[JJ Rodriguez]

[Toshiro]

Yeah, like that, only it'll cost $8.6 billion and look just as cheesy.

[Azyiu]

As far as I know Stephen Chow is producing this project, and a few Hong Kong actors / actresses will be casted for major roles in the film. So I think the end result should not be too bad.

[Toshiro]

Originally Posted by Azyiu

As far as I know Stephen Chow is producing this project, and a few Hong Kong actors / actresses will be casted for major roles in the film. So I think the end result should not be too bad.

Considering:

Fox said Justin Chatwin, who played the son of Tom Cruise's character in "War of the Worlds," will portray the lead character Goku and James Marsters is cast as Goku's main enemy, Piccolo.

Marsters played the vampire Spike on the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

I wouldn't count on it being anything but stupid.

This guy as Goku?

Well, at least there's little worry of them ever making my fav anime/manga series into live action films.

[Azyiu]

^ sure, we shall see... but one thing is for sure, Stephen Chow himself is a big fan of Dragon Ball Z; I bet it cannot be too bad.

[Naren]

Originally Posted by Azyiu

^ sure, we shall see... but one thing is for sure, Stephen Chow himself is a big fan of Dragon Ball Z; I bet it cannot be too bad.

Him being a fan of the animated series means nothing to me. I doubt he can be much of a fan if he's making it into a Hong Kong action flick with the main characters being played by Hollywood caucasians.

He might as well just do 西遊記 instead of Dragon Ball. And you might ask "Would you prefer they did it with Japanese actors?" And, actually, I'd prefer that they didn't do it at all. There are animations and graphic novels that translate over well into live action and Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z is not one of them.

I still can't believe they're actually doing this...

[JJ Rodriguez]

Anyone ever see the Fist of the North Star live action movie? Pure. Fucking. Gold. I bought it on VHS at a pawn shop because I couldn't believe my eyes. I watch it with anyone who is even remotely a fan of anime for major lulz.

[Lucky Seven]

Originally Posted by Naren

I still can't believe they're actually doing this...

BUT THINK OF THE MONEY!

[Naren]

Originally Posted by JJ Rodriguez

Anyone ever see the Fist of the North Star live action movie? Pure. Fucking. Gold. I bought it on VHS at a pawn shop because I couldn't believe my eyes. I watch it with anyone who is even remotely a fan of anime for major lulz.

I saw a little bit of that. I mentioned that on the first page as a prime example of how this stuff usually doesn't work right.

That movie is like a C- budget with the most cheese ever. The guitarist in my band is a huge fan of the comic series (like me) and he saw the first 10 minutes of thelive action movie and he was trying to guess who was who and couldn't get anything right (in the comic series, Yuria is the only character who looks caucasian. She's blonde and such, but in the movie, they made everyone else caucasian and made her the stereotypical Chinese/Korean/Japanese Asian). It was humorous because 99% of the moves in the comics could not even be attempted to be reproduced at that budget. And the dialogue was pure comedic gold. You couldn't get stuff that good in a parody. It was like a really poorly done Mad Max with martial arts. Didn't even resemble what it was based off of.

I'm sure it's a good way to get a laugh if you've never read the comic series before.

Originally Posted by Lucky Seven

BUT THINK OF THE MONEY!

I'm sure that's the only thing they're thinking of.

[JJ Rodriguez]

Hey Vegeta, what's up?

Originally Posted by Naren

I'm sure it's a good way to get a laugh if you've never read the comic series before.

I've watched the anime and it was fucking HILARIOUS for me. I don't read manga though, I just can't get into it I wish they'd just put out novels for the manga I'd like to read. I want the story line, but I don't want to read comics