Originally posted by: Number20
CGI has made Lucas not try as hard on aspects as the storyline, but I think another aspect of it is that he has basically bought into his own "greatness" hype. He seems to feel he needs to listen to the actors/directors/other production people less, because if he came up with it, it has to be good. Combine this with a surrounding of the same "yes" people, and you have a show driven by only one person. If ESB was made today, I doubt we would hear the famous lines:
Leia: I love you
Han: I know
Lucas doesn't tolerate changes to "his vision" like he once did. The movies are weaker as a result.
CGI has made Lucas not try as hard on aspects as the storyline, but I think another aspect of it is that he has basically bought into his own "greatness" hype. He seems to feel he needs to listen to the actors/directors/other production people less, because if he came up with it, it has to be good. Combine this with a surrounding of the same "yes" people, and you have a show driven by only one person. If ESB was made today, I doubt we would hear the famous lines:
Leia: I love you
Han: I know
Lucas doesn't tolerate changes to "his vision" like he once did. The movies are weaker as a result.
I think that CG has also hampered his character development. He used to communicate all his ideas and 'visions' through a human medium, who would then go and sketch his characters, and then they would keep going back and forth with these characters until they were satisfied with the end result. I think if he had CG today and he made ANH for the first time, we would have ended up with Han Solo looking like Greedo among other weird crap.