hairy_hen said:

The SE mix, better than the 70mm? Don't make me laugh. The '97 mix is very dynamically shrunken compared to the 70mm version, and often sounds tinny and weak in general. It's not nearly as bad as the 2004 version, of course, because it's still recognisable, but it's really not that good a lot of the time.

Steve Hoffman, who got to see a good condition 70mm print a few years ago, agrees with me. http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/archive/index.php/t-141011.html

Man! That is what I want!! Not a 16mm transfer. And by my saying I don't care about dirt on the film, I mean I would rather watch the higher resolution version with defects than some processed copy of a copy. I am guessing that nobody yet has done a transfer of 70mm? What about the 35mm? Is the 16mm the only version that has been transfered?