Everybody is welcome to their opinion. Just because you and DrDre agree on something doesn’t make it fact.
I can see the difference between the original 35mm image and the colour matched shot, the fact that you and DrDre cannot tells me that either your monitor is not as sensitive to differences in colour/image dynamics as mine or you simply don’t have the experience I do colour grading. I have created over 200 releases and with each release I have learnt something new. That experience adds up and gives you insight that others less experienced may not have. There is a big difference between analysing single frames out of context and actually regrading a whole film so it looks good the whole way through.
When you remove a blanket tint of course shot by shot colour inconsistencies will increase, because the blanket tints were added in part to hide said inconsistencies, but targeting single frames you don’t like because they are not completely colour balanced and arguing the whole release needs to be redone is silly, a whole film is never going to have every shot completely colour balanced so the sky always has the same colour in every shot, consecutive shots are often shot at different times with different lighting conditions and therefore sunlight and skies changing colours between consecutive shots. That is just a logistical reality to shooting a film. That is why it is more important to regrade films by watching said film in motion, rather than regrading from screencaps, that way you can see the bigger picture and get a much better idea of colours and especially the image dynamics in motion.
Like I said to DrDre, watch the actual release in motion rather than judging from single frames and perhaps your opinion may change. I am very happy with how this release looks in motion and I have no plans to change it in the near future. If you or DrDre want to discuss further with me how Raiders of the Lost Ark looks best, create your own releases and then we can compare how each of our releases looks in motion and have a very interesting discussion.
I do agree that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but on several points you are finding fault where there is none. DrDre’s matching of the BR to the 35 mm did produce very tiny differences. But when I examined it in detail, the eyes turned out lighter and more blue - the very direction you say it needs to go. Eyes are a very subjective thing. Human vision is not driven by exact colors, but by perceived colors. Your brain can falsely identify two different colors as the same and two identical colors as different depending on how they are viewed. Going back to the pixel RBG data is the most reliable for determining if you have overdone a color correction. I have been correcting photos for more than 20 years and it is so easy to take a correction too far. Neither DrDre or myself is saying that the original isn’t too yellow, but we are both saying that how you removed the yellow did not work… not in this case. The results are not up to your normal standards. I’ve seen your work and on this occasion, there has just been something off. Believe it or not, we are trying to help you. I do tend you lean too far toward blues, but this is the first time that I have felt it went too far. The walls of the buildings was the shot that jumped out at me the most. The pink of the walls does not look natural. The warmth of the blu-ray would be preferable. Whatever you did to remove the blanket yellow damaged the highlights. Perhaps it is because it was applied differently that other projects you have worked on. The damage may be there from the addition of the yellow and taking it out reveals it. Rather than leave it damaged, tweaking the yellow removal process would produce much more appealing results.