Guy Caballero

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

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Post: #278296
Topic: The Secret History of Star Wars
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278296/action/topic#278296
Time: 20-Mar-2007 1:01 AM

Wow, excellent work. "A real page turner!"

It's always seemed to me that the notion that "kids didn't like Empire" was a mistake. More like "kids DID like Empire, just not as much." That had a big impact on Jedi, and it didn't have to.

Post: #275108
Topic: To those who own the OOT Sept Release & an HDTV
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/275108/action/topic#275108
Time: 4-Mar-2007 12:19 AM

They look shitty. Regret buying them.

Post: #273780
Topic: a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273780/action/topic#273780
Time: 25-Feb-2007 2:02 PM

It doesn't matter if the demand for the originals isn't huge, or if the new versions are awesome because the fucking ships roll better. The originals have value, and don't even say there isn't enough sales potential for 3 bare bones discs, when there are 3 goddamn releases of Alexander and Smokey and the Bandit. It is the right, painfully simple thing to do.

Post: #273666
Topic: a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273666/action/topic#273666
Time: 24-Feb-2007 3:58 PM

For some reason the "release a high quality original trilogy"-type bitching is lumped in with the "Lucas/prequel sucks!"-type bitching, and they are 2 separate things. Regarding the original trilogy, this "fans will never be satisfied thing" is fucking nuts. In the first few years of dvd, some movies were notorious for having bad transfers. People bitched. Good transfers eventually were done. Bitching over.

Post: #273638
Topic: a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273638/action/topic#273638
Time: 24-Feb-2007 12:36 PM

Jumpman, if the originals were done right (i.e. with the same effort as fucking KRULL) the bitching really would stop, trust me. You would have the Star Wars Intranet all to yourself, won't that be great? Just go have a look at theforce.net, it's already there. "Isn't this saga full of continuity?" "It sure is."

Post: #273584
Topic: a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273584/action/topic#273584
Time: 23-Feb-2007 11:18 PM

A proper transfer of the original trilogy? Hah! Madness! What do you think this is, Porky's?

Post: #273500
Topic: Howard The Duck - special edition (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273500/action/topic#273500
Time: 23-Feb-2007 5:28 PM

Thanks again for doing this. It will be interesting to see if Lucas does anything with this movie. He can't sit on it forever. I don't think he was totally kidding when he told Robin Williams he'd like to animate the duck and have a famous-type voice actor. It probably wouldn't be any less commercial than the THX1138 special edition. Is this on the newsgroups anywhere? That'd be awesome.

Post: #272886
Topic: Info: The Making of The Empire Strikes Back (Michel Parbot)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/272886/action/topic#272886
Time: 20-Feb-2007 1:52 PM

how about
1979-first Empire teaser
1994-Prequel work finally begins

Post: #272699
Topic: Info: The Making of The Empire Strikes Back (Michel Parbot)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/272699/action/topic#272699
Time: 19-Feb-2007 2:29 PM

Gary Kurtz has a movie coming out ("5-25-77") that he'll probably be doing a lot of internet type publicity for. Maybe we can get one of these websites to ask him.

Post: #271924
Topic: What the fuck??? : George is definitely gone "bye bye"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/271924/action/topic#271924
Time: 14-Feb-2007 7:51 PM

My sister saw Empire first and loved it.

Post: #271598
Topic: Info: The Making of The Empire Strikes Back (Michel Parbot)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/271598/action/topic#271598
Time: 13-Feb-2007 6:12 PM

Well if that guy is right about taping it off PBS, it wasn't SPFX. That was a network special, probably CBS. Jedi had 2 different specials (From Star Wars to Jedi on PBS and Classic Creatures on the network) so maybe Empire did too?

Post: #271594
Topic: What the fuck??? : George is definitely gone "bye bye"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/271594/action/topic#271594
Time: 13-Feb-2007 6:04 PM

He was joking.

Post: #271427
Topic: "Archiving seminar reveals 'Star Wars' tidbit?" Another SE?!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/271427/action/topic#271427
Time: 13-Feb-2007 2:59 AM

I think that Darth is related to the video game they're pushing. But I also think the Biggs deleted scenes figures is a good sign too.

Post: #270966
Topic: Howard The Duck - special edition (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/270966/action/topic#270966
Time: 9-Feb-2007 8:18 PM

Sounds like hard work. Thanks for doing this! In the U.S., this movie is never on TV.

Post: #269717
Topic: The OT on HBO HD this month, unfortunately it is the SE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/269717/action/topic#269717
Time: 4-Feb-2007 5:49 PM

They could sell the original versions in a set called "Star Wars Archives", like a "rarities" box set for music. The theatrical versions of all 6 movies plus the lost cut, or any rough cuts that exist. (Revenge of the Jedi with blue lightsaber, sandstorm etc.)

