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The DRAGONBALL movie has a lovely leading lady!

yawn. by future help	Dec 17th, 2007 11:24:31 AM
thirst.
first!!! by ludmir88	Dec 17th, 2007 11:24:46 AM
....
third!! by skimn	Dec 17th, 2007 11:25:41 AM
!! I really don't care.
dammnn it's not fair!!! by ludmir88	Dec 17th, 2007 11:25:44 AM
wtf
In the words of the Lost Skeleton.... by SkeletonParty	Dec 17th, 2007 11:26:42 AM
"I sleep now."
Happy to see Emmy get more screen work by lex romero	Dec 17th, 2007 11:27:01 AM
She's gorgeous, happy to have her in anything. Not sure on the adaptation, i've never been a fan of the series, there's better anime out there (though the manga is meant to be better). However i'm intrigued to see how the super fights and dragonball world will transfer to the screen as i'm really not sure it will work. But if it does there's potentially for it to be amazing in live action.
FIRST SET PICS WITH GOKU by Mike_D	Dec 17th, 2007 11:35:41 AM
http://tinyurl.com/26cqp6 I didnt know bumblebee made a cameo.
stephen chow? ! then it could be amaaaazing by pipergates	Dec 17th, 2007 11:38:01 AM
dragonball hustle!
ron jeremy as mr. satan by parallax_r	Dec 17th, 2007 11:41:00 AM
it's gotta happen.
Will this movie have 30 minute power ups? by JoeSixPack	Dec 17th, 2007 11:46:45 AM
The whole movie will be around 22 hours long.
Piccolo? by Johnny Anarchy	Dec 17th, 2007 11:57:53 AM
When they said James Marsters as the "villain" of the movie I immediately pictured him as Vegeta. If you compare picture of Marsters to pictures of Vegeta you can see how that casting is almost perfect... but Piccolo? I'm praying that is some kind of mistake. I agree that the show d r a g g e d things out but the pace of the manga was much quicker and if they give this movie the Sin City/300/Speed Racer artistic treatment it could become something that is visually amazing. I'm not holding my breath though.
Nope, don't like her by Garbageman33	Dec 17th, 2007 11:59:17 AM
It's the eyebrows. Every picture I see of her, she looks surprised.
Anime should be buried and pissed on by ZeroCorpse	Dec 17th, 2007 12:00:20 PM
Crappiest "art" form out there. Static images with moving mouths and motion lines don't count as animation. And yes, I used to be deep into anime up until I got wise in the early 90s. Now I realize it's crap, along with manga and most Japanese video games that use that same style of art. This will be a B-movie that ends up having a SciFi channel direct-to-TV sequel the following year.
goku inthe pics by addyadam	Dec 17th, 2007 12:00:27 PM
He doesnt look strong at all, no tone nothing... I hope they make him look a bit stronger. I was a fan of dbz and hustle so I hope they do this right.
Yummy Rossum... by BanAllFIRSTPosters	Dec 17th, 2007 12:04:40 PM
Glad to see she ditched that horrible music career.
This movie is an ABOMINATION of the Dragonball world by StrideX13	Dec 17th, 2007 12:11:14 PM
The 42-volume manga of Dragonball is one of the best stories ever written, and everything coming out of production for this sounds awful.
Seeing the set pics.... by SamBlackChvrch21	Dec 17th, 2007 12:13:57 PM
makes me weep for the future of that Hollywood Akira adaption that is in the works. It looks like they are formatting this for a modernized American audience and Chatwin looks nothing like the Goku I remember(not that I am a fan to begin with, but why would you alienate your core audience?) I'll pass until I see some type of trailer.
I feel bad... by Philvis	Dec 17th, 2007 12:16:07 PM
I've been getting on my younger brother's case who is 24 for a few years now because he loves that Dragonball Z crap. I feel bad now seeing all the other adults out there who like it. I could have been picking on them instead!
