Guy Caballero

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

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Post: #259413
Topic: ANH screening with modelmaker Lorne Peterson...WHY ARE THEY SCREENING THE SE??
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/259413/action/topic#259413
Time: 30-Nov-2006 5:20 PM

The quote was in the interview Gomer linked.

Post: #259357
Topic: ANH screening with modelmaker Lorne Peterson...WHY ARE THEY SCREENING THE SE??
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/259357/action/topic#259357
Time: 30-Nov-2006 2:04 PM

A Lorne Petersen quote from 2005:

“It’s almost unimaginable to think of the (original) Star Wars films sitting somewhere and rotting within your own lifetime,” he said.
He sounds thrilled.

Post: #259104
Topic: ANH screening with modelmaker Lorne Peterson...WHY ARE THEY SCREENING THE SE??
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/259104/action/topic#259104
Time: 29-Nov-2006 3:51 PM

"Lorne Petersen is perfectly happy" blah blah, I'm glad you know him so well.

Post: #258514
Topic: Has technology accelerated that much?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258514/action/topic#258514
Time: 26-Nov-2006 3:10 PM

It's all relative. The 06 dvds suck because Star Wars shouldn't look worse than Police Academy 4. The End.

Post: #258230
Topic: Final Consensus On 2006 OOT
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258230/action/topic#258230
Time: 23-Nov-2006 2:01 PM

Worst looking dvds released by a studio in 5 years.

Post: #258036
Topic: What did the Prequel Trilogy need?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258036/action/topic#258036
Time: 22-Nov-2006 12:07 AM

In my opinion, the only thing the prequels really needed was a better second movie. It's okay that Phantom takes its sweet time because it's the introduction to this world and the story picks up steam as it goes into the other movies. Attack of the Clones had ONE important job, which is to really make Anakin's 2 relationships work. To make you love the romance as much as everybody loved Han and Leia, and to make Anakin and Ben like brothers. Revenge of the Sith would have been coasting on that. If those 2 relationships could be made to work as well as Han-Leia and Luke-Han, then the whole thing would be elevated. Or just look at Jaws. It's those 3 characters that elevate that movie way beyond its cheap Universal-disaster movie roots.

Post: #257655
Topic: Where do I go from here as a SW fan?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/257655/action/topic#257655
Time: 20-Nov-2006 1:42 PM

Okay!
The new victory celebration song is a complete Yanni-new age-aromatherapy fuck fest. (You're right it IS more fun!)

Post: #257650
Topic: Where do I go from here as a SW fan?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/257650/action/topic#257650
Time: 20-Nov-2006 1:13 PM

Wow, you're right. It IS just a few minutes here and there! The special edition isn't just better. It's totally the same! I see the error of my preference. Thanks!

Post: #257550
Topic: Where do I go from here as a SW fan?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/257550/action/topic#257550
Time: 19-Nov-2006 7:57 PM

Yes, yes, to Zombie you listen.

Post: #257329
Topic: Where do I go from here as a SW fan?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/257329/action/topic#257329
Time: 17-Nov-2006 8:59 PM

Gomer, on a HD tv, they look WORSE than the laserdisc. They are either zoomed into blurriness, or SQUEEZED/DISTORTED, making all the people squat stocky midgets. Maybe you enjoy six hours of that.

Post: #257315
Topic: Where do I go from here as a SW fan?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/257315/action/topic#257315
Time: 17-Nov-2006 6:55 PM

Unfortunately, it will be tough to move on before getting a proper release of the old versions. If you care enough to be here, you're in for good. You can try to force yourself to like the new versions, or force yourself to ignore Star Wars altogether but it probably won't stick. I'm going to keep beating the tired, annoying original versions drum. Someday, when I can simply kick back and watch the movies in a presentation equal to fucking Krull, this will all seem silly, and we can enjoy as much or as little of Star Wars as we want, just like James Bond or Jaws or Godfather.

Post: #257095
Topic: Where do I go from here as a SW fan?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/257095/action/topic#257095
Time: 16-Nov-2006 1:07 PM

Yes, exactly.

Post: #256914
Topic: Where do I go from here as a SW fan?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256914/action/topic#256914
Time: 15-Nov-2006 1:29 PM

Yes, it's the artist's call. Unless the artist is Richard Marquand.

