Nobody is disputing that 04 onwards is worse than the 97
Pretty sure anyone who thinks that the 97 is somehow totally different from the later SEs and has more in common with the originals is just as blinded by nostalgia for those editions as they claim we are for the OUT.
I think part of it is because of all the SEs it has the fewest changes and the coloring is somewhat closer to the original.
Yes. The general look of the movie isn’t all that different. Obviously the tone and content are different, but the look isn’t.