TV's Frink said:

Well it sure sounds to me like your OP is misleading. I'm not even close to a expert in these matters (which is why I asked the question first) but it sounds like you just made the film look more film-ish. Recovering detail is something else entirely.

Here's a comparison between the blu-ray and my regrained The Phantom Menace release:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/66343

To my eyes, my regrained release has more detail than the blu-ray. That is just my opinion, everybody can make up their own minds, i'm not try to mislead anybody.