Dragon Ball (2009)

[Heathen]

I know that its a bit early...and I have made two other movie threads, but anyone here that has seen my post record knows that I am a DBZ fanatic.

I want to see what everyone else thinks. Perhapse you can enlighten me on things I dont know or bring up good points.

Besides, if map teams can make threads on WIP's that arent released for 2 years (CMT) then I can too :P
Its planned to release April 10 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_10), 2009 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009)
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The Movie is following Goku in his quest to find the Dragon Balls of course. It will be, time line speaking, on the last few episodes of Dragon Ball. Director James Wong of Final Destination, and producer the revolutionary film maker Stephen Chow of Shaolin Soccer will be in command of this very top heavy movie. This could be epic or a failure. Son Goku is Justin Chatwin who played Tom Cruise’s son in Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, the star of The Invisible, and Master Roshi is Chow yun-fat of Pirates of the Caribbean.

Full cast as of yet is:
Justin Chatwin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Chatwin) as Goku (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Goku_%28Dragon_Ball%29)
James Marsters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marsters) as Piccolo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_supernatural_beings_in_Dragon_Ball#Piccolo _Daimao)
Jamie Chung (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Chung) as Chi-Chi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Earthlings_in_Dragon_Ball#Chichi)
Emmy Rossum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Rossum) as Bulma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulma)
Chow Yun-Fat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_Yun-Fat) as Master Roshi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muten_Roshi)
Joon Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Joon_Hyung) as Yamcha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamucha)
Eriko Tamura (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriko_Tamura) as Mai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Earthlings_in_Dragon_Ball#Mai)
Texas Battle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Battle) as Carey Fuller
Luis Arrieta as Weaver (The Krillin Replacement)
Randall Duk Kim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Duk_Kim) as Grandpa Gohan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Earthlings_in_Dragon_Ball#Grandpa_Son_Goha n)
Ernie Hudson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Hudson) as Master Mutaito (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Earthlings_in_Dragon_Ball#Mutaito)
Shavon Kirksey as Emi

They are currently planning two sequels which by my thoughts would lead them right up to the Vegeta Saga.
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I must admit that I am worried, not only because its hard to make a rediculously over the top anime like Dragon Ball into live action without seeming silly, but also...they have taken it upon themselves to edit things. According to my mate, who isn't a reliable source, and not meant to be taken seriously, but they have cut the character of Krillin out and invented the character of "Goku's highschool friend" which changes the story quite a bit. Goku never even went to high school. This could fail or be the best movie (to me) ever.
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No trailer Exists atm, but there are a few images.


http://kotaku.com/assets/resources/2008/01/dbzmex2.jpg
Here, Goku (kid in orange) is almost hit by a car which he then jumps over.

http://kotaku.com/assets/resources/2008/01/dbzmex1.jpg
After the jump :/


From Shonen Jump, where the manga debuted.

http://kotaku.com/assets/resources/2008/05/justin_chatwin_db.jpg
The bottom left corner looks like one of those "which doesn't belong games"



Discuss.

[PlasbianX]

The guy playing goku needs bigger hair really. And im looking foward to this.


Would be funny if it was present day dragonball. LOL

[blind]

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Saw the wikipedia article for this a couple weeks ago, made me start to fiend DBZ again so I went out and bought Budakai 1 and 2 lmaoo
I hope this turns out well, Dragon Ball is amaaaaaazing
But without Krillin.. I think I have low hopes for this

[Heathen]

Well the original DragonBall series took place in 400 B.C.
But since their RLing it, yes, thats prolly exactly what their gonna do.

[ICEE]

I'd watch it.

[Arteen]

...but also...they have taken it upon themselves to edit things. According to my mate, who isn't a reliable source, and not meant to be taken seriously, but they have cut the character of Krillin out and invented the character of "Goku's highschool friend" which changes the story quite a bit. Goku never even went to high school. This could fail or be the best movie (to me) ever.
As if we needed any more reasons to expect this movie to be terrible.

