Jonno said:

Ok, see what you think of this:

The scan colours were a little off to begin with, so I've adjusted them by eye to match the book. Look at the warmth of the 'grey' ceiling panels - very much in keeping with the LD tones.

Very interesting. It is by no stretch a perfect match but I am shocked the skin tones (not to mention the highlights) matched as well as they do. I posted that particular pic not only because I was working on it at the time but also since Ripley has a strong red hue, almost purple. I was worried that the LD was too extreme in that instance. That pic seems to match pretty well with the skin tones on the LD.

There are two concerns that pic brings up. Like you said Jonno there is the green tint. The green pulls it back in the direction of the BD and 99 DVD so I'm not sure what I want to do with that. The second is that it is brighter then the BD or LD. Kind of more in line with the 99 DVD. I think I want to keep this regrade dark. When I adjusted for IRE changes on my capture of the LD, it matched the dark of the BD perfectly. I think Alien needs to have some dark shadows. What do you think?

I think I will abandon my regrade timed to the 99 DVD. Everyone seems to like the LD better and all of our circumstantial evidence seems to point to warmer skin tones. Hell, worse case scenario, the LD's warm timing brings out the tan colors in the set. Makes it look more "70s"

Thanks Jonno