I mean, non-sarcastically, lots of people are excited about it, including me.

They're a dime a dozen in junkyards. They all have high flowing aluminum heads, and coil per cylinder ignition. The pushrod design keeps the engine compact. Aluminum blocks are light, not much heavier than cast iron I4/V6 long blocks. All LSes have six bolt mains. The stock bottom end on every LS engine will survive four digit HP. Gen V LT series engines come with direct injection.