Comments on: New Dragonball Photos Here, Trailer On The Way

By: Twoangrygirls

Twoangrygirls — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:56:23 +0000

WHERREEE IS HIIISS TAAAIILLL!!=?!?!?!?!?!!??!!?!?!?!??!!?!?

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:03:36 +0000

I’m a big fan of the series so I’ll definitely go see it. But I am disappointed with Roshi being so young, Krillin being MIA, and guns. Since when were guns a big feature of the series?

By: ginnie

ginnie — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:48:34 +0000

justin chatwin is sooo cuuuteee (L)oh and in the movie the invisible woooowww!!

By: Modesto

Modesto — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:34:57 +0000

its gonna be as bad as wolf creek
enough said

By: kenny

kenny — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:07:26 +0000

this doesnt look anthing like dragon ball z .u guys should make the hair look a little bit simular to the comics and cartoons .i personaly think u guys who made it could of done better than that.if u guys make like dragon ball z 2 or something like that u should make some upgrades

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:16:15 +0000

im a great fan of dragon ball and this must be a joke… this is tragic ! this sh!t is not like dragon ball at all! the story, world, characters are nothing like real dragon ball. this movie is a failure

By: JasonMcGowan

JasonMcGowan — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:37:07 +0000

I dont know firstly, its gonna be aimed at a younger audience so i think the choice of charachters are good, yes goku could be more manly with longer hair, but still am not bothered what he looks like i just want to know if he lives up to his charachter, its more about Gokus personality which made him who he was.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:55:10 +0000

That is NOT the real trailer it’s just for liscencings and marketing and to introduce the characters we were not meant to see it, the real trailer is coming out with the day the earth stood still, december 12 and it got delayed due to all of the special effects that are in the tailer. trust me the trailer is going to be Super Sick!!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:08:29 +0000

70% I would hate to ask where you pulled that number out have.

By: Miles

Miles — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:47:39 +0000

I’m actually looking forward to seeing and reading more on this movie. I think i speak for i guess bout 70% of people when i say it has great potential it done correctly and if it isnt it will become another spiderman 3, great advertisement but a little debatable on the movie… thats just my .02 cents.

By: the old man

the old man — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:12:23 +0000

I’m happy if it’s a respectable movie. It won’t be a block buster and I never imagined it would be. I think of it like a normal TV series, in that it has to find itself a place and settle some unknowns. Even excellent movies can be chopped to pieces or just have a limited release and then shelved.

Just to put a little more on the site in the way of theories, here’s a couple more.

1. The decision was made that given the history of the Namekians and their need for sunlight, Demon Piccolo, being at once old and imprisoned for many centuries has a faded skin tone. Circumstances in the story will change this, and we will see the more familiar Piccolo as the movie develops.
So you see, a lot of roaring over nothing. It’s just a plot device.

2. The clothing choices and coloration lean heavier on the Manga. So if your like me, and saw it first in Manga form, it will look familiar, and the same thing can be said about street clothes.

If you read the Manga there are plenty of instances where Goku, Krillin, Roshi, and Bulma wear all kinds of outfits. It wasn’t out of line for Roshi to be a little vain too, if you know what I mean.

3. The story is changed somewhat, however all of the important elements are there for this section of the story. Rumors have said that Krillin has a short fight scene and others say, he’s not in the story. If the later is true, I think it might have been decided that it was important to keep the story tight. He will no doubt show up, if they do a sequel, as he’s too central and a beloved character to just toss.

Quite frankly I think the franchise would do better if they do a sequel with Piccolo jr. and Kame next, rather than ramp up to a Z film. I guess it would depend on whether or not the rumor is true, that Gohan is born at the end of this movie. :-p

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:15:52 +0000

Yeah..my hopes are that this movie will be good..and like “the old man” was saying, you just have to have an open mind.
From what i hear..Picolo just painted himself white to blend into the human crowds…
and hopefully Bulma at some point in the movie will probably dye her hair blue…and guess what…Krillin will show up..

