Lowry and restoration in the same sentence is kind of funny, considering they either apply too much dvnr, or fuck colors up on almost all their DVD's. I wonder why the Indiana Jones set turned out ok.
The fact they are being involved when they are the ones who botched the star trek blu rays, means i guess i will stick with the DVD's.
If you are referring to the original films, rather than the series, Paramount only paid for Star Trek II to have a full restoration. The color timing of II is too blue, but apart from that the print looks better than it has in ages. It is Paramount's fault that the others were not fully restored.
I have seen some excellent Lowry restorations, such as the early Bond films and North by Northwest. I agree that their restorations often have a shift towards blue, but I have never seen it very heavy since Empire Strikes Back, and most of their work is excellent, in my opinion.
As to Blade Runner, mysycamore, are you comparing the archival versions to the 1997 DVD? On reflection, I can see that their colors are different from that release, so I suppose I was wrong about them having the original color timings, but I cannot see where they are worse than the Final Cut. The 2006 DVD release colors look different from the original release too.
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews24/bladerunner.htm
I like the look of the 2006 DVD actually.
As for Aliens, this is an interesting link.