Dragon Ball Z

[Kalyx triaD]

http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/898/898694/dragonball-20080813045114826_640w.jpg

Directed by James Wong (Final Destination)
Produced by Steven Chow (Shaolin Soccer)
Stunt team did 300 and The Matrix among other things.

Current Cast/Characters:
Chow Yun-Fat - Master Roshi
Emmy Rossun - Bulma
Jamie Chung - Chi Chi
Justin Chatwin - Goku
James Marsters - 'Demon King' Piccolo

There's alot of reasons this may be a disaster; but there's some pretty credible names up there. I'll be watching this project with great interest.

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[Lock Jaw]

This movie is even later in coming out than The Simpsons Movie.

But it looks like they're kinda basing it off of Dragonball instead of Dragonball Z, which is definitely a step in the right direction since regular Dragonball was much better. In my opinion.

[Kalyx triaD]

They should use elements from all three incarnations. I'd love to see a live action Broly battle.

[Mister Sinister]

They should use elements from all three incarnations. I'd love to see a live action Broly battle.

Screw GT.

In fact, Screw Broly, FN Toei

[Fignuts]

So the kid from war of the worlds, and that backsreet boy-looking fellow from buffy.

Great casting.

[Vietnamese Crippler]

This can only be really bad or really good, I honestly don't think there's any middle ground :o

Whatever happens, though, I know I'm going to actually be watching this in the theaters.

[Funky Fly]

I look at this cast and think WTF, shit is crazy.

Gonna be weird if anything. Def too late tho.

[owenbrown]

The movie industry officially has or has had too much fuckin' money. :nono:

[.44 Magdalene]

Yeah, it's Dragonball. ...Not Z. Thank God. The plot involves Goku and Bulma getting the Dragonballs before Piccolo does.



And most of those years in "development Hell" were heresay and rumor propagated by internet fandom, and not any actual period in which a real movie was being worked on.

[.44 Magdalene]

Furthermore, Eriko Tamura is being cast as Mai, meaning there may or may not be Pilaf action.

[.44 Magdalene]

http://blogs.hoycinema.com/myfiles/movieland/dbzmex1.jpg

Goku on set.



Niggers.

[McLegend]

Yeah I'll be seeing this. It's gonna blow hard though

[RBM]

All the Dragonball cartoons were complete trash. An American live action movie based on it has to be the biggest pile of fail ever.

[Shaggy]

Im interested to see James Marsters in this...

I love the guy and im glad to finally see him in a lead part in a movie.

Ive heard there were two screenshots floating around....of Goku and Piccolo

Would love to see what Marsters looks like in character

[Mr Regal]

This will not be good.

[Fignuts]

The piccolo one is a fan made thing. As is the goku in-costume pic. Only pic so far is the goku street clothes one.

[Pinnacle Charisma]

yeah i dont know i loved db and dbz but the cast looks werid. I liked DBZ alot better but it would have been harder to convert into a film.

[Fignuts]

This has Mortal Kombat Annihilation-level-suck, written all over it.

[Jura]

Now that you mention it, there will be another Mortal Kombat movie in a few years.

[Mr. Nerfect]

If anyone can produce a Dragon Ball movie that is actually good, it would be Stephen Chow. He's just got the right attitude and skill for such a project. I'm not too big on some of the casting, though, but we'll see how it goes.

Robin Shou would actually make a damn good Goku. He's got the martial arts skill, and I think he would play the role well.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Emmy Rossun seems right for Bulma, as does Jamie Chung for Chi Chi. With some make-up, Chow Yun-Fat would actually be a brilliant Master Roshi. I don't know enough about Justin Chatwin, but hopefully he does well with it. James Marsters is an odd choice for Piccolo, but hopefully he is a surprise.

[Nowhere Man]

This is going to be so wondefully stupid, I've gotta see it.

[Kris P Lettus]

I used to mark out for Piccolo..

[Pinnacle Charisma]

Piccolo was the fucking balls.

