2001: A Space Odyssey useless beginning?

[theNothingComes]

It is threads like this which are posted by what I'm assuming is a younger op that opens my eyes to the fact not all film collectors appreciate the fact that films like 2001 are trying to be kept intact and distributed on blu-ray in it's original theatrical presentation. During the first viewing of my blu-ray of this Kubrik master piece you could not have been able to remove the smile off my face as the Overture began and I sat in my recliner remembering the experience of seeing this film at the Indian Hills Cinema in Omaha, Neb. (back in the day). And that's exactly what is was - an experience!

I can just imagine the outcry (and I would be one of those films buffs screaming the loudest) if you removed the opening title crawl at the beginning of the original Star Wars! In the same way removing the overture from 2001 would be giving you an incomplete experience of what Kubrik intended.

As has been stated in this thread - how many of our young film fans are neglecting such a wonderful rich history of great films because they are filmed in black/white, have no desire to understand the events of the time of the films creation, or in this case inclusion of overtures and or intermission music.