>i suspect the vast majority of such titles will never be pressed at BluRay, but new releases and the myriad "special edition" films will be.
I dunno. I thought the same thing about VHS and that went its own sloppy way.
Now THEN AGAIN, I would agree with you in the sense that a lot of older stuff would have to be remastered to get onto Blu-Ray properly. Case in point, the first release of Full Metal Jacket is a dog's turd on a stick. But when you see something like 2001 remastered, OMFG. I liked that movie, but the DVD experience was so-so. I bought it at the local Best Buy along with my player thinking, what the fuck, this is the last one I ever have to buy, right? I was totally blown away. I expected Blade Runner to be good. Ratouille and Cars are fantastic. Spiderman 3 can induce vertigo (try that with your DVD player!) but 2001 was just phenomenal. If you have any fondness for this film, buy a Blu-Ray player and the Blu-Ray DVD now. It is THAT good. Honestly, I don't remember it being that good on cinema. Here I have to admit that the intense brightness of an LCD screen begins to compete and even outdo film. Not surprising... See here:
http://www.filmschoolonline.com/sample_lessons/sample_lesson_HD_vs_35mm.htm
My argument for Blu-Ray is simple... All those guys with HDTVs and home theaters. WTF are they going to do now, buy a goddamn appletv and be happy forever? Not for a while. Not for a while... The local Sony Style store was really pushing the Blu-Ray. My sense is that the Best Buys and all those guys will too. If not, they are going to be slaughtered when it comes to DVD sales and such one day very soon (cuz iTunes is competitive with DVD).