I always thought that Sam L Jackson would have made an awesome piccolo

[McLegend]

It's been pushed back untill April 2009.

[Kalyx triaD]

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h230/Kalyx_triaD/dragonball13.jpg

[Destor]

Dunno about James Marsters being Piccalo. I can't wait to see him on the big screen (and I will go just to see him ftr) but it's and odd casting choice.

[U-Warrior]

Looks pretty terrible.

[Kalyx triaD]

Holding out judgment 'til I see a trailer.

[MVP]

This has Mortal Kombat Annihilation-level-suck, written all over it.

That's saying a lot. You're probably right though.

[U-Warrior]

That pic makes me sure of it.

They should have made it purposely cartoony, like the upcoming speed racer flick. WOuld have been able to follow the plot, and character design more closely, rather than take this pseudo-realistic route, which will undoubtedly fail miserably.

[Lock Jaw]

That pic IS awfully cartoony, what are you talking about? The only other cartoony thing they coulda done was try to give him the ridiculously sized anime-hair.

[Shaggy]

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h230/Kalyx_triaD/dragonball13.jpg

oh my god my hopes for this film just went down a few pegs...

[Destor]

they should have went with the giant hair

[McLegend]

Yeah if you are gonna blow it you mine as well blow it all the way.

[Kalyx triaD]

That pic is just a production shot, we don't know how the end result will look after effects and such. I'll still wait.

[Mr Regal]

You wait, it will still suck.

[Destor]

Regal knows

[ManayZ]

lol that kid looks like such a dork.

[U-Warrior]

http://www.animecorporation.com/news/dragonball-live-action-pics

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

AHAHA

AHA

aaaahhhhhh

[Kalyx triaD]

Who's the chick?

[U-Warrior]

How can you have any kind of faith in this, after those pics? Come on.

[Blitz]

Who's the chick?
Emmy Rossum :drool:

[U-Warrior]

Think he meant who does she play. Cause I sure as fuck dont remember anyone fitting that description in the anime.

[Kalyx triaD]

Emmy is Bulma... that can't be right...

[Kalyx triaD]

How can you have any kind of faith in this, after those pics? Come on.

The key word is faith.

[Gray]

I would hope they can actually get to the point of making a Frieza and Cell saga, this is for DBZ of course..

Not sure what to go on off those pictures though... Guns? Plus he should have bigger hair. Yeah. Hes not Goku without bigger hair.

[Fryza]

Probably will see it.
Definately will suck.

Oh well, at least it is Dragonball, and not Dragon Ball Z. Shame we cannot actually get a Journey to the West instead these crappy knockoffs.

[HeartBreakMan2k]

Probably will see it.
Definately will suck.

Oh well, at least it is Dragonball, and not Dragon Ball Z. Shame we cannot actually get a Journey to the West instead these crappy knockoffs.

lol, Dragonball and Dragonball Z are the same thing to Hollywood. You're going to watch DBZ. *nods*

[Kalyx triaD]

http://dbthemovie.com/images/young1.JPG

[Vietnamese Crippler]

I saw that a couple days ago and I still don't know what to say :o

[U-Warrior]

The key word is faith.

Blind faith, maybe.

[HeartBreakMan2k]

I too saw that the other day and it reaffirmed my suspicion that this movie is going to suck something fierce.

[Mr Regal]

I wonder if he will have a tail?

[Savio]

Gay needs more Vegeta and Frieza

[U-Warrior]

Fuck no, it doesn't.

Compressing the piccolo, vegeta, and frieza saga into one movie would make it a clusterfuck that would put Mortal Kombat Annihilation, to shame.

[U-Warrior]

Besides, they're gonna make a ton of money off this, whether it's good or not, so they'll prolly want to save the others for inevitable sequels.

In fact, I wouldn't be surprized to see a scene after the credits involving vegeta, or raditz.

[Savio]

Not I mean cut out the Dragonball saga and jump to the Frieza saga

[Lock Jaw]

The Dragonball saga was the best part though.

