Conventional vs. Contemporary Special Effects

[TokuNoob]

Let's face it, if you're a member on this forum you probably already appreciate man-in-suit technology, but what about special effects in general? Anyone out there prefer Star Wars the way it was when the movie first came out in the seventies, as opposed to George Lucas's "improved" version with CGI?

I personally don't have anything against any form of special effects, but it seems that most other forms of visual effects have been drowned out in the digital age. At least back in the golden age of cinema studios had some variety: stop-motion, go-motion, robotically assisted creature suits, animatronics and rotoscoping (yeah!).

How about you? What's your favorite visual effect?