Dragonball live action disaster from decades ago
WARNING: High endurance for stupidity required
Edit: A much better fan made DBZ inspired video
Dragonball live action disaster from decades ago
WARNING: High endurance for stupidity required
Edit: A much better fan made DBZ inspired video
Last edited by Psyke; Thu, 10-04-2007 at 08:57 AM.
"Our hearts are full of memories but not all of them reflect the truth. The heart isn't a recording device. Even important memories change with time. They warp or fade, leaving us with but a shadow of what we hoped to remember." 天の道を行き、全てを司る。これは僕の世界。
Never underestimate stupidity of people...
I wonder why they had to totally Rip Off DB and DBZ by using this name and having a nonsensical plot...
It was so easy to just make some sort of OAV at the time Goku was 18. A side story with anything they want in it, without being so stupid as changing everything from the original story...
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
condensing? they could easily make sequels to it, it doesnt have to be a be all end all movie ( which it obviously wont be).Originally Posted by XanBcoo
but they couldve easily had production plans for dbz 2. dbz 3, dbz 4, whatever, for if it did good at box office.
As it is, they've already condensed the entire plot of Dragonball into a story that barely resembles the original. I dread to think what more they could add with 2 or 3 movies.
Oh man, I wanna be just like Master Roshi when I'm old. Only not Asian. Still, that was amazing.
Edit: And the fan-made thing was pretty great too.
Last edited by XanBcoo; Thu, 10-04-2007 at 05:16 PM.
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
Yea, they could even easily stop after the Freeza Saga.If you crammed 25 -27 eps per movie (I said 27 because I think thats how long the Saiyan Saga is), then you would only have 4 movies.
I wish they just didnt call this movie DBZ, but just admitted that its something completely new out of their asses.
Correct!
If they want to name it DBZ so badly, respect it!
Create a side story at any point in the DB timeline. But do not change it as you please.
Those not knowing the DB world don't care about the changes made, since they don't know anything.
Yet doing this is just a huge kick in the face of fans... Why get them angry?
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
From Superherohype:
Mexican newspaper El Norte reports that 20th Century Fox will film 85% of the Dragon Ball Z movie in Durango, Mexico under the direction of James Wong.
The production, expected to film in 2008, plans to use the Mexiquillo Forest, Marley Ranch, Hacienda la Providencia, La Joya Ranch, Laguna Seca de Santiaguillo and a forum from a Convention Center in the Culture Institute.
"Durango meets the needs in hotels, personnel, services like transportation, equipment, stunts, restaurants. This movie will provide the city with 750 jobs and an important flow of money," said Susana Elósegui Cross (Turism & Cinematography Director of Durango).
The sets will be constructed this month and shooting will begin in January and last through March. However, the movie cannot filmed completely in Durango, so they will move to Estado De México for some shots at Nevado de Toluca (an important volcano).
Durango was chosen by Ariel Shaw, the special FX director.
Dragon Ball Z is about a young boy called Goku. He faces Evil Vegeta, who tries to destroy the hero to prove that Goku is not the legendary warrior many believe he is.
"Our hearts are full of memories but not all of them reflect the truth. The heart isn't a recording device. Even important memories change with time. They warp or fade, leaving us with but a shadow of what we hoped to remember." 天の道を行き、全てを司る。これは僕の世界。
I see this as more reliable then that whole evil picalo and the namic nija gin lol ( or w/e they put up on that other site) especially since that site pretty much said the whole story from beginging to end of movie >.<. hopefully they actually stick to the stopry and have the classic "IT"S OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!".
From qj.net
According to the latest statement issued by 20th Century Fox in Hong Kong, the live action movie Dragon Ball will start production later this year and is scheduled for a worldwide simultaneous release on August 15, 2008. The cast is still not yet complete but confirmed personalities that are involved in the project include:
Stephen Chow as Producer (known for Shaolin Soccer and Kung-Fu Hustle)
James Wong as Director (writer for the TV series The X-Files and director of Final Destination)
Justin Chatwin as Son Goku (played the son of Tom Cruise's character in War of the Worlds)
James Marsters as Piccolo (played the vampire Spike on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Goku
Picolo
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. -Marie Curie
Justin Chatwin as Son Goku = Adam Monroe as Kensei Takezo
"Our hearts are full of memories but not all of them reflect the truth. The heart isn't a recording device. Even important memories change with time. They warp or fade, leaving us with but a shadow of what we hoped to remember." 天の道を行き、全てを司る。これは僕の世界。
Came here to post that info.