[Bodzilla]

please dont suck D:

Why the fuck did they cut out cue-ball >:|

i'm a DBZ fiend but somehow i dont think that they'll be able to accurately represent the characters from the show. Voices will be different, Live action, messing with the storyline :/

i hope to god this will be a rebirth of a great show, and not a nail in the coffin.

[Heathen]

It wont be our DB, but it will be loosely, but strongly based on it. It may very well be a flop of H2V proportions. But yeh, uber pissed by the cut of Krillin.

[Bodzilla]

Why on earth would they cut krillin. Couldn't they find anyone short or bald enough >_<

[Heathen]

Why on earth would they cut krillin. Couldn't they find anyone short or bald enough >_<


LOL, exactly what I was thinking.
If anyone can find a reason why this happened I'd love to know.

[DaneO'Roo]

Goku guy was in lost once, in the episode where it had a locke flashback showing him give a teenager called eddie a ride back to lockes "families" place and he was actually a cop.

Also war of the worlds iirc

[ultama121]

Nice, as many other people have said, DON'T SUCK.

[Heathen]

Lost bla bla :words:

Also war of the worlds iirc
Yeh, but he had a major role in The Invisible, which most articles are ignoring for some reason :/

[jngrow]

Would be funny if it was present day dragonball. LOL

Shit. Judging from those shots, it looks like it will be. :'(.
Also, "Goku's high school girlfriend" = lame.
Also, no Krillin = I'm gonna go kill myself now.
dammit, looks like this is gonna suck. I'll still see it the day it comes out.

[Limited]

DBZ? What....I was like 9 when this was on tv.

Never understood it then, never understood it now.

I agree with the whole main dude needs way better hair.

[Patrickssj6]

I watched a few episodes last night on the interwebs...some parts I still love :3

[t3h m00kz]

I've known about this movie for a while now... been tempted to make a thread but never really got around to it. Hopefully this'll be that movie that was cancelled back in like, 2003 or whatever

[Heathen]

I'd known about it since about last year :/

You beat me muki

[thehoodedsmack]

I really hope this doesn't get Speed Racer'd.

Also, half the film better not just be them "powering up".

God, I hated that.

[nooBBooze]

How are they planning to cram a ton of useless trashtalk between the fighting sequences into a movie of at max 2 hours?

[Heathen]

Well its gonna be a bit of background development also.
They have new characters for romantic relations.
The Piccolo story development also will take time.
And numerous flashbacks for the Grandpa Gohan scenes.

[LlamaMaster]

WHY CAN'T THIS SERIES JUST DIE!? Yes, I watched this as a kid, but seriously? This movie looks terrible. Dragon ball can not work in real life, period.

[Corndogman]

I've known about this for a long time, was thinking about making a thread too but didn't. Hopefully Emmy Rossum will look hot in this. hopefully it wont blow though.

also, I'm growing my hair out until the movie comes out so I can go Super Sayan level 3 on their asses at the premier.

also, Danny Devito is, Krillin.

[Heathen]

LOL, Danny Devito

[Bodzilla]

WHY CAN'T THIS SERIES JUST DIE!? Yes, I watched this as a kid, but seriously? This movie looks terrible. Dragon ball can not work in real life, period.
X-man, spiderman, hulk, iron man.....................

if they do it right it'll look like Optics "OPTIC BLAST", so it should look cool.

[t3h m00kz]

I agree. I'm actually looking forward to the movie, I actually was watching the series a few months ago with my room mate for the lulz. He actually enjoyed it, as freaking drawn-out as some of the fighting scenes were

[Bodzilla]

But that just gave the impression of the fight scenes being super epic hardcore.