I'm confused about this: by Zerath	Dec 17th, 2007 12:17:20 PM
It's supposed to be Drabonball Z but they are casting a late-teen/early-twenties style character and they are fighting Lord Piccolo. So, it's set in the first Dragonball series and not Z? You would think they would skip DB and start with the Saiyan saga (it'd do-able in 120 minutes) where Radditz comes to Earth. At the very end of the movie you see blips in space which would be Vegeta and Radditz. It would also end with Goku dying. Perfect way to set up for a multi-film saga, which, this should be.
Emmy Rossum on YouTube by robertplant	Dec 17th, 2007 12:18:57 PM
At a college house party. very hot. http://tinyurl.com/2zz7dj
This should have been mine. by vadakinX	Dec 17th, 2007 12:25:50 PM
I should be making this movie....ok that sunds like whiny fanboy talkbacker speak...but dammit I'd been working on this for a while. the movie had stalled, the hinted plotlines coming out of Fox were awful so i decided to take matters into my own hands. I wrote and wrote and wrote and ended up with an awesome story. I even went to some of the hardcore fans to make sure i wasn't screwing it up. And then, just as I was about to send it into Fox...bang the film goes into production, leaving me pretty much screwed. And yes, I'm aware that you're wondering what makes me think my DB movie would have been anything special and anything resembling a good adaptation...after all I'm a nobody on a talkback...right? Well, it had everything. I made some changes, sure. But the oozaru was there, Nappa, raditz and Vegeta were there, Piccolo had a badass fight with Goku at the beginning of the film (from the world martial arts Tournament)...it wasn't a perfect adaptation, i had to change things, like turning Snake Way into a never-ending desert, to make it more digestable for casual audiences, but it was close as, I think, a live-action film could be...no emo-teen Goku at school. It won't see the light of day now, which frankly, has me kinda depressed...maybe someday i'll put my work on the DB saga online, but not for a long time, until I've gotten over it.
WHy by Ceadda	Dec 17th, 2007 12:30:37 PM
Oh God, why?
Oh Sweet Sassy Molassey is this movie Gonna suck by ChocolateJesusMan	Dec 17th, 2007 12:40:33 PM
Dragonball Z geeks make star wars geeks look like mensa members, i don't care who they cast in this thing, i just dont wanna sit next to some pimply faced 400lb anime geek at the theater, shouting Tetsuoooo, while masterbating to his naruto ova's...so i have spoken
Need to see her blue/green hair first by JustyHakubi	Dec 17th, 2007 12:40:54 PM
I was never really into Dragonball but I'd be mildly interested in a Dragonball movie. Yeah, it'll be like watching a trainwreck, but B-movies are fun to watch too.
Why not make Dragonball Z first? by Rindain	Dec 17th, 2007 12:44:08 PM
It's by far the more popular series worldwide. Maybe they want to go with something lower budget first?
Good God Almighty by Aquatarkusman	Dec 17th, 2007 12:45:39 PM
Nuke this cinematic abortion from space, please.
The worst kind of anime by Jor-El23	Dec 17th, 2007 12:47:51 PM
Is the Dragonball Z anime. The crap that they put together just to sell shitty trading cards and shitty action figures to little kids.
They've casted WAY more then that. by Rufferto	Dec 17th, 2007 12:50:26 PM
They have casted Yamcha and Chi Chi already, both asians. They also casted Mai a character who was never in Dragon ball Z ?? It's really weird from the direction they are going Goku should be casted as a child. And yeah this guy looks like he should be playing a hobbit but whatever. I am still interested as to how they will attempt something that I've always felt was completely unadaptable to live action.
Could Rossum not do 'The Janitor Dairies' or someting? by Spandau Belly	Dec 17th, 2007 01:17:14 PM
C'mon, we need to complete the trilogy of movies about plucky pretty young women who don't think that should have to work for success and that nobody should have to ever answer to any kind boss or do any kind of work they find unpleasant. Possible titles: Memoirs of a Greeter The Fry Girl Infernal Intership aka The Deported Sorry, guys, I'll stop reading MAD magazine as soon as I'm forty. I swear.
there's no art direction to make it look like the cartoon by George Newman	Dec 17th, 2007 01:18:22 PM
they should have at least tried to do something like the Charlie Brown broadway stuff, regarding character and set design. It would have at least looked interesting. this would be bizarrely lame.
will be like the Super Mario Bros. Movie by George Newman	Dec 17th, 2007 01:19:31 PM
characters not in anything resembling the video game environment with a bizarre, inconsequential story.