[Mr Regal]

I prefer DragonballZ to Dragonball.

[Lock Jaw]

Dragonball >>> Dragonball Z

[Vietnamese Crippler]

Little more detail of the characters:

http://dbthemovie.com/images/roadshow3.JPG

[Savio]

Roshi doesn't even have glasses....or look old. this will suck balls.

[Mr Regal]

The ladies may save it

[Kalyx triaD]

He does look old and who cares about glasses. Yamcha looks overly badass, though.

Still have medium to high hopes.

[Mr Regal]

I still want to know if he will have a tail. if not this film can fuck off and die.

[Kalyx triaD]

I'm gonna say no.

Cause monkey-men martial artist is... stupid.

[Mr Regal]

Fuck you:foc: you clearly have no clue.

[U-Warrior]

I'm gonna say no.

Cause monkey-men martial artist is... stupid.

Are you fucking serious here, or what?

[Mr. Nerfect]

Master Roshi was my favourite character from the show. Piccolo was not far behind. I'm still not too keen on the casting, but I think the actors are both talented enough to make the characters work. Chow Yun-Fat will be a happy-go-lucky porn-loving old man, then become a lethal weapon. It doesn't bother me that he doesn't wear glasses or is skinny and bulks up only for the Kamehameha. Turtle must remain, though. Turtle provided a good mystical element to the Roshi character that could easily be done in the movie, and done well.

Joon Park looks fantastic at Yamcha. He looks incredibly bad-ass. Can definitely see the Bulma character wanting a piece of that, which will work in the movie's favour.

Man, are we going to get some Tien and Chiaotzu in this, somewhere? It might be getting it a bit cluttered, though.

[U-Warrior]

I'm not anal about modifying characters appearances for movies. But they should at least get the most iconic aspect of a character's appearance in.

Roshi without shades is like Wolverine without claws.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Maybe he will bust out the shades for a Jackie Chun appearance? Even though Chun was Roshi with a wig and without the glasses. I think we'll see them at some point.

[road doggy dogg]

What does the Z in Dragon Ball Z stand for anyway.
crossrine

[U-Warrior]

Zamboni

[U-Warrior]

I'm gonna say no.

Cause monkey-men martial artist is... stupid.

Considering that's what the whole fucking show is about, I think it's kind of hard to avoid it.

[Kalyx triaD]

No, its as easy as not writing it in the script.

Do you know anything about adapting source material to different mediums? Take a look at Mortal Kombat Annihilation and see what sticking too close to source material means. Then look at the first movie and see what reasonable adapting gets you.

Funny how Mortal Kombat's movie series offer both extremes.

Basically you can't take everything into account with turning something into a film, especially anime, double-especially DBZ.

[U-Warrior]

Like I said previously. I don't care about adapting every little thing. But the tail is a pretty major factor in not only Goku's appearance, but the actual plot. Especially considering this is a Dragonaball adaptation, not DBZ, despite the name. Annihilation got the costumes right, and thats it. As low budget as it looked, it could have been a lot better if it would have actually stuck to the plot of the game. And if Shao Kahn wasn't such a whiny douche.

Furthermore, 99% of the concepts in DBZ are stupidly ridiculous. If you want the adaptation to be even a little bit close to the source, you are going to have to put wacky stuff in there.

[U-Warrior]

Seriously, there is a line between being too close to the source, and not close enough. What you're suggesting would change it from being any sort of adaptation outside of using the same names as the characters.

You talk about Mortal Kombat Annihilation being too close. How about Super Mario Bros. for being too far. ANyone else remeber fighting Dennis Hopper in Mario Bros. 3? Really? No one?

Maybe they should cast Woody Allen as Piccolo, and paint him pink instead of green, so as not to stray too close to the source material.

[Kalyx triaD]

If there was good enough reason for that then go for it.

I just want to enjoy myself when watching the movie. If I want the anime, they're on sale in remastered DVDs.

