mverta said:

Well consider this: About 95% of the Special Edition is the original film. We've all spent seasons "patching" restorations with varying materials. It's a helluva lot easier to patch 5% than to do the whole thing end-to-end, take it from me. The issue with patching the Lowry restoration is that its such a disaster it's like having to do the whole thing anyway. So if they get the look right, if they get the tone right, if they get all the little details right, we'd be a long way towards Nirvana. The only thing I know is that even with the negative, the film needs a giant heaping fuckload of work.

Yes, if their restoration looks good. As you mentioned the Lowry restoration isn't great, it all depends on how the restoration looks.

On another note, I'd like it if they'd start putting 4k releases on "disc 2" of BD releases, that would actually encourage me to add more BDs to my library (which already has quite a few). Of course they won't, but it's not a bad idea to give your customers the best product you can!