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Celtic Fan said:
That's right.. they took a crappy little cartoon and made it into a live action movie!!!

Here's Hollywood "Hey this thing is a comic, comicbook movies sell!! let's do it."
"yeah!"
"alright"

Just can't help but laugh at this.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/dragonballevolution/
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I have never been a fan of Dragonball, but it's by no means "a crappy little cartoon". It has a huge following and some die-hard fans.

The movie sure looks like a failure, not for the reason that the cartoon is not big enough, but because it doesn't seem very well done and it has a "B film" feel to it (similar to Mortal Kombat).
 
I made a thread about this movie several months ago. It's going to fail.

DragonBall Z >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>DragonBall
 
It was a decent "cartoon", I wouldn't waste time making a live action variation though.
 
Dragonball Z was better than Dragonball, but not by a lot. I'm going to see this because I've seen every Dragonball, DBZ and DBGT episode.
 
I like DBZ. Buu was fucking hilarious.
 
I loved Dragon Ball Z growing up, but to put a white guy in the movie? This movie looks like The Forbidden Kingdom, even the white guy looks the same. What a fucking joke. This is a disgrace to one of the best manga/cartoons ever made.
 
I loved Dragon Ball Z growing up, but to put a white guy in the movie?
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What's wrong with that? Last time I check, everyone in DB and DBZ was white.
 
AhLian said:
I loved Dragon Ball Z growing up, but to put a white guy in the movie? This movie looks like The Forbidden Kingdom, even the white guy looks the same. What a fucking joke. This is a disgrace to one of the best manga/cartoons ever made.
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Pfft. If anime cartoonists won't give up their weird obsession with drawing themselves with white features, their characters will continue to be played by caucasians.
 
Piccolo was green. They barely ever get representation in the main stream movie market. :(
 
I expected this to be bad anyway. Therefore, this doesn't not make me sad. Still sucks Duckman though.
 
I think this is the type of movie that should be done 100% with CGI. I just can't see it work in a live-action setting unless a ridiculous budget was given to it.
 
¹²³ said:
I am not sure CGI would work either. Do you know any cartoon transformed into a successful CGI movie?
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Yes, Final Fantasy Advent Children is a great example. The character designs were anime-based in the game.
 
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huevonkiller said:
Yes, Final Fantasy Advent Children is a great example. The character designs are anime-based.
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Never heard of it but I did a small Google search and it looks like it was a straight to DVD release. Do you know if it was a financial sucsses?
 
¹²³ said:
Never heard of it but I did a small Google search and it looks like it was a straight to DVD release. Do you know if it was a financial sucsses?
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I'm not thinking in terms of what will sell tickets, just what works the most artistically.

Youtube it, at the very least it is very aesthetically pleasing. Much better looking that those Kiddy Toy Story/etc. CGI flims.
 
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Meh...it's been in the making since around 2004 when they first started putting this project together. I was a crazy DBZ fan growing up & own every single episode :dunno: Even if the previews do look bad, it's a must see
 
This is very much similar to The Forbidden Kingdom. Random white guy in an Asian storyline. Except, this time, they use the renowned DBZ franchise to sell the movie while in TFK, Jet Li and Jackie Chan were the marketing tools.
 
i seen that movie, it wasnt the same like the tv show, it was still pretty good but not as good as the movie
 
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