Guy Caballero

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

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Post: #252866
Topic: The voice of Qui-Gon
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/252866/action/topic#252866
Time: 22-Oct-2006 6:07 PM

I don't know that a few voice-over sentences at the end of Revenge would have done the idea justice. About extra Qui-gon, though, I would love to somehow work his speech from that Phantom commercial ("it will be a hard life...") into episode 2. Anakin could "remember" it in some reflective moment after his mother's death.

Post: #252747
Topic: The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/252747/action/topic#252747
Time: 21-Oct-2006 7:49 PM

Well, it seems to me that there is now less suspense and unpredictability about Darth turning back to the good side in Jedi. When Vader was just the villain, even threatening to turn Leia 10 minutes before the saga is over, there was still some question about what this guy would do. Now having seen him start out as a lovable kid, I think people will see it all coming. I hope I'm wrong.

Post: #251921
Topic: For me...it all came out in the end...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/251921/action/topic#251921
Time: 18-Oct-2006 4:11 AM

Star Wars and Empire ain't cheesy to me at all. Much of Jedi isn't either. There are some groaner moments for sure, ("a certain point of view", "someone who loves you!" many individual endor/ muppet shots. Stupid rushed schedule!), but a fresh look at the o.g. version was surprisingly great. Basically, the original trilogy is cheese-free gold.

Post: #251871
Topic: The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/251871/action/topic#251871
Time: 17-Oct-2006 8:15 PM

That poor kid. His first scene he has to express a schoolboy crush, AND explain he's a slave, he's a pilot, he used to be owned by a hutt, and tell Padme she's an angel. I don't think a human exists who could totally pull that off, let alone a child. Lucas' instinct to cast a "regular" boy over a trained Dakota Fanning-type mini-adult was okay by me. But he should have followed through by keeping it simple for the kid. Everyone can relate to liking that older girl in school, or in the neighborhood, a look and one simple line of dialogue would have said it all.

Post: #251589
Topic: Remember when...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/251589/action/topic#251589
Time: 16-Oct-2006 2:42 PM

Well, from my experience nobody teased anybody JUST over Star Wars and I went to 4 different schools from 1979-86. In fact, the teacher organized an OPTIONAL after-school trip to see Jedi and the ENTIRE class went. (it was my second time seeing it. school was a half-day, almost summer. Most of us even stayed after that to see WarGames.)

Post: #251207
Topic: Remember when...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/251207/action/topic#251207
Time: 13-Oct-2006 3:59 PM

I dunno, I think a kid wearing a Star Wars shirt to school was about a billion times more likely to get his ass kicked in 2002 than in 1982.

Post: #251035
Topic: What do you think of the Prequel Trilogy? a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/251035/action/topic#251035
Time: 12-Oct-2006 5:37 PM

Gomer, old bean, I wasn't calling you an asshole, I said "sith asshole". The sith are assholes. To me.
When Yoda speaks about "immortality", to me that suggests continuing forward, with your identity intact. Don't you like the notion of these 2 old guys having a beer in the afterlife?

Post: #251025
Topic: What do you think of the Prequel Trilogy? a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/251025/action/topic#251025
Time: 12-Oct-2006 5:05 PM

Shaw having hair and his limbs doesn't mean anything. ObiWan is also not cut in half, or naked. "The good part" of Anakin notion doesn't fly with me. He's not Sybil, he's not Dr. jekyll. There aren't "parts". He's just Anakin. He's not reverting back to a former personality, he's the same guy, just continuing FORWARD without being a Sith asshole.

Post: #250833
Topic: Favorite Star Wars Movie
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250833/action/topic#250833
Time: 11-Oct-2006 10:32 PM

The Reveal is that Jabba enjoys crappy bar band music.

Post: #250791
Topic: Remember when...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250791/action/topic#250791
Time: 11-Oct-2006 6:13 PM

Gomer, Im not trying to hassle you, but you say Star Wars was always for "geeks and fanboys", but have also said that the prequels had wide appeal, and were NOT heckled and mocked by the general public. Which is it?

Post: #250788
Topic: Star Wars HD coming in November! All SIX movies!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250788/action/topic#250788
Time: 11-Oct-2006 6:05 PM

Anyone know if the jagoffs at DirecTV will have an HD cinemax anytime soon? I upgraded to HD this year and I feel like a dropped a thousand bucks just to see Knight Rider in HD and everything else squished.

Post: #250738
Topic: What do you think of the Prequel Trilogy? a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250738/action/topic#250738
Time: 11-Oct-2006 1:51 PM

Gomer, is there ANYTHING the original trilogy did better? just curious.

Post: #250598
Topic: What do you think of the Prequel Trilogy? a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250598/action/topic#250598
Time: 10-Oct-2006 7:45 PM

Gomer, I was seeing your view until you said all six movies have the same amount of expository dialogue, then you lost me.
About Lucas needing fewer yes-men, I dunno if that would matter, or that he would listen. It seems to me that he already second-guessed himself too much. I like a lot of his first impulses better. Obi-wan discovering Anakin, Wookies instead of Ewoks. That annotated screenplay book even says his initial idea for Boba Fett's death was in a big brawl with Lando Calrissian, similar to the Jango rain fight. That said, my only real beef with the prequels is the total lack of urgency (and a genuine, relatable love story) in Episode 2.

