msycamore said:

The approach was just me playing around with colormill in VirtualDub ...

It's very hard to twiddle dials and eye-ball it. Every adjustment affects everything else, and the mind's eye further interferes with the perception of the results. We need something more definitive ... like a fade-fingerprint™ of a film's present state of deterioration to calculate a counter-fade self-correction. But until then ... cheat! :)

msycamore said:

Also, if you Spaced Ranger or anyone else is willing to give the 16mm footage a shot with your methods, let me know ...

Sure! That'd be cool! (PM me with details.)

SilverWook said:

Never knew there were any widescreeen showings on cable. I can't recall even seeing it on TCM before the DE came along. Same damn video master...

This particular TNT fullscreen was cablecast 1995 and the Bravo widescreen one was cablecast 1997.

@msycamore - BTW, have you posted a raw video clip of this last-posted SEN scene?