[Vietnamese Crippler]

By the time Goku fights King Piccolo in the anime/manga Goku's tail is missing anyway, so not as important during that arc. I have a feeling that the movie will start from that point with no more than 5 minutes of explanation of Goku's past :-\

[Kalyx triaD]

I have a strong feeling he won't be an alien in the movie universe.

[Extreme Angle]

wasn't goku like 7 in dragon ball?

[Kalyx triaD]

Probably.

[Kalyx triaD]

About Marsters work on the film:

He has a lot of stunt work in the new film. When asked what the difference was between TV and film he said for TV he had a stuntman. So for the film he’s getting thrown off things and blown up and kicked in the face. One time his character is getting shot at by another character, power blasts, and he ducks and it blows up the rock behind him. So they got set up to blow it up and JM asked, said the quicker he stands up the cooler it will be. So he ducks, they blow it up, he stands up right away when there’s still chunks flying. The camera people, taken somewhat by surprise, leap to do their jobs. One person gets hit by something, and JM still feels guilty about that. (Be asks who was running stunts and how is it possible an actor can mess up the timing/safety issues?) (… what country were they filming in?) But JM’s logic is his character isn’t bothered by some rock blowing up. He only has to dodge his enemies’ blasts. Rock isn’t a problem for the supervillain.

[U-Warrior]

If there was good enough reason for that then go for it.

I just want to enjoy myself when watching the movie. If I want the anime, they're on sale in remastered DVDs.

That's kind of a bullshit arguement. Iron Man, Spider-man, Batman Begins were all very close to the source material, yet were still great movies. Did you not see those, and go read the comics instead?

Like I've said a hundred times. I don't care about little things, but core elements should be used in an adaptation. Or else it's not an adaptation is it?

Its just someone's idea of an action movie using names from dbz.

[Kalyx triaD]

That's kind of a bullshit arguement. Iron Man, Spider-man, Batman Begins were all very close to the source material, yet were still great movies. Did you not see those, and go read the comics instead?

Like I've said a hundred times. I don't care about little things, but core elements should be used in an adaptation. Or else it's not an adaptation is it?

Its just someone's idea of an action movie using names from dbz.

Those three movies captured the mood and feel of the comics well, but were not as close to source material as you think (though Spider-Man always had a filmable origin).

I wouldn't call a monkey tail a core element, it was more like one of the many 'rules' to adjust combat in DBZ when the plot called for it. Lets not forget most of DBZ's plots were wacky reasons to see two powerful characters fight in the first place, the Dragonball and Frieza Saga being the only real stories worth telling. I like to think the Frieza Saga is a sequel to the Dragonball thing.

[Savio]

He does look old and who cares about glasses. Yamcha looks overly badass, though.

Still have medium to high hopes.
When I watch a movie based on a show or game I shouldn't have to guess who the characters are. How hard would it be to shave his head and throw a beard on.

Guy 1: Who is that 40 year old guy
Guy 2: Master Roshi
Guy 1:What?....he looks nothing like him...Like they put no effort into this movie and just stuck Dragon Ball on it....

[Shaggy]

The only person I really want to see is Piccolo......

Im curious to see how they are gonna make him look. For some reason the only thing that keeps popping in my head is one of those cheesy looking 70s style aliens.

[Kalyx triaD]

There was a 4 hour make-up process; he isn't gonna look normal.

[Kalyx triaD]

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h230/Kalyx_triaD/untitled.jpg

[Destor]

I wish James Marsters wasn't in this...cause because of him I have to see this... and I really don't want to.

[Shaggy]

So I guess March 3rd 2009 is the release date.....judging by that poster...

I can honestly say that this is one of the few movies to ever come out that I know its gonna such horribly.....but I cant wait to go see it.

[Sepholio]

I am going to laugh if this movie turns out to be great. Although if it is indeed anything better than absolute shit it will indicate that hell has frozen over.

I would rather them do a 4th series of the anime than this shit, they are ruining a legacy.

What's next, live action Akira? That might actually be good though.

