Nope you are not imagining it, that wet gate footage isn't from the Derann print, it is from a Cineavision print that has more sprocket damage. I was just testing the wetgate as the Cineavision print had more scratches so made a better test.
That print also has more 'baked in' weave, so it would require stabilisation in post.
Derann didn't do empire, this is a print from a German Lab, so it has German audio and the German Crawl, but the print looks gorgeous.