Twenty years after Pan's Labyrinth first wove fairy tale and fascism into something unforgettable, Guillermo Del Toro stood before a Hall H crowd at San Diego Comic-Con and reaffirmed a principle that grows rarer by the season: that the beauty of art is worth protecting even when protecting it costs more. The film's 3D restoration, set to return to theaters on October 9 in 4K, was made entirely without artificial intelligence — a deliberate, expensive, and loudly declared choice. In an industry increasingly drawn to AI as a tool of efficiency, Del Toro's refusal is less a technical decision th