Guy Caballero

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Join date: 7-Jan-2006
Last activity: 3-Oct-2009
Posts: 300

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Post: #289665
Topic: Holiday Special Cartoon/Deleted Scene DVD rumours at CELEBRATION IV
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289665/action/topic#289665
Time: 8-Jun-2007 2:27 PM

People are STILL buying it every day off ebay and downloading it. That's money they're missing out on. It doesn't matter how bad it is, Lucasfilm is totally, utterly incapable of being embarassed by a product.

Post: #289275
Topic: Time to get assertive
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289275/action/topic#289275
Time: 5-Jun-2007 11:23 PM

It's only gonna happen if Lucasfilm wants it to. It's completely in his court. The only bright spot is that "Star Wars- Now on BluRay!" or whatever would sell better with them than without them, since they've been so hard to come by the last ten years, (while the earth is totally saturated with the new versions).

Post: #289152
Topic: Intriguing new info on Original Trilogy and Prequel Trilogy deleted scenes gleaned from CELEBRATION IV.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289152/action/topic#289152
Time: 5-Jun-2007 3:00 AM

Yeah, that was interesting how they found that alternate footage of Guinness. Although apparently the negative for the Jabba scene was never found and they had to use a dupe in 97. I wonder why that was missing. I seem to remember something like it was loaned out to the people making the "star wars to jedi" special in '83 (which had clips from it in its original form) and they lost it? Or am I making that up?

Post: #288928
Topic: So, um... no new DVD's announced this year?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288928/action/topic#288928
Time: 3-Jun-2007 3:34 PM

It is truly a bizaare policy to say "we will always makes sure that Star Wars is NOT available in the best quality until long after everyone else". How is that even a good business decision? (I believe The Matrix dvd did just fine vs. the Phantom Menace dvd 2 frickin years later)

Post: #288871
Topic: So, um... no new DVD's announced this year?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288871/action/topic#288871
Time: 2-Jun-2007 9:21 PM

I have a question. If the current versions of the movies WERE released on BluRay or HDDVD, how much better would they look than the current hidef showings on HBO? Like on a scale from 1 to 10?

Post: #288758
Topic: So, um... no new DVD's announced this year?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288758/action/topic#288758
Time: 1-Jun-2007 2:28 PM

I can't be positive about Star Wars as long as the damn foundation that the whole thing is built on is treated like this. Think of ALL the other frickin merchandise that is deemed worthy to put out. You can literally buy anything but. When it come to Star Wars, this is like having a stone in my shoe.

Post: #288714
Topic: So, um... no new DVD's announced this year?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288714/action/topic#288714
Time: 31-May-2007 11:21 PM

Fuck yes, the complaining is old. So, don't read it. I hear there's a whole internet out there. What exactly IS the right thing to do anyway? A sit-in at The Ranch? If you happen to prefer the original versions, and spent hard earned money on a modern TV, I only see these choices: 1. Complain here and maybe Home Theater Forum 2. Force yourself to prefer the new version 3. Don't watch any version, get into Star Trek. 4. Watch the 06 dvds and pretend you don't notice what they look like.

Post: #288677
Topic: So, um... no new DVD's announced this year?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288677/action/topic#288677
Time: 31-May-2007 6:41 PM

The harping here is repetitive and unfortunate, but it really is a must. Nothing gets done in home video without constant demand. It was the only reason the originals came out at all, and the only reason they made a completely new version of Superman 2. For example, 10 years in, there still isn't a proper dvd of a movie I love called Taking of Pelham 123. Why? cause nobody's asking for it!

Post: #288625
Topic: So, um... no new DVD's announced this year?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288625/action/topic#288625
Time: 31-May-2007 2:09 AM

Of course this place is a broken record! The ONE thing it was created for ain't happened! To get three movies presented and preserved at a level equal to motherfucking Every Which Way But Loose. But maybe asking only one time, with quiet churchy reverence would have worked better.
And p.s. fuck those tours of Sansweets's toy collection up the ass. (THAT they'll take the time to do)

Post: #288468
Topic: I just can't watch Star Wars anymore....
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288468/action/topic#288468
Time: 29-May-2007 7:58 PM

If you have the original versions, it's surprisingly very easy to simply enjoy them the way you might enjoy the other movies from that era without any baggage. (although the notion that the 06 dvds "look like a movie from the 70s" is just not true. The 70s was a time of fantastic, artful cinematography and the dvds don't reflect that at all)

Post: #287459
Topic: The Visual Effects Society Unveils “50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time”
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287459/action/topic#287459
Time: 21-May-2007 8:06 PM

I probably would've included Phantom Menace, but I understand why it's missing. I think the effects guys are factoring in how "good" the movie is, not just the technical advances. They're not influential if no one remembers them or likes them. Hence, no Sherlock Holmes or Dragonslayer. (I remember a lot of effects guys, usually while praising The Matrix, saying the effects actually hurt Phantom Menace more than helped it)

Post: #286389
Topic: for what it's worth.... a placeholder for the OT on blu-ray has been posted at amazon
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/286389/action/topic#286389
Time: 12-May-2007 10:01 PM

Anamorphic, schmanamorphic. The official site is selling toy statues for only 75 bucks! Happy 30th anniversary, Star Wars! Stay classy!

