20th March 2003, 1:08 PM
God, I am so sick of this stupid anti-CGI crap. Everyone is like "CGI is so fake! Old-school special effects are better!". That's such bullshit. The clones looked very realistic, and the only way you could tell that threepio was CGI was because you simply could not do that scene in AotC with a guy in a suit. He most certainly did not look like a cartoon, and if you honestly think that then you've got to get your eyes checked. Threepio's model looked identical to the real Anthony Daniels in costume, which is certainly more realistic-looking than any of the CGI characters from any of the LotR movies. CGI is not yet at the point where everything is 100% photo-realistic, but it certainly looks more realistic than puppets and plastic models. Why don't you try forming your own opinion instead of just listening to the idiots from Entertainment Weekly, etc.