4 thoughts on “very nerdy”

  1. It’s funny. This image could be interpreted in two ways:

    1) Look how far we’ve come from silly models to just a green screen

    2) What a bleak and lifeless future lies ahead

    Isn’t it funny how people think of things differently?

    🙂

  2. the juxtaposition of these two images is really interesting– from technology to self-image to authenticity…

    I also agree with Erin’s points.

  3. Plus, George Lucas is kind of the archetypal member of the “geek elite,” which raises issues of creators vs. fans. Fans were almost universally disappointed by the “Star Wars” prequels, with the omnipresent use of digital effects as a substitute for the mythology of the Star Wars storyworld a major source of that disappointment. To what extent can a creator really “own” and dictate the direction of his or her storyworld once it has been released to a culture of convergence?

  4. Lucas is on record discussing this very issue and the gist of his musings were that he was a little surprised at how many fans were disappointed with the CGI Yoda because it wasn’t as real. His argument is that that CGI version is more real because its not limited by the mechanics of operating a rubber puppet. The CGI Yoda is capable of far more “realistic” movement and emotion than the original puppet, but everyone remembers the puppet, so the new one is considered “less” real. To that end, I’m not sure if I agree with Derek’s assertion that the digital effects were the downfall of the Star Wars prequels and that CGI was a substitute for the mythology. I found the storyworlds to be much more expansive and with greater depth in the prequels because of the freedom allowed by the digital technology–technology that was for the most part extremely realistic. Instead it was Lucas’ inability to get his actors to convincingly deliver the lines he had written for them that led to the downfall of the prequels.

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