A lot of us on these forums *are* too old and/or too stuck in our ways. And many of these products are simply not aimed at us...and guess what? We are but a tiny proportion of those using film today.
As for this new ORWO film, it is not yet clear exactly what they're going to offer to cine film users and still camera users. They're stating that the colour neg film will be available in 8mm, 16mm, 35mm and 65mm. That's a lot of formats from something used mostly by amateurs and students to full on professional movies. I can't see the latter being C41 under any circumstances. However, those of us with Lomo tanks for 8mm and 16mm could conceivably process in C41 if we chose.
The sample shots on the ORWO website...which are getting better....it's stated they were processed in C41. Not modified C41, not removing remjet then performing C41 process...but C41. Which is interesting. If ORWO and their partners have the ability to produce a two versions of the same film, one C41 and one ECN-2 (ie one without the remjet, I guess) that's quite useful.
Will it be better than Kodak? Probably not. But I am not going to pooh-pooh something that looks promising. Supply of Kodak colour film is sporadic. It doesn't have to be better than Kodak if there's no Kodak film around. But it does have to be sufficiently good for most people's needs. It is looking better judging by the sample images. Looks viable now. But I am still curious as to what it is, what exactly will be made available across various formats.
I'm interested for sure in something in 8mm camera spools that is cheaper than the current colour negative offerings (typically £50 per spool). As long as I can get a lab to process it, or....interestingly perhaps, I could potentially do C41 myself. I'm potentially interested in 135 colour negative film that can be processed by a C41 mini lab, especially given that Kodak and Fuji availability is sporadic. Though it would have to be a comparable price. Not necessarily cheaper or even the same...but comparable.