I agree, with a good transfer (something the movies have never really had) and calibrated display the mattes would not be an issue at all. One of the things I like about G-force's AviSynth script is that it gives the GOUT a contrast boost--with that applied to the image I can scarcely see any mattes, and it doesn't look so washed out. With a real transfer I don't think I would find any fault with the image. I don't mind if someone wants to remove the mattes, but it would be a non-issue if the restoration and transferring had just been done properly to start with. There was never any need to remove them, but as changes go it is certainly far less egregious than CGI inserts and glaring sound effects alterations.