It was Positive and Negative at the same time :P

[LlamaMaster]

X-man, spiderman, hulk, iron man.....................

if they do it right it'll look like Optics "OPTIC BLAST", so it should look cool.
Those aren't anime though. If I recall, DBZ had very little story, and 99% trash talk. At least iron man and the others had a decent amount of material going in.

[Terry]

Cutting out Krillin...?

Also, what the hell...that skinny guy with pathetic hair is playing as goku? Hahahahaha, this is going to be bad. He doesn't even carry the semi-silly free-spirited, careless Goku-look. He just looks sort of like an emotional highschool teenager.

I doubt it'll be a good Dragon Ball movie, but it may still be a movie worth watching. I also don't see them turning this into a live action either without looking very jokey and wierd.

PS. They better dye some people's hair. Bulma better not be brown haired during the movie >: (. And that guy lacks the Roshi look. They should atleast give him a fake moustache and beard...

[Zeph]

This movie is going to be about as bad as the human plot in Transformers. Kudos if they can pull it off though.

[Edward Elrich]

Goku's missing his tail...

And agreed, it's probably not going to be really good, they're trying to copy Death Note with its live-action movie.

[LlamaMaster]

Goku's missing his tail...

And agreed, it's probably not going to be really good, they're trying to copy Death Note with its live-action movie.
Death note has a movie!? Oshi...

[nooBBooze]

Also, what the hell...that skinny guy with pathetic hair is playing as goku? Hahahahaha, this is going to be bad. He doesn't even carry the semi-silly free-spirited, careless Goku-look. He just looks sort of like an emotional highschool teenager.
This.

[jngrow]

This.
.

[STLRamsFan]

Cutting out Krillin...?

Also, what the hell...that skinny guy with pathetic hair is playing as goku? Hahahahaha, this is going to be bad. He doesn't even carry the semi-silly free-spirited, careless Goku-look. He just looks sort of like an emotional highschool teenager.

I doubt it'll be a good Dragon Ball movie, but it may still be a movie worth watching. I also don't see them turning this into a live action either without looking very jokey and wierd.

PS. They better dye some people's hair. Bulma better not be brown haired during the movie >: (. And that guy lacks the Roshi look. They should atleast give him a fake moustache and beard...

Couldn't agree more. So far I'm not pleased with the way the movie is looking. Do I think it'll be good? Not really to be quite honest. I've always thought the Dragonball series wasn't a very good fit for live action. Why the cut out Krillin for some teenage drama queen named Weaver I will never know. Krillin was a key Dragonball character after all...

[sdavis117]

The fight scenes could be possible. The fight scene at the end of the Maxtrix trilogy (Neo vs Smith) is similar to lots of (earlier) DBZ fights.

[Heathen]

Goku's missing his tail...



He is at this point in the series.

And their is a bully (with the most rediculois real name, Texas Battle)
So theirs gonna be a badass scene similar to the spiderman one. But badder asser.

I'll admit that its not getting many points gor accuracy, but its still got a chance to be a winner. Me and my friends are all gonna go dressed in costume and my friend Orey is going in a Sailor Moon costume.

Ill post pics.




This movie better be good or else the abbreviation of the name will pretty much spell out the look on my face...


DB

[jngrow]

It's looking pretty bad..

This is a quote from Chow-Yun Fat's dialect coach, who I assume has been on many movie sets with him. Prolly got some experience.



Gregory Charles, Chow Yun-Fat’s dialect coach, talks more about the cast and crew of Dragonball here (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&langpair=es%7Cen&u=http://www.gregory.hk/) on his blog.
On the Dragonball set, I was surprised to find that rehearsals and interaction between the director and actors were very similar to that at TVB. I think the significant time or rather lack of it had something to do with it. Dragonball’s schedule was extremely rushed. Rehearsals were quick, and involved more acting and less blocking which did not really happen until the cameras were turned on. Furthermore, there appeared to be little discussion between the director and the actors. Most of the discussion that I heard on set seemed to be ‘I should do this’ and’ I should go there ‘, ie, strong recommendations from the cast rather than sincere suggestions and then discussions with the director thereof.

