Nobody is saying that, only I'm saying no one has decent enough caping software to properly compare either image.
I have good capping software. Either I can use VLC, which saves uncompressed PNG frames... or I can just open the DVD in VirtualDub and export it as a bitmap from there. (Again, without compression or changing anything)
As for the second point, the filmmakers of BatB approved. Walt can't say anything about these new transfers. They could. They said they liked it. That's why it's "OK" for this film (or Lion King or Aladdin or Pocahontas for that matter) because the directors themselves said it's OK. Any disagreeing is just meaningless fan whining.
I guess it still goes against the whole point of preserving the OTV. The original colors/whatever is what MADE it a classic... and all they're doing is changing it. It's like when they release Toy Story in 3D... it may be cool, but it's not the original. I'm fine with them making "special editions" as long as they still keep the original available.
Look at Stephen Spielberg... he seems to be very passionate about preserving his films *the way they were in theaters*. He used the same digital restoration service as George Lucas, but yet nobody's complaining about Indiana Jones. And notice how the sets of Close Encounters, E.T., etc have both the special editions and the OTV restored. He obviously gets what it means to preserve a film.
P.S, anyone got Lion King or Aladdin Laserdiscs for legitimacy?
Both. Well, DVD transfers of them, for that matter. (I don't have a laserdisc player, but one of my friends who's helping with the Unvaulted project does - and he gives me all his recorded LD material)