Yes, the O.T. should have been treated better. Lots of films deserve restoration that don't get it. The older the film, the more I can accept less than visual perfection. Perhaps when watching these DVDs, it's more conducive to your film enjoyment to focus less on what didn't happen (yet), and more on the age of the films (ancient) and their relative visual quality to every previous home release (improved).
But my admiration for the poetry of the O.P. remains.
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