_,,,^..^,,,_ said:

I've done a fast test with ColourLikeRGB, making the histograms every 1000 frames (last time I used it on YV12, I made every one frame).

Well, I don't know if it's because I wrote the histograms every 1000 frames, or if I've done something wrong with the script, or with my PC... but here you are the result - not really different from the ColourLike I've used until now:

This shows off the particulars of the DVD's color, and what is presumably the 35mm/method of shooting. The BD opts for contrast boosts and slathering everything in that fake green. This color correction fixes this but results in an image that is rather flat. The DVD has a uniform greenish-yellow cast to all the in-Matrix skintones, and a unique look to everything else in and out of the Matrix. This is lost on the SEDVD/BD and isn't visible in the attempted color rendering.

I'm thinking that certain filters were used to influence the film as shot, depending on whether the scene was in and out of the Matrix--and then timed deliberately further in post to create an effect similar and IMO far more effective than the green of the sequels.

35mm cells would really help, but the VHS looks the same as well.