Post: #284480
Topic: Darabount rips Lucas over Indy IV script
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284480/action/topic#284480
Time: 26-Apr-2007 7:53 PM

I think Indy 4 is gonna be great. I have faith in Spielberg. Also, it's going to be a very different animal from the other 3, just because Indy is a way older character and the post-nuclear 1950s is a very different setting for a movie than 1936.

Post: #284161
Topic: Darabount rips Lucas over Indy IV script
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284161/action/topic#284161
Time: 24-Apr-2007 11:35 PM

Ah, but what would be good enough? We never specified, remember? Since the theforce.net crowd has been bombarded with technical details for a year and it hasn't made a dent, let's just call it "whatever the fuck Criterion would do, that was good enough for these movies...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Criterion_Collection_releases

Post: #284152
Topic: Darabount rips Lucas over Indy IV script
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284152/action/topic#284152
Time: 24-Apr-2007 11:05 PM

Jumpman, how can you presume to know the reaction of EVERY person who just wants those old movies treated right, including me? If the originals were restored, this website's entire purpose for being created would be gone, so surely SOME of this extremely awful complaining would stop. And it's not like Lucas is some delicate porcelain doll who can't be criticized.

Post: #284144
Topic: Darabount rips Lucas over Indy IV script
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284144/action/topic#284144
Time: 24-Apr-2007 10:29 PM

Relax, nobody hates George, don't lump a tiny handful of hysterical people with the rest of us. Some people just think his "my vision" line is bullshit. If he was so concerned with presenting his vision, why are the old versions currently in every Target in the country, and the fugliest, most outdated discs in the store, to boot? ("because the fans never specified they wanted it to look like a normal dvd, blah blah, he can never make you people happy")

About Darabont, you can't slam the guy for being passionate. Who wants writers to just be dispassionate hired stenographers? Yeah, that'll really make for great scripts.

Post: #283872
Topic: Splinter Of The Mind's Eye - review and thoughts.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/283872/action/topic#283872
Time: 23-Apr-2007 4:04 PM

Actually, George Lucas wrote a NEW introduction to it when it was reprinted in the 90s. It'll be back in print with a fancy new cover this year I bet.
It would be interesting if Foster wrote a retro-style sequel about what Han and Chewie were up to at the same time.

Post: #283847
Topic: Darabount rips Lucas over Indy IV script
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/283847/action/topic#283847
Time: 23-Apr-2007 2:43 PM

Geez, Darabont was asked a question and answered honestly. Lucas is a grown man, he can handle it.

Post: #283590
Topic: Star Wars Insider - R.I.P.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/283590/action/topic#283590
Time: 21-Apr-2007 8:51 PM

Lately Star Wars in general, and this 30th anniversary in particular, is getting a distinctly tacky, QVC-type smell. If they're not careful Star Wars going to fully turn into a really marginalized thing, like frickin Hummel figurines or something.

Post: #282801
Topic: Anyone else totally disregard Leia being Luke's sister?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/282801/action/topic#282801
Time: 17-Apr-2007 3:47 AM

The sister thing is really the only thing from the trilogy that goes clunk for me. It's pretty clear at the end of Empire she loves Han, and Luke is cool with that, he's got bigger problems. That was plenty good for resolving the triangle. Can't Leia be The Other simply by becoming the full George Washington-leader of the Rebellion?

In general, I think the trilogy is very much in line with what was set up in 77. Luke learned the ways of the force and became a jedi like his father, Han got Leia ("you think a princess and a guy like me..."), the good guys won, and everyone lived happily ever after. I mean, if the story didn't shift gears a little and the tone and the status quo never changed, that's called Star Trek, and well, sucks to that.

Post: #282730
Topic: Anyone else totally disregard Leia being Luke's sister?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/282730/action/topic#282730
Time: 16-Apr-2007 9:57 PM

It's harder to accept Luke and Leia as siblings if you spent 6 years wondering if he'll get to fuck her. I don't think anybody's disregarding a story point because it came after the fact, it's just personal taste about how it was handled. This isn't holy text, sequels are ignored all the time. When I watch Jaws, I don't think Scheider's son grows up, works at Sea World, and gets attacked by another shark. In 3-D.

Post: #281855
Topic: What 30th Anniversary?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281855/action/topic#281855
Time: 11-Apr-2007 8:07 PM

Why celebrate the 30th anniversary with the actual thing that is turning 30? Why bother with a restored original Star Wars? We've got stamps!

Post: #281096
Topic: Info: The Making of The Empire Strikes Back (Michel Parbot)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281096/action/topic#281096
Time: 6-Apr-2007 6:47 PM

Great stuff. I'm not surprised it was never widely seen, it's so Kershner-centric. Or Kershner-iffic.

Post: #280944
Topic: Info: The Making of The Empire Strikes Back (Michel Parbot)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280944/action/topic#280944
Time: 5-Apr-2007 3:58 PM

sounds good dude!

Post: #278938
Topic: Where to enter EU?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278938/action/topic#278938
Time: 23-Mar-2007 9:37 PM

Not to be a jerk, but I'd strongly suggest not bothering. It will eat up a silly amount of your entertainment money, and it just goes on and on, month after month. I'm embarassed how many books I either forced myself to finish or just bailed on. The thrawn trilogy was solid, as was the Dark Empire comic, if you're into comics. Flip through the trade paperback collections at the bookstore, and if you like the art, maybe go for it. Other than that it was a total chore.