I realized something critical last night. I (and many others who have argued the same point) have been wrong in assuming the other language tracks are "correct" when compared to the surround mix. Don't get me wrong, they are, but they also aren't mixed in 5.1. The English 2.0 sounds as good as the French or Spanish when run through pro-logic. The music isn't reversed in any of these mixes because the entire mix on these tracks are all just left-right mixes. Unless my understanding is all wrong, the Pro-logic creates its own surround field and naturally isn't going to throw the left channel sounds into the right rear. The 5.1 mix is logically the only audio track that could be screwed up in the rear channels.

Thus, there has been a hole in my argument up to this point so I'll stop arguing the notion that the foreign language tracks were mixed correctly vs the english track. Though I did say when the discs came out that listening to the 2.0 mix was a much more pleasant experience and should be done by all who don't have a 5.1 mix at home. There is a MASSIVE user problem of people trying to listen to 5.1 through their stereo connections. Chalk this up to poor menu design. As aging webmaster, I've come to rely heavily on user-centered design, and I'm finding very few DVD menus that put the user's mentality into their design. The mixes should simply say "For surround systems" or "for stereo systems" because those without surround systems won't know the difference between Dolby Enhanced Mix and Dolby Stereo or whatever crazy verbiage is used.