CatBus said:
The Nerd said:
Well, what about that shot of entering Mos Eisley? I don't mean the extended intro, but the shot that shows them on the speeder.
The original looks very cheap. R2 looks like he could fall of at any moment.
http://i.imgur.com/0QffC9l.jpg
The 1997 looks better, but C-3PO's arms are is awfully straight.
http://i.imgur.com/3DJD01x.jpg
The 2004/2011 version is the best. Apart from C-3PO's left arm looking straight.
You're not getting agreement here. Ultimately it's subjective, but the original, while cheap looking, serves its purpose as a quick establishing shot. The revised versions are far too distracting from that purpose with their unnecessary and silly animations. While the speeder itself looks better as a still image, the shot is worse as part of the film. And that's really what's wrong with much of the changes--even when they do manage to improve the look of a particular part of the shot, they often screw up other aspects of the shot, or mess with the pacing so badly that the whole thing falls apart. Unfortunately, aside from the credit for JEJ, I truly believe the best case scenario for SE changes is when they failed to make the film worse. Making it better isn't really in the cards. It's the editing that made the originals great, and it's the editing in particular where the SE's always fall apart.
Well said CatBus, while I agree that the speeder shot looks cheap, (it did even back when it was made) at least the model used resembles the actual speeder in the film. I mean if you're going to bother updating this shot - twice, at least try to get the CGI model to match the speeder in the film. To me it looks like Artoo could fall of at any moment in the digital versions as well.
It's not one of the proudest fx-shots in the film but it served its purpose, at least the original had its reasons for looking cheap, lack of money and time, the plate was actually originally meant for Toshi Station, that's why it's so sparse.