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Elladan and Elrohir · 09-13-2005, 09:52 PM

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.

09-13-2005, 09:52 PM	#9
Elladan and Elrohir Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Halls of Mandos Posts: 332	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. __________________ "If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door." THE HOBBIT - IT'S COMING