[Kalyx triaD]

LOL

They are doing a live action Akira!

Anyway, a 4th DB series would be nice; but that wouldn't stop a live action series. I wouldn't mind both going on. Dragon Ball coming back to the forefront and all that.

[Sepholio]

ROFL I noticed. Leonardo Dicaprio is behind it or something. It is being split into 2 parts and made by WB and part 1 is supposedly coming in summer 2009. It is supposedly to follow the manga more closely than the anime did. Part 1 covers the first 3 'issues' and the second part covers the last 3.

[Kalyx triaD]

Good luck with the whole telekenitic-birth of the world thing, WB.

[Kalyx triaD]

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She is too cute. Story seems like high school fluff with mortal kombat syndrome, pretty much what I expected when I first heard Goku being a high school student. I need a teaser or something.

[Lock Jaw]

GUYS. This is set in modern times, sometime in the future.

[Kalyx triaD]

Ok?

[Vietnamese Crippler]

I think the URL explains it all: http://www.dragonballmovieblog.net/2008/09/trailer-screen-capturespiccolos-reveal/

I don't know if these pictures are linkable from the blog, but here's trying.

http://www.dragonballmovieblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/atrailer1.jpg

http://www.dragonballmovieblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/atrailer3.jpg

http://www.dragonballmovieblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/atrailer5.jpg

[MCEazy]

... still not sure what to think of this :-\

[Indifferent Clox]

OMG THIS IS GONNA BE THE BEST MOVIE EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[mitchables]

wtf did they do to Piccolo?

[Sepholio]

Thats Piccolo? I thought it was Garlic Jr. or something. AWFUL.

[U-Warrior]

lol

[Indifferent Clox]

I think he looks fine.

[UmbrellaCorporation]

Why is he white?

[Shaggy]

Not sure if its been mentioned yet in here....

The first trailer for the film is set to show in front of Max Payne.

[Shaggy]

http://www.thedragonballmovies.com/2008/10/high-quality-version-of-the-dragonball-movie-teaser-trailer/

That link has the trailer.....

Looks like complete shit but then again were we expecting anything different.

Im still horribly looking forward to this and will definently be there on day 1.

[Kalyx triaD]

Mixed feelings... I haven't seen a poorly cut trailer for quite some time. Still, I'm there Day 1 as well.

[DrA]

Who was that bald guy with the six dots on his head

[UmbrellaCorporation]

lol, was that Krillin?

[U-Warrior]

lol

[McLegend]

Pretty hilarious

[Jeritron]

who would want to see this?

[U-Warrior]

Apparently there is a new animated DBZ feature film on the way, which is way more exciting than this.

[McLegend]

who would want to see this?

I kind of do tbh.

[Shaggy]

me also...

I know this is gonna be beyond bad....

But I will still be there the day its released to watch it no matter how bad it is.

[Jeritron]

different strokes. It just looks beyond bad to me, but I never was interested in the show either so I can't really say

[McLegend]

Well here is the Trailer.

First post next page.

[McLegend]

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Aren't you guys excited to see it now?



No? Ok.

[Funky Fly]

Ahahahaha :rofl:

[McLegend]

The Piccolo voice is great.

[Lock Jaw]

That dude who plays Goku looks completely out of it/clueless in every shot.

[McLegend]

In case anyone hasn't figured it out by the trailer The movie is now called...

Dragonball: Evolution

[Fignuts]

The Piccolo voice is great.


I'll agree with that much.

Goku saying "I'm not ready for this." made me cringe, as it goes completely against what the character is about. Action doesn't look very dragonball-y so far. Should have taken a que from the final battle in Matrix: Revolutions. When I watched that fight all I was thinking was "This is what the dbz movie is gonna be like."

Guess I was wrong.

[DrA]

lol this movie is going to be a mess

[Destor]

James Marsters is going to be the only thing good about this movie.

