02-09-2025, 09:48 PM
I don't think it's soulless from an artistic standpoint. But I don't think it should be viewed as an artistic work in and of itself. If it were a movie, this would be halfway between a remaster and a new version (a director's cut sans director). Nothing as egregious as the Star Wars Special Editions. Maybe something like Blade Runner's Final Cut. That movie isn't drastically different from the previous Director's Cut, but the visuals were smoothed over without drastically changing the original aesthitic, and a few other issues were improved/fixed. That is the closest comparison I can think of. Delta is an effort to provide modest but faithful improvements (primarily visual) to a pre-existing work without compromising the original artist's intention.
