Raw Color Treatment

Hello everyone,
I've recently notice a real bad problem with color saturation in Aperture, or in the OS X 10.8.2 in general when it comes to raw files. But in Aperture, I can notice that "something" happens that destroys the picture.
Here is a movie to show exactly what I mean. I take a raw file, import it into Aperture, and for a few moments you can see the picture as it really is, before the god of ugly saturation jumps in and messes up everything:
http://cl.ly/1u2c36302d0K
So, does anyone know how to fix that? The colors as I see them in real life are like the ones that show up BEFORE whatever is happening happens.
Any help is appreciated, ty.
OS X: 10.8.2
Aperture: 3.4.2
Digital Camera Raw: 4.01
Pictures taken with a Canon 20d

Hi Kirby, thanks for your reply. Answering your points directly:
- what are your RAW Fine Tuning settings? Are they the default for your camera?
Apple Camera Default. I never changed this, and this file has not yet received any processing.
- make sure you are not soft-proofing
Check that, nope.
- are you adding any adjustments at import?
Nope, no adjustments at all.
- are you using any in-camera processing?
It is a RAW file, shot at RAW only, no +JPG, and no, no in-camera processing.
- what happens if you change "Aperture➞Preferences➞Import➞Post-Import processing" to "Standard"?
"Camera" - Using View -> Browser, the thumbnails are good until I double click so it loads the "Aperture Preview"
"Standarnd" - Using View -> Browser, the thumbnails are good for a split second and then automatically loads the "Aperture Preview" image
In the end, both produce the same result.
- what do the files look like in Preview? Look at the digital-camera file.
Files in my camera look exactly as they look in the video before the RAW treatment kicks in. In Preview, files look exactly as they look in Aperture.
When I linked the RPP results, the idea was to say: "whenever I use Preview, iPhoto or Aperture, or any other program that uses OS X Camera RAW engine, like Pixelmator, all files look the same, and they are all bad."
I'll try to find other programs other than RPP that has its own engine for raw processing and post new results.

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