James was a remarkable director. Quiet, patient and tolerant, he was aware of the casts’ abilities and limitations, and also very aware of what the story itself could offer. If the cast neglected the chance to consult with him or learn from him, then they missed out big time! On more than one occasion, James reminded me of Henry; they share similar admirable qualities. Given the chance, I would definitely make the most of being able to work with such a director.
It is of course true that I only saw some of what happened on-set, and I did not see anything of what happened off-set. Perhaps James discussed the story with the cast behind closed doors, or over the phone. Perhaps the cast asked him for direction when they encountered difficult scenes within the story. I hope so, because nothing could be so wrong as a talented artist who ignores their director, or believes that they no longer need to improve their craft.
Apparently, good director, lazy cast, very rushed schedule.

[Phopojijo]

Those aren't anime though. If I recall, DBZ had very little story, and 99% trash talk. At least iron man and the others had a decent amount of material going in.Nah, not true.

The point of Dragonball was cornball humour. Then as Toriyama got pulled further and further away from the series (GT was made without even his consent) it began to devolve more and more into "My power is 1 MILLION!!!!" "NO WAI! TRANSFORM!!!!!"

So yea, you're probably remembering "Wow, Power Rangers are cool... let's put shows about fighting on the air!" Dragonball... not actual genuinely funny version.

[Monopoly]

Dragonball Z is quite entertaining, me and my boy still watch it sometimes.

[Heathen]

DB was originally a comdy, then Kung Fu overtook to follow the fad of fighting anime's.

[Edward Elrich]

yeah, it was originally a comedy, with a few random fights thrown in there. And the deathnote movie came to America a few weeks back, one of those "select theaters only" gigs, and I couldn't see it. (but I hear the Japanese one was really good, and saw a few minutes of it.
CGI Shinigami FTW!

[Pooky]

Those aren't anime though. If I recall, DBZ had very little story, and 99% trash talk. At least iron man and the others had a decent amount of material going in.

Dragon ball does not = DBZ <_<

[LlamaMaster]

Dragon ball does not = DBZ <_<
Yah sorry, I realized that after I posted.

[Heathen]

Does that matter? This is going to be the last episode of Dragon Ball....they were the same age as on DBZ......it was basically the first episode of Dragon Ball Z.

There wasn't as much rediculous charging or trash talking as people think....although there were plenty of "9000!!!" moments.

[Heathen]

So yeah, I've lost all hope.


Remember this?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e2/Oozaru_Goku.jpg

WELL.....
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj52/kame789/gokumonster1.jpg

[Kalub]

The hell..... SAYIAN IS NOT AMUSED

[blind]

whatttt.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Kalub]

noooooooo



I feel ya man :(

[jngrow]

Piccolo isn't green, and he has no antennae.

[Heathen]

I fucking know.

How do you fuck up the fact that piccolo is green and has antennae?

FOR FUCK SAKE.

Mai is a shapeshifter.....since the fuck when?

I mean fuck.

At least their recasting for krillin.

[Kalub]

How about they start from scratch, and actually watch the series. :downs:

[PlasbianX]

Why is Roshi not an old perv :<

[Kalub]

Why is bulma not a blue-haired vixen like I remembered her.....

[Heathen]

Why is justin chatwin in this movie?

[Kalub]

Who? The? Fuck? Is? That?

[Heathen]

The only white guy out of a cast of Asians.

[Kalub]

Oh, yea I'm seeing this movie as a complete bust, like the Deathnote one.....

[DrunkenSamus]

Why is bulma not a blue-haired vixen like I remembered her.....

Why are you complaining? ITS FUCKING EMMY ROSSUM. Rossmum and Rossum....tee hee :v:

[Kalub]

Now all we need is a little boy to play attyGohan......

