Yes, agree and thanks for the suggestion. I actually didn't notice the poor black level until I posted them. The last pic came out looking worst of the bunch with this setting, the fading probably differ from reel to reel, so that is something that ultimately needs to be dealt with for a color correction on the whole film.

Her shirt should actually be yellow compared to the many white shirts in the film, you can see that the yellows take a little hit with this setting elsewhere or they aren't simply there any longer. The wall behind THX and the holo when chased, should also be more of a deep blue. Other than that it's close considering what we work with and only beeing one setting. Your practical research did wonders on the lost scene and that's what's most important to me, very impressive results. :)

Btw, do you have a link to that review you quoted, I'm curious to read it.