Old Special Effects pnws New CGI. Older CGI involved an almost lost art of Model Building, and Puppeteering. Both of which were easy to believe in. These days movies rely on so much CGI the movies no longer have a REAL feel. I could look at a monster or a spaceship in the older movies and go, “yet, I can buy that.” Today I see a CGI monster or spaceship and can’t believe in it, as it looks completely fake. With that in mind I don’t think either one is better than the other. Both Star Wars The Original Trilogy and the Most of the Star Trek movies had great actors, great characters, great villains, and great stories. Anyone can find a character in both to love and hate. Now as time went on and both franchises decided to update, add on, or extend they lost the cinematic magic they once had. In order to make the most money, draw the biggest crowd, they had to make sacrifices. Some cut the runtime, some increased to explain who, what, when, why, and where. It is my firm belief that the powers that be in Hollywood think people are idiots and that we can no longer watch a movie that is over 88min. Almost every new movie that comes out in America is a huge disappointment to me. I either know what will happen from scene to scene, or some dickhead decides to update a classic film and fuck it up beyond, “Just missing the mark”. Examples would be Dawn of the Dead, The Hitcher, The Wicker Man. Those movies made cinematic history, and some executive decides, “Hey I know a way to make a quick buck”, and commits cinematic sodomy. Granted there are a few films that come along and surprise me, but those are few and very far between. Which is why I have found myself sticking to British Cinema. Also, British television is far superior to that of American television, and if you don’t believe it, why else would yank producers recreate the same show over here, but with American actors. But I digress.