Actually, the old Yoda puppet was great, especially for the time. The one they used in a Phantom Menace on the other hand was total crap.
(I know it's not a gif, but I thought the audio was important here)
...except when CGI is used to fix the mismatched colors and focus, or remove matte lines/boxes, or pixel out the strings and cables, or correct the optical lineups.
Doesn't work so well for the guy without the rooftop patio…
Yeah, but no one was filming it...
I still have all of my old Transformers, G.I. Joes, and Star Wars toys, all in various stages of disrepair. I don't know why I'm hanging on to them, I don't plan on giving them to my kids. I just have them.
Exactly what I was thinking.
None of those things are as annoying as the matte lines in old-style compositing. It's as bad as seeing the wires holding aloft the rockets in the old Flash Gordon serials.
Remember men, you are fighting for the lady's honor; which is probably more than she ever did.
If you really think the special effects done in old movies are overall better than the ones in modern movies, you are not a cinema purist -you're just being a dick.
I think there's a general dissatisfaction with CGI effects that isn't confined to the prequel series. People are tired of effects that are clearly effects, and not part of an immersive experience.
I just started Defiance, because I never watch anything when it's actually on. Only 2 episodes in, but it's okay so far. It's a bit like Eureka-meets-Terra-Nova-meets-Alien-Nation, but it's not bad.
When you begin with the conclusion and work the facts to support it, you really get some screwy ideas. What about all the prehistoric aquatic animals (ichthyosaurs and so on) that would have been totally unaffected by a flood? Sorry, they're premise doesn't hold water. (See what I did there?)
Gonna party like it's 1931.