:(

[AKin3D]

*sigh* With all the time and money they've put into this danm thing, it would look 100 times better than it dose. Also you think they would've realised that by taking out more or less every danm thing any DB/Z/GT fan liked they've more or less, made a movie that would end up in the $1 Bin in Wal-Mart. I'm so disapointed with how this has turned out. Fox Fails again.

[Boondock Saint]

Looks like Street Fighter.

[Kalyx triaD]

I wouldn't say it looks like street fighter, c'mon.

It reminds me of Forbidden Kingdom more than anything (which is ironic if anyone knows their DB history). I guess it looks fun, can't expect Dark Knight on every adaption.

[BigDaddyCool]

It could be better. Also, where is Goku's fucking tail?

[Kalyx triaD]

It could be better. Also, where is Goku's fucking tail?

http://tpww.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2165355&postcount=76

I agree with nixing the monkey thing. He can still be a Sayijin with a tail, it isn't that important written a certain way.

[mitchables]

I am sure they have made Piccolo more green since the original releases of his screenshots. Like people everywhere went "wtf is that a Romulan" and yeah. He looks way more green now, and I am happy about that.

Everything else, not so much.

[Savio]

this will suck balls.

[Destor]

this will suck dragon balls.
OMG! I AM SO FUNNY!

[Destor]

(It's def gonna suck though)

[Dark-Slicer Diago]

But we'll see it regardless, mostly because of Marsters.

[Nowhere Man]

It's times like this that I'm glad for RiffTrax.

[Kalyx triaD]

Alternate Trailer (With J-Pop Theme):

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The J-Pop theme will be presented in all versions of the film (thank you). This trailer seems more Dragonball centric, almost like a response to the first teaser's showing. More chi-blasts, fighting, and the dragon, Shen-Long himself. I guess somebody's getting their wish. I really want this movie to do well enough for a 'Z' sequel. Super Sayijiins and Vegeta need to be onscreen.

[AKin3D]

Alternate Trailer (With J-Pop Theme):

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The J-Pop theme will be presented in all versions of the film (thank you). This trailer seems more Dragonball centric, almost like a response to the first teaser's showing. More chi-blasts, fighting, and the dragon, Shen-Long himself. I guess somebody's getting their wish. I really want this movie to do well enough for a 'Z' sequel. Super Sayijiins and Vegeta need to be onscreen.

Not bad of a song. Plus I kind of like Ayumi Hamasaki. I'm still not sold, but they got a killer Jap Dub cast/

[Shaggy]

I want this movie to do well as well but I dont think it will. I think it will bomb horribly because people are gonna doubt it...or because it coud suck... but then again I have liked many movies that I thought was gonna suck so who knows.

[.44 Magdalene]

I want this movie to make them never think about doing this ever again

[mitchables]

I think Goku's hair is really ruining the professionalism of the piece. It looks so poorly done that it projects onto the rest of the film and makes the whole thing have a kind of "B" feel to it, you know?

[Kalyx triaD]

But... that's his hair...

[mitchables]

No, it's like a half assed attempt at his hair.

[Kalyx triaD]

What attempt? They barely touched it because Gokou's hair is uniformly unkempt. This has been reported several times shortly after Justin was cast. At best they enhanced the sloppiness of it during shots to achieve a stylish look of... unkempt-ness if that makes sense. I've read and heard people's issues with the movie, and I have my own, but this hair thing is weak sauce.

[mitchables]

Okay you realise the whole "it gives it a "B" feel" is straight out of Futurama and I'm not actually upset about his hair, right?

[Kalyx triaD]

I'm not familiar with that line in Futurama, no.

[mitchables]

Farnsworth: Let's recap what's happened so far. As you can see, I accidentally created a box containing your universe.
Farnsworth 1: While I, in a simultaineous blunder, created a box containing your universe.
Leela: This is getting confusing. Why don't we call our universe "Universe A" and this universe "Universe B"?
Bender 1: Hey, why can't we be universe A?
Fry 1: Yeah!
Amy 1: Yeah!
Zoidberg 1: We want the best letter!
Fry: We called it first. Besides, this place kinda feels like a "B", y'know?
Leela 1: Alright, you can be crummy universe A. And we'll be universe 1!
Fry 1: Or "The Mongooses," that's a cool team name. The Fighting Mongooses!

