It's also important to remember that color grading is a style, and styles vary wildly. People tend to pull up a few examples and attempt to paint all movies as looking the same. Plenty of movies shot on film in the 80s/90s look flat and boring.

And the worst part is that his very premise is just wrong. There is so much gorgeous cinematography these days.

The biggest thing that some people seem to not understand is how digital cameras handle light and shadows, compared to traditional film.
But yes, I am a photographer and designer, who works at a video production studio, and that guy has no idea what he is talking about.

Yup. Pretty sure I know the exact video you are talking about.

Did you know that The Legend of Zelda was originally created by Miyamoto as a response to his childhood explorations of his hometown of Zelda, Michigan?

It is so telling that they seem terrified of making a new live action Star Trek (with the sole exception of "Picard") that pushes the timeline forward.

The worst part is that I am willing to bet that 90% of his audience are boys under the age of 13.

This is heartbreakingly bad.

That's also why it's the weakest of the original Retro Metroids games.
Link to the Past and Super Metroid trusted the players in ways that modern Nintendo seems to refuse to do anymore.

The whole core theme and appeal of Metroid, historically, has been "You are alone and isolated on a foreign world and we are not going to hold your hand or explain *anything* to you. Good luck!"
This really seems to misunderstand that.