Thanks, I will!
But I think that the time has come to move to a different thread. My goal was to find global settings that fix many of the problems of the film, and these have been found. It's a seven page word document right now, so I can post that here or send it to whoever is interested, just say the word.
Today saw a big test: applying these settings to the Blu-ray. The source is the 1080p disc, in all its glory. I'll let the results speak for themselves:
Fine detail:
Now the scene-by-scene (and shot by shot) correction can begin. Who knows when it will end?