1940 classics remastered! I get it, but what about 2010 movies?

[coffeeman]

so I was thinking, I am 40 years old.

I grew up watching casablanca(a 70 year old film now), the great escape, how the west was won, shane, ben hur, the 10 commandments, the towering inferno, etc etc etc

you catch my drift. all those great movies were made before I was born.

I use to watch them late at night with my parents, when they were being played on tv, yep the old 20" crt tv which we all had, then came the vhs, beta max etc days of the 80's.. those were the classics, the films my parents watched and use to talk about those celebrities and got my hooked on film.

all the while I grew up watching star wars, Et, indiana jones, the goonies, stand by me, back to the future etc..
then we came into the 90's,
bigger tv's, big block buster films, laser discs, and DVD releases
sure , this is my time , my era. these are my movies of my day.
now as a film buff I always went back and watched the classics,
marlon brando, james dean, jimmy stewart, james cagney, sure they are all dead, but their films are classics.

they were alive while I was alive though.

I remember seeing those old actors collecting their life time achievement awards and hearing my parents talk of how famous they were.
I was waiting for the next Harrison ford or Mel gibson movie to come out my local multiplex but of course appreciated the classics.
sure I was 20, but now I am 40.
and my love for old movies has surpassed my love for newer movies.

my question is this

now , a film like ....ummmmmmmmm I don't know..
ok.. let's say something like "Double Indemnity" or perhaps 10 years even earlier "It Happened One Night"
now these films get released on BLURAY or are coming to BLURAY and we get excited,there are people who will be buying them, me for one!
because

A: well we know of Clark cable. because our parents use to go to the movies and watch his movies he was the most famous actor of his day, the 50's 60's era , he was the man! still in our life time so to speak,
B: they are classic movies.
we enjoy them because we can relate to the story because our grand parents, or we recognize props in the film as when we grew up so we can relate to the old america, or the old cars, the phones, the food in the store or how life was, we understand it because we lived it,
or we if we are of a younger generation we just appreciate the great story but can't relate to any of the props.

now, what happens 50 years from now?
50 years from now, when I am 90 years old
where does "it happened one night come in?
who will be buying that movie? casablanca? RIO BRAVO! ???

or even a film like ummmmmmmm I don't know..
let's say..die hard
yes I will remember that movie even though I will be 90+ years old.
but will someone who is 20 years old in the year 2063
know die hard?
care about die hard like we care about casablanca ?

will die hard get a new 4K.. no ummm 16K new transfer release and an upgrade to the original bluray which is out now?
will the die hard 16K release in 2060 even have buyers?
which films from our era will stand the test of time?
will casablanca? by 2060 it will be 120 years old.
we appreciate art like the mona lisa and relics, and buildings from 400 years old, so will we appreciate films?

I mean for now, film is a new medium, takies came out in the late 20's, we have grand parents still alive who remember clarlie chaplin debuting,
we have celebrities still alive now from the golden era of hollywood.
mickey rooney, kirk douglas etc.. they are here now, we know them!

so 100 years from now. where will transformers 2
the godfather, scarface, star wars, papillion and all the films from our era be?
what will they mean?
will they be just as famous then as they are now?

do you think they will still be being remastered and sold as classics?
picture it..

THE FLY...
now in remastered 24K...11.1 DTS super HD..100Gig ssd tape.

experience this classic like it was never seen before, coming soon!

or will all our films just disappear and go off to die somewhere?

I know a lot of questions, but serious.. with a new media like film, I often think what will happen to our movies and songs.