[Phopojijo]

Piccolo isn't green, and he has no antennae.That wasn't Piccolo, that was Goku turning Oozaru. (You know, full moon and stuff)

Since you couldn't tell the difference, and neither could I for a bit... that should be a testament to its failure :p

[jngrow]

Why is Roshi not an old perv :<
I saw a pic of him with some shirt that appeared to have some half-naked anime chick on it.



E: for pho: I'm not talking about that pic, but shit WTF I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WAS APE-FORM TILL NOW, WHAT THE FUUUCK.

[Kalub]

..... that's nothing.

[n00b1n8R]

So yeah, I've lost all hope.


Remember this?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e2/Oozaru_Goku.jpg

WELL.....
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj52/kame789/gokumonster1.jpg
PROTIP: not fully transformed


Piccolo isn't green, and he has no antennae.
He gets a little green by the end..


At least their recasting for krillin.
Wait, so krillen's going to be in there? Last I heard he was MIA


Now all we need is a little boy to play attyGohan......
PROTIP: This is a dragonball movie, not DBZ (Gohan isn't around yet)

Still, shit's gona suck and I'm gona :gonk:

[Bodzilla]

it's still good it's still good, it's just a little dirty, it's still good it's still good, it's just a little wet, it's still good it's still good, it's just a little Airbourne it's still good it's still good.

Dad it's gone.

i know :gonk:

[DaneO'Roo]

This looks hilarious.

[STLRamsFan]

I just might watch this movie to get a few kicks out of it. Then again, this is just like when George Lucas and Steven Spielberg raped Indiana Jones (See South Park's The China Problem)... Why won't they just leave the franchise the way it was meant to be. :smith:

[Heathen]

That wasn't Piccolo, that was Goku turning Oozaru. (You know, full moon and stuff)

Since you couldn't tell the difference, and neither could I for a bit... that should be a testament to its failure :p

Not what I meant. I knew that was goku going ape. Thats why I was pissed. The pictures of Piccolo arent green and do not sport antannae.

You misunderstood me.

They fucked up big time.

E: Thought that was a quote from me.

[Lateksi]

DB was fun, DBZ was umm... boring. Looking forward to this.

[TeeKup]

Uh Noob, Gohan was present in DBZ, but he was like 5.

[Hotrod]

I heard that there was a trailer out for it, anybody got any info about that?

[jngrow]

http://dbthemovie.com/page/2/

It's like, half-way down the page.

[Hotrod]

It seems interesting, though something about it seems strange...

[Agnaiel]

Dispite the fact that Piccolo doesn't look the way he did in the original, this looks pretty cool. I might actually go see it now.

[BobtheGreatII]

Explosions better be bigger than they are in the trailer. <:mad:>


Also, I'm no fan of DBZ... But I might still go see this.

[Heathen]

I am still a bit pissed about how this is coming along, but it is definitely not sucking as bad as I thought.


Still sucks tho.

[=sw=warlord]

Why do i get the feeling this is what they ditched the Halo movie for...

[Heathen]

No. Its not. The halo movie wasnt ditched.

Also, live action ppg movie ftw.

[Phopojijo]

Meh...

Kinda glad they reshot a bit (one long scene)...

The actors apparently didn't take it seriously and f*cked off with the Director.

[Warsaw]

The cheese, it burns...

I dunno about this movie. I think it might be too corny for me.

[LlamaMaster]

Oh boy, well that looks shitty.

[Phopojijo]

The cheese, it burns...

I dunno about this movie. I think it might be too corny for me.The real Dragonball was all about the cheesy, cornball humour...

Unfortunately the TV show's and comic book's cheesy cornball humour was actually good :\

[nooBBooze]

I dunno about this movie. I think it might be too corny for me.
I just just hope it will turn out to be corny to a point it's actually enjoyable again. Kinda like Grindhouse or Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter. But I fear it will be just one and a half hours of dull mediocrity.

