Yeah, I actually re-watched it earlier today and it hit me once I saw The Man Behind The Mask. I'll have to get ahold of that silent version sometime, looks cool!

Watching the documentary again, I realize now that the situation with the original negative is actually explained pretty thoroughly, although the whole OOT on video thing still might not be clear to the layman. From what's presented in the movie, the uninformed person might go "I don't get it, they released the original version on dvd. What's everyone complaining about?"