Yeah the UE of GoldenEye isn't so great. Most of the others are damn nice but that one isn't. It's cropped far too much and it looks overly contrasty and oversaturated to me, although I'll admit I can more easily spot audio problems than visual ones. Add that to the compomised sound mix (and my disc being very scratched up on arrival) and I'm none too pleased with it. The earlier dvd has the correct framing and colour, and a better bass level, although the definition isn't as good as the UE due to the low video bitrate. They really need to do a new transfer, but they probably won't.
It would be awesome to have the DTS mix from the laserdisc, particularly if it is the theatrical release soundtrack. I've never owned a laserdisc player, or I'd be try to do it myself.
Earlier you mentioned a quote from Steve Hoffman about the Star Wars SE mix being inferior to the 70mm version. I found that here: http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/archive/index.php/t-141011.html Dear lord, I envy the man to be able to have seen it in 70mm just last year! I can well believe that the 6-track is superior to the SE version. If they ever do a proper transfer of Star Wars, they had damn well better put the 70mm mix on there--I could live without any other mix if I just had that! lol