Firstly, debating whether this is off-topic or on-topic is certainly off-topic, however I do question if this topic is in fact off-topic. Can anyone chime in? Or move this post?
ElectricTriangle, thank you for replying and I agree, contemporary orange/teal and contrast boosting/bleeding are both examples of something that can to a being be absolutely determined. However, *I think* there are many cases where people mention black-crush and white-blow-out as negatives, are correct that there is black-crush and/or white-blow-out, however they fail to point out why that is bad and/or fail to show how their vision of how things are supposed to look is correct.
Other times people source LD, VHS, and film cells, which also provide no basis of how something is supposed to look or how something looked.
Again, I just would like more examples and why something needs to be preserved.