"a long-running TV series" - Variety by smackfu	Dec 17th, 2007 01:23:28 PM
HAHAHAHA! You said 'tv series' instead of 'skein'. I fucking caught you. THIS should be the headline, 'Variety finally acknowledges english language and gives up pathetic attempt to seem cool and hip by making up retarded words for things and acting as though everyone else agrees that is in fact the word for it'. A little wordy, I know.
Seriously, Dragonball? by Racer Z	Dec 17th, 2007 01:28:19 PM
Yawn. Oh well, at least I'll save 10 bucks.
Why, if it isn't ZeroCorpse making the world a miserable place f by Johnno	Dec 17th, 2007 01:44:43 PM
I'm surprised he tore himself away from the tour de force that is Duckman long enough to see this story... On that note, I must ask, do you also boycott foreign live action and arthouse films because they don't have the effects houses and budgets that Hollywood studios do? I bet you're also an avid hi def entusiast because you can't appreciate anything on the degraded quality that is DVD, in which case I hope you were smart enough to go with blu-ray then... being the connoisseur that you are!
used to catch dbz after school... by GavinVanDraven	Dec 17th, 2007 01:52:25 PM
it was actually pretty cool. most of these characters would wipe the floor with superman, and im pretty sure the fight scenes will be some of the most destructive put on film. the casting so far seems a bit off. i mean, arent these guys supposed to be more..... um, not white guys? ethnically? like from japan? and im sorry but, most of the characters in dragonball z are muscle bound midgets. the kid playing goku needs to pack on 50 lbs of muscle before they start shooting this.
oh and... by GavinVanDraven	Dec 17th, 2007 01:53:49 PM
i heard bulma was cast like 2 weeks ago
Anime should be buried and pissed on? what an ignorant by Flipao	Dec 17th, 2007 01:55:05 PM
2 words: Hayao Miyazaki I hate it when people so hopelessly wrong act like they have a clue.
If it was done like mortal kombat... by theonecalledshoe	Dec 17th, 2007 02:07:41 PM
people would show up. mark my words.
sigh by Kurutteru Yatsu	Dec 17th, 2007 02:12:18 PM
Some things just can't be done in live action. This is one. The only credit I can give them so far is that they haven't changed the character names (yet). Oh, and guys like ZeroCorpse make me laugh. You know when he says he was "deep into anime" he really means "I used to watch Tranzor Z and Speed Racer EVERY DAY after school!"
StrideX13 says it all for me. by Diagnostic	Dec 17th, 2007 02:20:41 PM
I am highly unfamiliar with this franchise. I will rip this movie to high heaven.
STEPHEN CHOW PLEASE SAVE THIS MOVIE! by Pipple	Dec 17th, 2007 02:28:01 PM
KA ME HA ME HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
I've got a bad feeling about this... by HoldingTheVigil	Dec 17th, 2007 02:33:25 PM
Seriously, I expect nothing good from this film, and I've been a DBZ fan from way back when. I doubt that even Mr. Chow can work his magic and pull it back from the brink of terribleness. What bothers me most is how it's set up. If they're using the DBZ storyline, how is Piccolo the main villan? By then he was just the guy that always saved everyone's ass and complained non-stop about doing it. Sure, he hated Goku, but he wasn't the villan. And honestly, do we want a movie where everyone stands around screaming? Let's not forget what the majority of the show was now folks.
You are all dumb bitches by Nuck81	Dec 17th, 2007 02:34:42 PM
This Movie is DRAGONBALL!!! NOT DRAGONBALL Z!!!! Picollo is the main villian in DRAGONBALL!!! NOT DRAGONBALL Z!!!
Ummm.... by Sin86a	Dec 17th, 2007 02:51:24 PM
Is anyone here really excited about this movie?
This thing is a mess by Defrost	Dec 17th, 2007 02:51:41 PM
The only hope is that it is so god awful it comes back around to being fun.