[=sw=warlord]

I garantee they screw this up just like they did with the Doctor who:Evil within movie...

[Heathen]

Saw the trailer for it at Paul Blart.

I gotta say, if this were an original plot, and not an "anime-gone-live action" plot...it would sound hella stupid.

[LinkandKvel]

I gotta say, if this were an original plot, and not an "anime-gone-live action" plot...it would sound hella stupid.
Is that good or bad?

[Corndogman]

Saw the trailer for it at Paul Blart.

I gotta say, if this were an original plot, and not an "anime-gone-live action" plot...it would sound hella stupid.

Paul Blart was terrible.

And yeah, if I didn't already know the plot of the show, I'd think that was a really stupid idea for a movie. It kind of is though, its a better story to be told in a series than in a 90 minute movie imo.

[Heathen]

Paul Blart was terrible.

It really was.

If i'da came out in the early 90's maybe...

[Pooky]

Also, I'm no fan of DBZ...

:facepalm:

:fail:

[Heathen]

(6:05:01 PM) paperr10t: UK, February 10, 2009 - Akira Toriyama, the acclaimed manga artist who created the Dragon Ball universe back in 1984, had some interesting thing to say to this Japanese site (which was helpfully translated by anime news network).
(6:05:16 PM) paperr10t: Commenting before the new Japanese trailer for the film, he said: "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-calibre people."
(6:05:17 PM) Travis: uh
(6:05:25 PM) paperr10t: He went on: "Maybe the right way for me and all the fans to appreciate it is as a new Dragon Ball of a different dimension. Perhaps, this might become a great masterpiece of power! Hey, I look forward to it!!"
(6:05:33 PM) paperr10t: read it damn it..
(6:05:41 PM) Travis: yeah
(6:05:46 PM) Travis: I am reading it
(6:05:49 PM) Travis: basically its this
(6:06:09 PM) paperr10t: ...
(6:07:33 PM) Travis:
Akiri345: Wtf is this shit?
Directorboi69: Nah, it's a different universe or some shit
Akiri345: This shit better not suck
Directorboi69: Just say some nice shit so you can get paid and gtfo
Akiri345: k.

[BobtheGreatII]

:facepalm:

:fail:

What? :(

[Heathen]

What? :(
Simply pointing out that its a dragonball movie, not a dragon ball z movie.

[Bodzilla]

well if the creator doesnt get it..... then....

:gonk:

[Heathen]

But see, the creator didn't even want to make Dragon Ball as we know it.
He wanted to make a show centered around a boy that involved corny humor and the likes.
The Kung Fu soon took over the show and then when they started to go the direction of Dragon Ball Z, he wanted to have no part of it.

In fact, he had no hand in the creation of Dragon Ball GT.

[Phopojijo]

Ehhh... the early Dragonballs were the best though.

And GT sucked as a result. Everything had a "Scooby Doo" Oh that's what happened ending...

[jngrow]

The Kung Fu soon took over the show and then when they started to go the direction of Dragon Ball Z, he wanted to have no part of it.

But he still stuck around for hundreds of episodes?

[Phopojijo]

The further it went -- the less involved he was.

Just watch every dragonball/z/gt episode in order and see their descent as Toriyama had less and less control (with small pockets of mini-sagas)

[Heathen]

But he still stuck around for hundreds of episodes?
What Phopojijo said.

He got less and less involved.

he basically wanted a more kid geared shin chan-esque show.

[Phopojijo]

Kid geared? There was several points of full nudity in the Japanese cuts. (along with hilarious jokes)

[Heathen]

Kid geared? There was several points of full nudity in the Japanese cuts. (along with hilarious jokes)
Mmm...you are right.

Then more shinchan like then I had considered.

[jngrow]

The further it went -- the less involved he was.

Just watch every dragonball/z/gt episode in order and see their descent as Toriyama had less and less control (with small pockets of mini-sagas)

Ah, I see.