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I liked the first colorized version of NOTLD. (I haven't seen the new colorized version, but I am willing to give it a try.) But I consider it a "fun thing," and distinct and separate from the original version of the film.
The original film in its original B&W state is its own thing, a classic. The Milennium Edition featured a 5.1 surround "enhanced" version of the soundtrack, and normally I view these things with extreme skepticism, but the job they did was good, it added nothing new besides some deftly-incorporated stereo effects, and these were subtle with a capital S.
Colorized films don't replace the original films; they simply provide an alternate version. I'm not a black-and-white hating byotch, I just like a little variety sometimes.
What REALLY pisses me off is when the ONLY version of a film I can find has a SERIOUSLY altered soundtrack like "Return of the Living Dead Part 2." Now that shit pisses me off! The original music score was fine! Now what the heck did they go and do that for? Too cheap to renew the music license?????? The French language audio track features the original score, which is better than not hearing it at all, but.....Oh, the humanity.
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