Actors are good, but can't save it from disaster by SpencerTrilby	Dec 17th, 2007 02:51:57 PM
Another rushed 20th Century Fox turd in the making. And having Stephen Chow "producing" it is like McTiernan on LFoDH or Tim Burton on Batman Forever: PR stunt at its most cynical. Chatwin and Rossum are excellent but James Wong is a worthy member of the Hack Pack to begin with. And the first leaked pics are hilarious. A $100 million+ flick shot, edited and post-produced in merely 8 months: I thought only Joel Silver could hal-bake a Lethal Weapon IV that way.
big fan whot thinks a DBZ movie can be cool by T 1000 xp professional	Dec 17th, 2007 03:09:56 PM
but i have a feeling it won't be this one... Damnit Matrix freaking ripped it off, and it wouldn't have been that hard adapting this to the big screen....Think of it it's a sci-fi martial arts movie with a western structure.. haha whatever guys, this had potential....oh well I still have the cartoons, and to some extent a decent videogame.
why couldnt they by addyadam	Dec 17th, 2007 03:18:19 PM
just do the damn thing CGI. thats half the problem, the other stuff about it that pisses me off is the actors, and there is no way thoes are stills from the shooting.. i mean he doesnt even look strong. Shia put on what 15 pounds to play a greaser and this kid looks like he just ate a wooper with cheese.. I was a big dbz fan, always thought a movie if done right could be good, but only thing good i see coming out of this is the director.
Speaking as a longtime DBZ fan by Magma Suit	Dec 17th, 2007 03:32:38 PM
This cannot end well. The stuff in DBZ is batshit insane, there is no way to transfer that into a live action situation. It totally follows norms that exist only within its own little anime universe. And yes, the manga is amazing.
Still baffles me this is being made NOW... by DanielKurland	Dec 17th, 2007 03:45:47 PM
Would have done immensely well between 5-10 years ago, and I would have been right in line to see it, but not any more. And yeah, Marsters would make a much better Vegeta. I never thought of doing this like Sin City or 300, but it'd actually be really effective, although I doubt the technique is being implemented.
BFD by sokitome	Dec 17th, 2007 03:53:35 PM
who cares. There are no asian people in it so fuck it.
I WILL MAKE THIS WHOLE PLANET SUFFER!!! by turketron	Dec 17th, 2007 03:55:16 PM
WHY are they making this? DBZ was fun to watch back in the day, but I can't see this being any good. Yeah, it was flawed by the 30 minute power ups and retarded filler episodes, but it had some of the most over the top ridiculoid fights. The Frieza saga... the Androids saga... The Cell saga... fun times watching that in Highschool and early college years back when it aired on Cartoon network in the afternoon. The guys would clear out the tv lounge in the student center to watch it, no matter what anyone was watching. Nerds, jocks, and everyone in between would gather to watch that shit.
Dragonball sucks... by SG7	Dec 17th, 2007 04:32:38 PM
...and always has. Best DB ever was the Robot Chicken xmass parody. It's too bad that so many people think all anime is either DB or Pokemon.
if anyone bothered to read the article with the by seekshelter	Dec 17th, 2007 04:58:16 PM
pix in spanish.. it mentions that one of the buildings was being used a hospital and one as a school.. it also said that he is taken to the hospital after being hit by the yellow car while riding his bike. i'm assuming something 'magical' happens at the hospital..hahah
Right on ZeroCorpse by alienindisguise	Dec 17th, 2007 05:10:53 PM
And I will add the one glaring fact that makes anime an abortion of the art world. It tries to say everything while saying nothing. DBZ fans are bordering on mental retardation.
DRAGONBALL IS AN EPIC FANTASY by Pipple	Dec 17th, 2007 05:15:05 PM
OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS
tv shows sucked by darwinwins	Dec 17th, 2007 05:30:46 PM
but i'll still go see the movie out of sheer curiosity. the casting sounds ... wacky, for lack of a better word.
