I would dearly love to have copies of the 5.1 mixes from 1997. I've been playing around with the idea of synching them to the GOUT to be able to take advantage of the discrete channels and stereo surrounds for the original version of the movie. Obviously they would have to be combined with upmixes of the 1993 tracks for places where the edit of the film has changed (or if there are any particularly egregious changes to the sound). There are a few places where the 93 versions had bass that the SE's seem to lack, so I'd like to get those in there too. I'm not sure if it will be possible to get good results, or even if my editing skill is up to the task, but I'd like to try it at least.

I've never understood why studios feel the need to alter their 5.1 mixes for home use. I heard somewhere that high frequencies are emphasised in theatres to achieve ideal playback in a large space, so I can see why a bit of EQ might be justified for a smaller listening environment, but I have no idea why anything else should ever be changed. Case in point--I was comparing the GoldenEye special edition dvd with the later ultimate edition, and I noticed that in the later version, the LFE track is consistently several decibels lower. This kind of thing annoys me a lot. If they're worried about downmixing to stereo, why don't they just do a 2-channel version and make that the primary audio track? That way folks watching on less-than-ideal setups can have a format optimised for them, and without having dynamic range compression automatically turned on. Compromising 5.1 mixes for the sake of being put through tv speakers makes no sense.