The cyan tint of the original is pretty bad, but monochrome and uninteresting is worse. Something in the middle would be my cup of tea.
Sounds like you would like the LUT used in Hal’s TROS edit 😃
http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparison/7DDY7NNX
Yup, that looks pretty fantastic! Excited to check out Ascendant when it’s completed.