VadakinX, I believe in you! by Ramiel	Dec 17th, 2007 06:02:36 PM
I can believe that your story could have been a great DBZ adaptation for the big screen, and I know exactly how you feel, because I have written a couple of adaptations with a good friend of mine, and one (written in the '99) was "Transformers", and while it wans't perfectly true to the cartoon, it was a damn GREAT movie (for me of course) and at least it had a plot! Everything was so good (well, the 20th version) that we were working already on a sequel, just to be sure it could have the same level of quality... So I'm sure you could have written a great movie based on DBZ... P.S. Probably I would have made it in 3D...
Hell no... by vadakinX	Dec 17th, 2007 07:06:44 PM
Live action all the way. But you need the right angle to make it work. For the first film Dragonball: The Warrior Prince, the theme was Immortality. There was no lookout in the sky, no talking cats or dinosaurs, or pigs or anything like that. In a way it was like the Blade films, where you have the world we know, then another world behind the curtain. The oozaru was there, but I changed things a bit...would have had an awesome Oozaru vs Oozaru fight with Vegeta and Gohan...I even knew how it would be shot. I had plans for 6 films, though the first two were the most developed, dealing with vegeta and Frieza...I trimmed a lot of the fat from the series..no body transfers from Ginyu for example, no Princess Snake...at least not in the form we're used to. It's a shame really, could have been cool...guess it's back to writing dramas.
Miyazaki Hayao by Just another useless chump with a microphone	Dec 17th, 2007 07:11:57 PM
You know, I was just gonna read. I wasn't gonna post. But you always have to have some rabid fanboy throwing out the name Miyazaki, like it gives them some kind of cred because they "get it". Let me tell ya something, Chachi. Miyazaki Hayao sucks. His films are complete shit that need to go back to the editing room. They are long, boring, and retardedly preachy. And I didn't just see one of his films...oh no, I'm a stubborn asshole. When I saw Princess Mononoke, and considered it to be complete shite, I thought "Well, wow, so many people love Miyazaki, this just has to be one of his lesser works." And I said that after Spirited Away. And I said that after Castle Of Cagliostro. And I said that after Howl's Moving Castle. And finally, after seeing Nausicaa: Valley Of The Wind, I gave up. I realized that this guy isn't a great, amazing director of art. He's a shitty artist whose work is so pretentious, people PRETEND to like his shit so that they can feel like they're a part of the "In" crowd. Like saying that you like Miyazaki makes you somehow "cool" and "cultured", instead of some fat greasy virgin who jerks off to Urotsukidoji hentai. Yeah, I did my time. I used to be an anime fanboy when I was younger. Then I realized how anime is no different than American film. You have a couple of genres, and within each genre is nothing but a plethora of titles each ripping off the Next Big Thing. Something becomes popular, you get 50 Bajillion clones. So help me, I got so tired of seeing Harem Comedies and Thought-Provoking Dramas with Giant Mechas, or Super-Powered Ninja Battles. It's all the same shit, over and over again. Anime as a genre is more desperately derivative than anything you'll find in the US, but it's new to us, so we think it's amazing and innovative. It's not. It's just ripping off of the same shit, which just HAPPENS to be shit we may not have seen. Miyazaki sucks. Dragonball sucks. Naruto REALLY sucks. Fuck you and your anime fanboyism.
Since when is Piccolo the villain? by Sick Fixx	Dec 17th, 2007 07:18:32 PM
I must have missed something. They should have had Vegeta and Nappa as the villains of the first flick, or at least Raditz.
vadakinX and other fanboys by Durendal	Dec 17th, 2007 07:29:23 PM
Wow. Just...wow. You think you're the only dorks who have written some kind of fanfiction and never saw it made? It should've been yours? Gimme a fucking break. As shitty as Hollywood is, 98% of fanfiction is far, far worse. Get over yourselves. Hollywood doesn't give a shit what fanboys write unless you have an agent or something behind you besides a sad devotion to a shitty anime show that moves at the pace of an asthmatic turtle.
Piccolo was a villain in Dragonball. by polyh3dron	Dec 17th, 2007 07:30:45 PM
This was the series that came BEFORE Dragonball Z. Piccolo joined Goku's side just like Vegeta later did.
