Some Youtube accounts post recordings of video games, some of which are set in a historical context. Nobody takes those for a view of reality.
By the same argument art restoration should not be attempted because cleaning paintings discolored by centuries of candle soot may alter the historical context of the painting and confuse the lay person about what the art really looked like. Or not.
Mostly the argument by the Academic Historians seems to be an attempt to retain control of the historical narrative and colorizing and sharpening old movies means the historian has less room to maneuver.
By the same argument art restoration should not be attempted because cleaning paintings discolored by centuries of candle soot may alter the historical context of the painting and confuse the lay person about what the art really looked like. Or not.
Mostly the argument by the Academic Historians seems to be an attempt to retain control of the historical narrative and colorizing and sharpening old movies means the historian has less room to maneuver.