Your right on one thing your intitled to your opinion
It might be a little run of the mill, but its sure is a lot cleaner looking and sharper to. Looks very professional.
The current SL site is kinda muddy in colors and the layout isnt all that great this site upgrade is diffinatly a step in the right direction. You tend to loose pictures and text against a dark backround, when everything has so much dark color it kinda blends the images and text into the page and doesnt draw your eye to the pictures or text. The subtle addition of colors (Boarder/buttons ect...)on a white backround draws your eyes to the pictures and text. On the new site the text and pics pop off the page. Looks really good.