Post: #256832
Topic: The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256832/action/topic#256832
Time: 15-Nov-2006 3:06 AM

I think the hostility towards the prequels/saga around here is different, because it's seen as a "threat" to getting the original versions a decent release. If the "saga" is accepted and popular, then there's no need to bother with 77-83. I find it VERY hard to objectively look at the big 1-6 saga because I feel like it's fucking me out of the originals, my favorite movies ever. And Gomer, yes taste is subjective. So keep that in mind before filibustering about how the movies are better now and puppets can't possibly be better than CGI.
Sorry, I keep seeing ads for this Superman mega-set and these restored James Bond movies and I'm fucking pissed Star Wars '77 gets treated worse than Superman 4 and A View to a Kill.

Post: #256646
Topic: The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256646/action/topic#256646
Time: 13-Nov-2006 10:50 PM

But don't you think that if the characters had been properly developed, killing Padme would be emotionally equal to killing Princess Leia?

Post: #256502
Topic: NON-Star Wars Fan Edit and Alternate DVD Covers SHOWCASE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256502/action/topic#256502
Time: 12-Nov-2006 8:53 PM

For the Bond movies, the ultimate space saver would be "double-feature" thinpak covers. In other words, a thinpak with some old-school poster art for Dr. No on one side, From Russia on the other, and both titles on the spine.

Post: #256493
Topic: Where do I go from here as a SW fan?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256493/action/topic#256493
Time: 12-Nov-2006 7:21 PM

There IS something kind of depressing about the fact that the first ever saga presentation is such a non-event. And it's on Skinemax, not even HBO! In the 80s there was The Godfather-novel for network television. Something unique like that would have been cool.

Post: #256366
Topic: A New Hope HDTV screenshots
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256366/action/topic#256366
Time: 11-Nov-2006 10:31 PM

Which version of Phantom did they show?

Post: #256017
Topic: The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256017/action/topic#256017
Time: 9-Nov-2006 7:13 PM

Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints.

Post: #255414
Topic: Opinion Poll on Go-Mer-Tonic
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255414/action/topic#255414
Time: 7-Nov-2006 8:05 PM

Lucas is not reading this board, and will never, ever, be aware of anything said here. So, the "don't criticize him or he won't release the old versions" thing doesn't make any sense to me. For whatever reason, I guess I have grown to dread seeing Gomer's name everywhere (sorry dude) seemingly all day, every day. Also, I thought the ORIGINAL trilogy, 77-83, is the particular fetish of this place? I know it's mine. (and I mostly like the fuckin prequels. I'm just sick of hearing about them). A prequel-free zone is a little hard to find on the internets.

Post: #255401
Topic: Hope Wanted: for Music for the Vader VS. Obi-Wan Rematch...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255401/action/topic#255401
Time: 7-Nov-2006 7:34 PM

The unused music for the Empire duel? It's really good and it needs a home!

Post: #253872
Topic: McCallum on Jar Jar & Kids before TPM came out
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253872/action/topic#253872
Time: 28-Oct-2006 2:30 PM

Gomer, the list of all-time moneymakers is littered with movies nobody gives a shit about any more. ( Remember Home Alone? It made about a zillion dollars more than Goodfellas the same year.)

Post: #253205
Topic: Here's my stance
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253205/action/topic#253205
Time: 24-Oct-2006 5:43 PM

Interesting! Thanks dude. Do you have a bootleg of the true 77 version? (or just a good memory?)

Post: #253192
Topic: Here's my stance
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253192/action/topic#253192
Time: 24-Oct-2006 5:13 PM

The current Close Encounters disc is just the 97 laserdisc set with a new transfer. I don't know how well it sold. There has to be demand, like any movie. Sony has to want to do it and Spielberg has to supervise it. I don't think he has ever ruled out an "ultimate" set with all the versions. What was different on the criterion laser? I've read conflicting things.

Post: #253150
Topic: Here's my stance
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253150/action/topic#253150
Time: 24-Oct-2006 1:01 PM

Bantha Tracks Spring 1980:

"SW: At one point there were going to be twelve Star Wars films.

GL: I cut that number down to nine because the other three were tangential to the saga. Star Wars was the fourth story in the saga and was to have been called Star Wars: Episode Four A New Hope. But I decided people wouldn't understand the numbering system so we dropped it. For Empire, though, we're putting back the number and will call it Episode Five: The Empire Strikes Back. After the third film in this trilogy we'll go back and make the first trilogy, which deals with the young Ben Kenobi and the young Darth Vader.

SW: What is the third trilogy about?

GL: It deals with the character that survives Star Wars III and his adventures."

More recently, Gary Kurtz also said there were 9 planned. George should just say "look, the story was already getting thin by Jedi, so I gave up on the 3rd trilogy".