For those interested, these do indeed look different than the HDTV showings. I think I'll take a leaf out of captainsolo's book and do comparisons. I've gotten Bond fever as of late and got a chance to rewatch the HDTV versions. Based on screen caps, here are my comparison thoughts:

BD vs HDTV

YOLT: BD looks far better. The HDTV has the desaturated color of the UE DVD. BD

OHMSS: The color timing's dead on but the contrast blow-out is ridiculous. Keep in mind though that the HDTV version is undercontrasted and has only partial fixed color timing (too much blue still). If I had to choose, I'd go with the HDTV. That detail blow out on the BD's absurd. HDTV.

DAF: The color timing of DAF seems slightly better/tweaked on the BD, but the contrast isn't as blown on the HDTV. HDTV

TSWLM: As captainsolo said, they did a good job with this title. It looks brilliant on the BD. There was still some EE left on the HDTV and dull color timing. BD

OP, AVTAK, TLD and TND: Look the same as HDTVs. BDs for better encoding. BD

GE: WTF? I have to say the HDTV master looks better. There's digital noise in the HDTV, but there's also a level of grain/detail. Bad news is that it's cropped heavily like the UE DVD

The BD looks like the (probably only 1080i) 1999 SE DVD master DVNR'ed to death; here's a comparison of the BD with and without DVNR, even without, there isn't much detail. In other words, MGM did the cheapest thing possible to remedy the cropping situation: go back to an older master than the UE DVD and DVNR it. So much for making it a new one. HDTV.