I remember something my film professor demonstrated numerous times. In our media lab, we had a white square on the wall to show videos. Well, he would always stress that well shot (and well lit) video would show detail that it would look so natural you could just walk right into the frame. And then he would pretend to bang into the wall. Obviously, it's nearly impossible (even with the best film cameras) to totally create a 3-d image but there are definitely certain things that work better than others. I think film grain helps a movie look more 3-D. It isn't very noticeable on close up images but stuff in the background will be less clear because of grain. And that's a good thing! You don't want your movie to look like it was shot on auto-focus.

I'm glad Ridley Scott released all the versions of his movies on dvd but Blade Runner and Legend both look to have a significantly different color timing on the dvd than previous versions. The same site with the Bond comparisons I linked to on page 1 has a similar comparison for Blade Runner. It appears to have a blue tint added in some sequences for the original version. (The final cut appears murky green) Watching the dvd's, they look too clean (as in having that soapy shiny look). However, the deleted scenes and clips from the documentary do not have this added to them.

I saw a Pan & Scan US version of Legend on Encore a year ago. It's probably the same master that was used for the VHS tape. The picture looked a lot warmer and without a blue tint that is on both the Director's cut and US version of the dvds.