Every new camera body: 15 stops of DR! Dual gain! Open gate! 8K!

Every new lens: F1.2! 1 molecule depth of field!

Every YouTuber offering advice: Overexpose by 1.7! Light for flexibility in post!

Meanwhile, every cinematographer whose work we all admire: Underexposes every shot, crushes the blacks and/or blows out the windows, aggressively motivated lighting, deep focus, shoots 35mm even in digital, looks amazing.

I don’t get it. When did we stop wanting cinema to look like cinema?