Dragonball Evolution

Demi-Fiend said:
Except the one about the special effects. xD
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And if you look at that comment, it was saying "EVEN IF" they had been great...it wasn't even about the special effects, the target of that comment was still about the story. xD

Anyway, I agree 100% with you Argor251.
That's what I've been saying all along.
 
Demi-Fiend said:
As for accuracy of storyline, I've already stated that I'm displeased about that, as they could've just up'd Goku's age in the original story and it'd be fine.
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Goku's age isn't a problem. He does grow up in Dragonball. I think the way this L.A.M is going, they are following the World Tournament, from where Goku fights Picolo. In Dragonball, Goku is grown up at this stage, and defeats Picolo, destroying the World Tournament arena during the fight, which is why the World Tournament was cancelled, and only brought back by Hercule in DBZ. So the major plot difference goes to Goku being in high school and being an outcast.

The fight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_XLdlUwouA
 
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I know this... I'm talking about upping his starting age... Y'know, where he was beating up anything he came across at only 8 years old? Having seen the series, I know he grows up throughout. I'm just saying, they could've done the original story and just upped his original age a few year to make it look a bit better.

And the Goku at highschool/being an outcast thing is what is the only thing displeasing me the most. xD
 
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wtf is with Goku? this is madness, I swear! Is Krillen gonna be in this? I refuse to watch it unless the super midget is in it dammit!
 
The big question is: WHO WILL BE VEGETA?
Probably a bully that beats up Goku in high school -__-
I will not watch this, unless there's Buu in the movie. I like Buu.
 
Krillin isn't in it. Nor will Vegeta since it takes place when Goku is a kid.

There is talk of a possible sequel, which most likely could be the radiz (sp) or Vegeta saga. But I doubt they will cause I don't see this movie doing good enough to prompt a sequel.
 
Bump since nobody else has posted it. I was waiting cause I didn't want to double post. Anybody see the new trailer for this movie?
I laughed the entire time while watching it. Not in a good way though. There is no way I'd go to the theater to watch this. I probably might skip a rent as well and just wait for T.V or *cough*download*cough*

http://kotaku.com/5057729/live-action-dragon-ball-trailer-successfully-fails
 
Looks way to "Hollywoodised" in that trailer, though I'm willing to still give it a look, one reason being the quality of the video is poor, and the other reason being, I love the DB series.

I know this movie will dissapoint me though.
 
Tears are currently rolling down my face.

I don't think I saw a single energy blast of any kind in that video... They were throwing air at each other! :huh:
 
I forgot to mention that this thread will henceforth reside in the Home Theatre, given that the Live-Action Movie of Dragonball Z isn't actually anime - otherwise, Harry Potter discussions would have to be had under the forum on literature.

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The trailer looked horrible, maybe if this movie had a better cast it would be more worthwhile, but since it doesn't it probably won't do very good
 
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Still can't wait for this movie. It may look cheesy but I could care less. It's still Dragon Ball Z. xD
 
^ Ah, cheers. I didn't realise there was a second thread on this topic.

I don't care how pathetic the film looks, by the way - I'm still perfectly happy in visiting the cinema to see this film, out of nostalgia if nothing else. That being said, I'm still excited about it - it looks really good.
 
This is apparently a review from someone who saw the unfinished film in October. WARNING! POSSIBLE SPOILERS!

Quote:I am a huge fan of your site and constantly visit here but this will be my first time emailing you about something. I love geek movies because there is nothing better than a well made geek movie. Well after watching the 95-100 minutes (excluding credits) of the movie i say this movie was solid. Ya you heard that right. I simply love the anime but I was very very nervous about it being made by fox. After all the studio has been making nothing but shit lately. Another reason why I was worried about this movie is that the director is James Wong who made final destination 1 & 3 and The one starring Jet Li. What I watched had unfinished sfx and with no scoring done yet. Also… they will be adding one or two scenes which will be shot sometime end of october.

Now let me list the positives of this movie

1) Action - I wasn’t expecting the action scenes to be as awesome as they were. Simply put the best thing about this movie. The last action scene of Goku vs. Picollo are simply amazing and when picollo takes out his huge fucking ass sword with weird rectangle shape tablet attached it at the tip of sword and slamming it on goku was fucking awesome. Lot of blowing shit up, super cool flying scenes, awesome ki blasts. This fight scene was around 13-15 minutes long. There are other small action scenes that are fun and entertaining with slo mo but nowhere as good as the picollo vs. goku scene.

