There's some truht to what you say, mickmca... I have nothing against the use of effects, CGI or otherwise, in film (though I tend to prefer in-camera shots since they almost always end up looking more real to me) . However, there are definitely those films which are guilty of style over substance - where the philosophy seems to be "if we put enough flashy visuals in this, then the audience won't have the time to stop and realise that there's no plot, characterisation, or anything approaching a proper story here." Whilst SF/scifi/skiffy films are far from dead as a genre, I think it's safe to say that Sturgeon's Law certainly applies.

JonTheCelt