I hope at least, if not…whatever..im still going to watch it

i just hope they do not Butcher the story line

By: amilcar lima

amilcar lima — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:43:11 +0000

well so far the movie looks okay but i doubt it is going to be a big hit….i love db and dbz and dbgt but the characters dont go with the whole anime
for exampple bulma has bluesh hair and master roshi is bold…and the whole dress code they have is not even part of the anime…i just hope tht when i see it i feel bad for i just said right now!!!

By: the old man

the old man — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:27:46 +0000

Well Marcus all we have is a few little windows into this movie and that’s it.
Here check this fan made short.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8hWQ_j4_EE

Is this what you want “Dragonball” to look like? I don’t.

The movie just about has to be different to draw a more mature crowd. Fandom is fractured about anime to live action.
The people at the top are of a mindset that, fans of the original stuff will see it no matter what. However, people that might look at a trailer and see something too over the top, won’t bother. So the changes are deemed necessary. If you’ve seen “A Scanner Darkly” you know that they could do what you and so many others want. It just “doesn’t play well in Peoria” as the old saying goes.

There are around 428 episodes of this anime franchise and currently 12 movies. Thirteen if you count the first attempt at a live action adaptation. Plus, you no doubt heard that another anime movie is being drawn up, but as far as I’ve heard Toriyama san won’t be involved. It’s pretty much played out, and I don’t see where the fans think the story can go. It’s been everywhere. More villains to fight are straw stories, it takes more than that to be entertaining. Even ECW sees that, with all their little dramas. I can’t even bear to watch it. It’s so repetitious.

By: marcus_goku_fan_09

marcus_goku_fan_09 — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:32:42 +0000

This movie will proboly be good but they should have made goku hair look more up.Like the real kind.

By: the old man

the old man — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:54:22 +0000

Go here Ashley to read my short but dense Q/A on “Dragonball” movie.

http://www.latinoreview.com/news/dragonball-trailer-now-online-5467

By: Ashley Maldonado

Ashley Maldonado — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:41:47 +0000

Everyone I can tell you now this movie is going to suck! I mean come on the plot is so messed up. And King Piccolo is frekin’ white!!!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:47:27 +0000

This is going to be one of those movies that people will compare to what mortal kombat did when it made a movie. Yea i know..it was a game..and the story was terrible to begin with..what im refering to is the fact that it is tough to give a character in Any live action movie..the ability to fire stuff from his/her bare hands…

because people that are not huge DB or DBZ fans will have a hard time rationalizing it..and in live action movie adaptations ..almost every Director tries to make it as Real as possible to “trick” the audience into being sucked into the story..and not scratching their head saying “how does he do that”
the newer iron man and batman movies are believable because they explain how things work..and have equipment to do their tricks

however as a DBZ fan i hope this movies Director James Wong does it true justice-
-in the trailer it looks like they are using alot of Ki blasts etc..
so i do hope that they throw the realistic idea out the window..and just stick to the original story..”crosses fingers”

By: the old man

the old man — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:53:50 +0000

Wes the producers are very familiar with the source material. The confusion is yours I think. They have Goku quite a bit older here fighting King Piccolo not his offspring which your thinking of.

You know what, you fan boys hash it out I’m tired of trying to explain something to people that can’t think beyond their gut feelings and whose mistaken perceptions have to be constantly catered to.

It must be the “Industrial Disease!”

By: Wess Wilson

Wess Wilson — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:47:34 +0000

Old man, it’s only hard to bring Anime to live action for those who didn’t really watch the anime in the first place. They can’t do a sequel since piccolo was the last Dragonball villain, then it was the tournament and then there was Z. So Z has to be the next sequel. The whole Red Ribbon was mid-dragonball and mid-DBZ.

The best way to translate animated stuff to live action movies is to have a director who knows the content like the back of their hand and not just by taking a few weeks off to watch the whole series or play it if it’s a game. Cliffy B., co-creator of Gears of War is the executive producer of the Gears of War movie and he’ll be doing some directing as well, so who can say the movie’s gonna suck? Game/Anime to Live Action ideas sound good because of the concept, but end up bad because of the director. If we had the right ones for these movies, we’d all be happy. Hey, suppose Michael Bay watched Dragonball/Z or if Akira Toriyama directed this Dragonball movie…..