HaLeiVi: I’m not sure what you mean by “the researchers”. I found these Rashis, they seemed confusing, so I kept an eye out for similar things over the years. I’m not saying Rashi went nearly as far as R’ Moshe Taku in saying that HKBH could have an actual physical body if He wanted/needed to. I think Rashi thinks that He has a perceptible form, whether or not that form has any practical application.
What do you mean by us presently not giving such things a second thought (in reference to Shiur Komah)? Do you mean we learn it or we don’t?
Who knows? Maybe if Rashi had seen the Zohar he would have explained these Gemaros differently? I don’t know. But the fact is that Rashi says what he says.