Fanfiction is WORSE? by polyh3dron	Dec 17th, 2007 07:35:39 PM
I guess you never saw the Wing Commander movie or Transformers, or the Schumacher Batman films. I would have taken a "fanfic" script over any of those scripts.
The Perfect Cast by Ravosyle	Dec 17th, 2007 07:40:10 PM
Goku - Lu Kang from the mortal kombat movies Piccolo - Djimon Honsou Gohan - Zac Efron Mr. Poe Poe - Forest Whitiker Frieza - Willem Defoe Vegeta - Jonathan Rhys Meyers Yajirobe - Jack Black Korrin- Bill Murray's Voice Trunks - Tom Sturridge Nappa - Vin Diesel Captain Ginyu - The Rock Broly - Garrett Hedlund
Vegita, what does the scouter say about his powerlevel? by Pipple	Dec 17th, 2007 07:41:24 PM

Ravosyle - More like the WORST Cast EVER by filmstu2005	Dec 17th, 2007 07:51:56 PM
Seriously, thos are awful choices. Lu Kang as Goku? Have u seen that guy lately? Forest Whitaker FRreiza? Youve got to be fuckin me. Only one that sounds even ok is Djimon Honsou as Piccolo b/c i can practically see him in that look. NO To everyone else. I like the cast so far. Jamie from the Real world is HOT and will be even hotter as Chi Chi. Emmy Rossum, do ur thing girl. U too James mardsten. The guy playing goku? Eh, we'll just have to see.
This has some (small) potential by veritasses	Dec 17th, 2007 09:13:56 PM
to be good. Dragonball is sort of a Chinese comic/Wuxia hybrid set in a fantasy world. The characters of Goku etc are essentially Chinese in origin to begin with. Now, if this had an American director and producer attached to it, I'd give up all hope. And although James Wong as director doesn't inspire a lot of confidence, hopefully Chow's influence will turn this into a Shaolin Soccer-like or better yet, classic/prime Jackie Chan, light kung fu comedy goodness. Granted, I wouldn't bet the farm on this being good. It's more likely that it'll be another Van Dammed/Street Fighter mess. But there is a chance that it might actually surprise us and be something pretty watchable.
Actually by vadakinX	Dec 17th, 2007 09:30:28 PM
I'm not some whiney fanboy writing fan fiction. I'm about to go into production on a film. I'm not american-based so the writers strike doesn't affect me (though it would if I had gone for DragonBall. Sure, I'm a fan of the manga and the show, but I don't worship it. I see its flaws, and it was a challenge in some cases working around them. I wasn't working on my DB proposal because of some fanboy dream. I had an angle that I thought would work and make for a kick-ass film that worked for both the casual audience and the fan, so I decided to go for it. Ultimately, time was against me and I wish the guys doing the film well, though so far I'm not liking what's coming out of that production. Maybe i'm just comparing it to my own work and so judging it unfairly, in which case I apologise. But even if that's the case, it seems a lot of people agree with me about the direction the production is going in.
dragonball by Zozma	Dec 17th, 2007 09:33:29 PM
live action movie? je-jesus christ...
vadakinX by tk 421	Dec 17th, 2007 09:44:24 PM
Seriously? Dude you are so completely full of shit. I hope you're happy being a complete fuckin poser. Have fun with that "movie" you're going into "production" with. I'm sure I'll catch it on YouTube right next to the lightning bolt guy. Jerk-off.
I saw a few Frieza episodes in Z back in the day by 'Cholera's Ghost	Dec 17th, 2007 09:55:38 PM
It was so insane it was fun to watch.
Grow up and lay off vadakinX by Dapper Swindler	Dec 17th, 2007 10:09:07 PM
It goes without saying he's young and naive. You don't need to point this out and insult him to make yourselves feel better. He says he wrote a script, which is an accomplishment no matter how good or bad it is. It shows he is using his imagination to an extent that most people never will. So what do you do when a kid shows initiative and attempts a naive but creative endeavor? Shit all over him of course. Way to go winners.
