Advice wanted: Should I upgrade to iLife '11 on my iMac that has Aperture?

David Pogue just mentioned that iLife '11 supposedly has some kind of incredible slide show feature that turns your slides into some kind of movie trailer.
Now I don't normally do slide shows so haven't used them much in either iPhoto or Aperture. So rather than wasting all kinds of time experimenting, I figured I'd come here first for some advice.
OK, now, I have two machines: a MacBook Air with iLife '11 and an iMac with iLife '09.
The iMac (my main machine) also has Aperture 3.1 on it. In your opinion, is it worth the $50 to upgrade iLife '11 (remembering that I already have it on the MacBook Air)? Or should I just be happy using iLife '09/Aperture to generate slide shows?
And will the incredible feature Pogue is talking about make me want to use iLife '11 on my iMac so much that I will want to avoid the hassle of transferring photos to my Air every time I want to use the slide show? Does Aperture do or have something plug-ins that does something comparable to what iLife '11 does?
What do you guys think?

slide show feature that turns your slides into some kind of movie trailer.
That's in iMovie.
Personally, I don't see the point. But you have the thing on your MBA, so explore for yourself is the best advice.
Regards
TD

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