Post: #250585
Topic: Sergio Leone Preservations - Dollars Trilogy, Fistful of Dynamite, Once Upon a Time in the West (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250585/action/topic#250585
Time: 10-Oct-2006 6:28 PM

A very cool project. I've been waiting FOREVER to get Duck you Sucker and both Dollars here in the states. (I really wish the new Good bad Ugly had the option to watch the shorter version with the original audio). Side question: For purely educational purposes, is there anywhere to see the butchered short version of Once upon a time in America?

Post: #250305
Topic: "If you leave now, help them you could..."
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250305/action/topic#250305
Time: 8-Oct-2006 4:51 PM

Luke is a great character because he screws up a lot, but is ultimately a better man than Yoda or Ben. They were wrong, they just wanted him to kill his father!

Post: #250095
Topic: Favorite Star Wars Movie
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250095/action/topic#250095
Time: 6-Oct-2006 8:20 PM

I was at the Avco Westwood that opening weekend and it was the same thing. Why the hell didn't Empire and Jedi play at the Mann Chinese anyway?

Post: #250061
Topic: What do you think of the Prequel Trilogy? a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250061/action/topic#250061
Time: 6-Oct-2006 4:41 PM

I like it. Just not as much as the original trilogy. I like Clones the least, but I'm curious to see if Lucas does anything with it next year. I can't shake the feeling that Lucas wasn't quite happy with it. He was burdened with a lot of extra hassles during that movie: casting Anakin all over again, working the kinks out of the digital camera, a CGi Yoda, bringing in that last-minute writer, who was then not asked back for III, or ever mentioned again. I think it's also significant that he brought in an outside editor for Sith, after Ben Burtt cut Clones all on his own, (AND doing the sound) which could not have been ideal.

Post: #249837
Topic: "..secret to the future is quantity," Lucas said
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249837/action/topic#249837
Time: 5-Oct-2006 6:39 PM

It's just too bad he doesn't like simply directing movies. To direct THX, Graffiti, and Star Wars by age 33 was remarkable. It seems like a waste to just become another boring entertainment brand name, but whatever. I really doubt the 2006 dvds were a favor for fans, or an insult to fans. It was barely a blip in his mind, one of many things he stamps for approval in a year. He's clearly occupied with other stuff.

Post: #249136
Topic: Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249136/action/topic#249136
Time: 2-Oct-2006 10:15 PM

Cool clip! To be extra old school, maybe the droid could be speaking that cool droid language the sandcrawler droid speaks, with the lines in subtitle. Maybe the lines could be boiled down to: "the metal is common to this region..." Even on earth we can tell where certain metals come from. Anyway, it's better than the diner already.

Post: #248998
Topic: The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248998/action/topic#248998
Time: 1-Oct-2006 10:53 PM

The prequels ARE full of striking, memorable images and moments, but they have to click just as regular movies, too. When the audience laughs at Anakin and Padme, something's not right. Maybe the regular test screening process would have helped, instead of just showing it to Ron Howard and Spielberg. The IMAX version of Clones was 20 minutes shorter. Whether it was better or worse, just that fact that that was even POSSIBLE should be a clue to something. I actually don't think that Jake Lloyd was a bad actor, he was given a part essentially written as a 13 year old. When you're 9, that is a huge gap, and is just never going to seem natural. On top of that it's Star Wars dialogue, which is hard for even the likes of Alec Guinness. I'm actually amazed he worked at all.

Post: #248908
Topic: For Those who bought the Sept. 12th Release, Thoughts so far?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248908/action/topic#248908
Time: 1-Oct-2006 2:40 PM

I've had a weird reaction. I love how different the 3 are from each other. So much that I think the 2007 set should just be a simple 6 disc thing: the theatrical versions of all SIX movies, as they were in the theaters, flaws and all. No commentaries, just 6 good transfers. The movies have been talked to death, there'll be an HD set eventually, let's just let it stand as it really was for a while!

Post: #248561
Topic: Alternate title for "A New Hope"?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248561/action/topic#248561
Time: 28-Sep-2006 3:34 PM

The oldest place I've seen it is in the Art of Star Wars book, from 1979. It isn't a very pulpy title. If he had gone that route, some early subtitles from the old 1974 drafts like "Adventures of Starkiller" or "The Princess of Ondos" could've been tweaked to fit maybe? "The Princess of Alderaan" or "The Adventures of Skywalker" or something. I always liked the title of a section of the Marvel comics version, simply "Death Star!"

Post: #248258
Topic: This person added Qui-Gon into the end of Return of the Jedi as a force ghost.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248258/action/topic#248258
Time: 27-Sep-2006 4:55 AM

Let's force a connection in EVERY movie to it's sequel, regardless of if it fits. I think they should add Judi Dench into Goldfinger.
Anyway, the guy did a decent job, but I think there's a better shot of Quigon standing still, when they introduce R2 maybe?

Post: #248257
Topic: The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248257/action/topic#248257
Time: 27-Sep-2006 4:48 AM

I just don't see Anakin as the hero of I-III, (let alone all SIX movies). I see Qui-gon or Obi-Wan filling that role. Anakin is more like a plot device, a dangerous one. I enjoy the movies (well, I and III mainly) in that way, it's just all these friggin interviews after the fact that tell me I'm watching it "the wrong way" that start pissing me off. "Anakin is the hero! Anakin is the victim!" Huh? Anakin's a cunt!

Post: #247850
Topic: The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247850/action/topic#247850
Time: 25-Sep-2006 4:34 PM

The bare minimum setup and exposition used to be one of the hallmarks of the Star Wars style. 2 entire movies of setup is an awful lot.