I'm a winner? by tk 421	Dec 17th, 2007 10:30:33 PM
I always thought so! Thanks for confirming it! And my heart weeps for the poor little talk-backer who posted about this great script he wrote and then got shot down by other nasty, mean talk-backer(s). I bet 90% of people who post here wrote a piece of shit script sometime in their lives, including me. Writing a garbage script doesn't a life accomplishment make. You wanna put yourself up there like your shit doesn't stink? Fine, but expect to take some shots sunshine. That's part of life and you better get used to it. And if taking shots at someone else hits a little too close to home for you then more pity to you too jack.
All the guy said by Sick Fixx	Dec 17th, 2007 10:34:28 PM
was that he spent time crafting his own version of a DBZ movie script. I see no sane justification for ridicule there. He wanted to share information that was close to his imagination and he has no obligation to 'take his medicine', tk 421, because you feel it necessary to dole it out. Sick of this fucking 'pwnage' society we're growing into.
filmstu by Sick Fixx	Dec 17th, 2007 10:37:32 PM
Learn to read! He didn't say Forest Whitaker as Frieza! He said Willem Dafoe as Frieza and Forest Whitaker as Poe Poe.
Draggin'BallZ by micturatingbenjamin	Dec 17th, 2007 10:58:55 PM
My ballz are draggin' from the damned announcement that this pile of radioactive suck is gettting a moving picture deal with real live people. Shit. Shit in this cartoon's mouth for raping my childhood with its kamehameha punches to my childhood's tender nipple buds. Shame, Stephen Chow. Shame.
I don't believe it... by vadakinX	Dec 17th, 2007 11:07:41 PM
Shot down by a fellow Star Wars fan...at least i assume you are given your username (TK-421, why aren't you at your post?). I'm not going to respond with immature remarks that have no meaning whatsoever, i mean it's not as if you're my next door neighbour, so I can't beat you up...not that i would, I'm strictly non-violent. You probably won't see my movie...there's no explosions (was that immature? maybe). It's an independant film, that may never be seen outside of festivals (though it's not arthouse). Anyways, I'm well aware that coming on here acting like I'm the god of all things dragonball is just asking for trouble. And maybe I seemed arrogant, for which i apologise. Maybe my DB idea is crap, I guess i was just pissed off i never had the chance to find out. I can handle being rejected, the job comes with plenty...and to be honest my agent thought i was kinda crazy for even thinking about Dragonball. He thought i should be concentrating on so-called character studies and serious dramas. I always knew dragonball was a long shot, but dammit, what's the point in having an idea if you don't at least try to follow through? Anyways it's overwith now. I hope the movie turns out well. As for Dragonball,
Oh and for the record... by vadakinX	Dec 17th, 2007 11:15:26 PM
i didn't actually write a script for the film. I did bits and pieces sure, but i wasn't stupid enough to write a script for a movie adaptation i wasn't involved with. The work I did was mostly on the pitch, with a lengthy treatment for 2 films and outlines for more, as well as some concept art a comic book artist friend of mine was kind enough to do. But as I said, it's over now. I can get back to the dramas my agent loves so much (for money I'm sure :P ) Peace.
warick davis should play everyone in this movie by ironic_name	Dec 17th, 2007 11:16:06 PM
toriyama, bless him, but he draws some ugly characters.
Well Emmy Rossum is a cutie by Varakor	Dec 18th, 2007 12:18:39 AM
And I guess this might be the kinda flick i'll watch on say a mantinee day. Then again it might be as good as tranformers, i don't care what some say Transformers kicked ass.
Casting ER won't save this movie. Streetfighter 2? by The Founder	Dec 18th, 2007 12:33:07 AM
I have no interest in this film. FOX has already screwed the pooch with all these d@mn white actors as the charactes.
To many white people in the lead roles by The Founder	Dec 18th, 2007 12:34:09 AM
Yeah it's true. Makes me glad that WB didn't have full control over Harry Potter. The kids would've been American for sure.
James Marsters... by That 70s Venom	Dec 18th, 2007 02:13:41 AM
Whoever the retarded fuck is who said earlier that James Marsters should play Vegeta instead of Piccolo... dude you're an idiot. For one thing, Vegeta is SHORTER than Goku, and James Marsters has at least half a foot on Justin Chatwin (Goku). Vegeta is a short muscular dude not a tall lanky dude. Marsters is good as Piccolo.
