Just a quick post: had the chance to checkout the new 10th anniversary Blu-Ray release of Fight Club (one of a slew of amazing films from 1999 that are on my favorites list). Transfer and sound look good - picture in particular has a lot of detail, and you can see how grainy the original film was (note this is not video noise, but rather the film grain itself).
This disc has a really cool idea for a feature - there's a section on the sound design (nice interview with Ren Klyce) that lets you change the mixing on a couple short segments of the movie. Specifically, you can change the relative mix of "real-world" and "Jack's POV" sounds, as well as the relative volume of the various 5.1 channels. The problem is that this would be a great idea on a computer where you can click a mouse in various areas to change things, but simply doesn't offer a very user-friendly experience with a standard Blu-Ray player remote - which of course is what most people will access this with. It's exciting to be in the "expansion" phase of a new media form like this one, where people are coming up with new ways to use it - but this example also highlights the fact that those developing content for new media need to be cognizant not just of what those media can do, but also of how people actually use them. In this case, while I like the idea in the abstract, I'm not sure a format accessed primarily with a DVD player remote is the right venue for it.
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