Fans are upset because that means the original versions will not be given an upgrade to account for the improvements in widescreen technology over the past 15 years, and there will be no digital restoration of the prints, said both Bill Hunt, editor of TheDigitalBits.com and Ron Epstein, who runs HomeTheaterForum.com.
This is a source of annoyance for me personally - blending together the wish for an anamorphic transfer with "digital restoration". I don't think I'm alone in thinking it's not worth taking a chance on LFL restoring without making things worse i.e. artifacts from digital filtering applied to the entire film.
and regarding digital clean-up, isn't just a bit sad & bizarre that people don't question for a moment that the X0 project will simply "do it right", where on the other hand it seems more likely than not that LFL would screw things up somehow with a restoration?
The more I think about it, the more I think it should be made clear that the fans are upset about the lack of anamorphic format. Leave the delicate restoration part to people that care about the originals. Better safe than sorry.