[Kalyx triaD]

I liked that episode.

[mitchables]

One of my favourites of all time. Easily a 9.5/10.

[Fignuts]

My biggest problem with Goku isn'this hair. It's the line, "I'm not ready for this."

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah. But we can't have the cocky-ass "I can't wait to challenge you!" Gokou right out the box, can we? I'll let this character detail slide until the second movie.

[Fignuts]

Well he was the cocky-ass "I can't wait to challenge you!" character even when he was a little kid. That was the whole charm of the character. Because beyond that, there wasn't much to the character anyway. So imo, you really gotta keep that intact.

[Kalyx triaD]

I see.

[Sting Fan]

Well he was the cocky-ass "I can't wait to challenge you!" character even when he was a little kid. That was the whole charm of the character. Because beyond that, there wasn't much to the character anyway. So imo, you really gotta keep that intact.

Agreed, from Day one of Dragonball that was Goku, up for anytihng, never back down no challenge to big.

Gohan on the other hand, well yeah...

[.44 Magdalene]

Yeah, this Goku is basically the kid from Forbidden Kingdom.







Wait a minute.

[Kalyx triaD]

Monkey King!

[Vietnamese Crippler]

From the man himself:

As the original creator, I had a feeling of "Huh?" upon seeing the screenplay and the character designs, but the director, all the actors, the staff, and the rest are nothing but "ultra" high-caliber people. Maybe the right way for me and all the fans to appreciate it is as a <cite>New <cite class="e anime">Dragonball</cite></cite> of a different dimension. Perhaps, this might become a great masterpiece of power! Hey, I look forward to it!!

- http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-08/akira-toriyama-comments-on-live-action-dragonball-film

[.44 Magdalene]

"This entire concept seems retarded to me. The people doing it don't realize how dumb this is, so I can't really blame them for it. Just pretend it's an alternate reality! Or not Dragonball at all! I'll be glad when this whole thing blows over!" - Akira Toriyama, paraphrased

[Fignuts]

Did you just make that up, or is that real?

[.44 Magdalene]

If you're asking me, I was just taking the grin-and-bear-it-with-shifty-eyes tone out of the quote Crippler posted.

[V]

"i'm not ready for this"

just destroys the whole basis of dragonball

goku has never pussied out of anything, and is the one all their friends depend on to be strong and happy through it all

if goku had said that line during the anime... everyone would have just given up, they would have all died, and the anime would have ended.

[Fignuts]

I guess the only good part is that this is so far from what dragonball is, that I can't even get offended as a fan.

And I think a live action movie is extremely far from dbz even if they tried to be faithful, as Toriyama's art style is what makes dragonball, dragonball. Anything else just feels like something else entirely.

[.44 Magdalene]

He's a generic young American highschool student forced into a situation he's unfamiliar with, a bit of a weirdo that the presumably nerdy audience of equally white young American highschool students can identify with by placing themselves in the shoes of, maybe even living out fantasies of escapism and acceptance by outside sources through him.

They decided to name him Goku for some reason

[Fignuts]

Honestly, they could have kept goku's personality intact.

[.44 Magdalene]

They could have done alot of things, up to and including not making this movie.

[Kalyx triaD]

True and true. Rather not voice my thoughts on the matter, arguement's getting old.

[Savio]

This movie will suck hands down

[Kalyx triaD]

http://cache.io9.com/assets/images/gallery/8/2009/02/medium_3269288826_dacf1d7ed5_o.jpg

[Nowhere Man]

Well at least her hair has a little blue in it.

I have a feeling this one is going to go right next to the Van Damme Street Fighter and Batman & Robin in my collection of wonderfully awful movies.

