but I don't see how it can be improved upon much.
Like it or not, Peter Jackson has made the definitive Lord of the Rings, for film.
My $0.02.
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Like Alatar said, every few decades, a classic film is remade. They just remade the Karate Kid for some reason. They'll probably want to remake the Rocky movies in thirty years with a younger actor that people will be fawning over at that time. They'll probably remake any major franchise that can be squeezed for a few more pennies. It's that simple.
PJ's film is not perfection, so someone will try to make it better in thirty years from now. Film studios will do anything if it turns a nice profit. The new films will probably be as far beyond Jacksons' films as Jackson was beyond the lame Bakshi film.
Star Wars won't be remade. No, Lucas will keep splicing out the footage of Harrison Ford and the others and putting them over newer and grander CG backgrounds. He's already done it a few times, and he'll do it a few more, taking on extra scenes in the process. Just wait till the Star Wars movies are ready for 3D.