This is why I like DVD so much still to this day.
Nothing had to be re-created as you say. I don’t think anyone really budgeted for having to re-do every films color.
It was a severe under sight and as we continue to Ram higher Resolutions HDR HFR what ever other different methods.
As you say nobody gives a monkey’s what anything used to look like.
Perhaps people should start de-facing Leonardo Da-vinci paintings in Museums like coloring books or dot to dot 😃
This should be treated like Food Standards at the end of the day.
Blu-rays and 4K have no proper consumer Standards nor do they have to advertise themselves as cheap fakes. “This film has been modified from it’s original theatrical presentation”
Another one should Definitely be “This film no longer contains the original theatrical Audio it was presented with”
But on the flip side of this is that… Who ever said that a home video release was meant to be the same as going to the cinema? So in that aspect they can do what they want really and they don’t feel guilty about not representing the work of art in Home Video / Streaming and so on. Thus we don’t have consumer labels about the ingredients of any media release.
But if enough people complained then something eventually would be done about it.
Even physical media is a virtual representation of the art that is in a film can or on tape or whatever. Home Media has always been a re-production that is not the same as holding the actual Art in your hand. And there’s no budget for it to be such a quality re-production unless in a few rare instances.
The only thing all this new Technology is good for is Big Corporate and Advertising anything to do with Art is way down the list it’s probably not even given much consideration, just keep the machines churning out and getting you buying the next “best” thing.
Only when Broadcast even get’s better than 720p can you start considering a moderate budget fo all this early tech guimea pig shennanigans.