Piccolo looks ok, but I hated Chatwin's character in War of the Worlds. They couldn't have picked a whinier punk to play Goku.
But I am really glad that Stephen Chow is involved in this.
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
Spike as Piccolo just looks wrong to me...I hope they are going to put him in so much make-up you can't really tell.
I hope they are going to at least put everyone in a proper homage costume, If there's one thing that would completely ruin this movie for me it would be not having the characters have their signature outfits. I'm sure they're going to scoop out everything that might tie the movie to the original source material other than character names and back cover plot summaries (see Bourne Trilogy), but if they intend to completely rape the characters too then what's the point of seeing it if you've read the manga or seen the anime?
I never liked James Marsters in Buffy, then again I hated the show period Angel was a bit better, Spike was never a compelling character but he did a great job in Smallville and Andromeda and showed that he definitely is a talented actor, I don't think he fits as Piccolo but whatever. I don't expect much from any anime, manga, graphic novel or video game based movies and they usually live up to my expectations with a few exceptions.
I loved the Bourne Trilogy, I always viewed them as three separate movies rather than a continuation of any plot, that way I can't really complain.
Dreaming impossible dreams.
Sapphire is awesome!
I loved the Bourne Trilogy as well, my point about them was if they had changed all the character and group names in the Bourne Trilogy and called the movies something else people who liked the movies would have still liked them but people like me, who went to see them expecting an adaptation of a book they'd read, wouldn't have been misled.
I don't like it when movies take a few general plot points of a pre-exissting story , then create their own story that doesn't mesh with the original material at all and put the name as the original work on it. If they want to make something inspired by the original I have no problem, but they don't have to give it the same name as the original. They could cut a quiet deal so they didn't get sued for having similarities to a preexisting plot and then make a movie that was thematically similar to the original but didn't include any of the characters or organizations from the original.
That is what most movies are especially those movies based on books. It is pretty difficult to summarize an entire book or series into a mere hour or two. I remember thinking WTF, the first time I saw White Oleander because I really enjoyed reading the book. Even if they come up with a spin off inspired by the original they would still retain the same name simply because it already has an established fan base, so whether or not the movie even resembles what it was based on they will attempt to appeal to fans of the original because movies like these or usually just an attempt to make some quick cash off of these phenomena at the height of their popularity although that doesn't particularly apply to this case.
Dreaming impossible dreams.
Sapphire is awesome!
I think it only ever bothers me when directors change around stuff that really doesn't need to be changed at all. Like in The Two Towers, for some reason Peter Jackson thought showing us 20 minutes of Aragorn falling off a cliff, and hazily riding his horse around would be an interesting change to the script. That one really threw me for a loop.
The costume thing...I can see them maybe paying homage to the original source, like perhaps dressing Goku in something orange, but not necessarily the same orange Gi he's known for in the anime.
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
@Abdula: I didn't mean to imply I didn't understand or expect better of movies, I just don't like what the entertainment industry does from an entertainment perspective. I know industry movies are about making money, not being entertaining so I don't actually expect them to ever be made any differently, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.
^^ They always add in comic relief into their movies. That's what I hated. Especially Transformers. I was expecting some seriousness, but it became like a comedy.
I wouldn't be surprised if they did that with DBZ.
From superherohype:
Jamie Chung has joined Justin Chatwin and James Marsters in Fox's Dragon Ball Z, the live-action adaptation of the popular Japanese comic.
James Wong is directing the science fiction action-adventure, which centers on an adult humanoid alien named Goku (Chatwin) who, after discovering he was sent to Earth to destroy the population, tries to fulfill the wish of his dying grandfather and collect all seven of the world's mystical Dragon Balls to keep them out of the hands of the evil aliens.
Chung will play Chi Chi, the love interest of Goku when he's growing up.
"Our hearts are full of memories but not all of them reflect the truth. The heart isn't a recording device. Even important memories change with time. They warp or fade, leaving us with but a shadow of what we hoped to remember." 天の道を行き、全てを司る。これは僕の世界。
LOL!!!! Jamie Chung was one of the two 'normal people ' on Real World: San Diego. I can't believe she actually got an acting role from that.
Last edited by Yukimura; Wed, 12-12-2007 at 05:25 PM.
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