Fantastic work all. What the flip is up with the light change???

Here's my two cents:

Remember the DVD was a Lowry job, so it may not be fully accurate. It does seem to match the LD overall and not be a "new scan cleanup" like they always advertised and then proceeded to remove all grain.

On the big screen in 35mm the new restoration was FAR too overexposed 100% of the time and the level in brightness really contrasted with the boosted and re-timed color. It didn't sit right with me at all.

I agree that the BD likely uses the same base scan as the WOWOW with further tinkering done by both those involved and Spielberg's own admitted tweaking to the opening. (not even getting into Ben Burtt completely redoing the sound mix.)

My overall thought? The film was shot fast and dirty, without a light meter and is likely going to be a bit on the brighter side especially in the exteriors. The scan reflects this, the BD overemphasizes this, and it appears that this was tamed for VHS/LD in the days of early video and maintained by Lowry for the DVD as it was deemed more correct in terms of video of the era. (They did this all the time. Just go back to their atrocious North by Northwest DVD)

Of course, we've seen trailers in various states of color and brightness and have no idea if they, 16mm, BD, WOWOW, 8mm or anything else available is correct.

I do believe that all three have this odd dark /bright exposure dynamic as cells from TOD are different from video and LC looked this way when on ebay a few years back.