zombie84 said:

And no. Sorry. Raiders could be shot 90% the same looking with a digital camera today--if they wanted to. But people don't. You could achieve the same effect. It's not the technology--it's a matter of taste. Crystal Skull was shot on 35mm film and look how that looked!

I think you are missing my point...you COULD achieve the effect, but then it becomes "achieving an effect" rather than "using the tools to produce the most artistic result."

I'm not arguing digital can't be beautiful, just like I wouldn't argue that a watercolor can't be beautiful. But it's a different medium. Oil paintings are also good and artists should be able to use the medium for no other reason than because they feel like it.

And no, I don't believe that you can reproduce all the looks of the past with digital technology. You can't make digital look like a 1970s columbus episode. You can try. Lots of directors have tried to give their stuff a vintage look using the computer. It doesn't work. They didn't use the right lights (carbon arcs). they didn't use the right lenses. You can't just fix it all in post, that's the George Lucas syndrome. won't look teh same.

And naturally, this is art. It's all a question of taste;)