I agree, people were never meant to see the negative. I saw a presentation putting the 2K Dr. Strangelove up against a print and the 2k scan was great but you could see too much. For instance there were steel cables holding up the model planes that you could not see in the 35mm print. In Back to the Future the actors makeup was waaayyyy too apparent in that dinner scene in the beginning.

The printing process was a beautiful art that really helped hide a lot of flaws in the filmmaking process. It did add some of the magic to film. I love the artistry involved with the crew understanding how their work would be transposed onto the final print. It's the kind of thing that really takes a lot of hard work and experience to master.

There were just some things that we were never meant to seen.