see you auntie said:
sunday256 said:
I look at some of the effects from the OT and cringe...

Really? What for example?

sunday256 said:
That's why when I hear a lot of people bash the prequels because of the script, the dumming down of everything and all the CGI, etc...I'm think back to what others have said about the OT and it's not much different. I believe age has a lot to do with it.

This guy felt about the OT a lot like the adults these days feel about the prequels. It's no different....

I'm understand what you mean but I think your argument is flawed.

This is one critics negative opinion. And I'm not that naive to think his was the only one, but the overwhelming majority of opinions were positive. Not so much with the Prequels though. And I'm talking about adult critics of the time vs adult critics now.

Same with the regular audience members then vs the regular adult audience now. Of course there is exceptions to the rule like your dad in regards to the OT but that's a small minority. But there's a whole bunch of adults I know of that think the prequles are crap that would talk about the OT positively. And I'm not talking about adults who were kids at the time of the OT with rose coloured glasses on.

And don't be so harsh on Obi Wan. His character never started out that way.

The Taun Tauns looked horrible in ESTB...very fake. The movement of the AT-AT Walkers was stiff. The Rancor in ROTJ looked goofy as did the hand that picked up Luke. The wampa looked like the snow monster in Rudolph the red nosed reindeer movie. There are other ones but those are just examples. But do they keep me from enjoying the films? no, they don't. And neither do the effects in the PT.

The biggest difference is that what was done in the 70's and 80's was pioneered special effects. Not so now. People were in awe. I know because I was one of those kids. Adults were in awe too, but face it..the dialogue was crap (Harrison Ford even said so, as has Carrie and Mark), and hell even Alec Guiness had wished he never made the films by the end of his career. You couldn't get Harrison to make another one no matter how much you paid him. He knows they're crap.

I just so happen to love that crap.

I dislike the OT Obi-Wan just as much as the PT one. To me there's nothing worse than what Obi-Wan did..using Luke the way he did. Even Luke felt betrayed by Obi-Wan in ESTB until ROTJ when he FINALLY got an explanation. I dislike all the jedi. They think they're above everyone else and it started with Obi-Wan in the OT for me. Sure, I wanted the Empire defeated like everyone else, but Luke was the only one I sympathized with. Han Solo could have been killed off in ROTJ and I wouldn't have cared. Harrison equally felt that's what should have happened.