As someone who never played a BG before 3, I have zero interest in remakes of the first two. I like Larian as a developer because they do weird and interesting and new stuff, none of which is really applicable to a remake of a quarter century old game. I also really like their writing, they absolutely nail a tone of taking their fantasy nonsense seriously while being 100% aware that it is fantasy nonsense that really works for me. I don't like Bioware's writing as a rule, I find it overly serious, and way too much a fan of its own characters, who often come off as very YA in the worst way.

I really cannot see any way that them spending two years or more remaking ancient stuff isn't just a complete waste of talent in every department. They can do better, and honestly I think the genre as a whole is better off if it keeps moving on.