I AM an anime fan by The StarWolf	Dec 18th, 2007 06:13:37 AM
And have been for 25 years. Yet I still fail to see the appeal of the DRAGONBALL series. I've long felt his original series, the satirical DR. SLUMP was far better. Where else can you see Clint Eastwood as a barber, and Superman as a used tire salesman? Not to mention buildings which resemble BIC lighters?
Spell check, please? by The StarWolf	Dec 18th, 2007 06:17:28 AM
>Sick of this fucking 'pwnage' society we're growing into. My English professors would roll over in their graves reading that.
IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAND! by turketron	Dec 18th, 2007 07:41:14 AM
For you, Pipple.
ricarleite... by That 70s Venom	Dec 18th, 2007 07:25:06 PM
... I think you underestimate just how many Dragon Ball/DBZ/DBGT fans there are in the world. The studio is gonna bank on this one despite the quality or lack of quality of the film.
It would work as Wuxia by veritasses	Dec 18th, 2007 09:19:17 PM
or Jackie Chan style movie. I posted this above but the more I think about it, the more I think it's not all hopeless. And I agree with Starwolf. Dr. Slump was a better manga but it would be much harder to pull off in a live action format. Maybe someone like Tim Burton could do it though. And yes, the world wide DB audience is huge. You'd be surprised how many ordinary people in Japan know that show intimately. DB wouldn't make my favorite anime list but to be fair, the translation changes the anime and it's also a story that has a stronger cultural connection with Asian countries.
Sounds like Double Dragon or Super Mario Bros. by Drath	Dec 19th, 2007 12:17:11 AM
Or other 90s shit fests like Judge Dredd, Mortal Kombat, and Street Fighter. I'm picturing lots of crappy sound stages and amped up Matrix effects to make it look cool (oh yeah and lots of nerds to remind us that the Warchowskis were basing the Matrix fights off of Dragonball Z so it CAN'T be a Matrix rip off). That anime just doesn't lend itself over to live action, and I think movie makers will trip over themselves trying to adapt it. I'm not that big a fan of it either, it it is very much a creature of the medium that is anime, and it doesn't have much of a plot to adapt--I think you'd have more luck adapting Fooly Cooly actually. I'd love to see Justin Chatwin, still living off of my good will for Chumbscrubber, to land a movie career and not be "the kid that shoulda died" for the online crowd, but this sounds like it'll do for his career what Double Dragon did for Scott Wolf. Maybe he can still get a role on a TV show or something.
Fanboys? by Ramiel	Dec 19th, 2007 08:17:45 PM
Man, I've ALREADY worked in the business, the most recent project I did was on a 3D animated movie, planned for a European release before the production company screw it up with their money issues (now that movie will be "converted" to a TV series)... I'm NOT a writer (I mean that it's not my job), but I did a script with a friend of mine that IS a writer, and when we did it, we were just thinking: "hey, that Matrix movie was really cool, if the SFX will be better than this in the near future, they could do whatever they want on the big screen..." so we were thinking about the possibilites, and one of them was the Transformers. We did a script, and few years later (we started the works in '99 and we finished in '04) there was a rumor about a possible Transformers movie, and we simply give it up... So, it wasn't "fan-fiction" (which, most of it, it's better than some crappy movies that have seen the light of the day), it was just a script, done mostly for fun, but a script nonetheless... If you can do something productive other than "bashing" people, feel free to let us know. And this is not an "angry" post or something, just a little explanation. There are a lot of people involved in a movie, I'm involved just in the pre-production stage, so my "connections" could be somewhat "weak" (speaking of producers), but if I really want to show a script to someone I have many ways to do it. With that project, we simply didn't have the chance, so I'm not complaining, I'm just telling you, that something similar to what happened to vadakinx, has happened to me as well (and if you are a fan of that particular "world", this could be a little frustrating, especially if you know that the actual script of the movie isn't true to its original source). That's it. Peace.

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