I agree that a print taken from the master should be better than a laserdisc rip. Its just that some of the worst DVDs were hastly done laserdisc rips. It wasn't a good thing to hear when they refer to the O-OT release as a "bonus feature" for yet another packaging of the 2004 DVD's. And after the lousy job done on the 2004 DVDs, I for one am a bit worred that it will be another mess-up. But the good news is that if they don't do another Lowry-style remastering, and screw up the colors, yes, I think it will be better than what we have. Even if they just do a rip from the Definitive Edition/Faces master, it should be better than any of our current laserdisc transfers that we currently have. I just wonder if they couldn't of done better, given what we are talking about here. But also, they have already changed the statement on the website. I really hope that means they are going to treat this better than it first sounded like they were.
But it seems like this thread has decended into too much hostility. Lighten up people. Its not that big of a deal. I mean, what is the worst that can happen? Its not any better than what we already have? So what? Keep the fan-made transfers, or watch the laserdiscs. If it is better, good. We'll all be happy. Even if they don't have the alternate audio tracks, I'm sure it will be a matter of time before someone rips the offical DVDs, and put the Mono Track on it, or maybe even the PCM audio from the laserdisc/Cowclops set. Any way we go, we still win in the end.