I think the whole thing is just spitting into the wind. You can extol the benefits of RF's all day, but in the contest for popularity, SLR's won. You can argue the benefits of film all day, but for all practical purposes, digital won. Good or bad, right or wrong, the future is controlled, and history is written, by the winners. 🙂
I post that after having loaded 12, 4x5 film holders for my weekend shooting. The heart doesn't ultimately care about logic.