Some screencaps there (text in German, though). It´s quite hard to "ignore" the Japanese/Asian-version ("Vol.1", I mean), since those screencaps alone tells plenty about that version (IMO: It kicks ass! ;) ).
I would like to have a proper link/interview from QT about this, since this particular quote (from the reviewer) doesn´t have any proper links... Sure, his comments could be 100% the "truth" etc, but since there are no links... But yes (and again), we would need BOTH versions of these...
Not sure.. Perhaps there are some old interviews (QT likes to talk!), but not sure where to find them. I remember QT saying, that color was partly added, since he wanted to give something "special" to the Asian-markets (they don´t mind the wild stuff down there). I mean e.g. "Kung Fu Hustle...
Do you have a proper link/quote etc about that? I don´t claim, that it was 100% "because MPAA" or something (I´m sure that in some ways QT "approved" this alternate version), but I have my doubts that QT would actually prefer this sequence in b&w (at least after seeing it in color myself)...
I can live with the "US versions" of these films, but I probably at least wait for the reports of the Asian BD-releases (Japan, Hong Kong..). They just might include these alternate versions in 1080p (just like with SD DVDs). Not sure when they´re coming, though.