Guy Caballero

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

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Post: #262426
Topic: Hey guys, Remember when Star wars had writing like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/262426/action/topic#262426
Time: 22-Dec-2006 5:06 AM

Does anybody know if the 1997 version, as it was in the theaters, not on home video, was a faithful presentation? (aside from the changes of course). In particular, I seem to remember Jabba's palace looking much more dark/shadowy, which really helped de-muppetize that scene. I've never seen it look like that at home. I know the 2004 dvd has the black cranked up, but this was different. I can't quite explain it.

Post: #262401
Topic: Hey guys, Remember when Star wars had writing like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/262401/action/topic#262401
Time: 21-Dec-2006 8:15 PM

Well, a lot of us saw these movies at a nice theater. I demand equal nostalgia stroking! It wasn't some Roger Corman movie, it was booked in some of the best theaters in the country. An unstable grainy scratchy print doesn't represent shit to some of us. A pan and scan VHS tape has some nostalgia value, though.

Post: #262110
Topic: Should Yoda Have Been Part of the "Conspiracy"?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/262110/action/topic#262110
Time: 19-Dec-2006 5:32 PM

I think during the 20 years, Yoda decided Leia was a better horse to back than Luke. He brings up the "other" to Ben, who already joined the rebellion, while Luke is still playing with toy skyhoppers, and lacking the "most serious mind".

Post: #261784
Topic: Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261784/action/topic#261784
Time: 16-Dec-2006 7:01 PM

The dubbing of Hayden is really well done, but it's just too distracting for me. I hope I'm the only one. That one thing sort of detracts from the other beautiful work you've done, and I don't know that it's something I could get used to. I tried to get used to the american version of Mad Max for 10 years and I never could. If you had an alternate audio track with Hayden's real voice, I think you'd have a home run. If the other feedback on the voice is good and you're happy with it, please ignore me. The "vibe" of the scene was truly excellent.

Post: #261765
Topic: Hey guys, Remember when Star wars had writing like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261765/action/topic#261765
Time: 16-Dec-2006 2:44 PM

About Padme losing the will to live: When I saw the movie I thought maybe there was more to it than that. I thought that the sunset "ruminations" scene was trying to imply that Anakin and Padme were mystically linked or something, ala E.T. and Elliot, and when Anakin was physically dying, he was pulling Padme down with her. Then the Emperor snatches Anakin back from death, but it's over for Padme. In many ways I saw Revenge as a do-over of Clones. The Clones love story flopped so he came at it from another, cosmic-y angle. The Anakin/Kenobi "friendship" was weak, so much of the first half of Sith is devoted to doing it better.

Post: #261674
Topic: Hey guys, Remember when Star wars had writing like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261674/action/topic#261674
Time: 15-Dec-2006 4:13 PM

Yeah, and when will we learn E.T.'s backstory? His death/rebirth has no depth. And I wish I knew the complete history of Gizmo. Gremlins is so hollow without knowing his life story.

Post: #261646
Topic: Hey guys, Remember when Star wars had writing like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261646/action/topic#261646
Time: 15-Dec-2006 1:37 PM

Yes, Anakin saves the day, but so does Lando. So does Han in the first one. Even R2D2 does it in Empire. That was the Star Wars Style: The last minute escape/rescue. It didn't suddenly make Anakin the most important character. And the trilogy's resolution is hollow only if you don't care that Luke becomes a true Jedi, the emperor is killed, the war is won, the whole gang made it through alive and everyone lived happily ever after.

Post: #261600
Topic: Hey guys, Remember when Star wars had writing like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261600/action/topic#261600
Time: 15-Dec-2006 1:08 AM

That's because the real story is about Luke, and how he was the better man, and the better Jedi, than his bitch father.

Post: #261262
Topic: Info: Superman II Donner, and III & IV extended edits
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261262/action/topic#261262
Time: 12-Dec-2006 6:52 PM

When it comes to Superman2 , it's ALL about the ending. People will debate everything else in the Donner/Lester/Deleted/Extended material for years to come, but whoever can come up with a satisfying ending to that movie will be a genius.

Post: #261209
Topic: Hey guys, Remember when Star wars had writing like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261209/action/topic#261209
Time: 12-Dec-2006 2:32 PM

Let go of the past? Fuck the past. The future is where these "seamless" changes are REALLY gonna stick out. (The future is also where the new dvds will be unwatchable).

Post: #261079
Topic: ANH screening with modelmaker Lorne Peterson...WHY ARE THEY SCREENING THE SE??
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261079/action/topic#261079
Time: 11-Dec-2006 7:45 PM

Last year, they painstakingly restored the lost version of a movie called Major Dundee from 1965. They even created a completely new orchestral score from scratch. I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that the demand and profit potential for Star Wars '77 is equal to or greater than Major Dundee.

Post: #260929
Topic: Hey guys, Remember when Star wars had writing like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260929/action/topic#260929
Time: 10-Dec-2006 2:52 PM

That's true, although I think the acting in THX1138 is quite good too, and that's not the most natural story or setting.

Post: #260923
Topic: Hey guys, Remember when Star wars had writing like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260923/action/topic#260923
Time: 10-Dec-2006 1:13 PM

And yet, American Graffiti is loaded with great performances, by young, unproven actors! Wha' happened?

Post: #260812
Topic: MTV Interview and New Favorite Movie
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260812/action/topic#260812
Time: 8-Dec-2006 8:35 PM

Next year's the 30th anniversary, hopefully there'll be an ultimate set of Close Encounters. My friend SWEARS there was a beautiful dolly-in shot in one of the versions of Roy on the swingset looking up at the night sky, ending on a low-angle closeup. Is he nuts or does that sound familiar?