Post: #269326
Topic: "Archiving seminar reveals 'Star Wars' tidbit?" Another SE?!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/269326/action/topic#269326
Time: 2-Feb-2007 12:38 AM

IMDB has a lot of B.S., but who knows. If Lucas and David Tomblin started stepping over Marquand during the final month (the Northern California exteriors, I think) in a rush to get the shots finished on time, it kind of makes sense. A lot of that footage is kind of...fugly. And the Endor battle really has that cheap, impersonal second unit-y, A-Team quality.

Post: #269093
Topic: Batman Series Edit (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/269093/action/topic#269093
Time: 31-Jan-2007 10:31 PM

Well, Keaton's Bruce Wayne threw a big charity ball in the first movie. In the second, he had a normal business meeting with Christopher Walken, so he wasn't a total recluse. This is a very cool project. Elfman music and desaturating all the frickin colors might help a lot, sort of like Sleepy Hollow. Who knows, maybe if Burton had stayed it might've looked that way. Be brutal when cutting it to get that somber tone!

Post: #267907
Topic: The end of Star Wars?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/267907/action/topic#267907
Time: 25-Jan-2007 6:44 PM

I really tried back in the 90s, but the nature of the novels and comics just seems...wrong. Doesn't Jedi imply a reasonably happy ending for these people? And I'm not really interested in reading about jedis and sith and people with apostrophes in their name. I'm curious to know what the sales are like these days.

Post: #266689
Topic: What do you love about Star Wars?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/266689/action/topic#266689
Time: 19-Jan-2007 3:49 PM

The Star Wars trilogy reminds me not of the "power of myth" blah blah, but of The Beach Boys. All nostalgia aside, it is beautifully detailed pop art and has that universal, melancholy tale at the center about Luke growing up/leaving home. That raises it above its cheap 30s serial roots. Return of the Jedi, as shaky as it is in certain areas, concludes that story in a very pure way, so I rate it very close to the other two. I feel the trilogy has more in common with American Graffiti than I-III.

Post: #266584
Topic: Info Wanted: Question about 1980 uncut Empire
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/266584/action/topic#266584
Time: 18-Jan-2007 10:44 PM

There was a test screening in Long Beach. This was where Kershner felt vindicated about "I know". Is it possible that version, or even that print got tested/sneaked anywhere else?

Post: #266250
Topic: Seeing the Saga in order - a review by a first-time viewer....
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/266250/action/topic#266250
Time: 16-Jan-2007 10:40 PM

I'm trying to stay optimistic. Maybe George will surprise us all this year. They're surely going to be playing the nostalgia card pretty hard this year.
I've never read The Lord of the Rings books. Is Return very faithful? After loving the shit out of the first 2 movies, I kind of felt like I wasn't "getting" something. I think I was expecting a LOT more time spent on Viggo Mortensen, becoming the Lawrence of Arabia of middle earth. There seemed to be a lot of time spent on "Sam is such a good friend". And "Sean Bean's dad sure is nuts".

Post: #266215
Topic: Seeing the Saga in order - a review by a first-time viewer....
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/266215/action/topic#266215
Time: 16-Jan-2007 6:32 PM

I thought Fellowship was way more moving than Return of the King, but anyway, it will be interesting to see if Lucas is able to leave the prequels alone. He loves to tinker, and he lives up on a mountain with the best toys to do it, and seemingly not much desire to go out and direct something new. Without his attention diverted by deadlines, and greenscreen-related bullshit, could he cobble together a "better" performance from Hayden or Natalie? Could he create urgency where there was none? As he's a big believer in the power of the editor, he must believe it's possible...

Post: #265372
Topic: Info Wanted: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - a preservation?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/265372/action/topic#265372
Time: 11-Jan-2007 8:04 PM

I caught some of this on HDnet last week, and I'm pretty sure it was the 1997 version. I hope I'm wrong...

Post: #264562
Topic: Idea: Nighthawks (Stallone, 1981) fan edit
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/264562/action/topic#264562
Time: 7-Jan-2007 5:46 PM — Edited 10-Jul-2020 1:08 PM

The newest dvd has replaced music. The older dvd has the music, but is full frame. Has anyone tried to make an “ultimate” version? I’d do it if I could…

Post: #264066
Topic: Info Wanted: Question about 1980 uncut Empire
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/264066/action/topic#264066
Time: 4-Jan-2007 7:34 PM

"So's life" is also in the Marvel comic. For years I was SURE that Empire's opening "STAR WARS" logo was blue. I was so sure that when Jedi came out I said "I wonder what color it will be this time". Now I know the blue logo was from the Empire trailers, not the movie.