I doubt the movie will be a success what with all the Asians boycotting it and it being a kid's sci-fi movie, so it will probably be a storyline loosely based on the original material, kind of like the DBZ movie which shared similar casting issues, similar genre, and most likely similar lack of box office success.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
DBZ just plained sucked period.Originally Posted by Animeniax
Other than a select group of people complaining because of "lack of Asians" and "white people taking their roles", box office success will depend on the movie being good or not, regardless of the perceived notion if it's a faithful adaptation or not or perceived casting issues by some group of people.
DBZ didn't fail because of who was casted as Goku. It failed because the writers and directors were incompetent, and the plot just sucked ass.
I'm not gonna lie, the fact that this is bombing so early gives me a feeling of schadenfreude I haven't experienced in a while. I love that in Ebert's review he says Aang looks like a young Wallace Shawn.
lol, hey man, your "opinions" are "valid" and "worthwhile"
Don't trivialize an issue that's quite apparently very important for Americans. Anyway, there's a lot more to factor in to box office success than just the quality of the script. Marketing and the release date also play a big role (being released so near to Twilight might hurt sales, and it won't make any money from the 3D showings), not to mention the bad publicity. The horrendous casting decisions aren't going to dent it too badly, but that doesn't give you cart blanche to pretend the issue doesn't exist.
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<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
Stop accusing me of things that I'm not doing.I'm not gonna lie, the fact that this is bombing so early gives me a feeling of schadenfreude I haven't experienced in a while. I love that in Ebert's review he says Aang looks like a young Wallace Shawn.
lol, hey man, your "opinions" are "valid" and "worthwhile"
Don't trivialize an issue that's quite apparently very important for Americans. Anyway, there's a lot more to factor in to box office success than just the quality of the script. Marketing and the release date also play a big role (being released so near to Twilight might hurt sales, and it won't make any money from the 3D showings), not to mention the bad publicity. The horrendous casting decisions aren't going to dent it too badly, but that doesn't give you cart blanche to pretend the issue doesn't exist.
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