2) James Marsters as Picollo was awesome. He was perfect as picollo. Very mean and a villain that makes you say fuck ya kick all their asses. Oh and Picollo transforms into a light greenish color picollo towards the end of the movie.

3) Justin Chatwin as Goku. This guy surprised me a lot. I really didn’t like him when they casted him as goku but he did a damn good job in the acting department and he nailed the KAMEHAMEHA line.

4) Oozaru - the giant monkey is in the movie. Goku turns into a 8-9 feet tall giant baboon when he looks at the moon. It was awesome looking though a bit CGI. Maybe they will fix it later.

5) Emmy Rossum as Bulma- She was really really good in this role. I liked how she never acted like a wimpy girl and eventhough she knows she can’t win against the evil forces yet she kicks ass. A strong female role I will say.

6) Fullum Assasins - I thought adding these monsters were bad idea but they were pretty damn cool and there was an enitre scene where Goku and his friends fight these monsters and that fight scene was pretty damn good.

7) Joon Park as Yamcha was pretty cool. His acting was spot on like the character and they showed some cool fighting techniques of his. The fight scene between him and goku was good.

Negatives

1) Story - Dragonball fans will be dissapointed with some of the changes they have made with stories and characters etc. Krillin isn’t in the movie, Tien isn’t in the movie too. High school setting for the first 22-23 minutes was so not needed but ah well typical hollywood garbage of adding bullshit like that.

2) Jamie Chung as Chi Chi - Ya this was another casting i didn’t like and my worst fears came true. Her acting is as bad as Jessica Alba’s in F4 movies but thankfully her screentime isn’t that big. I really wished they could have tried harded to find someone else. I hope for sequel she can improve if there is one of course.

3) Chow Yun Fat as Master Roshi - I was dissapointed with this. I wanted the fucking perverted roshi who fucking grabs breasts and asses like in the anime but alas all of that is fucking gone. Also he acted like Mr. Kesuke Miyagi. You know what I mean. The lines he spoke were fine but I felt he was uncomfortable in the movie. Very dissapointed.

4) Shenron the dragon - Ah another huge dissapointment. This is like sentinel in X3 all over again. FUCK FUCK FUCK you fox. So ya they get all the dragonballs and the dragon appears but the dragon is hiding behind fucking clouds and you only see his shadow. The voice of the dragon was provided by none other than Christopher Sabat who provided the voice for the dragon in the american version of the anime. When the dragon spoke it was chilling but damnit it was hiding behind clouds. One can hope they will fix this but chances of that are very slim.

5) Eriko Tamura as Mai was underused character and frankly speaking if that is what their intention was to underuse her then they might as well have not added this character and just added more picollo. Her moments were cool and she basically was there to show her nice boobies but ya she was kinda wasted.

Overall, I would give the movie a 6.5/10 simply because i was expecting disaster but it turned out better. The positives I mentioned coupled with some cool funny goku moments like eating a massive turkey etc. were hilarious. If only Master Roshi was perverted and Shenron was visible I would have given this 9 but ah well they messed up there. Hopefully they will fix shenron as they still have 5 months to movie’s release but if not then well fuck you to fox and james wong. But in all seriousness I am glad it aint the disaster I thought it would be. Hopefully you guys will post this. Thank You.
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ONE MORE THING!
DBTheMovie received an extremely interesting photo from an anonymous source.

The image is of a very alien-like creature in what seems to be Goku’s final gi.

If the image is, in fact, real, be warned - it might be providing you with a detailed (though possibly unfinished) look at a major spoiler.
(younger readers might want to turn back now...)

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Oh yeah, btw, they are reshooting several scenes. Doesn't say much for the production team's confidence in this film lol.
 
I saw that pic of Goku about a week ago. Thought I posted it here, must've been a different forum.

Anyway, most speculation about it is that it is him as he is changing into a monkey. They say he somehow has his tail in this one.
 
Hmmm when i watch the trailers it sorta reminds me of mortal kombat. Gotta say it doesnt look to promising, tho i expect james marsters will do a great job as piccolo. No matter how bad it appears im still gonna watch it, so no point in moaning till its actually been released.
 
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