[Kalyx triaD]

I really dig her design, she could head her own feature if it wasn't Dragonball related. I'm thinking cyber-punk heroine with a taste for guns and gadgetry who leads a resistance faction against a fascist government. I'd call it, "Digital".

[Fox]

I cannot see that faggot yelling "Kamehameha!" and me buying it.

[Kalyx triaD]

You can hear him saying it in the trailer and I think he sells it. In the Jap track it's a squeeky voice doing it so there's one improvement right there. I got used to Goku sounding like a school girl at times but let's just say I didn't mind the FUNimation tracks.

[Kalyx triaD]

The second one goes more into the whole legacy and the genealogy of Dragonball. It goes more in-depth into a real Dragonball series, the kind of intergalactic world of Dragonball.

Already a screenplay for "Z". If it means Super Sayijins and Vegeta, bring it on.

[Kalyx triaD]

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Ki Auras :)

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Harsh.

[Kalyx triaD]

Rather generous clips.

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LOL This is Dragonball! I never been so happy to see something so corny!

[Kalyx triaD]

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Holy exposition, Batman! Wong is channeling anime pretty strongly here.

[Kalyx triaD]

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Yamcha's perfect.

[Fignuts]

Sweet merciful christ that looks awful.

[Kalyx triaD]

LOL

[Kalyx triaD]

Amateur reviews are in. The general consensus is the movie is 'surprisingly watchable'. And these are fans, pretty sure 'professional critics' will tear it apart. Everybody says it's too short.

[Savio]

and I cant see them

[Kalyx triaD]

Won't give a proper review until everybody seen it but I will say Goku is definitely a Sayijin.

[Destor]

How was James Marsters?

[Destor]

Cause thats all I care about.

[Kalyx triaD]

Review Soon

[Dark-Slicer Diago]

I haven't got the chance to see this yet but I here Marsters and Chow were the only ones that made you feel they were the characters. I also remember Marsters saying he actually watchs the original Dragon Ball when he can.

[Kalyx triaD]

Which is too bad because he doesn't get the screen time to really nail down his Piccolo. The last 10min should have been the whole movie's tone. It was the only time the movie got... grand. I'm not talking about the fight scenes either. The first hour and the last ten minutes are two different movies.

[UmbrellaCorporation]

I admit it, I loved this movie.

Mainly because as a fan of the show since my late elementary school days, I was expecting a horrible, horrible abomination somewhere on the level of the Super Mario Brothers movie.

I did not get that. I got a Dragonball film that is indeed surprisingly watchable, and while it won't win any major awards (nor should it), it wasn't the train wreck I imagined it would be.

I only found a few things to nitpick that I remember, one of the big ones being that Piccolo can do a Kamehameha for some reason. That, and the fact that Yamcha never fought at all, to my recollection.

Maybe a few things here or there bugged me, but not enough for me to personally send this movie to hell.

[Kalyx triaD]

Piccolo did one? When?

And yeah, no Wolf Fang Fist action.

[Sepholio]

I may consider going to see this

[Fignuts]

BCWWF

[Gone Mad]

I just saw this today and it's watchable. I came in with a "so bad, it's good" mentality and I left alright with the finished product. I still feel like Fox did this like they did with the original Fantastic Four movie when they first bought them. Just make a shitty movie with a quality franchise name and it will sell regardless.

Anyways, the movie. What worked: It moves nonstop, hardly a boring moment. You can follow the characters and care for them abit. The actors do their job, particularly Roshi and Goku, as they were the closest to the characters. It has its funny moments and if you forget it's a variation on the Dragonball story and watch it as just a wacky action movie, you'll be fine.

What doesn't work: Where to begin? The writing, the timing and pacing (too short and way too fast). Yamcha... yeaaa, Piccolo not enough build-up. Sometimes it looked cheap and had some awkward moments and I just didn't get the whole epic feel the series gives. Hopefully, if there is a sequel, it will all be fixed up and we get a true DB movie. 5/10

[Kalyx triaD]

They already wrote the sequel.