Post: #260685
Topic: ANH screening with modelmaker Lorne Peterson...WHY ARE THEY SCREENING THE SE??
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260685/action/topic#260685
Time: 7-Dec-2006 5:56 PM

Lucas' contribution to the Empire script can't be underestimated. The bold structure, the ending, the radical departure from Star Wars, that's all Lucas, and Kasdan is the first to say so. George SUCKED at the Han and Leia dialogue however, (and he admitted it, which was very cool) and that is where Kasdan and Kershner came to the rescue. It also helped that Kershner is apparently the only human being on earth who can coax subtlety out of Carrie Fisher.

edit-oops, I meant overstimated, my duh.

Post: #260559
Topic: Hey guys, Remember when Star wars had writing like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260559/action/topic#260559
Time: 6-Dec-2006 9:06 PM

Even in 1983 there was still a guild hassle about opening credits? Geez, when did they stop with that? Other movies from that era also had no opening credits (Tron, 1941, even Godfather and West Side Story didn't either, and that was before) how did they handle it?

Post: #260527
Topic: Hey guys, Remember when Star wars had writing like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260527/action/topic#260527
Time: 6-Dec-2006 5:59 PM

I think Lucas has the right to do what he wants to the movies. I have the right to call grandma a cunt, too. It's just kind of uncool.
Just to get back the Marquand thing for a second, I really doubt that he and Lucas had a bad relationship. Marquand had a cameo as a scout driver, and was also the voice of Jabba's torture droid. Both these things were near the end of production, and I doubt they would have happened if they didn't like each other. There's even stills and footage on the dvd of them clowning around in the walker. Also, when people say Lucas wanted a "puppet director he could control", I really doubt it. His 3 choices ahead of Marquand were David Lynch, David Cronenberg and Spielberg. If he just wanted a puppet he never would have been interested in those guys.

Post: #260476
Topic: Hey guys, Remember when Star wars had writing like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260476/action/topic#260476
Time: 6-Dec-2006 2:37 PM

All we know is during the final month, which was the Crescent City portion (Endor exteriors) Marquand was sort of pushed aside with Lucas and David Tomblin grabbing the shots to get the thing done on time because Marquand was too slow. That may be why that material is visually the dullest in 6 movies. Also, Lucas directed the Vader unmasking on a closed set. Other than that, Frank Oz has stated that Marquand WAS the director, but with a deeply involved producer over his shoulder. You know, like EVERY movie. Yoda's death scene was Marquand's idea (Yoda was already dead in the script and appeared to Luke as a ghost), and Leia and Lando infiltrating the palace in disquise was also Marquand's idea. Lucas also referred to "Richard blocking the duel" while he scrambled to re-write Vader's dialogue, meaning Marquand directed the throne room scene, which is a pretty damn good scene. He also cast Ian McDiarmid, so his contribution ain't nothing.

Post: #260453
Topic: Hey guys, Remember when Star wars had writing like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260453/action/topic#260453
Time: 6-Dec-2006 2:00 PM

Look, I like the jagoff prequels, but this is Original Trilogy.com I just want a copy of it that looks as good as Cannonball Run 2. For the love of fuck, Gomer, Randy, Internet Police, can you leave me alone? Please? I'm begging you.

Post: #260330
Topic: Hey guys, Remember when Star wars had writing like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260330/action/topic#260330
Time: 5-Dec-2006 8:54 PM

"Worried that future generations will enjoy it more than we did." Holy shit, that's it. I AM terrified of that! How did you know? Gomer, you hit it. Are you sure you're not a profiler?

Post: #260304
Topic: Hey guys, Remember when Star wars had writing like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260304/action/topic#260304
Time: 5-Dec-2006 5:59 PM

Yes, in 10 years everyone will go into the closet and wheel out a 50 pound square television from 1994 to watch ONE movie.

Post: #260279
Topic: Hey guys, Remember when Star wars had writing like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260279/action/topic#260279
Time: 5-Dec-2006 2:01 PM

If you saw the saga in HD, the 1997 material SCREAMS "I'm from 20 years later!". It will be even more obvious to the film students of tomorrow, who will not be watching low-def copies of anything. They don't show filmstrips and scratchy 16mm in class anymore now do they? future appreciation of Star Wars '97 will be handicapped by it's hybrid nature. Star Wars '77 will be handicapped by it's poor presentation.

Post: #259840
Topic: Info: Superman II Donner, and III & IV extended edits
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/259840/action/topic#259840
Time: 3-Dec-2006 12:46 AM

I would love to see someone take a stab at retaining the amnesia kiss in the story (it's been that way for 20 years anyway, so what the hell) but using only the Donner stuff. In other words, there must be a way to imply that their last kiss in the snow was it, and the effect was gradual. So we go from leaving her on the balcony to a "flashback" to their last kiss (maybe in black and white, or stylized somehow) directly to the next morning and the "get me a pizza" scene? I dunno, I just hate to negate the entire fricking movie (with a concept reused, and to much better effect, from the 1st movie)

Post: #259658
Topic: ANH screening with modelmaker Lorne Peterson...WHY ARE THEY SCREENING THE SE??
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/259658/action/topic#259658
Time: 1-Dec-2006 6:37 PM

It's a woman wearing a prosthetic forehead thing similar to Mcdiarmid. And a chimp's eyes superimposed. And Clive Revill's voice. And since everybody's chiming in with their opinion: the special edition sucks George Kennedy's balls.

Post: #259465
Topic: ANH screening with modelmaker Lorne Peterson...WHY ARE THEY SCREENING THE SE??
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/259465/action/topic#259465
Time: 30-Nov-2006 9:10 PM

It makes perfect sense to show the special edition to promote a book about 70s models. Both "model" and "cgi" have vowels in them. "1997" is the same as "1977" except for only one number.