Why?
When the CD format first came out I joked about the need to remaster Yoko Ono albums so you could hear every noise she made in perfect digital clarity. When DVD came out I joked about movies like Mannequin not really benefitting from the higher quality transfer.
I've watched some really bad movies in HD just because I like seeing films is higher quality - but even I have my limits. I watched Cherry 2000, Vibes, Robocop 2, and even 1941 in high definition. The added detail and accurate film contrast really do make these films feel more like you are seeing them at the dollar theatre where you ended up seeing them the first time. (Only this time there are no gummi bears stuck to the screen.) So in that sense it's not like when you went to see Ernest Goes to Camp on the big screen after bowling at Fame City Mall. What? Just me? OK.
Point is: I GET cheese. I understand the intersection of improved technology and poor quality films. Yet even I have my limits. Let me draw a line in the sand right here and right now. On one side of line stands me, and all right thinking decent people. On the other side of the line is Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter on Blu-Ray! There is NO REASON for this product! The film already suffers from being able to be seen on DVD. Additional pixels will not help viewers contend with the content of this film! In the unlikely event that someone who owns a Blu-Ray player wants to see this film (dude, seriously?) they can simply watch the DVD transfer. The film grain is already visible on DVD. The sound is already terrible. There is no art direction in this product.
Bah! This makes me so angry I could just garble nabfugh blarbll lhghjffjhfg!111111
I've watched some really bad movies in HD just because I like seeing films is higher quality - but even I have my limits. I watched Cherry 2000, Vibes, Robocop 2, and even 1941 in high definition. The added detail and accurate film contrast really do make these films feel more like you are seeing them at the dollar theatre where you ended up seeing them the first time. (Only this time there are no gummi bears stuck to the screen.) So in that sense it's not like when you went to see Ernest Goes to Camp on the big screen after bowling at Fame City Mall. What? Just me? OK.
Point is: I GET cheese. I understand the intersection of improved technology and poor quality films. Yet even I have my limits. Let me draw a line in the sand right here and right now. On one side of line stands me, and all right thinking decent people. On the other side of the line is Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter on Blu-Ray! There is NO REASON for this product! The film already suffers from being able to be seen on DVD. Additional pixels will not help viewers contend with the content of this film! In the unlikely event that someone who owns a Blu-Ray player wants to see this film (dude, seriously?) they can simply watch the DVD transfer. The film grain is already visible on DVD. The sound is already terrible. There is no art direction in this product.
Bah! This makes me so angry I could just garble nabfugh blarbll lhghjffjhfg!111111