TaggartFrenzy said:
Hi boys! My ex loves star wars and told me this is a good place to talk movies. I havent watched alot of them but I always thought Kirk was hotter.
So anyways, I like movies especially alot of older movies. But if there's one thing I cant stand it's old special effects. I think movies should get frequent updates so they can look good to the eyes of our audiences today. I remember watching Ghostbusters and Back to the future in the 90's when i was a kid, but I re-watched them recently and the effects were totally lame! So I think these companies should release these movies again with new effects so we could enjoy them again! what do you boys think???
Generally, folks around here think that there's value in the old effects. Yeah, they're different, stylistically, from today's effects - but that doesn't necessarily mean they're better or worse. Those movies weren't made today, and it's disingenuous to pretend they were. Movies made in different periods each have a unique aesthetic. Requiring them to match whatever look is popular at the moment demonstrates a lack of appreciation for anything other than that with which you are most familiar, whereas cultivating the ability to appreciate older films in their original state may take maturity while expanding your mind. Additionally, films are art, and modifying them means wrecking up the artist's original intentions a bit. Is there a time and a place for that, the remixing and modification of existing works? Yes, although all too often the results of upgrading effects do not turn out nearly as well as hoped. But even if films are altered over time, the original work of art should be preserved. You wouldn't suggest replacing all the old paintings in art museums with computer generated, photorealistic substitutes, would you? I wouldn't.
