captainsolo said:

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.)

Indeed, why would they fix the light of all things but then go back and include the original matte shot of the plane (when the digitally tweaked shot does look better and isn't really noticeable)?

I agree that the restoration/blu-ray looks worse when projected. On a computer and smaller TV the flaws are not as noticeable. I have a 110" screen so it looks pretty bad, especially the overexposed shots. I really noticed it during the IMAX screening. My non movie obsessed friend commented on how orange it looked.

On the same note, the Wowow looks better projected than on a computer screen. It has more depth than the blu-ray, which isn't as evident when viewed on a computer. The wowow projected is a nice experience. I recently showed it to some friends who had never seen Raiders on a big screen and they were impressed.

What did Spielberg tweak in the opening? The boulder shots?