astroboy
Master Member
I completely agree.I found it extremely funny - maybe even sad - that so many folks are professing so much faith in this movie based on "practical effects" - without even a thought to the story.
As I've said before and I'll say again good CG can be equal to or better than a good practical effect... and a bad practical effect can be just as bad or worse than bad CG. Most of us couldn't pick out CG vs. practical. Please stop pretending.
That said, this trailer looks amazing for so many reasons that aren't just practical effects.
More than anything, I'm concerned about the style. I've seen more than a few things that feel as if they pander to the traps of modern action movies. The ones that Abrams himself gets caught up in.
(As cool as that star destroyer was, it felt more like a cool image than anything. The scene would have been just as cool with only the x wing)