Its almost like they don’t know how to respond to something “real”. They’ve always had CG so in a sense that fake digital look is just what unreal things (like aliens or spaceships) are supposed to look like in their minds.
It’s not just aliens n’ spaceships. People really think that revised Obi-Wan/Vader duel making the rounds looks “real”.
Crazy.
Right. Even as a kid I found it weird that no one seemed to find the SE CG out of place. At the time it didn’t necessarily bother me, it just was what it was, but I still thought it was really weird when one of my friends couldn’t tell what was added. Sure some of it’s pretty subtle, but even as a kid CG Jabba stood out like a sore thumb. But, then again, I guess most people (even more so kids) don’t think too much about how movies are made. And the fact that I loved BTS stuff as a kid and even made my own amateur movies probably gave me a very different perspective.