I think he uses the medium well. What he stated is at odds with his actual design approach but perhaps that is simply out of necessity since the tech isn't there yet.
This whole discussion reminds me of one I had with a friend of mine about CG in movies when Star Wars Episode 2 came out. He basically thought they should give up on computer graphics because Yoda didn't really look much better than the original puppet. I told him back then the only way forward was to keep dreaming and keep working on it. As of late he's changed his tune because of the advances made in the past few years.
This whole discussion reminds me of one I had with a friend of mine about CG in movies when Star Wars Episode 2 came out. He basically thought they should give up on computer graphics because Yoda didn't really look much better than the original puppet. I told him back then the only way forward was to keep dreaming and keep working on it. As of late he's changed his tune because of the advances made in the past few years.