2001: A Space Odyssey useless beginning?

[camper]

Originally Posted by theNothingComes

Basically what I see you saying is what I personally see as the difference between a person who buys films and a person who is a film collector.

Probably, yeah. But even a film collector can still be entranced with something that is pure bubble gum an pop-rocks (like Hannah Montana...I guess) and buying certain films to watch and enjoy vs buying certain films to watch and appreciate.

Then there are those that can't wait for the original 1933 King Kong to be released on blu right along with Peter Jackson's version. I appreciate both and entertained by both.

See, I would want Jackson's Kong on Blu before I would want the original because the remake is to be viewed on Blu wheras the original doesn't need that treatment. I think it benefits from that 'haze' that standard DVD gives. Yes, I want the film to be restored to be as much like the original as possible, but the blu treatment would be too sharp and clean, IMHO.

There are those who will be enthralled with 2001 and MANY who will hate it. So be it. It is a part of our film heritage and I appreciate the fact they have put it on blu-ray in it's entirety for us to see and argue over.

The debate over 2001 being great or greatly overrated has been raging since it's release, so why stop now Still, I would rather argue over it in it's intented glory (on blu) than on VHS, Beta, or DVD.

~Camper