While Disney's commitment to HD bonuses has been commendable, I can tell you now you won't get a better edition of Lilo and Stitch if they refilm the documentary in HD (assuming its not already HD friendly). I say this because the whole 2+ hours is a candid, filmed at the time, open and intimate video diary of the production and release. It's just not possible to capture that again. The documentary is actually longer if you take in all the branching side-steps too - it comes to about 3 and a half hours if I remember correctly. YES, a 3 and a half hour documentary, consisting of a 2+ hour intimate video diary, which so far has had zero publicity from Disney Home Entertainment.goofystitch wrote:I don't think it's that easy to just stick the same content from DVD on a Blu-Ray and maintain the level of quality that Disney gives us with their Blu-Ray releases. Yes, the original source of the film for Lilo & Stitch could be taken and placed in HD without much of a problem. However, Disney is committed to providing HD bonus features and when the original 2-disc set was made, I doubt the bonuses were filmed in HD with that technology in mind. So the compromise would be either a single disc release with the HD film and standard definition bonus features or a 2-disc set with the first disc being a Blu-Ray disc and the second disc being a DVD with all the bonus features on it, which some studios have done for their Blu-Ray releases. Personally, I'd rather wait and get the best HD edition possible.
It's true that some of the side-steps, deleted scenes, music videos and new content could be in HD, but the guts of the second disc simply cannot be replaced.
It's like a revelation after 6 years!