First off, when trying to find the original look, there are some big clues and some sources that we have that are pretty good. First off is the technicolor print.
He’s going to stop reading right there because he “doesn’t trust prints” and wants to figure out “how it was meant to look” and not “how it actually looked.” In other words, an excuse for him to make horribly inaccurate “corrections” and then say “But I think that’s how it should look!” when someone tries to give him any amount of constructive criticism or advice.
Oh, and he’ll still refuse to calibrate his monitor, so every correction he makes will continue to have zero value to anyone but himself.